The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-19

tefests is looked upon as an effectual bar
for the passage of any stringent legisla-
tion. The railroads declare they want a
square DEAL" but there is wide differ
ence in their Interpretation of the term
and that held by Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t abs been shown in these dispatches
how the Republicans are at odds over
the Statehood question. The ''insur-
gents do not wan to see New Mexico
and Arizona united as one State, while
the forces of the administration are do
ing their utmost to carry out the wishes
of the President 1t is understood that
the President feels there is no justifica-
ton fer further delay, and the advisa-
bility of making two States out of the
four Territories has been clearly estab-
lished, in his opinion. bit Congress differs
and the matter is in tile balance.
Currency legislation was urged by the
President. and yet there is apparently no
disposition in Congress TO take it up at
this session. Representative Fowler has
introduced bill designed TO aid the CON
ditions. and Mr.. Hill, recognized as a
financial expert. has declared that no
agreement in currency reform was prob
able until the country had a panic and
the West fithdraws its support from
Democratic resistance to the amendment
of the national bank laws demanded by
the East.
Little real work will be done before
next week. The fight on the Philippine
tariff bill win be kept mp py the ''insur-
gents in hopes of getting few more
recruits There are many taking advan-
. tage of the opportunity to speak under
the five minute rule. and there will be no
limit made. The appropriations commit
tee is working on the urgent deficiency
appropriation bill and that measure may
be repobrted to the House before The end
of the week.
In his remarks before the river and
harbor committee yesterday ]. NJ. San
ders, chairman of the executive commit
tee. paid his respects o-the present Con-
gress by declaring that the lethargy of
the present Congress showed that the
members needed stirring up. This dec
laration was greeted with applause on
the partof the delegates, who will inn
mediateIy get to work to '1stir up the
Congressman.
Colonel o. O. Stealey, the correspon-
dent for the Louisville Courier-Journal,
has written book, "Twenty Years in
the Press Gallery" which is valuable
work tt is illustrated by Bergman,
the eartoonist of the Washington Post,
and contains much Of interest. The
workings of Congress, the efforts of the
lobbyists, and even the work of the de-
partmenfs are all portrayed with great
accuracy, and entertainingly, showing
the authors familiarity with every phase
of the daily grind at the capitol. In
short. the work is one tina will appeal
to the student of American affairs as
indispensable.
The ''no pass order has developed
considerable hunAor in the press gallery
of late. Shortly after the first of Jan
uary there appeared ON the bulletin
where the nominations are usually posted
a bulletin to the effect that some cores
pondent had just returned from his home
and paid $11.56 carfare. Not long after
this another bulletin was added to the
effect that some other correspondent had
found that he could no longed travel on
the courtesy of the railroad. His name
was marked down and the amount he
had paid to get back to Washington.
Numerous additions have been made. and
the list is being added to every week,
and it is becoming a stern reality that
the railroads have decided to no longer
recognize the hard-warking history re-
eorders' at the national capitol.