Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1900-01-04
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. Is, 90.

senator Stewart is a Stanch adj
vocate of the territorial form Of
government for all our new pos
sessions. Speaking on the sub
iect he said: my policy is to
take all the land we can get, and
treat the people who come with it
as our children. We cannot af-
| ford to treat some of them as step
children. When we begin that
we may have discord in the faml-
ly circle. l believe in expansion
and believe that it was necessary
for the good of the country. A
country which doesn't grow is
like tree which has attained it's
full growth; it begins to decay
Very httingly Capt. Sigsbee
and Chaplain Chadwick were
placed in charge of the funeral
arrangements Of the remains of
the Maine dead, buried yesterday
at Arlington. The funeral was
attended by the president, the
cabinet, and every naval officer
who was in Washington. There
we're $50 bodies.
The LaWton fund has grown SO
rapidly that the committee now
has reason to hope that the total
will reach $4,000 by next week,
when the subscription is to be
closed.
If all the witnesses summoned
from Montana by the senate COM
nltee on elections, to tell what
they know about the election Of
Senator Clark. obey the SUMMONS
the cost of the iTs estig CATION
which is paid from what is known
as the senate contingent fund,
will run up at least $4,000.
About 80 citizens of Montana
haye been summoned, and every
one that appears as witness will
be entitled to mileage amounting
to about S325 and 81 a day.
Although the Roberts commit
tee has yet to listen to the legal
arguments for and against Rob-
erts--January 5 has been set aside
for the lawyers---there are good
reasons for the belief that the
committee has already unani-
mously decided, on the evidence
taken, that Roberts is a polyga-
mist, and tilat decision means a
report against him, which will
not be opposed by dozen mem
bers of the house at the outside,
and may not be opposed at all.
It has beef nearly thirty years
since the fifteenth amendment,
which is the last, was added to
the constitution. The number of
constitutional amendments which
have been proposed since congress
met indicates a belief on the part
of numerous gentlemen that the
time is ripe for further amend.
ment. About forty resolutions
providing for amendments have
already been introduced, more
than half of which are for the
same purpose---the prohibition Of
polygamy. Others relate to
marriage and divorce laws, the
prohibition of the use Of public
funds for sectarian institutions,
imposing a national income tax,
a graduated inheritance tax, the
suppression OF trusts, regulating
the hours of labor, extending the
presidential term to six years and
making the president ineligible
for reelection. to allow senators
to become members of the cabi.
net and still retain their seats in
the senate, and of course, our old,
old friend, providing for the elec.
ton of senator's by direct vote OF
the people, which will probably
be the first one to get adopted.
But there is no immediate pros.
pect of its adoption, notwith.
standing its numerous supporters.
A number of gentlemen who
drew good salaries as employees ol
the last congress have been made
to realize what -blooded
thing political lite Is. They have
lost their jobs, not because of any