The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-03-17
The National Capital.

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after permitting the bridging of
the Minnesota river without special
legislation, passed the Senate on
Tuesday. The bill is applicable to
to the part of the river that has
been declared unnavigable. This
will enable counties and townships
to construct bridges at the most
convenient points, and no draws
will be necessary, thus saving the
interested communities considerable
expense.
Again Senator German has met
with defeat in his opposition to the
naval bill. The senator is hunting
for campaign issue, but thus far
he has succeeded only in opposing
that which the people want. In
the meantime w. r. Hearst is
picking mp a few delegates to the
National Convention, and it looks
to the politicians in the national
capitol as though German were out
of the race for the nomination.
The one hundred and sixty-nine
members of congress who were
mentioned in the Bristow report as
having used their influence to boost
local postoffices, are very touchy
since the publication of the report.
They do not seem to relish the idea
of having correspondence of this
character made public, although,
with perhaps two or three excep-
tions, nothing has been done of
which the average congressman
need be ashamed. If he has been
persistent in asking for increases
of pay and allowances FOR the post
Offices in his district, he has simply
done what has been done since the
formation of the government.
Rather than feel offended, the men,
bers named should feel compli-
mented, and the voters of the re.
spective districts should always bear
in mind that if their member does
not look after these matters, others
will not do so. The fact that re-
representatives. Tawney and Nc
Cleary, of Minnesota, are included
upon the list, is nothing to their
discredit. They have been in Con
gress for many years, and it were
strange, indeed, if during all this
time, no occasions should have
arisen that required personal efforts
at the departments, in order that
postoffices in their districts might
get fair treatment. The truth of
the matter is that the committee on
postoffices and post roads called
upon the department for detailed
report on certain charges, little ex.
pecting how this report would be
presented. The department called
the bluff, now the committee has
the report, and there is lot OF
senseless bowling among members.
Just at present Washington is en-
joying the regular quadiennial cleo
ton row. The several parties vote
for delegates to the National Con
ventions, and they manage to still
up more excitment over the selec
ton of two delegates than could b
gotten up in city election in Min
nesota. This is all the voting tha
is done here, and for this reason tn,
participants evidently want to MAKE
the most of it.
Over 5000 men are now at worl
on the approaches of the new
Union depot, which by the way
will be another architectural orna
ment to the Nations capitol. TIL
new structure will be a. frontage O
over 700 feet on one of the fines
avenues in the city. There wal
some talk that it might be ready t.
handle the inauguration crowd
next year, but this is now out of tn
question.