Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-08
w Washington Life
Short Hfetohss Of incidents ana
hpt9odea thet MARI the Progress
OF Events ~ the Natton'n Capital.

cessful In unearthing records Of a uniuu,
character, some pleasing. some annoying
} but all interesting. Attention has Just beef
drawn to one of his discoveries. made ty,
years ago, by the reintroduction OF a bill
politely requesting states to refund a buncl
/, of federal money distributed among then
by a generous congress so far back as {,
be forgotten. Twenty-six states. all lyinr
east of the Mississippi river. are affected
by the bill. The distribution Of deposit,
|, took place in 1896. and for seventy year,
the states have had the use of S2S. 900, 900. ana
without interest. The money was derived
from sales Of public land and was 'depos.
tied" with the states in proportion to their
representation in congress, and was to he
returned when congress called for It. Mr..
Murdoch thinks now is a splendid time
TO send out a call for the money, for your
Uncle Sam needs it. The beneficiarics are:
Maine $56,OOO; Maryland, s956,Oc;, New
Hampshire, $3.50, 900; Vermont. $3.50, 900; Mas
sachusetts, HLSSs,OOO; Connecticut, t765, 900
Rhode Island, Ss2,O0 New York, A,O15, 600;
pennsylvania, g, SIS, 900; New Jersey, S765,
600; Ohio, R,M7,OOO; Indiana, sS6O,OOO; lll-
nols' SFS,Oo; Michigan, $2S7.OOO; Virginia,
$2l9s,W0; North Carolina, 81, 444.OOO; South
Carolina, N,0ol,O 900; Georgia, N,O51,OOO; Ala
oama' SSSs'OOO; Louisiana, s47s,OO0; Missis-
slppl SSS2OO; Tennessee, S1,4S4, 600; Ken
lucky, N,43i,0O0; Missouri, SSS2,OoO; Arkan-
sas, sS7.OOO; Delaware, s2S7,OO
Ex-Senators Hemenway Of Indiana and
Hansbrough Of North Dakota were dis
placed by newcomers on March 4, but they
lost very little by the change. They are
stih on the salary rolls of the senate at
the same old figure. Each has a couple
oil rooms at his disposal and a private sec
rotary and all of the old-tlme peruuisites
save mileage. This is chiefly because they
were good friends of Aldrich and Hale.
and partly because they have special tai
ents which the senate can utilize.
These ex-senators are making an exam
nation OF the methods of expanding public
moneys In the various departments. Their
former secretaries have been retained as
experts The object of the employment
OF the ex-senators is to cut off the various
leaks from the government treasury. II
Is believed that for every 1905 paid 10
them IN salary the government will be
able to save $1,000 by the adoption OF
economies suggested by the former sena-
tors. No resolution was adopted bv the
senate providing for the employing of
HemenNay and Hansbrough, but Senator
Hale dug up a forgotten provision of Law
which authorized the payment of their sal
aries.
THE late Senator Allison of Iowa was
ever regarded as a statesman who was
loath to express positive and decided views
on matters of current political interest,"
said a Washington newspaper man, quoted
by the Baltimore American.
IN this respect he left a good successor
in the person of Senator Culberson NJ
IeNas' an able and upright solon, but a
man VINO greatly dislikes committing him
self in any outright fashion. Colonel Bill
Sterett, the noted Texas editor, some years
ago repaired TO the rooms of the senator
at a Dallas hotel to ask his views about a
few things that were then uppermost In
the public mind and, according to Sterett,
something like the following dialogue took
place:
What do you think of the present
trend of Imperialism. senator?'s
We'll, It's a matter ] haven't studied
out thoroughly as yet, but will let YOU
know as soon as / have matured my |
views
DO you approve of the annexation of
the Philippines?'
"'As to that l am not quite ready to
give an opinion now. In general, l am
"o"ihS' 'hS aCqulslIlOn OF Undesirable ter |
ritory.'
What ought we do with the trusts,
senator
That is a big question and one requir-
ing much thought before a competent opin-
ion can be rendered. AS soon as I have a
chance to get into the subject Thoroughly.
l will send for you
DO you approve the platform adopted
by the state democratic convention? p
- have not had time to give it more
than a cursory glance and am not qualified |
to say anything on its merits or dement's
Senator, Just between ourselves, con-
fidentially and not for publication. would
you mind telling me what you thought of
the equator?'
We'll, Bill, that's easier said than done.
You see the equator has a north side and
a south side and I'd rather be left out of
any discussion Of the topic. The equator |
never did me any harm and | have only
kind and respectful feelings toward it"
Assistant Secretary OF the Treasurer
Coolidge has approved a plan for system
atizing designs for United States notes and
coin certificates. thus carrying into effect
a scheme of uniformity in portrait and
general design for notes of the samt
denomination Of each class. The plan
adopted will embody the ideas Of officials
of the treasury department, bankers, bus
mess men and currency experts.
1t is believed that the new notes when
put into circulation will be welcomed by the
public on account of their simplicity and
tine readiness with which different denom-