Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-03
confidence OF Teller Ia boundless.
Ne CAUGHT Gardner.

confidence Of Teller Ia boundless.
10 Caught Gardner.
1t is the especial duty of Representa-.
tive Gardner Of Massachusetts to hook
after the New England fishing inter.
ests. So II happened that In a recent
discussion he took occasion to speak in
rather bitter terms Of the Hay Bond
treaty for reciprocity with Newfound.
land.
II would like to ask the gentlema n"
said Representative Swanson of vir.
einia, ~ that treaty was not negstia.
ed by President Roosevelty'
II am Obliged to admit" answered
Gardner alphabetically. that it was.
MY own party n sometimes capable of
making just such errors as this"
But there was no need to worry over
the Hay Bond treaty. There are some
things that are pretty dead. but none
quito SO completely buried AZ the vari.
GUS trade treaties in the senate.
Tive Washington Fixtures.
Major John NJ. Carson 10 the dean Of
the Washington correspondents, which
means that ne has been here a great
many years. a quarter Of century or
more-iu fact, about as long rs any
man in public life. When Governor
Taft returned from the Philippines to
accept the war portfolio he met Major
Carson and in his jovial way remark.
ed: There are two things which I al
ways expect to find unchanged and still
remaining when return to Washing.
ton. no matter how long l have been
away-the Washington monument and
Major Carson. If all other hndm a rka
full can depend on these"
One State Idea Growing.
For Oklahoma and Indian Territory
to become united seems to be the des
tiny Of that portion Of the UniteC
States which was formerly all Indiar
Territory and was separated only wher
the Indians disposed of their holdings
in the western part Of their domain
Tams Bixby who for years has beer
a member of the Dawes commission
and knows a great deal about the
conditions. says he Is firmly convinced
that the ultimate destiny of that re
gion is one state and believes that il
Bixby, who is a Republican. says thai
it will be Democratic state, but add.
that if Oklahoma and Indian Territory
are admitted separately it will NEAR
two Democratic states.
A Railroad Map.
Senator Elkins, who introduced n bib
for railroad map, explains the neces
sity for it by saying that the travelling
public wants such a map. The mil
lions Of people travelling about TIL
are entitled to have map of the
United States which will give correct
.dea of all the railroad lines. Every
one Knows that the average railroad
map is constructed so as to give the
idea that the railroad issuing It is al
air line. Many years ago some mai
artist conceived the idea that it woult
be good thing to ''straighten tn.
lines" of different railroads ION pa
per-" and the result has been thai
states have been damned out OF shape
either widened or heightened, to suit
the purpose of the particular road ia
suing the map. The Elkins map will
retain all the railroad curves.
The Iowa Contest.
For more than three months the twt
Iowa senators and five representative,
from the northern part Of the stat,
have been trying to settle on mar
to recommend as judge for the north
ern district Of that state. Hundreds
of ballots have been taken, but thu
deadlock remains unbroken. The af
fair is a very serious matter to the
Iowa people. but it is something of {
Joke to others. 1t seems that sever
newspaper men are interested in thu
outcome on account Of the papers they
represent and these seven frequently
meet and while waiting for the RESULT
OF the ballots of the seven congress
men they ballot themselves. 1t i.
paper men cannot agree. They bal
loted first as to choice. and ne mar
could get majority. Then they bal
loted on the question as TO whose selec
tion would be the best for the party
and the deadlock continued. TheI
they balloted as to what would be til,
final outcome. and no four of the sever
voted the same way.
offs" or "We Nights"
Some time ago Representative Gard
ner Of ssachusetts made a speech il
his state in which he was quoted II.
predicting war with Germany. Hi
remarks made quite n stir in different
places and were subject to some edi
torial criticisms. Finally CORE
spondent visited him and asked if II,
was correctly quoted in his speech.
why do you ask ME TINT" inquired
Gardner. "Of course ! was correct!
reported save for few omissions"
What were they" asked the report
cr, notebook in hand.
Why. The ifs and we nights an(
such qualifying words were left out
| suppose they seemed Il small matte
w NV liltu W ~ tNioi wv NV Sp'tNh'
said Gardner. with one of those seren,
smiles which show that nothing cal
disturb him.
National Craftsmanship.
since General Charles Dick has be
come so prominent in Ohio talk of hin
for chairman of the Republican ma
tional committee is again revived