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The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
REMARKS CAST
OUT OF RECORD
Tilt in Committee Investigat-
ing Insurance Company
Develops During Day.
JUSTICE ON THE STAND
Dispute Ends with Ali the Testimony
Being E1punged from the
Report.
JUSTICE ON THE STAND

Justice Ashley NJ. Gould, Of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, yesterday appeared
before the subcommittee of the House
District Committee, which is Investigate
ing fire insurance conditions in the DIS
trict. Justice Gould's name had been
brought into the investigation because he
appeared as vice president of the two
fire insurance companies under investi-
cation and because Representative Red
field had apparently made especial effort
to incorporate in the record the amount
of compensation accruing to Justice
Gould through his connection with the
two companies. Before Justice Gould
finished the cross-examinatiOn of Mr..
Redfeld. which followed Judge Goulds
statement. the committee had become in
volved in a tangle, which brought into
the investigation the names OF Chair
man Henry, of the Rules Committee of
the House: Speaker Clark, and others.
who were concerned in procuring favor
able report upon the original Johnson
resolution calling for the investigation.
The result of the dispute, which con-
sumed the greater part of the morning
session and all OF the afternoon session,
was that virtually all OF the days pro-
ceedngs were stricken from the record
following a series of exciting passages
In the afternoon in the course Of which
Mr.. Redfeld was denied by the commit
tee the right to be sworn and testify as
to what he had told Chairman Henry, of
the Rules Committee. on his effort TO
bring about the decision of that COM
mittee which resulted in the present in
vestigation. Before the argument had
been concluded Judge Prouty OF Iowa,
after carefully going over and reading
into the record the resolution upon which
the committee is supposed to be acting
announced that in the future he would
refuse TO listen to the kind of testimony
which had filled up large part of the
record to date. and that unless the COM
mittee confined itself to the range Of
investigation provided in the authorize
tlon he would refuse to attend its meet
ings. As a result OF this stand, which
was concurred in by Representative
Berger and dissented from by Chairamnt
johnson, Representative Redfieid refus-
ing, as an interested party, to act one
way or the other, all OF an exciting pas
sage between Justice Gould and Repre-
sentative Redfield and all the afternoons
proceedings were stricken from the
record.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
DAVENPORT HITS
AT RODDENBERY
Commissioner Of Patents An
swers Statements Made by
Southern Representative.
SCANDAL BREWING
Soldier Declines to Discuss Tribute
Paid Him as a Turkey
Trotfer.

A scandel Of grave proportions may be
unearthed in the Pension Bureau IL Rep
resentative Roddenbery of Georgia keeps
his promise to make good his charges
against Commissioner of Pensions James
l.. Davenport and succeeds in getting
the House Committee on Expenditures in
the Interior Department to conduct an
investigation OF the administration of the
Office
L have never yet failed to make good
on my charges said Representative
Roddenbery yesterday. "The instances 1
cited on the floor Of the House tending
TO show Davenport's misconduct in Office
are but two Of the several cases that /
had In mind"
worried over the possibilities OF a Con-
gressional investigation and openly defies
Representative Roddenbery. In a state
ment made yesterday Commissioner
Davenport invited a Congressional inyes-
tigatton and declared that Representative
Roddenbery's attack on him had been in
spired by disgruntled departmental en-
pioye. and characterized the allegation
would he found ridiculous" il investi-
Gated
The war between the Commissioner of
Pensions and Representative Roddenbery
srew out of charges by the Georgian that
Commissioner Davenport showed fayorit-
Ism IN granting pensions In his speech
on the floor of the House. Representative
Roddenbery charged that Davenport had
placed an undeserving pensioner on the
rolls at the instance of Col Roosevelt,
and that he also had allowed a pension
10 a man who had been guilty and had
served sentence for felony.
Attacks Pension Agent.
Commissioner Davenport, In a state
ment made yesterday. replied to the
charges Of Representative Roddenbery in
strong terms.
These charges are OF no importance to
me. said Commissioner Davenport
They were inspired out Of pure vindic-
uveness by pension agent named Capt
John King. who goes out of office In
February. He desired to get n post az
disbursing officer. and when 1 was un-
able TO get 1t for him, he resorted to his
present mode of attack through Repre-
sentative Roddenbery. This department
is perfectly willing to have an investisa-
ton. We are confident that the charges
OF favoritism will be found ridiculous.
Il can say, regarding Representative
The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
WILSON FAVORS
REPEALOF TOLLS?

