Goldsboro weekly argus., 1909-01-14
the DELAYS IN
PASSING BILLS.
They vex Congressman Who
Fave Pet Measures.
HARD TO GET THEM THR0ueH.

HARD TO GET THEM THR0UeH.
A Queer Situation In the State Of
MaryIand-WiIi Gompsrs Refuse q
Pardon In Case the Supreme Court
Afirms Action Of Lower Court In the
Now Famous injunction Suit7
By CHARLES w. ARTHUR
Washington. Jan. o. -ESpecial1 -
This Is about the period In short ses-
sion of congress when the leaders in
the dominant party begin to spread re-
ports that, owing to the limited time
remaining, 1t viii simply be impossible
to do much more than pass the regu-
lar appropriation bills. A great many
Of the minority congressman also take
up the strain. Some realize that they
have little chance Of passing measures
of direct interest to their states and
districts; others have perhaps made
promises to constituents that @hey fear
cannot be carried out. They want to
be on the safe side, so that If they do
not accomplish anything they can
throw the blame on tho leaders, and
Republicans and Democrats alike find
the cry Of "everything had to get out
OF the way for appropriation bills"
mighty convenient excuse for the fall
ure to bring up this OF that measure
for which pressure has been exerted-
Cannot Understand Delay.
The senate and house eatendars are
filed with great many measures that
states and districts are asking for with
both hope and desperation. Some Of
the letters congressman are receiving
are Of a tart nature. In many instances
the writer's are people Of means and
influence. They cannot understand
why II bills are reported favorably
they cannot be disposed Of before the
constitutional expiration Of this con-
gress. They insist that combinations
ought to be formed to force the leaders
to grant time at least for bills that do
not cau for the expenditure Of money.
There are a great many OF these bills.
Some provide for the construction Of
bridges across navigab3e streams and
across streams not now used by YES
sells, but which In time, the govern
ments engineers say, ought to be i'm
proved for the benefit Of navigation.
Bad Situation In Maryland.
There is such poor arrangement In
the federal judicial system of Mary
land that men who are arrested away
out In the western portion Of the state
are compelled to go all the way to
Baltimore to have their cases heard.
The distance is more than 200 miles.
The government has to transport wit
nesses there also, and this ts a tre-
mendous expense that cczld be saved
II congress would only take hold Of
the division Of tf3e varsoas Districts
and provide for hosding e0uEt Oh in
the remote sections In some Of the
states the courts gFe terribly over
worked. Thk h eanAtday admitted
by the omcia1s Of ths department. Of
Justice, and the chairman q the ssn-
ate ana house 5udici&Ey eo1nEn1ttses
are also aware of It, yeke - seems that
the question has been permitted 10
drag Tor years simply bscauss mem-
beEs who know the situation eAaaot
ret O hearing for their bdzEs providing
for additional districts. Judges II and
attorneys In many OF the seatss-
oempses Will Refuse Pardon.
The talk around Washingtea IN labor
etToses II that II the higher court does
not upset the sentence Samuel Com
pszz, president OF the Ausg5ean Fed
sfation OF Labor, win accept no par
don should one be offered him By Pres
Asot Roosevelt OF President Taft, A.
~ ~ In -
peEs declare that II It Il ordered that
the sentence must be carried out he
would prefer to go to jail For q year
rather than have clemency extended
him by an executive. He and his
hackers assert vehemently that they
do not consider that as president Of
the federation he has violated any
law OF the land. They insist also that
corporation presidents and others
charged with with lawbreaking have
been fined only, but in his case 1t Is q
jail sentence, and If that is the yer
dict he viii take his medicine and
spurn the interference even of the
president OF the United States. Many
who do not think Mr.. 4ompers should
refuse a pardon assert that If this Il
to be his policy he simply will be
playing the martyr act, and those hold
ing this opinion do not seem to think
that Mitchell and Morrison win refust
pardon in the event that It is o6erei
them.
Results Of Nsee4 fnapsstion.
| It Is now costing the governmen
about So, 10000 a year for meat in
| spection. Congress appropriated 70
the last fiscal year $4,000. 900 for tht
purpose, and In accordance with th
law It is necessary to make detaile'
report to the speaker Of the hous
showing how every dollar was put ou
and who received 1t. The report make