The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1903-03-19
The National Capital.
Especial oorrespo adence to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, D. c., March l6.

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buster in the house at the close Of
this session of congress-, the fire.
quent roll calls put the republican
leaders to their wits ends to have
a quorum on hand promptly at II
o'clock every morning. AS re
publican "whip", Mr.. Tawney re
sorted to some very ingenious ex
pedients to have everybody in on
time. One day he mailed notes to
each republican member-''Please
be in the House at IL o'clock, and
this don't mean IDOL" Occasion.
ally even such urgent requests as
this did not work, and had to be
supplemented by telephone calls to
all the hotels where republican
| members were quartered. On one
occasion every republican was told
by the clerk that Speaker Hender-
son desired to see him at his pri-
vate office in the Capitol at 1855
that morning. When 1855 came
the passage way to the speakers
room was blocked with expectant
republicans trying to get inside.
"Why, l didn't send for you,
replied the speaker to the first and
second of these arrivals, then catch
ing on to what had been done he
said, "Just 60 inside and be pre-
pared to make a quorum.
A. w. Pontius Of Minnesota, has
been appointed student interpre-
ter at Pekin. Mr.. Pontius, under
the law is pledged to remain there
in that capacity for period of ten
years at a salary of 81, 900 a year.
Mrs. Merriam, wife of Director
of the Census, gave small musl-
Gale last week. Miss Katherine
Gordon, formerly of St. Paul, sang
several solos, and Miss Biddle,
sister of Commissioner John w.
Biddle, played a number of selec-
lions on the piano. Miss Gordon
has fine soprano voice, which was
cultivated in Paris. A buffet
supper was served.
"The discovery of an iron range
in Minnesota has caused great inter-
est" said F. G. Harper of Duluth
at the Arlington. Duluth pros
pectors who have been drilling
quietly for the past several months
recently announced that they had
met with so much success that a
paying proposition is now absolute
ly assured. They expect to con-
tinue the prospecting at consider
able expense, for it is believed that
the range is continuation of that
north of Two Harbors, which recent
ly caused so much excitement.
Expressions of regret are heard
on every hand over the resignation
of Ex-Governor Merriam from the
dictatorship of the census office.
President Roosevelt paid an exceed
ly high compliment to the director,
and voiced the regret which is gen
eral among the0departaent heads of
the government. Mr.. Merriam's
change of residence to New York
in his connection with an interna-
tional company, removes him per-
manently from the field of Mime
sofa politics. During his conduct
of the census office he made himself
very popular with the Minnesota
delegation, and very carefully
guarded the interests of their con-
stltuents who were placed in that
office.
Senator Clapp of Minnesota, has
a constituent in town, Charles
Christadoro, who stirs the magma
ton with great fish stories. Mr..
Christadoro is very familiar with
the vicinity of Cass Lake, where
Senator Clapp goes fishing nearly
every summer, and has been trying
to have national park located up
there somewhere in the neighbor-
hood of the Lake of the Woods, but
without much success.
"The wall-eyed pike are so num-
erous in Cass Lake that they are
tame," said Mr.. Christadoro.
,"They come up out of the water
and we give them names to which
they answer"
Senator Clapp will not dispute
the accuracy of his constituents
story. n. n. Is.
Interesting.
An auant of axcentinnal interest Ia