Continued from Page One.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
THE WAR ON OPIUM,

There appears to be pretty good
reason for the suspicion which is
prevalent IN China, that there is some
thing nntrustworthv in Great Britain S
attitude favoriug the suppression of the
opium traffic. Great Britain s keen in
terest In keeping up this traffic was
manifest IN the Infamous "opium
war Of 1889 British vessels bom-
barded Chinese cities which refused to
receive cargoes Of opium and forced
opium upon the Chinese. But four
years ago Great Britain entered into
treaty with China for the extirpa
ton OF the opium trade altogether.
The stipulation was that China should
suppress the culture of poppies in its
boundaries 10 per cent each year, un-
TIL at the expiration Of ten wears
there would be no more poppv
raised III China from which to manu-.
facture the opium. Correspondence,
Great Britain agreed to cut of the
opium shipments from India in the
same ratio, so that there would he no
exports Of opium from India 10 China
after ten years. But China cannot
trace any reduction in the shipments
Of opium from India by British houses
to Chinese ports. So there has been
loud call in China for an investigation
of the real British attitude toward
this treaty for the suppression Of the
opium traffic. The National Opium
Conference Of China raised four thou
sand dollars TO send representative TO
England to find out about this. Cen
eral Chang, chairman Of the National
Conference, was chosen to 90 to Lon
don on this mission, and he received a
telegram from n member of the British
Parliament saying, "Come quickly"
This indicated that something was
necessary to be done. and accordingly
General Chang promptly started for
London.
That there is treachery also on the
part Of China seems probable, for the
Anti-Opium Association found that
poppies were being grown on President
Yuan Shi Kai s farm. Repeated re.
ports from the missionaries that these
poppies were being grown had no result,
but finally ii was openly published
that Yuan Shi Kai was raising the
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
THE MINIMUM WAGE.

There have been many propositions
to establish by law minimum wage
for women working in various business
establishments throughout the country,
There has also been good deal Of leg
islatiou on the question, and the results
of this legislation, as well as the re-
suits Of certain experiments by various
corporations and firms in the same d.
rcction, have been reported upon at
some length,
recent statement is that Mr.. Dou.
bleday OF the publishing house of Dou.
bleday, Page & Co.. called in the su.
pcrintendcnt Of the operating depart
ment OF his business, aud directed him
that beginning that day every woman
in the employ Of the firm must receive
at least eight dollars week The su-
perintendent said. FThey are not worth
it.. Mr., Doubleday said, "Pay it any
how The superintendent replied,
eve cannot afford it, to which Mr..
Doubleday reioined, owe will lose the
money for ] do not want to be talked
TO again as that young woman talked
to me today" referring to a social
worker in the minimum wage cause.
The story goes on to say that the
minimum wage of eight dollars a week
went into effect Immediately; that
thercupon, to every one 8 surprise, the
efficiency Of the force was improved.
No one was discharged, but one by one
the least efficient ones dropped out,
and those that were left did the work,
SO that sit was cheaper to run the
plant at the minimum wage of eight
dollars week than it was before there
was any minimum.
That sounds very fine; but a keen
critic found flaw in it. That flaw was
diseiosed in the reference TO those who
| dropped out; and he asked, "Wherc did
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those that dropped out drop to, what
became Of themF" Under the old or
der, they at least got something, and
were able to live Under the new or
der, they were not able to keep up
with the eight-dollar week employees,
so they just "dropped out Where
they dropped to is not explained, but
that is left to the imagination and
in cases like this the imagination can
conclude without much uncertainty
what became Of those who heretofore
had been paid less than eight dollars a
week, and were able to live decently,
but we're not able to keep up
with the eight dollar week stride and
so dropped ont. -
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
UTAH GAS 81 COKE co.
j. c. D. Clark. General Manager.

