The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
SENATOR BURTON
IN POOR STANDING
President Not Going Out of His
Way to Please the Kansas
Progressive"
CHANCES FOR PIE SMALL
TRUSTS MAY FIGURE IN NEXT
POLITICAL CAMPAIGN.

Washington, Apr. 23.-Evidence crops
out every day that the administration In
tends doing nothing TO advance the politi-
cal fortunes of the insurgents in the
House or the progressives in the Senate.
Perhaps there is no more striking ex-
ample of the administrators attitude
than the case of Senator Bristow OF Kan
sas. The statesman from tho Sunfiower
state has not been regular" since his
advent into the upper branch of Con
gress. During the consideration of the
tariff bill he seemed to take special de-
light in embarrassing the leaders in
charge Of the bill No word of complaint
come from the White House at the time
but now there is another story to tell.
The term of the postmaster at Salina,
BristOw's home town, is about to expire.
The postmaster Is not BristOw Repub-
lican, but the pOstoffice department says
the postmaster has made good, and is en-
titled to another term. This does not
please the Kansas senator, who has
picked out Republican of his clan and
formally recommended the appointment
The report comes from the White House
that in order to avoid trouble the post
master at Salina viii be allowed to serve
until his successor is appointed" This
is construed TO mean that no nomination
will be made and thus BristOw will con-
tinue 10 hold the short end or the STICK.
But this is not all. President Taft re-
Gently reappointed H J. Bone as United
States district attorney, on the recon-
mendatiOn of Senator Curtis, a staunch
supporter of the administration. BristOw
has held up the nomination for some
weeks, on the ground that Bone has writ
ten letters criticising his course in the
Senate. This is embarrassing to Senator
Curtis, but he has the regulars with him
ii is believed that Bone will be confirmed.
President Taft is now having his innings
with the prOgressives, especially those
who are enjoying a fight for reelection,
and a little bit of patronage goes a long
way in winning votes in the legislature.
Too much pie is a handicap, and BristoW
Is one who has too much of it Just now.
Opposed by Senator Root.
The effort to enact legislation at this
as the act Of June 80, 1890 include widows
of soldiers, pensioned under that act, is
opposed by Senator Root Of New York,
who is soon to be heard on the subject.
The attempt TO amend the act in this
particular recalls the comment made on
the measure at the time it was under
consideration in the House, just twenty
years ago, by the late Representative
"Buck'' KiIgOre Of Texas, the great OBJ
iectoT. Speaking about the bill to party
of members, he said: Il am not opposed
TO Just pensions, and I believe that the
country should provide for her defenders,
but should Congress pass this bill, the
result will be that widows yet UNBORN
will be drawing pensions under this act.
tions that have been filed by widows for
pensions under the pension law IN ques-
ton il would seem that the Texas states
man spoke with prophetic wisdom, Tor
Congress is almost sure TO pass the bill
now pending to give these claims pen
siOnabe status. When Il comes TO PEN
sion legislation members OF the House
Just tumble over one another TO introduce
bills and TO vote for them. Fewer ad-
verse resorts are made on private pension
bills than any class of measures intro
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the bills. or even a third OF them, were
enacted into law for the benefit or the
soldiers of the war or 1876 and the
Spansh-American war, they would bank
rupt the government 1t has been but
few congresses ago that private pension
bills, when reported to the House. were
read separately, and the report was also
read. II demanded; but now they are
merely read BY titles and 300 and 4OO such
bills are sometimes passed by the House
I'm an hour The day of politics in pen
sion legislation has passed.
Conservative in His Views.
you may say for me that I believe
the country should have a navy large
enough, with all necessary armament,
to protect and maintain the dignity of
tie United States and the American
citizen, wherever he may be" said Rep
reSeutattve Thomas 5. Butler OF Penn
sylVania, a prominent member of the
naval committee, "and it is economy to
there is such a thing as going too far
in the building of ships. We have made
wonderful strides in forging to the
front as a naval power, and / believe
that the time viii soon come when we
will take the lead in a movement that
will have for its purpose the securing
of universal peace and the great ad-
Vantages that will accrue therefTOm. I
cannot say who will initiate this peace
movement, but somehow I believe it
will fall to the lot Of the United
States.
'In my judgment there is not a CIV
ilized government on the globe but
would welcome a policy that would Ell
sure perpetual peace, which would
mean to the citizen a lowering of taxes
and an expansion of trade in the marts
OF the world. The position of the
United States is secure for the reason
that our stocks and bonds are in large
amounts held by the influential people
who control affairs in the nations of
the world. and that influence lessons
the outbreak Of war with our country.
In recent years the cry has been for
great navy, and we now have It. The
next step viii be the worldwide peace
movement, and as the United States
has always been first, you may depend
upon IL that some one in this country
will come forward with the thought
germ that viii result in putting a stop
to the building of death-dealing ships,
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