Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-27


few weeks. 1t has attacked and made
prisoners an unusually great number of
| senators and representatives and laid
two members of the cabinet by the heels.
Both Secretary Of Navy Metcalf and
Secretary Cortelyou have been In bed
and under the care of physicians for
number of days. The secretary of the
navy had an especially hard siege, which
h largely brought upon himself.
In spite of the fact that he was suf.
fering at the time of the sailing of the
battleship fleet, he accompanied the pres
| Identical party on the Mayfower to re-
| Wow the squadron.
He did not witness the big fighters put
out to sea, however, for he was unable
to leave the cabin. The trip back COM
pleted the work. and he was compelled
to take to his bed
! The disease found an easy victim in
| Secretary Cortelyou, who was over
| worked as a result of the financial furry
| and extremely worried over political de-
velopments and his arraignment by the
White House.
merry fight is raging before the in
| terState commerce commission over the
question of the recent increase of rates
on lumber made by the Hill and Harri-
man railroad system.
| delegation of nearly fifty prominent
| lumber manufacturers and shippers of
the Pacific coast has come personally to
| file their grievances, most of them alleg-
ing discrimination and unjust and unrea-
sonable rates that are so excessive as
practically to destroy all competition.
Victor II. Beckman, secretary of the
| Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers
| association, is at the head of the dele
cation. He insists the action of the rail
roads will paralyze the industry in Ore
| gon and Washington, and not only create
q % n hn ,ft.xr but
produce a serious financial depression on
| the coast.
| Mr.. Beckham also asserts that 10000
will be forced out of work if the pres
ent rates are allowed to continue.
During the recent famine, Sen
ator Brrkett Of Nebraska undertook a
poll of the bankers in that state to ascer-
| tain their views on legislation to prevent
a recurrence of unsettled financial condi-
| tions.
He has already received upward of
$50 replies, the majority of which are
from the smaller and state banks.
! or the total number received, 15ta. of
the banks expressed themselves as being
in favor of a government guarantee for
| deposits, and only thirty-fve were
against 1t. Those In favor of a postal
savings bank law number twenty-three
while fifty-five are opposed to it.
| The opposition is based on the ground
that postal savings banks would hurt
banks of small capital and be a great
aid to the large national banks. Almost
without exception the Nebraska bank
ers blame the eastern banks, and es-
pecially the New York institutions for
| causing the furry.
| They also are practically unanimous in
| favoring the government regulation and
examination of trust companies, similar
n H. Hat.
national banks:
Senators Teller and LaFollette are just
about getting the soreness out of their
respective bodies and both look askance
at Senator Charles Curtis of Kansas.
1t appears the three senator's, who We're
appointed a committee to look into the
affairs of the Kiokapoo Indians, had
much travelling to do away from the rail-
roads They might have stuck to the
western blackboard in pursuing their in
vestigations, but Senator Curtis painted
| to his colleagues the glories of life on
| the back of western muStange.
| Senator Curtis understands horse and
is Injured to the saddle, having been a
| Jockey in his younger days. For this
reason he took to this means of locomo-
| tion as naturally as a duck to water,
| but the venerable Senator Teller was
| Jared from his head to his heels, while
the jolting of Senator LaFollette's mouth
prevented that worthy from talking-an
inf1iction that approached the dignity of
exquisite torture.
| So this Is the reason for the seeming
coldness that has sprung up between one
Charles Curtis, Junior senator from Kan
sas, and his colleagues from Colorado
and Wisconsin,
| Representative Mondell of wyoming
| piloted bride from his state into the
White House the other day The BRIDE
however, is no longer a citizen of Wyo-
ming having married resident of Mis-
souri,, who was present While they We're
waiting for admission to the presidents
| private office, Vice President Fairbanks
came along and Mr.. Mondell promptly In
troduced the young couple.
/ aren't you sorry that you will lose
your vote now that you are no longer
citizen of Wyoming?" asked the vice
president of the bride
81 am she retorted prcttily, but only
for the reason that 1 cannot go back
there in order to vote for you for pres
| ident."
Then overcome by the thought of talk
ing thus to a great man, she blushed
| vivldy, but she was not alone. for Mr.
Fairbanks turned so red that he looked
| like a tall lighthouse on a calm day.
| William A. Rodcnberg. q member of
congress from Illinois, this week received
a telegram from Frank S. Dixon, former
| ly a member from the same state, am
nouncing the arrival of daughter. The
telegram read: Miss Dorothy Scott Dix
on has arrived safely at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dixon
| Mr.. Rodenberg is the proud father of a
promising two-year- son and promptly
sent the following answer by wire:
| Roger Rodenberg congratulates Miss
Dorothy Scott Dixon on her safe ar
rival and will call on her in person at
an early date
Mr. Dixon was well known in Washing
ton while a member of congress and is
now assistant adjutant general for the
state of Illinois.