VIII be received by the secretary, Horace
;. Ensign. at his office Vermont build
lng: Salt Lake City. until II o'clock noon
Thursday. June II. 1919. when they will
be opened publicly.
proposals must be accompanied by a
certified or cashiers check in the sum Of
. per cent OF the total amount of the bid.
payable 10 Utah State Fair associate
the same to be forfeited 10 the Utah State
FAIR association In case the bid is accept
ed and the bidder does not enter into the
contract and furnish bond within six day
after this acceptance: and the contractor
10 whom the award is made must furnish
q surety bond in the sum OF 80 per cent
0! the amount OF the contract within six
days after the official notice OF the award
of the contract The right Is reserved to
reject any or all bids
Complete sets OF plans and specinca-
TONS including blank forms OF propos-
ais VIII be furnished to prospective bid
ders upon deposit OF 50 at the Office OF the
secretary OF the State Fair association. or
at The office OF Young & Son. architects.
3O6 Charon building,
UTAH STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION.
r54S HORACE s. ENSIGN, Secy.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
WHY THE ECHO?

Julian Hawthorne fell from grace
disastrously when be did the things
which sent him to the Federal prison
at Atlanta, Georgia. He was an author
| of repute, and there seemed to be 20
reason why he should have entered
upon criminal practices. But there is
no telling what a man may do under
temptation or pressure. And so Julian
Hawthorne went to Jail for his offense
against the law, in ue-skying'
and swindling his fellow creatures.
1t appears now that he has committed
an offeuse against literature which
will be hard for the literary world
to forgive him in doing, During the
troubles of the Lawrence strike an
Italian, Arturo Giovannitti, wrote a
poem which attracted a good deal OF
attention in this country, and from
which the following is an extract:
hear footsteps over my head all night
so one eternity In four PAGES and between
the coming and tho going there is Silence
aud Night and the Infinite.
For infinite the nine feet OF prison cell
aud endless Is the march OF him who walks
iron gate thinking things that he
chained and cannot be locked, but that wan
dor far % away In tne snnlit world. in their
Throughout the restless night I hear the foot
stepB over my hcUd
WHO walks? I do not know IL iS the phantom
OF the Jail. The sleepleas brain, n man. the
man the Walker
one-two- three four: four PAGES and the wall.
onc-two -threo-tour; four paces and the iron
gate
During his confinement in the Fed
era prison at Atlanta, Julian Haw.
thorne wrote the following, and sends
it out as his own composition;
In tho coll over mine at nigh,
a step goes to and fro.
From barred door 10 iron wall,
From vail TO door | hear IL 60.
-Four paccE heavy md slow
In the heart OF the sleeping iail
And the gond that drives know
mover saw Ms I,.. taco nor heard him SPEAK
He may be Dutchmgn. DaEo. Yankee. Crock,
But the language OF that prison'd step
Too well know
Unknown brother o' remorBclcss bars
Pcnt in your cage from earth and sky and starr
The hunger for lost life that gosds you so
alSo know.
Now, the question is, WHY any one
having knowledge of the first poem Il
part of which is quoted above. as
Julian Hawthorne must have had,
should consider it worth while to write
the second. which is clearly an echo of
the poem written by the Italian. Julian
Hawthorne has evidently fallen into
bad ways, and he will require a greater
forgiveness, if he ever is forgiven, than
merely for the offense against the law
for which he was sent to Jail
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

Report is that a Californian under
sentence Of death aud pleading insanit,
as reason why he shouldn't be
hanged, has had this his plea overruled
through the sound mentality IN evi
dence in his poetry. 4 man who shows
sound mentality in his poetry ought not
10 be lost to the world Great Britain
IS IN need of poet laureate, having
recently lost one who never measured
up to that standard
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

poppy for opium on his farm, and the
pressure to stop it was too great for
for him to resist; so he ordered its de-
struction and sent military detail to
see that the poppy fields were de,
stroyed.
1t would look very much as though
there were bad faith on both sides
with regard TO the enforcement of this
anti-opium treaty: but surely Great
Britain cannot afford to be found on
the wrong side of such question, even
though China is; but for Great Britain
to violate that treaty would be an of
fense both against Christianity and
civilization
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
A RETROACTIVE PROPOSITION.

