Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-02-01
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Washington. January 81

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Fort Des Moines has good pros
poets Of being enlarged to a brigade |
post instead of regimentai. Such |
an enlargement would mean that II |
would become headquarters Tor
regiment of cavalry, two regiments OF |
infantry and three batteries OF field |
artillery. Representative Hull has |
been comforting with Secretary Taft |
about the enlargement of the post |
and he finds that Secretary Taft Is |
favorable to q brigade post idea. For |
some time Captain Hull has planned |
to secure two batteries of artillery |
for Des Moines in addition to a ruiz |
regiment of cavalry. He has also |
looked forward to locating battal |
ion Of infantry there. II Is likely |
that two batteries OF artillery viii be
sent there during the coming sum |
mer, but more than this, II seems |
likely that the post will be enlarged
to a greater extent than Captain Hull
at first contemplated The war dc. |
partment Is pleased with the new
post at Fort Des Moines. II Is re-
garded as healthful and as meeting |
all requirements and for this reason |
the idea OF making 1t much larger |
dnds high official favor. In case the |
brigade post Is established more land
will be needed. Probably the wal
department would want 1.300 acres ir |
all or 500 more than Is now in the
reservation. One difficulty In the
way might be exorbitant charge fol
5nu ,.f mi xupuIf |
not be willing to enlarge the post II
too high value was put on surround
ing property.
Senator Doniver had conference
with President Roosevelt O the
railroad rate situation. Because o.
the action OF the democrats on the
house committee on Interstate com
merce In lining up for the Dolliver
Hepburn bill, and because of the In
fiuence the fact Is already exertint
on the democrats on the senate side
President Roosevelt looks on the rate
fight as nearly won and the situation
Is in a much more hopeful shape thar
it has yet been. 1t is understood
that Senator Deliver informed The
DTGSlutUL lHdL hC nStu iNaoph w w
lieye the democratic members OF the
interstate commerce committee In tn,
senate would finally come to the sup
port of his bill and give 1t majority
report.
The monster petition, signed by 30r
900 citizens of Massachusetts, oppos
ing the recommendation of Secretar,
Bonaparte that the cd friSate Consti
tuition be either broken up or made an
object of target practice, has beer
presented to the president. The peti
ton itself is II feet long. 1t was
unfolded before group including be
sides the president. Admiral Dewey
Senator Frye Of Maine, Senator Spoon
err of Wisconsin, Representative Nc
Call of Massachusetts and some In
yited guests. The president suggest
ed that the old frigate be rugged and
equipped as she was In her fighting
days and sent to Annapolis. An.
other suggestion was that the vessel
be sent to Washington. In no unmis
takab way the president indicated
that the vessel ought to be preserved
! Senator Spooner remarked: Il think
we should not only preserve the Con
stitution, out should also construct
battleship, IL possible the finest in the
world to bear the name Constitution
H." This suggestion was approved
cordially by the president, who In
dicated that 1t might not be many
years before new Constitution, as In
vincible as the old, would pillow the
seas.
Iowa and Nebraska members to
gether made strong stand in the in
terest of the meat industry in the
house, and had so much strength |
with them that they nearly upset the
plans of Speaker Cannon and the ap |
preparations committee. Mr.. Hanger
brought the matter up by moving tc |
make the appropriation for meat In |
spection in the deficiency appropria |
ton bill $135,000 ir>stead OF $4,000
Secretary Wilson had asked this as
an emergency appropriation on the |
ground that the extraordinary amount
OF meat being rushed now to Germany |
called for many more inspectors and |
he had been forced to use so much |
money that he would have none left
lot inc last VI buO JSdf. iA0
appropriations committee cut this
to $4,000 on the ground, as II held,
that II was a deficiency appropriation
and that Secretary Wilson should have
kept within the sum congress had al
lowed him. Mr.. Haugen and the |
others insisted that It was really an
emergency appropriation and that
Mr.. Wilson was obliged to use up
all allowed him in the first part OF
the year by condition of the meat
trade and that he should not be |
forced to cut off meat inspection fol- |
the last quarter Of the year as he
would IL not allowed what was asked |
Mr.. Haugen made strong speech |
for the motion. In the end the vote |
was AZ to 81 for the organization and |
against the motion. But few mem |
bers were present, as It was late In
the evening, and most OF the demo |
Gratis declined to vote. allowing the
republicans to fight the matter out |
It Is practically assured, however. as /!
result Of the contest that Secretary |
Wilson will be given what he wants
for meat inspection.
DO a man today; he'll do you to
morrow.
Two mon wara canning together /