The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-06-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Correspondent Describes the Events
Happening Recently.

The President being away from
the City this week there is but lit
tie political news. The railroad bill
has passed the Senate and will pass
pas the House the coming week.
This bill is not satisfactory to any
faction but j. is claimed as an
administration victory. The Ariz-
ona and New Mexico statehood
bill and the postal bank bill will
likely go over until next session,
as July 1st. is now fixed upon as
the adjournment date.
The Ballinger-Pinchot committee
is ready to make it's report, and the
general opinion is that it will divide
on political line and that means
there will be no censure of the Sec.
retary, but with this report is the
further general impression that the
Secretary will get out of the Cab
met at an early date. Pinchot has
just returned here from trip abroad
to see his former chief, the EXPIRES
ident, and he has some interesting
given him by this world conquerer
information and probably promises
but what he has is not for the
public at this time.
In memory Of those who fell for
the lost cause and wore the Confed-
crate gray, memorial services are
held at Arlington, the National Gem
etery, the first Sunday in June of
each year. There are buried there
265 Confederates who died in pris-
on, hospitals and on battle fields in
the vicinity of this city, and tomb
marking the spot of the remains of
10000 unknown; and the martial
strains of Dixie echoed through the
wales where less than year ago
resounded the notes of the boys in
blue on Decoration. This is trib-
ut is tie men who wore the gray,
and is largely through the sugges-
tion OF President Mckinley, who adj
vocated the sharing with the South
in the care of the graves of the Con-
federate soldiers. Congress appro-
priated money and authorized the
gathering of those remains into one
plot at Arlington, which has been
done, and this is laid off into a cir
cular plan, divided by four paths
running to the center, in which it is
intended to erect monument to
these men and their chieftain, Gen.
Robt. E. Lee, who at one time made
his home on this very property.
The Postmaster General is still
making an effort to discover the
cause and if possible remedy for
the growing deficit which confronts
his department. Since he failed to
have newspaper postage increased,
he has turned his attention to the
abuses of the franking privilege,
which he finds a source of immense
loss to the government, as the US
ers of this form of postage frank
anything from typewriter to a
Jersey Cow. Members are now en-
gagged in their annual cleaning up of
their matters here, and are sending
home great quantities of stuff under
the frank, on which express or
freight should be paid, but the thrift
ty member considers this privilege
one of the perquisities of the office
that he does not propose to miss.
Speaker Cannon has not been so
much in evidence in the legislative
program since the House bowled over
him and his Rules Committee. Leg
islation las gone on and with much
more satiftion to the people, and the
hope now is that the protest has
been so strong that reforms will
come and stay, so that it will not he
necessary for new member to ge'
the consent of the Speaker before he
bill or asks for is con-
The speaker has truly
been the autocrat of the House, and
backed by his Rules Committee was
in absolute control of the entire
legislation of the country.