It is curious indeed TO see that the
Senate finds so much change to be nee
essary in the supposedly perfect Will
SON Underwood tariff bill which passed
the House Of Representatives. with SC
much acclaim. IL Will be recalled that
President Wilson in talking with Sen
ator Hoke Smith Of Georgia expressed
in the Senate in Just the shape it came
from the House. Senator Smith retort-
ed that the bill was not it to pass in
the shape that it came from the House
that it had many imperfections; that it
was inconsistent within itself, and that
| the Senate would have to amend it in
many parts before it would pass mas
| ter.
This forecast of Senator Smith has
| proved to be entirely correct. In many
| respects the Senate has found the bill
inconsistent and imperfect. and amend
ments are. in fact, compulsory. We
have heretofore pointed out the incon-
sistency of the bill so far as il related
w lHS iI'b liLHOllS VI IlcdL rs NOu"
trasted with the duty put on live stock :;
tho free imports Of -four as contrasted
with the tariff duty upon grains; of the
violation of treaties which would be
made in the importing of goods in
American ships through the favoring re-
duction Of five per cent In the duty,
as contrasted with the goods brought
in in foreign ships. which would have
to pay full duty, this discrimination be.
ing directly and positively contrary to
many treaty provisions,
There is now found another oblec.
tion equally compelling in showing that
the income tax portion Of the bill as
drafted violates the Constitution, in
that it undertakes TO go back of the
date when the income tax amendment
Of the Constitution was ratified and
impose the income tax from and after
date prior to that ratification. This,
Of course, will have to be changed, and
the date of imposing the tax made to
fall after the time the ratification of
the income tax amendment was pro-
claimed.
1t seems extraordinary that bill
that had been in preparation for Wore
than a year, that had passed the scru-
tiny of President Wilson, aided by the
scrutiny Of the House Committee on
Ways and Means, should be found so
full of imperfections and impossibiIities
as this bill has proved to be under the
Senate S scrutiny. 1t is a great lesson
in the study of practical public ques-
tions, as showing the difficulty of mere
theorists framing law to be put in
practice where the defects are certain
to be made manifest. 1t is one thing
for a theorist TO sit down In his study
and write out a proposed revision of
the tariff, but it is quite another thing
for statesmen to take that theory and
get it into working order,
But as to this particular theory, the
more it is brought into working order
the worse the people will find it to be.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12
ENOUGH STATE LAWS.

| The Governor of Kansas recently ap
pealed to the Legislature of that State
not to indulge in much law-making, fol
that State has, in his opinion, laws
enough. The Governor Of New Jersey
says about the same thing to the Leg
isature Of New Jersey. In general we
suppose that the Governor of any State
could say about the same thing to the
Legislature Of his State.
On the other hand. the Governor of
Wisconsin is furious at the Legislature
of that State because it has failed to
act upon number OF laws that ne
wishes to have passed. The grist of
legislation in Wisconsin has been enor.
mously heavy at the present session,
and the Legislature is proposing to take
recess for rest The Governor OBJ
jects to this, and insists that the un-
passed bills should be passed without
delay. He is the sort of Governor who
believes that all the ills Of society and
trade, and all domestic relations can
be remedied or removed by statute.
If anything is troublesome in any walk
of life in any part of the State. all
that is necessary. in his opinion, is to
pass law to straighten it out, and
the work is done; all this on the basis
assumed in the opera, "The Mikado, -
that when the Emperor s order is given
out, the thing is as good as done al
ready.
The simple truth is that every State
has an enormous lot of legislation, much
of which is confusing and which the
courts Of every State have difficulty
in CONSUMING. What the States need
more than anything in this direction is
the consolidation and codi6cation of the
statutes which they have. This work
should be done by expert lawyers. and
these lawyers should be authorized to
throw out antiquities, and repetitions,
and reduce the body Of the laws to
plain statements and easily understood
expressions. Every State would save
considerable money and a vast amount
of trouble and litigation if in every
obc VI IbSHl Lbtle coulu D0 eSGa DlSneQ
on the basis of the ancient codes or on
the basis of the code Napoleon in
France n plain statement of the law
on every point already covered by leg
islation; and we assume that in every
State there is no material point left
uncovered.
The comment hereon is as applicable
to Utah as any State; in fact, in some
ways more so, for there has been built
up in Utah in the short time of the ex
istence of this Commonwealth as q
State, a body of uncertain, confusing
and indeterminate legislation that is
wonderful for the short period that the
State has had an existence. The best
thing that could happen to this State
would be to have a higb-mirded legal
commission 90 through the body of the
statutes, reduce them to plain. brief
terms, and throw out or rewrite every
thing that is contradictory and uncer.
tain; and then If the Legislature wouId
meet and enact code so prepared and
repeal all the existing statutes, this
State would be immensely tbe oainer
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

