Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-12-26
They Are the Men Who Shape all
Legislation in the Upper
House.
CANAL & CONGRESSIONAL PAY
Why Members Object to the Five and
Ten Thousand Dollar En-
ploycs.
Special correspondence.

with seniority In the senate 1t has been
the senators long in service who have
done all the work that has been ac-
compllshed during the early days Of the
session, While the Panama emergency
bill Was being considered It was inter-
esting to note that the senators who
were shaping that legislation were also
making the committees Of the senate.
Men went from one meeting 10 an
other giving attention first to one SUBJ
ject and then to the other Both Re-
publicans and Democrats were so en-
gagged. Not only We're these men per-
forming important legislative duties,
but they We're also arranging the COM
mittees which will formulate legisla-
ton. 1t has often been noticed that
when business in Congress Is lively
these older senators are frequently COM
PEELED to so from one committee to an
other during the morning hours. when
committees are In session. The seniors
do the work and manage the business;
the juniors watch the wheels go round
CANAL AND CONGRESSIONAL
SALARIES.
Naturally members OF Congress, who
keceive $1,000 u year, do not look with
favor upon the high salaries paid 70
the men connected with the sthmlan
canal. You do not hear any particular
complaint Of the salaries paid Chair"
man Shonts and Chief Engineer Ste
vens, $4,000 each, or George Magoon,
sl7500. In fact, the exile OF Magoon
10 the canal zone merits larger COM
pensaton. But It " the $1,000 to $4,000
,l,.t i'll la. atts. Af hN ma
who get only the minimum amount
mentioned. Compared to other salaries
paid by the government the canal sal.
aries are larger and or this account If
for no other are criticised, It IL certain
~ a peculiar condition that cabinet
officer with 5000 Z year has the super
vision and direction of dozen men,
all OF whom are getting more money
than he does.
ABOUT MINIMUM RATES
L. p. Bacon, who has long been the
chief advocate of railroad rate control
by the interstate commerce commission,
had an interesting conversation with
Senator Tillman the otner day.
You cannot get Democrats 10 sup
port your minimum rate proposition"
Bacon was told in the presence OF the
South Carolina senator
Discrimination between localities
cannot be prevented unless In certain
cases the minimum rate Is fixed by the
commission" remarked Bacon.
See here said Tilman. "let us go
out and get this bear We are after now
excessive rates Then we can go aft
er the wolves and jackals and other
varmnts afterwards. II you go to
trying to do too many things at a time
you will play into the hands Of the
gang that wants to defeat everything"
But Bacon was not convinced. He
wants the power to extend to both
maximum and minimum rates.
HOUSE WILL ACT QUICKLY.
There seems to be no doubt about
early action In the house on the joint
statehood hill, although several Repub-
Leans are less enthusiastic now than
heretofore In their advocacy OF the
measure. Quite a number % them say
that both Arizona and New Mexico
should wait for further development
LODGE FORGOT THE NUMBER.
Many public men living in Washing
ton have telephones in their homes, but
their names do not appear in the book.
as they do not want TO be annoyed by
being called up by people on unimport-
ant matters. Senator Lodge OF Mas
sachusetts is one Of these. He was out
one evening and wanted to call up his
home, but could not recollect the num-
Der
Give me Senator Lodges house"
said the senator. Il am Senator Lodge
and have forgotten the number
ka old
hello girl I'VE have been worked that
way before"
But tell you / am Senator Lodge"
insisted the senator.
"Ha, hal" came back the reply.
And the Senator had to call up the
White House to get his number
NOT A PARTY QUESTION.
This is not such partisan ques-
ton" remarked Senator Dolliver when
told by some OF his Republican friends
that there ought to be party unity on
rate legislation, that / would not feel
at liberty to vote for a measure pro-
posed by Democrats II that measure
were more IN accord with my views
that the bill proposed by my party as
sociates." Senator Dolliver does not
think party lines need be made a bar
fler 10 leglsihllOl WHICH Will give tlle
Interstate commerce commission power
over rates.
LITTLE DELAWARE.
Being the smallest state in the Union,
II Is quite possible that Delaware does
not need more than one senator. AT all
events, that is all she has had most OF
the time for the past ten years For
two years Delaware was without rep.
resentation In the senate. This is quite
a contrast TO the time when Delaware
had a man at the head Of the finance
committee and another AZ the head OF
foreign relations, two OF the most inn
portant committees OF the senate. But
that was In the days when Delaware
kept her Bayards and Saulsburys In
the senate.
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