The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-02-10
THE VEST POCKET VETO
Feared by Champions of River
and Harbor Bill.
Senator'S Nelson and Hansbrough Ex-
plain How Minnesota Quenches the
Thirst of North Dakota - Do Not
Want Canadian Wheat.

W htH''
Washington. Feb. Special. Men
in congress who are anxious to have a
river and harbor bill passed at this SEES
sion are very much afraid that ii is
likely to get pocket Veto" If a
bill reaches the president within ten
days before the adjournment of con-
gress or its expiration and is not sign
ed it is said TO receive pocket veto"
Now, at this stage of the congressional
ter TO delay the river and harbor bill
so that it could not reach the president
until a week before March 4. But "a
pocket Veto or any other kind of a
veto is not what is most dangerous to
this Improvement measure. 1t is likely
to be lost in the senate. If the presi-
dent wanted to veto it he would do so
without lodging and would give his
reasons to congress.
President Does Not Give Up.
From time to time some one attempts
to make it appear that the president
lation at this session of congress, but
he does not get his idea from the presi
dent. Mr.. Roosevelt, being a man Of
action, does not see why the senate
needs so much time to make up its
mind. 1t has been known for two
months that the president thought the
legislation was desirable, and the eX
ecutive, who has a great deal of i'm
portant business to transact, cannot
see why the senate should not also do
business. But then the senate has to
debate all these questions, and there
is where the time is consumed.
Do Not Want Canadian Wheat.
The senator's and representatives
from North Dakota are particularly
vigorous just now and are working to
head off the efforts that are being made
in some quarters to secure a reciproci-
ty agreement with Canada which
would authorize the admission of Ca
madam wheat. Resolutions have been
introduced intended to bring out infor-
nation which will prove that Canadian
wheat would interfere very materially
with the wheat growing industry in
North Dakota as well ms other states
which produce that important staple Of
the farm. But these efforts are unnec-
essary, as there will be no reciprocity
with Canada. The North Dakota de-
sire, however, is to check the Canadian
reciprocity sentiment.
The South Ignored.
Representative Cromer of Indiana
was making a speech against the I'M
equal distribution of Offices i'm the gov
ernment showing that the District of
Columbia and adjacent states had the
larger proportion of places.
Il would like to ask" said Repre-
sentative Pou of North Carolina, IF
the gentleman does not think that it is
a great injustice for the president of
the United States in designating his
cabinet to persistently ignore one large
section of the Union? If he will ex-
anime the record of the appointments
of cabinet officers he will find that for
forty years there is one particular sec
ton of the Union that has been almost
without representation.
1t is not the first time that southern
men have complained because the south
does not have cabinet positions. Sen
ator Bacon of Georgia goes further and
says that under present conditions the
dominating people of the south have
no share in the government, which he
thinks is an injustice.
Red River "Jaq WAGONS
Senator Nelson of Minnesota was de-
picting the abuses that would occur if
the Indian Territory part of the pro-
posed new state of Oklahoma was
made prohibition and the border states
sold liquor
Fright on the Red River of the North"
said Nelson, there are two large
towns-FarGo, in North Dakota, and
right across the river is Moorhead, in
Minnesota. l have noticed when /
have been up in that country that they
have been running free buses from
Fargo, the prohibition side, across the
little narrow Red river over to Moor
head to get their drinks"
MY information" interrupted Sena
tor Hansbrough of North Dakota, SIS
that these buses are called jag wag-
ons.'"
Jag wagons that is correct" said
Nelson
And they are owned by the saloon
keepers of Minnesota" added Hans
brough.
Senator Nelson further described how
the citizens of North Dakota were TAX
en- over to Minnesota, filled up with
whisky and returned to their homes
CAS- / understand IT," remarked Sen
ator Beveridge. the citizens of Min
nesOta supply the thirst of the citizens
of North Dakota
Presidents That Plague.
Whenever congress departs from q
straight line and passes some special,
although meritorious, act it always
makes trouble. The last session passed
a bill allowing settlers on the sandy
plains of western Nebraska the prlvi-
lege Of taking go acres instead Of 100
acres of land as a homestead. Already
eastern Colorado has demanded the
same privilege. and South Dakota.
which also borders on Nebraska, thinks