The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-04-07

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Especial Correspondence to the HERALD
y March 81, 1904.
Every patriotic citizen desires
that the nations capital city shall
ultimately become the most beaUti-
full seat of government on earth.
But it is not more than fair that the
residents of Washington, who are
in constant enjoyment of the city's
numerous advantages as a place of
residence, should bear their just
and equitable share of taxation. AT
the present time the national
government pays about half of the
expenses of the city, and the
property holders pay the other half.
The rate is only $l.5 per 800 on
the city's valuation, a rate much
lower than in other cities of the
size of Washington. $1,000 per-
sonal property (household goods is
exempt from taxation, as we'll as
heirlooms and articles of personal
adornment. As the city has during
recent years become the place of
residence of numerous wealthy
capitalists and retired business men
it stands to reason that many ''heir-
looms" and articles of personal
adornment, such as silverware,-
jewelry, diamonds, ETC., have re
manned untaxed. Congressman
Davis of the third district, believes
that those possessing such valuables
should pay for their protection, and
in harmony with his views he has
succeeded in having the committee
for the District of Columbia order
these exemptions stricken out, and
if the senate committee concurs
therein, considerable revenue will
be derived from sources we'll able
to contribute. 1t is unnecessary to
state that Mr.. Davis activity in
this mattee is not looked upon with
favor by the "smart set" of this
city.
Congressman Lind has succeeded
in securing an appropriation for
better elevator service. in the Minr
neapolis post Office.
One of the most effective workers
in the Minnesota delegation is
Stevens of St. Paul. You don't
hear much of him in print, but he
does things, and no district in the
country has intrusted its interests
into more Industrious hands.
Now the democrats are bowling
because the pension Office has re-
Gently ruled to the effect that an old
soldier of sixty-two or sixty-ive
years of age isn't physically as good
a man as he was during the war,
and that if one slxty-two years OF
over applies for a pension it is
reasonably safe to assume that he is
physically incapacitated from the
performance of manual labor, re-
CARELESS of other disabilities. This
is a liberal construction of the PEN
sion act of 1890, and should obviate
the necessity of passing a service
pension bill, which the democratic
party, as well as many republicans,
would have opposed.
Tams Bixby is still chairman of
the Dawes Commission, and his
official and political standing at
Washington has not been impaired
by the recent Bonaparte report.
A meritorious bill, which has re-
Gently received the signature of the
President, is that relating to Mrs.
Korth of Gaylord, Minnesota.
Mrs. Korth is the widow of a Min
nesota pioneer who was badly
wounded at the Redwood agency
during the Indian outbreak in 1862.
Mr.. Korth died in 1902, leaving
his widow possessed of little or no,
income. She is now seventy-six
years old. Congressman Davis in
~terested himself in the matter, and
sought to secure . pension of twenty
dollars per month, but the house
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