The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
PEOPLE CARELESS
AND GET RUN DOWN
More Accidents in Washington
Than in Most of the Other
Large Cities.

Washington Apr 2S-"Though Wash
Ington is noted for its wide streets and
avenues, one would think there is less
danger TO pedestrians here than in cit
les like Boston or New York" said Rep
resentatiVe Tirrell OF assachusetts, while
walking home from the Capitol the other
day. But the fact is" he added, there
are more accidents here in proportion TO
the population than IN Boston or other
large cities. ! mean accidents such as
being run down by automobiles, street
cars and carriages and wagons. In Bos-
ton people do not cross the middle of the
street, nor do they stand near the car
tracks and wait for cars TO go by, as
they do in this city. Indeed, many OF
the people seem 10 prefer the street 10
the sidewalk. and the man or woman
who is riding in an automobile must be
on the constant lookout for fear OF run
ming down some passerby. The danger
Of hurting someone is never absent. be-
cause of the habit Of people using the
streets instead of the sidewalks. l think
IL would be a good idea if the police
would issue regulations to govern street
crossings. for 1t would lessen the per
centage Of accidents
Praise for Secretary Wilson.
people out in my country" said Rep
resentative Martin of Colorado, believe
in tilling the soil, and we have some of
the finest farms to be found anywhere.
No department of the government is more
popular than the agricultural 1t is the
deep interest taken by Secretary Wilson
in the farming of the country that makes
him so strong with the people. He is
a practical farmer. and knows just what
our people want. II the east only knew
of the advantages that await them by
the 1ull development or the great west,
there would soon be an influx OF immi-
grants that would in d few years place
the west far in advance Of the east. No
state offers such Inducements to capt.
tai as does Colorado"
''One way to build merchant marine q"
remarked Representative Norris OF Ne
braska, insUrgent leader OF the House,
would be for the government to author
lie the construction Of ten merchant
ships and lease them to the Panama
Steamship company, which is practically
owned by Uncle Sam. BY such means
we would obtain a revenue from the ships
and, in case of war, would have just
that many ships ready for use. Such
a system of building up the merchant
marine would perhaps be called a sub
sidy, but it would be one with more
merit than the scheme now advocated
by the Merchant Marine league. l would
not be surprised If Congress adopted my
suggestion and put it into practical use
IN the future
A Wisconsin Watchdog"
When Representative Mann of Illinois,
CannOns floor lieutenant, is not in the
House, or presiding as speaker pro TEN,
Representative Stafford of Wisconsin is
on guard. The Badger state congressman
is one of the brightest men IN the House.
He is a student and keeps thoroughly
posted on what the House is doing. When
appropriation bills are the order of the
day he is always ready with the import
ant point of order, which he knows so
well how to use effectively and thus keep
the budget down.
The Wisconsin member is on two Of
the most important committees of the
HOuse-pOstOffiCes and pOstrOads, and in
teTstate and foreign commerce The lat
ter committee recently reported to the
House the administrations bill amenda-
tory of the interstate commerce law,
which promises to be the chief admin
istTatiOn measure that will be passed at
this session. He is also chairman of the
subcommittee on postOffices and post
roads, having charge of the bill to cOdiry
and reorganize the postal laws. This is
z most important measure Collection OF
the data on which the bill is based cost
the government about $4,000. Mr. Stat
ford expects to have the bill and report
ready TO submit TO the House just be
fore the final adjournment of the session,
SO that the bill may become a law at
the beginning of the session next Deem
Der. The bill TO codify the postal laws
contains a provision which protects news
paper publishers, in that any paper eX-
cluded from the mails or denied the sec
ond class privilege can appeal TO the
courts. Persons against whom fraud or
ders are issued can also thus appeal IN
der recent court decisions such cases are
denied standing for want of jurisdiction.
Easy Work From Now On.
The work Of Representative Dwight of
New York as the Republican whip is
practically over for the session, as the
remaining legislation, known as admin
istratiOn measures, are in no sense par
tisan, and hence may receive as many
Democratic as Republican votes. The
time when the Republican whip" was
busy, morning and night, was during the
debate on the tariff bill, and during the
recent outbreak of the insurgents against
Speaker Cannon. On the railroad bill and
the postal sayings bank bill the loss of
Republican votes for those two measures
may be made up by Democratic support,
and the whip is not worrying over the
outcome. There is one daily program he
must carry out, however, and that is to
see that a quorum is on hand so that
the majority may not be caught mapping
as was the case when the Norris amend
ment was adopted taking from the speak
er the power to appoint the special COM
mittee to investigate the Ballinger-Pin-
chOt controversy.