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poses by resolution n committee OF nine
members Of the House to find our
whether there have been any violations
of the antitrust laws lately in the steeI
world or railroad circles. Full directions
are given such a committee as to hunting
for stock speculations. panic incentives
or combinations in restraint of trade.
| Mr. SABBATH, OF Illinois, runs Mr.. Stanley
close second with his resolutions touch
| ing the dealings OF the sugar trust and
directing the Attorney General to inform
| the House what officers, clerks, attorneys
special counsel, and other officials con-
nected with that department are receiv-
ing fees or compensation beyond the
salaries fixed by law. In this last con-
! nection he wants a full schedule OF
amounts paid as salary or fees, to these
officials as well as to the Department OF
Justice officials by the thousands abroad
! in the land.
Postmasters md Politics.
Outside of the regularly ordered over
! hauling of the Post-off1ce Department by
the committee on expenditures therein,
Representative Saunders wants the Com
mittee on Post-offices and Post Roads to
| inquire into the way postmasters are
| appointed, why they are removed, and
whether they are required to contribute
to the expenses of political campaigns.
In a resolution by Representative Rouse
| it is required that the Postmaster Gen.
| eral tell the House why he has made
| certain removals and appointments in
the Railway Mail Service. The order is
cold, clear, and to the point. He simply
| is required to tell, that's all. And on
ltop of these embarrassments, should he
| consider them such, Mr.. Hitchcock will
| be required, should a resolution pass, to
produce for the edification of Representa-
tive Martin, of Colorado, all information
| touching the investigation of the post
office at Walsenburg, Colo, and to sub.
NIT copies of all letters and affidavits
| appertaining thereto.
The Mexican Situation.
OF course, the Mexican situation has
not been overlooked IF we wish to
| know, we should be allowed to find out, "
| the Congressman reason. Therefore, Mr..
Garrett, of Tennessee, by resolution.
commissions the Committee on Foreign
Affairs to make immediate investigation
into the conditions existing along the
border and to make recommendations
for the protection of the lives and prop
erty of American citizens, both within
| Mexico and without. Mr.. Flood. Of Vir-
ginia, introduced the same sort Of reso-
luton, and on the same day as Mr..
! Garrett. Over in the Senate Mr.. Stone,
Democrat, brought up the Mexican
imbroglio by calling upon the Committee
on Foreign Relations to make an inQuisi-
ton.
A short time before Mr.. Stone took
I'D the Mexican trouble, Senator Culber-
SON called upon the President to tell the
Senate whether the republic OF Portugal
had been recognized officially by the
United States, and II not, why not. Mr..
| Lever. Of South Carolina, sees no good
| reason why the President should not tell
Congress the real circumstances leading
up to the resignation Of David Jayne Hill
as Ambassador to Germany. In his reso-
| luton he puts the plain question. WAS
1t caused by a difference Of opinion be-
tween this country and Germany con-
corning the potash Industry"
Panama Canal and Japan.
Mr. Rainey, of Illinois. was not long in
getting back to his favorite topic-the
Panama Canal incident. BY resolution
he suggests a committee to find out from
the Department of Justice all about the
cases wherein New York newspaper
ana certain Middle Western publishers
were sued for libel by former President
Roosevelt. in connection with allegations
concerning the acquisition of the PAN
anna Canal strip by this country. The
Rainey resolution also provides for a
general accounting by the Department
of Justice concerning its disposition Of
the so-callsd commodities cases and