The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-10-11
WASHINGTON CHAT
By our Special Correspondent

| ,s'NtsA ZIG IStuIu VI Lie IIcSlQ6uG 10
Washington comes the talk of an ex-
ira session of Congress. Although
the beginning of the regular session
is but sixty days off, it is regarded in
official circles that the President may
feel called on to convene the congress
in special session for the purpose of
authorizing the heavy expenditures
involved in transporting the forces of
the United States in the occupation
of Cuba.
Slice the return of the President
and Secretary Root there have been
sevt al Cabinet meetings held and
every phase of the Cuban matter has
been gone over. The important .ques-
tiol is the probable length OF time the
american troops will be stationed on
the island. If it should last for many
mouths it would be necessary to have
congress appropriate additional funds
as. the money now on hand to the
credit OF the War Departm ent, is bare
~ enough to carry on the work, as
far as it has gone, until the first week
in December, and as there is no tell
ing just how many more troops and
vessels will be needed, naturally there
is come uneasiness as to the financial
end OF the affair. It is costing SIC, 900
per day for each OF the transports
CHI rtered to carry the troops, to say
nothing OF the other vast sums spent
making the entire expenses SO far
several millions.
For the first time in many years the
| United States Supreme Court, which
will open its session this month, will
have only eight justices on the bench,
no successor hsying been appointed
to Justice Brown, who retired on ac-
count Of the age limit. An unusual
amount OF work will come before the
court, and the session will be of ma
tional interest as the pending ques-
tions affect nearly every section OF
the country. Decisions on a score of
cas- : left over from last term are ex-
r.essd shortly after. the court con-
lvenes, after which hearings will be-
gin on others on the docket.
The first new case will be that of
the Isles of Pines, in which the court
will be called upon to determine
whether that island is foreign ter
ritory or not, the case being brought
to court over the free entry into this
country of fifty boxes of cigars. An
other interesting suit will be that of
w. B. Williams of Illinois, to decide
the legality of the purchase of the
Panama Canal zone. Williams
sought to restraint the Secretary of
the Treasury from paying the fifty
millions of dollars for the strip. The
Arkansas river irrigation case will be
heard early in the session. In this
Kansas seeks to prevent the citizens
of Colorado from diverting water from
the river for irrigation purposes,
claiming that the supply in Kansas
is thus dangerously depleted. Ne
braskans will be interested in the
suits of the G. B. & @. and the Union
Pacific railroads against the County
Treasurers of that state, for levying a
special tax in 1904. AS result OF
the failure to collect the taxes, the
public schools of that state have been
unable to proceed for lack of funds.
Other important cases are those OF
Albert T. Patrick of New York, who
seeks to escape the death penalty; that
involving the will of Potter Palmer,
in regard to property in New York;
that of Representative Williamson Of
Oregon, under sentence to serve one
year for alleged connection with the
land frauds. Altogether it will be q
most important session, bringing to
Washington the most prominent
lawyers OF the country.
The State Department is called upon