The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-02
O.ps Not Like the Action of Bal
Yin Iinser Asking for lnvestiga-
tion of Charges.
,uERE WILL BE TWELVE
MEMBERS OF COMMITTEE
4 Viii Be Joint One. Six From
: Each House, TO Inquire
Into Feud.
nv RALPH WHITESIDE.

1sas,d wire TO The lribuhc'
WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan l.--W men
ss ,roconvcpes next week one OF
~ % srst questions which will be acted
III bc the Joint resolution acceding
ho ,eouest Of Secretary Ballinger
'.;rc that the charges against him be
',o,onrhly Investigated by congress aud
-. wbole matter laid before the pub
~ This request will be granted. aud
s.,s,or m, Nelson of Minnesota will be
s.;sran of the joint committee. &C
S.d;ng IN present plans. That the in
'wri 'ow,.r,sstiug committee will have twelve
.nheie six from each house Of con
- is also the plan outlined at pres
=, The decision TO have a JOINT com
'.;,;,o instead Of senate committee,
r'"5srtake the inquiry was reached at
.I' -b;to housc Yesterday. AZ first il Was
,S.ngbt that ther5 should be an odd
.arbsr on the committee and that the
..n,te would have the prepopderancc of
rsmb,rsbip. An equal membership is
40 regarded as preferable
senator Jones viii present the in
,u;,y-directina resolution January >.
Il opnosition 10 its immediate consid-
linn and passage is anticipated. The
lonso will proba blv adopt similar res
..lion the same day. II may be SAID
,h,, congress feels rather sore that II
10. bcen called on to deal with this
-,i,sr II is felt il WAS properly
-,llor for exclusive action, The party
!, no,ycr never rehshcs congressional
;rrrstication of its own administration,
!, the very Undertaking prnsupposes
,0.sible occasion for il, This one will
,rno op tho eve of lbo congressional
nmrsipp for election of tho next house.
n viii be miracle ii the Democrats
,,npot twist some capital out Of 1T,
Il is feared. Taking all these things
ipro consideration, it is certain that
a, congressional committee, when il
spis down TO work. will dig ruthlessiv
is,o al the ramihcations OF the feud,
,sl will hc uusparinG of criticism where
islIi is found.
To man the American warshIps in
..me oG wan would require 1880 officers
bad .3@sl mcn, and 1T time Of peace
S5s officers and GN.092 men, accord
iig 10 Capt. y i Usher. assistant 10
NAbUccau o. navigate ion. in 2 statement
as made public. These figures do not
i.sr6c~olficers and men at shore sta
iioos. F0ur new bafilcships 2re 10 he
commissioned, as we'll as fifteen new
,,-ge iorredo-h6at des'rovers and seven
.thnaripes. II is anticIpatcd that the
Ohio Wisconsin aud Missouri Will 90
'srnnrarile oUi Of commission, and that
iho Denver aud three others Of her
e,ass. will be replaced hy TN" New Or.
llss Cincinnati and Ra!cigh, which
uc practically of ibe same class.
Bureau OF Mines.
James i. GalbYeath. Jr., of Denver.
sssrearv Of the American Mining CON
gle:s. wants 10 have a government hu
rilu Of mines established and is here
le advocate it before congress, Mr..
Iiabreaih is hopeful of success. lie
Sy.; ''Thc only difficulty lies III the
lsci that many persons do not realize
lfr terrible conditions that obtain in
lDf mining industry. and how much VIC
afed the aid Of fine federal govern
nen In The last three decades more
nan 10000 mon have been killed and
iopy0Q injured III the coal mines alone.
malcrliy Of the latter being manned
sM rendered helpless for life. In 1907
80 men lori their lives in the coal
rnes, or nearly five Of every mining
ANN Of loco men Contrast this with
'ue one or two killed in every 1000
'@poyed IN foreign countries. whore
w'y nave bureaus of mines that arc
nsk'ng thorough study into the causes
y ll-asiorS
Human life is held very cheap in
F United States. ! venture To say
.N NOT many persons in The state of
'o'k Snow that in The metal mines
Velr state six men wcrc killed in
e,y ipOO employed. bnt The iigures
a. 'ee state lsbor commissioner show
;"s very condition. The bills alrcadv
,,ll.no1nred -. in congress all provide for
Wv transtcr of The technologic branch
% ', !ne geological survey to the bureau,
.mrn IS entirely proper. This means
' WIN the nsual appropriations Civ.
~ Inc branch the new bureau OF
eS VIII cos, but little moro than the
n.%l9 appropriations. The bureau
.auOl DC objected To on the ground of
.hss"'ulY' .ongress approprIates more
--uo = million dollars each year ia