The Washington herald., 1907-02-22

COO for the astro-physical observatory, the
business of which he assumed was to find
out about the spots.
Looking up the subject. Mr.. Speaker;
going back 20 the Ptolemies, l found that
nobody knows anything about them, for
everybody who has written differs from
everybody else, so that I take no mans
opinion but my own, And my own opinion
is that they will stay there until they
leave 0aughter). and that while they stay
they Will harm no one down here.
Mr.. Sulzer effaced himself as a point
of-order statesman" for the day, after
calling attention to an item of 5000 for
the protection Of Casa Grande Ruin In
Arizona and making excavations on the
reservation.
Here we are" he fairly snorted in his
disgust. spending the peoples money TO
dig up the bones Of men who died thou
sands of years ago and who care nothing
for what is going on to-day. These points
OF order remind me of a stanza in Bret
Harte's poem, The Society of the Stanis-
laus.'
Then Abner Dean. Of angels raised the point Of or
der Rhsn
a chunk Of old red sandstone struck him in the alb
doIneu;
He smiled kind Of sickIy smile and clrled up on the
floor,
And the subsequent proceedings interested him nc
more.
Child Labor Investigation.
The contention in the evening over the
woman and child labor investigation was
led by Mr.. Crumpacker, of Indiana, chair
man of the Committee on Census. who
moved to charge the Bureau OF Labor
with the duty OF making the investiga-
ton. and in the course of his remarks
read the letter of President Roosevelt
to Secretary Straus made public at the
White House yesterday, advising that the
work be done by the Bureau OF Labor.
and protesting against penalizing that
bureau because of its investigation into
packing house conditions last spring. He
said Director North had protested TO the
Committee on Appropriations against the
Census Once being compelled to do the
work because II was not qualified to do it.
Mr.. Tawney said the Census Bureau had
an organization. an army Of inspectors
travelling over the country investigating
manufacturing establishments, and the in
veStigEtion into conditions OF female and
child labor factories came properly under
the Census.
Minority Leader Williams said 1T is
true that this is a social problem, d
problem of suffering and a problem 10
some extent Of murder. and Of something
worse than that, because IL not only kills
the little child that Is working at an
unripe and immature age Intellectually
and physically. but it renders those chill
dren unfit 20 become the progenitors Of
the next generation. Everybody wants
an impartial report
Mr. Fitzgerald protested most vigorous
IL against the waving OF the big stick
TO coerce the House. The CrumpackeI
amendment was advocated by Messrs
Williams Bartholdt, Stanley, and De
Almond and defeated by the vote stated
Bureau of Engraving Building.
Amendments were agreed TO appr1-
priating $4,000 with which 70 purchase
ground FOR an addition 10 the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing. and $4,000 &c
enable the Commerce Commission % in
vestigate block signal systems and ap,
planes for the automatic control Of
trains
The provision opening the Capitol build
ing 10 visitors from 9 to O'Clock on sun
days went Out on point Of order made
| by Mr.. Clark. OF Florida.
The resolution Of Mr.. Fitzgerald, Of
/ New York. calling for information as e
/ tho necessity for repairs to the BATH,
! ship Louisiana at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard was passed.
Having passed ninety-seven pages OF
/ the bill. the committee rose. and At 1913
/ O'Clock the House adjourned.