Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-01-21
THE BURIAL OF
THE STATESMAN
Official 0bSequies Have Often
Been Very Costly TO
The Nation.
GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON
Much Talk Among Fricuds of Com
pcrs. Mitchell aud Morrison
Of Pardon.

SueriaI tUrrr snondrurs
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congressman Us not costing the govern
mcut anything like as much as o. ala
I'D vosre sg, rtts do ,.t dan. 20
''"''7 'l "',''' 'si'i '"-
ton is materially reduced. Formerly
the expenditures on these ,ad occasions
v.r. c,sft,oty cyt.,,.,e,,t rpd.e4
the bills used 10 amount up SO hisa
and there was such lot Of eating and
drinking in making the Journeys that
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-'l'lile ,'u' |i"Hs -r,
Hou9e tooh w 'le luest'v'' u. tol'''v
sr" WHY lI'.e1e 1o"u
'i''al9s,p p vas ',oii 30 N'N- .
uatu'alN Hau 10 TAKE idiu iu guy
"Isy u7alOh' lie asle,u Nilu ".a L''it
statesmen inat ll 7u'ti4 was
waste or puont Iuhoe anu "Iiu7.u pug
auultoIH slea'is nF leAuiiiN f'"'
from an oid ieloM NJ lupe''' lne l''ul
ni Whlcn was leu leH en-, Wy w,
that no man should ue uuIlea at Pu"H"
expense ana mat Ut YOU one Whic eeIN
ing us 10 snan cost Uncle sam a cent
for Wen take great pleasure ln pufylns
YOU ourselves
r-N-pt,,-et- ptrr pr-,cs t4rt,1r
The inference should not be drawn.
however. that congressional funerals
nv enc1R Dg any mean mems n liz ana u9'
,nsr | ,,scrt,,,,ots az ~ Ale while
serving his country IL returned 20 old
Mother Earth iu proper style. But the
bills for wines, liquors and cigars nave
been eliminated. That Is where much
OF the cost came In the old days, Be
sides great many superhuous or
hcials and employees at the capitol
were taken along merely 20 give these
people nice trips al government eN-
pcnse Most Of them grioNcd no more
az the death OF a senator or rcpfesen-
tative than would clam II 10 could
be- informed that wicked men were
RAPIDLY depicting us species. Consider
ing the large number Of members of
Congress. The mortality IN the house ls
not great Senators and representatives
who have succeeded deceased ones Ia
this Congress are allowed pay from
the date OF the death Of their predeces-
sors. Tho widows or nearest Of kin OF
,l'ose " no 1as' u f,,i $500 ssia,y of
~ ac,,,s.i Senstor III, renresentative
some Of these new men who have
been sworn In this session ara not
know until they came 10 washington
that they were 20 receive back pay,
and they were as tickled as n they
had found the money I'm the street.
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Labor Oltss % - - ~ ~
FEM NDHD
Few of the friends OF Sam Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison
tempt OF court. believe that they viii
ever be- sent TO iail. even II the higher
co,,rts should sustain the action OF the
Jis+rict court Much talk h heard here
ia d r,rdon blf opiuions differ as TO
,,betber rIemencv Win be extended by
prostdept Rooseyelt or Judge Taft att
- tho lstter tsl,es mn me reins on gov
.,. - ~ ts -,.biSnered around thai
r,l-fll,,, pe,so,-eit is VEN, honef,ll
M tbis MATER NAV he brought 10 "a
head before he goes out Of office His
lrleh9S say 9n"t ~ ~ g IedN 40 rsl,eve his
I 800 ~, l;,cccssor ~ nossible eIu-
/ i'.I'u ".,u ,rlo iah,,r ,reanizafior
pai a97l'lu"e bivb nitcb
| peopl' or ~. NJ r,a,tcr
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