The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-08
FOURTH OF MARCH
IN WASHINGTON
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iN WASHING UN
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submitted sundry remarks. He made
strong plea for larger salaries of tire
judges Of the United States supreme
court Here in Washington we are
treated TO the spectacle of judges on
the highest bench in the nation walking
daily TO and from the capitol. In heas-
ems name let US give them sufficient
salaries to enable them to ride"
The funny part of this plea is that
the judges on the supreme bench. as a
body. are TIE most notable pedestrians
in Washington, and they walk because
they like the exercise. Chief Justice
Fuller frequently walks from his home
to the capitol and back again, on fair
days; Justice Harlan never fails to
take the walk (more than three miles
each way for hin), except on days
when ne has been playing golf. and
Justices White and Peckham. all three
score years and ten. or over, may be
seen any pleasant afternoon walking
down Pennsylvania avenue after court
has adjourned. All are older men than
Senator Hepburn, but they are IN
splendid health. and take their daily
walks purely for pleasure. and not from
necessity. As far as expense is con-
cerned, every judge on the supreme
bench is amply able to keep his coach
and four on his present salary; they
are not walking to save money: they
are walking for exercise. And a good
look at any of them would satisfy the
averaSe man that the exercise is we'll
taken. The pedestrians on the supreme
bench are all hale. hearty and vigor-
Gus old gentlemen.
Still Seeks Patronage.
Notwithstanding Senator Tom Plstt
Of New York has long ceased to be
factor II the United States senate he
maintained his ability TO secure pat
ronage for his friends to the very close
of his term. The most lucrative, and
in a way the MIST distinguished Office
in the gift of the senate is that of Sec
rotary to the upper branch of con-
gross. The present secretary Of the
senate Charles G. Bennett. is a Plat
appointee. and in spite of the fact that
Plat himself is seldom in evidence. is
no longer member of the inner circle.
and is in fact practically a nonentity,
his pull was strong enough to bold
Bennett in office until the 4th Of March.
when both Will retire simultaneously.
There is considerable speculation as to
who will succeed Bennett but whoever
he may be. he must be a man of I'M
usual suavity, extreme courtesy and
tact. No other could FIJI that Office
with satisfaction to the senate
Chamberlain Of Oregon.
When Governor and Standardized
George f. Chamberlain of Oregon ar
rives in the national capital on the 4th
of March, he will be called upon to de-
eide an Unimportant but interesting
point that affects his state in greater
or less degree. If Chamberlain, with
other newly elected senators. takes the
oath of office at noon on the Attn of
March. he can not ride in the inaugu-
raj parade as the governor of Ore
gon On the other hand. if he decides
to ride in the parade, along with the
governors of other states, he viii be
obliged to postpone taking the oath as
senator until some time after the 4th
of March. Chamberlain can not be
governor and senator at the same time.
Having been duly elected, however, he
will draw pay as senator from the 4th
of March, and he can take the oath at
any subsequent day. If he so elects.
David 3. Hill was elected to the SEN
ate from New York while filling the
Office of governor and though his ere
dentials were filed in the senate. he re-
manned at Albany performing the du
ties of governor for some time after his
senatorial term opened. Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin did the same
thing. He remained at Madison. per-
forming the dut es of governor Of Wis
consin for two or three months after
he should have appeared in Washing
ton and taken the senatorial oath. So
il will be with Cham berlain. He can
remain i'm Oregon and act as governor,
or he can come TO Washington and pa
rade IS governor, and the senate will
never question his acts. unless. in the
meantime. he takes the oath as sena-
tor at noon on the 4th of March. But
ne must decide between the parade and
the donning OF the toga: he can't do
both on Inauguration day; that IS, he
can't do both without establishing d
new precedent
yellow Fever Prevention.
1t cost the United States something
to protect its employees at Panama
against the yellow fever disseminating
MOSQUITO. the "stegomyia," as he is
scientifically known. A recent report
from Panama states that the isthmian
canal commission. from the beginning
of canal construction in May. 1904. IN
til September so. 1905. expended s6ls,900
in screening the dwellings. dining rooms
and other quarters used by the en-
ployees. This does not include the
enormous amounts spent in draining
the swamps and substituting sanitary
conditions for those that prevailed
pr.or to the American invasion. But
1919 600 is a pretty big bill for screens
alone.