The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1911-07-29
HITCHCOCK HAS
POSTAL SURPLUS
L Was Accumulated BY Cutting
Down Deliveries.
END OF SESSION N SIGHT.
Congress 10 Likely to Adjourn Soon
After Vote 10 Had on Important
ellIs-House Will Pass Tariff Meas
urss If Senate Will Accept Them,
Declares Leader Underwood.

eliIs-House Will Pass Tariff Meas
urss If Senate Will Accept Them
Declares Leader Underwood.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington, July 2s.-[special.l-
There seems to be little doubt that
congress will adjourn soon after the
bills scheduled to be voted on are out
Of the way. OF course the house has
It in it's power to compel the senate to
remain, and, while there has been talk
about staying here and passing tariff
bills, 1t Is almost certain that defeat
OF the tariff bills in the senate or by
veto Of the president will be all that
the Democrats of the house will want
to bring about an adjournment.
'If these bills are passed by the sen.
ate" remarked Leader Underwood
eve will continue to send over the diff.
ferent schedules" 1t 10 possible to
wind up the session by Aug. 10.
L Postal Surplus.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has
accomplished more than any of his
predecessors" declares paper which
10 always friendly to the administra.
ton, and then 1t tells about the sur
plus which has been accumulated.
These statements are not particular
~ gratifying to Messrs. Meyer, Cor.
telyou and Wynne, who were Hitch
cocks immediate predecessors, espe.
cially as 1t is understood that the SUR
plus has been accumulated by cutting
of number Of postal facilities which
the people have heretofore enjoyed.
For instance, where there were three
deliveries of mail there are now but
two, and other curtailments have been
made in proportion. Complaints have
been caused by this, but after the PEG.
pie become accustomed to the new or.
der of things they may be satisfied.
Shy Two Votes.
Democrats of the senate are shy
two votes by reason of the failure of
the Colorado legislature to elect and
the determination of Hoke Smith of
Georgia not to qualify until next De.
cember. The minority party does not
like this state of affairs. There are
oftentimes very close votes in the sen.
ate, and two votes might turn the
scale. ="
If Colorado had been represented
the Democrats would have had their
way on the resolution for the direct
election Of senators and would have
defeated the Bristow amendment. On
other votes the Democrats, with Ger.
tain Republicans voting with them,
would have been successful with q
full representation.
The Extra Month";"
There are thirteen months in every
year for the congressional employees.
Every year q provision is carried in
one Of the appropriation bills for an
extra months salary" Two years
ago q second extra month" was Civ.
en- these employees because congress
had three sessions. Now an attempt
is being made to put over second
extra month" for the present special
session, in face of the fact that sala-
ries Of congressional employees con-
tinue during the long vacations of
congress, whether they are employed
or resting. - -.
"Queer Things."
1--WE see some queer things here
remarked Senator Hepburn Of Idaho
one day when he was addressing the
senate and there was scarcely any one
giving him attention and few senators
were present. "The only thing 1 have
not seen yet that I think would be a
novelty would be to see some senator
60 out while he was speaking. Every
other phase Of neglect and dilatory
tactics has been presented in connec-
ton with this legislation"
He was speaking Of the reciprocity
bill. .....
ITO tho victors Belong the SpoiIs."
Leaders on both sides Of the house
were playing petty politics with each
other by making charges and counter
charges and asking questions designed
to be embarrassing.
"Why were you so prompt in ap-
pointing committees If you were not
going to do anything" asked Payne.
zone reason was we wanted to get
the Republican incumbents out OF
their places" frankly answered Fftz-
gerald. $751;.
THAT is committee patronage" said
Mann. THAT was just grab job"
II merely wanted to say Injected
Rucker of Missouri, that If the pur-
pose of appointing committees was to
give the Democrats patronage some
body has forgotten something"
This raised laugh, for Rucker was
even denied a clerk for his committee,
which has been very active during the
session.
Insurgents Lined Up.
For months the insurgents in the
senate were blamed for delaying the
Canadian reciprocity bill. As II to
refute the assertion three Republican
Insurgents took the floor one day, and
two, Brown and Works, supported the