The prima faeie assent TO the prop.
osition of the board of education for
authority to Issue $500 in bonds
for completing the high school and buy
ing ether ground for school purposes,
viii probably be favorable on the part
Of the public. To clineh this favorable
impression. the board Will 30 doubt is.
sue definite and reasonable statements
showing with precision what the money
Is required for, and why il should be
voted The taxpayers OF this city have
never refused a request of this sort
made by the board OF education, aud on
proper showing is not likely to re.
fuse this
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

j \ New York welfare worker declares
band than her welfare work, probably
does good deal Of that work with 9th
or women S husbands.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

The decision of the U. S. Supreme
Court in the newspap per publishers case
alhrms the propricty of making four
elassificatons Of newspapers in this
conntry-tho newspaper which must do
all the things set down in the law in or.
der to enjoy seeondclass postal rates
the newspaper which doesn't seek ad.
mission to the mails in the second,class
rate, and TO which therefore the law
does not apply; the religious newspa.
per, daily or weekly, that doesn't need
40 mind the law at all, and the weekly
newspaper. which is expressly exempted
from tie requirements of the law. And
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

Illinois legislators complain that they
work day and night, and still are
blamed, No doubt the people of that
State would he grateful, if those leg,
islators would work neither day nor
might, since the more they work the
worse the people like it,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

4 1t is TO be hoped that the report is
not true which says that Republican
Senators who favored the Nicaraguan
treaty while Mr. Taft was President
will now oppose it since Mr.. Wilson is
President. Such change as that would
be contemplate, and can scarcely he
credited iii advance of the vote on the
treaty
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

= Murphy. Tammany's chief, seems to
be qualifying either as joker or as
member Of the Ananias club. He re-
Gently Informed newspaper reporter
that he is '|out of politics. Governor
Sulzer is praying tearfully for faith TO
helinNn n
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

The Chicago minister who is obsessed
by the idea Of dollar piety lately dis
eoursed on the question whether man
can be religious on a dollar day, and
ms next sermon is to be on the problem
whether a man can be pious on a thou.
sand dollars a day. Whether or not
they could, there are multitudes who
would be willing to try it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

woman has been named to be fish
aud game warden for Mobile county,
Alabama. An interesting experiment
likely to turn out well, for when a
woman undertakes the duties of an
ONCE like that. she is probably an en-.
thusiast. and probably will do her work
better than any one else would be like
~ to do 1t.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

Hearing that Italy is experimenting
with an armored automobile, the Chi
cago News mournfully concludes that
f'This eXtinguishes the pedestrian S last
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

Holding up bills to see if anybody
is going to pay anything either to have
them passed or killed is a favorite di-
version in many legislatures.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

: Col. Roosevelt IS libel suit at Mar
rquette is said TO have cost him ten
thousand dollars Dirt cheap advertis-
,ing. at that.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

Whoever else was discounted by the
Democratic victory last year, it is COM
forting to know that Apostle Smoot
didn't care a h-ooter about it,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-12

Chill air and showers from time to
lime. Curious weather for June.