The Caucasian., 1913-07-24
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

Upon with Favor.
BY ARTHUR w DUNN.
Washington, july 23.-lspecial. -
After the Gettysburg reunion Of the
olue and the gray there was some
.al about pensioning the soldiers or
he Confcaeracy, but no one believed
| that 1t would 20 very far. Yet about
| .he same time there was introduced IN
The house. bills for such pensions Con
yresslnan Edwards of Georgia would
/ pay every Confederate pension OF
$50, also the same amount to the wild
/ oWs of soldiers.
! Congressman Hobson OF Alabama
proposes that the government shall
! equalize pensions-that is. where
states pay pensions the federal gov
arnment shall pay to the Confederate
soldier an amount to make his pension
equal to that received by the Union
soldier in the same circumstances
Not Likely to Pass.
IT is to be doubted whether the men
Introducing these bills expect them to
pass They probably want discussion
4 Throughout the country to see how the
suggestion takes. It may be that they
hope these bills will be the forerunner
of future legislation And it may be
that they rather expect that such bills
may help them politically in their
| states At all events it can do them
] no harm In time to come it is pos
sible that pensions for Confederate
soldiers Will be granted as the last
act of cementing the north and the
/ south
Rural Carriers Come Again.
Rural letter carriers started at 5000
Ia year. They now receive ST 100 and
bills have been introduced to increase
the amount to $1,000 and even $1,500.
The rural carriers keep coming back
for more pay, and they have been Of
] SO much help to the congressman as
i.weH as to the rural communities that
they are likely to get further increases:
Meaning Of Words.
Interpretation Of words and Ian
guage came In for discussion in the
], senate one day when bill was con-
s1dered which provided for bureau
Ito draft bills for congress. Senator
chamberlain Of Oregon suggested that
iIf such d bureau was created It might
draft treaties with foreign countries
(which could be understood.
/ Senator Bacon in reply said that
j even the inspired book, which should
Ihaye been the most accurate ever writ
Item, had given rise to more controversy
as to what it meant than any book
,hever written, and If anything should
Ii.be correct it was the Bible.
/ Senator Mark Smith of Arizona re-
marked that the greatest lawyers had
drawn wills with the utmost care, and
yet they had been interpreted to mean
something different from what it was
' known the test;itor desired.
The Fundamental Law.
The senators might have enumerat-
led ii fraction Of the thousands Of cases
which a,aave been brought before the
3 EsnpFeme court to test what was the
meaning of the language in the funda-
/ mental law of the land, and yet no in
i strument was ever drawn with more
care than the constitution Of the Unit
led States. For the most part it seems
simple and easy to understand, but 1t
Is the subject Of more controversy
9 than any thing connected with the gov
lernment
There is more talk in congress on
what the language and words Of the
other subject. Consequently it seems
rather presumptuous that some one
Imam placed 1T the head Of bureau
will be able to draw bills more per-
ifectly than members of congress or
teomnlittees of congress whose mem.
bers have had long legislative expert
ence.
Wants His Share.
Senators take it for granted that the
vice president is not and cannot be
much interested in what is going on in
1. the senate For a great deliberative
Il parliamentary body the senate ignores
parliamentary usage. to an extraordi-
mary degree.
!. Senators will please conduct the
, discussion so that others can hear it, =
, remarked Vice President Marshall
sharply one day The chair would
like to hear q little Of it himself, Z
Then follow BEG pardons''' and
similar apologies from senators to the
vice president but it is not long before
the presiding officer IS again lost il the
! baek..a and forth talk. At the same time
the vice president. feeling his way
j gradually is seeking his share III the
government machine.
Shall We Have More Citizens?
At every session Of congress bills are
introduced to make the Porto Ricans
and the Filipinos citizens Of the United
j States. Il these islands belonged tc
England the people would be Sub
IIjectsr Of Great Britain, which satisfies
most OF the colonisfs OF the British
isles But We have no subjects. 80 thu
peopIe tie lands must be eithel
eftizens oT reInain Hi their present
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