Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1897-08-12
reached Washington showing the
necessity for such action.
1t surprised a orouD of western

men WHeu NH. 4. VI. linton, or
Louisiana, now paying a visit to
Washington, said: The biggest
farm in the world is in the south
western part of my state. It is
owned and operated by a syndi-
cate of northern capitalists and
embraces 800, 600 acres of land,
| devoted to the cultivation of cot
ton, corn, sugar and rice. East
and west the estate extends 100
miles. The Southern Pacific runs
thorugh it for nearly forty miles.
A good deal of attention is .Daid
to raising cattle, of which the
Syndicate owns 10000 head. The
syndicate operates several steam
ers on the navigable rivers that
run through their mammoth farm,
and they have also rice mills, a
sllpyard, ice plant, and a bank.
Representative Graffenreid, of
Texas, who has been on a trip
through Canada, has returned to
Washington. He says the Cana
dians are kind and hospitable,
but are far behind the progress
slve spirit found in every part of
the United States in almost
everything, and that there is
mingled with their feeling OF
Jealousy ard envy of the U. s. a
sentiment of pride in Our great
ness that struck him as very
amusing. He says that while 90
per cent of the Canadians want
commercial reciprocity with the
U. S. he did not come across a
single one who believed in or
wanted political union with us,
and thai there is no doubling
their loyalty to the British crown.
The cause for the selection OF
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt for as
sistant secretary of the navy is
becoming every day more appar-
et1t. Mr.. Roosevelt has been
acting secretary more than half
the time since lie became Secre-
tary Longs assistant, and as far
as the direction of the navy is
lconcerned is considered to be act
ing secretary all the time. Mr..
| Roosevelt has DEVOTED much study
/ to naval matters and he has
several times surprised old naval
officials by his accurate knowl-
ledge of technical matters of
which the ordinary landsman is
densely ignorant, and he will
probably surprise few more of
them when he goes to sea with
Rear Admiral Sicard with the
/ fleet, which has been ordered to
assemble in Hampton Roads for
series of drills and sea nnaneuvers.
Secretary Long neither knows
nor cares to take the time and
trouble to learn these things: he
is contented to wear the honors
of the position and let Roosevelt
do the work, and, of course, he
has authority to put a brake on
! MIR. Rooseyelt's enthusiasm at any
thine 1T may be considered neces-
Isary to do so. Mr.. Roosevelt was
| not chosen by the president, but
| by Secretary Long himself. That
makes their relations entirely
agreeable to both; they are carry
ing out an understanding made
before Mr.. Roosevelt became as
sistant. secretary.
Representative Bailey of Texas,
who isn't yet thirty-four years
old, is so we'll stocked with am
bition that he is,in the field as a
candidate for speaker of the. house
and for U. S. senator simultane-
ously, probably the first man who
ever tried to use two such strings
to his bow. AS a starter Mr.. Bal
ley is a candidate for reelection
to the house. That is conceded
70 be easy Then if a majority Of
the next house should be demo-
cratic he will be candidate for
speaker; if not, he will be a cam
didate TO succeed Senator Mills,
whose term expires in 1899. There
is very little doubt that Mr.. Mills
will be a candidate to succeed