The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-05-15
Big Crop Of WOuld-be Governors
An Unusual Number Of Members of Congress Are After
High State Office this Year-Gossip from Washington

the repeal is led by organized and un-
organized labor, and as the average
congressman does not care to antag-
onize labor it is pretty safe to assume
that there will be some legislation on
this subject before the adjournment
of congress. The oleomargarine uaw
was class legislation pureand simple,
and it illustrates what can be done by
band of organizers engaged in work
ing up sentiment for special laws"
The house insurgents have now made
it clear to the country that they never
were more serious than now about
wishing the rules amended for the
purpose of permitting the majority to
do business. Their fight on Speaker
Cannon has from the beginning been
personal. This is shown by the fact
that with rules committee elected by
the house more than six weeks ago the
first resolution has yet to be reported
to the house, favoring the adoption of
a resolution of any character. The
insurgents have demonstrated that
majority of the house controls, but in
bone of the house organization as con-
trolled by the majority of the repub-
licans. The regulars are saying that
if the insurgents had made their fight
inside the party lines and not Joined
forces with the democrats the presi-
dents legislative program, SO far as
the house is concerned, would have
been put through, and whatever the
cause of delay the responsibility
would be with the senate.
Representative Finley of South
Carolina who has served in the house
committee on postoffices and post
roads for so many years, says there Is
but little need for legislation in the
mater of new laws for the postofffce
department. Under the general law,
he says, the postmaster general, by
executive order can correct many OF
the abuses that are known to exist.
AS an example. Mr.. Finley called at
tention to what the postmaster gener-
al has done in an effort to reduce the
deficit. That official. he said, had
increased the cost of registry fee from
8 to 10 cents, but this had caused no
great hardship. 1t has, however, had
an appreciable effect on the revenues
of the department. There are many
other little things that can be done by
executive order, Mr.. Finley said, that
would improve the service without ne
cessitating an appeal to congress.
1.-THE tariff will be very lively Is
sue in few years. said Representa-
tive Weeks of Massachusetts,, to par
ty of friends. ut is much alive now,
but it will be from different angle in
few years. Recent statistics show
that China and Japan are making rap
id strides in manufacturing goods that
this condition makes 1t most interest
ing to the people of the United States.
AS the Chinese are excluded from this
country because of their cheap labor,
the next thing will be to protect our
labor by so arranging the tariff as to
prevent the importation of Chinese ar
ticles by tariff making up the differ
ence in the price of labor and cost Of
production" Already Japan and Chi
ma are sending much of their mineral
wealth to the Pacific coast, Mr.. Weeks
said. and he believes it will not be long
before labor organizations will be Pc
| titioning congress for relief