The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-11-22

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Minnesota and was referred to the
committee together with the Vol
stad and Hill bills. A substitute
was passed. The law was passed,
proved to be ineffective and was
changed materially for the better
by the Hansbrough amendment.
Mr.. Marshall, however, made
strong speech on the subject and
aided materially in the work Of
promoting the interest Of the peo-
pie in the measure.
During the six years he has to
his credit twenty-five pension bills.
There is an understanding among
the house members, sort of un-
written law, that each member
shall be entitled to a certain num-
Der of pension bills during each
session, and when his QUOTAS filled
it is impossible to go beyond that.
Up to that point it is only neces-
sary to ask and they shall receive,
provided the record Of the soldier
justifes the action desired. The
soldier must be worthy; he must
have no means of support and must
have exhausted the remedies pro-
vided by the general pension laws.
And the members must insist that
he wants the bill passed as part Of
his quota. When reported favor
ably by the committee it requires
no further attention. It goes as a
matter of course. It will be re-
membered that several hundred
pension bills were passed in the
senate last winter with not a soul
present excepting Senator McCum-
Der, the vice president, the clerk
and page. When more than the
quota allowed is introduced by the
member it means that some one of
those Heretofore introduced must
fail or that the later ones must go.
From four to seven is the usual
quota. Something over two hun
dred old soldiers in North
Dakota lave been placed on
the pension rolls by ..acts of con-
gress. OF those twenty-five are
credited to Mr.. Marshall.
Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette is
great man. He aspires to the
presidency. Many thousand peo-
pie are speaking of him in that
connection. He is fifth on the
committee on civil service and re-
trenchment, seventh on the COM
mittee on pensions; seventh on the
committee on claims: sixth on the
committee on immigration: ninth
on Indian affairs and chairman of
select committee to investigate
the condition of the Potomac river
front at Washington.
Senator Hansbrough, on the
other hand, is chairman on the
committee on public lands; second
on the committee Of agriculture
and forestry; second on District of
Columbia; fifth on fnance; third
on the committee on irrigation;
second on the committee on library
and member of the select COM
mittee on industrial expositions.
Senator McCumber is chairman
of committee on pensions; third on
census; second on Indian affairs;
second on manufacturers; third on
public buildings and grounds; and
on LaFollette's committee to in
yestigate Potomac river front.
The senators in service longest
are given the important committee
Craftsmanship: Aldrich in service
since 1881 is chairman of finance:
Allison in service since 1873 is
chairman on appropriations; Cul-
lom. in service since 1883. is chair
on foreign relations; and SO on
thru the list; the older they are
in the service the better is their
position to be Of service to their
country and to their state.
As to appointments: The sena-
tors are usually the referee in mat
ters relating to appointments to be
confirmed by the senate, because
appointments are made by and