The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1906-06-21

| at the jamestown Exposition. After
making a careful survey, a suitable
| location was found, but when the
price was asked, the discovery was
made that real estate had taken on
most wonderful boom in that
vicinity and if Uncle Sam wanted
any land he would have to open wide
his purse to get it, He has decided
not to do so just yet, for the Secretary
and committee came away without
choosing location, and will wait till
Jamestown's boom days are over and
the spirit of the national exhibition
wanes trife in the breasts of the
inhabitants.
There is a noticeable state of rest
lessness among members of the House
as "get away" day draws near. The
anxiety to bring the present session to
an end is shown by the fact that the
House now convenes at eleven O'Clock
instead of at the usual noon hour and
plans are already made to hurry the
remainder of the work by holding
night sessions during the balance of
| the month.
This week there has been a general
discussion among the leaders about
the work yet to be done and the short
time in which it can be disposed of
most quickly. If an agreement can
be reached on the railroad rate bill
and a solution can be had of the
Statehood problem, the balance of the
work will be fairly plain sailing.
Many members have 'political'
reasons for wanting to reach their
homes while others are anxious to get
away in order to save months rent
on their apartment or residence in
Washington, which will have to be
paid if the session goes over until
July. Those in charge OF the appro-
priation bills say that all talk OF
adjourning before the end of June is
misleading and those who are count
ing on June %, or few days later,
will be disappointed. In addition to
other legislation for which there is a
great deal of pressure, there are two
important appropriation bills to be
passed, notably the sundry civil and
the general deficiency, both of which
will take considerable time. The
general impression is that night work
and economy of time will be necessary
to close the session by the end of June.
Since the packing house investiga-
tons have been in progress before the
members of the House Committee on
Agriculture, it is interesting to note
that as result of the discoveries,
several members have adopted a
strictly vegetable diet. Meat, espe-
cially "Senate Steaks delicious
product of the Senate restaurant, has
been placed by them on the retired
list with the result that the steward of
the restaurant has been obliged to lay
in an extra supply of everything in the
vegetable line. It didn't take long for
other members to note that their
associates comprising the investigat-
ing committee were not eating meat
and now it seems to be quite the thing
around the Capitol to partake Of meals
composed only of vegetables.
The original anti-beef trust Senator
is LaFollette of Wisconsin. For five
years he has not eaten meat of any
kind. This has not been due to the
reputed filthy conditions of the packing
plants but because the Senator's
stomach went back upon him and he
found that by cutting out meat his
health was improved. Nowadays the
Senator is frequently interviewed by
his fellow members who seek his
opinion as to their future state of
health since adopting strictly
vegetable diet.
The old saying that public Office
is sometimes a private snap was
forcibly demonstrated by the testimony
given by the superintendent of the
Government Hospital for the Insane,
before the committee of Congress in
vestigating the Irregularities of the
institution, when he testified that for
his personal use he had purchased
with Uncle Sans money two auto
mobiles, two horses and three car
riages. 1t was not disclosed how the
superintendent managed to find use
for all the vehicles but from the reck-
less manner in which this big govern
ment institution has been conducted,
it is easy to imagine that the teams
and automobiles have not been idle.
Most astounding discoveries have
been brought to light. Patients have
been beaten, compelled to do hard
work when they were entirely untitled
for it, permitted to gamble for money
and have been served with most
miserable food. All of these abuses
have been going on for months under
the very shadow of the Capitol build