The Hattiesburg news., 1912-01-29
WILSON-HARVEY
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license fees. The real tax should be
put on the real drinkers. Make. ev-
cry person who wants to take a drink
take out license and pay, say 81 a
year, for it. When man goes into
a saloon, make him present his license
and pay one cent internal revenue tax
for every drink he takes. Do these
things and you will stop drunkenness"
Wall Streets Fine Italian Hand.
Congress is considerably stirred
over the charge made that certain
Wall street interests have started a
back fire" in several Congressional
districts to head off the proposed in
vestigation by the House of the So
called money trust" Color is given
the charge by the frank admission of
Representative Robert L. Henry. |
chairman of the committee on Rules, |
that there has been some influence at
work in the districts of certain pro-
gressive Democrats and Republicans
that has driven Democrats to come
to him to implore the rules committee
to drop its money trust" resolution,
Mr.. Henry however, is unwilling TO
say that Wall street is responsible
for the influence at work.
Samuel Untermeyer, a leading New
York corporation lawyer. has come to
Washington to urge that the investi-
cation be continued. He insists that
there is a "money trust but he does
not believe that the New York bank
ers interested in it have so far violat-
, ed the Sherman antitrust law.
Representative Oscar W. Under
wood is opposed to the inquiry. He is
, said to be quietly using his influence
to prevent it. He declares that what
the country needs is legislation, not
prolonged investigation. Other DEM
ocrats are coming around to his view.
4 To Pension Aged Employees.
The advocates of a Federal law to
provide for the retirement of aged
q employees of the government have
). taken heart over President Taft's
promise to send a message to Con
, gress submitting a plan (which Shall
, safeguard the interests of the govern
ment and at the same time make reas-
, enable provision for those who have
given the best part of their lives to
y the service of the state"
Nxyh;Io - ,otirapaopf 1om haer
!, agitated for several years, it has not
:, made much progress in Congress be
cause of the divergent views as tt
the best methods of retiring the
clerks. Two plans are now before
! Congress and will come up for settle
r, ment in the present session. Some o
:. the advocates are in favor of Great
:, ing a retirement fund by deducting {
- certain sum monthly from the clerks
. salaries, while others contend that thu
9 entire expense should be borne by thu
!, government. President Taft's inter
+, est in the matter seems to assure
some definite action, one way or thu
\. other, at this session.
- Hitchcock Strong for Taft.
a Peace once more reigns in Presi
- dent Taft's official family. Postmast
q er General Hitchcock, who last weel
was reported as being at odds will
n his chief, has set the rumors of hi
= resignation at rest by his avowal: q
q am for Taft as strong as a man cal
q be, and l did not realize until da,
y or two ago how far these stories abou
: my alleged differences with the Presi
dent were going"
For some time past reports hav
been current that the Postmaster Ger
eral would swing his influence towar'
the Roosevelt boom. The reports wer
IS given credence in many quarter
e. much to the embarrassment of tn,
President and Mr.. Hitchcock. A hui
ried trip to OYSTER Bay and confer