The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-07-27

ment and from Secretary Wilson's
agriculturists and bugologists to the
patent office squad. the hours were to
be from $40 to 8. with thirty minutes
for lunch. The prospect of that much
labor is enough to give the average
government clerk nervous prostration.
The fight yer the proposed national
health department has been e%nlivened
by sundry aud v%ociferous charges
concerning a doctors trust" Accord.
ing to the opponents Of the measure,
there is somebody who wants to get
an official strangle hold on all the doc
toring in the country. The schools Of
medicine not embraced under the term
regular" together with the mental
healers and other cults that shy at the
materia medica, object that this would
be class legislation In favor Of a close
corporation and against the spirit Of
liberty. Because Of these attacks and
the lateness Of the session It Is doubt.
full II the bin becomes a law.
Following the story Of Colonel Roose-
velt's letter and invitation to Hamilton
Fish and other reports connecting the
name Of the former president with the
insurgent cause, the decision Of TWEEN.
ty progressive members Of the house
to attend the Roosevelt reception in
New York has been regarded a. sig.
nif1cant in some quarters, although in.
surgents will not be alone in trooping
to the metropolis on the 18th Of June.
As a matter of fact, Washington will
look like Goldsmith's deserted village
the day that Teddy comes marching
home.
A movement Is on foot in Washing.
ton to organize a Lincoln memorial
association whose object will be the
erection of a Lincoln shaft in the ma
tional capital that will be a companion
piece to the Washington monument.
Among those prominent In the effort
are Senators Elkins and Gallinger,
Thomas Nelson Page and Representa-.
tive Mccall. The design is to raise a
national fund of S 5.O00.O0O from sub
scriptions or otherwise, after which
congress a be appealed to with some
certainty Of results.
Since the days of Lamont, C~ortelyou
and Loeb the secretary to the presi.
dent has been a big figure in the press
dispatches. Not only does he give out
most of the newspaper reports from
the White House, but he is in q sense
an assistant president" relieving his
chief Of the detail and at least in the
case of Loeb serving al the admins
tration goat. In a way the presidents
secretary Is a tenth cabinet officer. |
Charles D. Norton, the latest man for |
the place, Is rather new in Washing !
ton, having been assistant secretary of !
the treasury only a year, prior to which
service he was connected with the
banking business in Chicago. Mr.. Nor.
ton Is about thirty-eight years old, is
ardent administration man and pop.
ular. 1t was announced that the for
mer secretary, Fred w. Carpenter, who |
resigned rather Unexpectedly, quit on
account Of his health. and the presi. |
dent appointed him minister to Moroc. |
co because OF it's salubrious climate.
Some inquisitive persons have wonder
ed If the premature denial of the Law.
Ter note affected the case.
The poor muckraker gets it from all
Not only does the blind chap |
lain of the house pray against him and
the speaker say words concerning him
that might sound like prayers If prop.
erly transposed. but the president
a fall out OF him at college com.
mencements. and the postmaster gen.
eral proposes to raise postage rates on
the magazines that print his stuff. Mr.. |
Taft in bis references is optimistic, as
usual. He thinks the muckraker will
pass. Perhaps he will. and It is to be
hoped that the muck will do likewise.
The latter part Of June General Clar-
ence R. Edwards. chief of the bureau
insular affairs. Is going to the Phil.
lppines to inspect the governmental
of the islands. That settles
It. Whether congress adjourns or not.