The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-03-16

the fact that the Indian rapidly
is becoming an energetic, prosperous
citizen.
Frank Lecoq, Jr., chairman Of the
South Dakota board Of railroad COM
missioners, is here booming his state,
which he declares is the true head
quarters of prosperity.
No more will the congressional free
packets of garden seeds go forth from
rural and city representatives to their
admiring constituents in many states,
if the action of the committee on
agriculture is sustained by the house.
The committee struck out Of the bill
the appropriation for this especial
service. The motion to put an end to
the practice was made by Representa-
tive Cocks, who halls from the Long
Island district in which the president
lives. There is no doubt that a lively
row will be precipitated in the house
when the committee reports the bill,
for many representatives regard the
seed distribution as one of their vest
ed rights.
The first heavy gun of the final bat
tie in the senate on the question of
rate regulation was fired Wednesday
by Senator Foraker, who spoke at
length in opposition to the Hepburn
bill as reported from the house. While
admitting that he necessarily omitted
some points meriting attention, he
pointed out what he considered the
chief defects Of the bill. These rea-
sons he set forth were as follows:
cit authorizes the commission to
compel disagreeing railroads that
have nothing in common except a
physical connection, to operate jointly
as through routes on such rates and
terms as it may impose.
1T dispenses with jury trials in an
important class of actions to recover
money by providing a procedure that
makes such trials impossible.
cit imposes such extreme, unrea-
sonable and burdensome penalties as
probably to invalidate the measure in
that respect. 1t does not provide for
proper review by the courts Of the
orders of the commission, but seeks to
exclude the same"
1t is generally admitted that in the
long and vigorous debate which this
measure undoubtedly will be accorded,
following the vote on the statehood
bill March g., the question of court re-
view will be the chief topic. No one
supposes that the measure will be
passed without an amendment proyid-
ing for judicial review of the commits
sion's acts, but just what scope the
expected amendment will have is the
question that is confronting members
of congress.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, chief of the
bureau of chemistry of the depart
ment of agriculture, is nothing if not
cheerful. He told the house commit
tee that has the pure food bill under
consideration this week that there is
no one in this broad land whodoes not
live, to some extent, on poison.
There is not a food we eat that
does not contain some poison, declar-
ed DR.. Wiley gleefuIly. Then he
plunged into technical explanations,
while cold chills chased themselvesup
and down the spinal columns of his
auditors. However, noneof the mem
bers OF the committee has lost his APP
petite to any great extent as a result
OF the exposure.
President Roosevelt believes that
the United States should prepare for
strenuous war in times of piping
peace. He has issued to the soldiers
and sailors of the nation a letter in
which he insists that the nation must
have an adequate navy and army in
point Of size. and that the American
officer and enlisted man will not be fit
to do his work in the event of war I'm.
less in peace he has done the work of
preparing for war. To make a formid-
able army and navy, the president
declares, the individual must have the
fighting edge. In his letter President
Roosevelt includes the farewell ad-