Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1910-02-03
Washington Letter.

1.-THE world and his wife"
seemingly were present at the
first reception given by the Vice
President Wednesday evening in
honor of the senate of the United
States. Never in recent history
has there been such a crowd
present at function in a private
house as gathered within the
hospitable hvnie of Vice Presi-
dent Sherman on the occasion
mentioned. President Taft was
one of the most democratic
guests of the evening; and his
smile, his hearty laugh, his
eng aging personality and the
warm shake accompanying his
greetings marked him as one
especially fitted for the high
Office which he holds.
Senator Burkett and Senators
Gamble and Crawford of South
Dakota had a good natural
colloquy recently over CANDLES
bill opening the Rosebud lands
in South Dakota. Senator Bur-
kett was of course heartily in
favor of the bill; but he insisted
that there ought to be some other
way devised for drawing than
that in vogue for the last few
years. Former Commissioner
Richards of the general land
Office, when in Washington in
augrated so-called lottery
system of having the registra-
tion, and then putting the num-
bers into a wheel or a hat
corresponding to the number of
registra tiops, and by that means
determining who should have
priority of right in see ling land.
Senator Burkett told OF expert
ences he had had incident to the
opening of the Gregory county
lands IN South Dakota; that he
had had to spend week along
the northern border of Nebraska,
and that he met thousa nds of
people enroute for registration.
Accommodations were bad, the
weather was hot, the trains were
crowded beyond their capacity
by motley number of people of
all shades in social world; and
! the women and children among
them were compelled to hear ell
sorts of vile language and to
witness scenes not for their eyes;
and that the registration and
drawing were a good deal of a
farce. He hoped some means of
alloting the land might be devils
ed, and the same results accom-
plished with out so much hard
ship.
His story was graphic pic
ture, and down east senators and
senators from the middle and
western states, were much inter.
ested in the account, which is
now associated only with states
having Indian reservations, the
land in which from the very
nature of things must be opened
to white settlement.
1.-THE Story of the Insurgent
West" which Ray Stannard -Bak.
er is writing for popular maga'
Z zine, shows how easily ones
" fame may be dimmed by the alb
= sence of a letter in spelling a
,, name. A we'll known writer
=, in fact, Bryan-once said thai
= the height of fame was reached
II when soldier serving his coun
try with all the power at hi
command, leading his regiment
= in desperate charge against th'
II enemies works, falls mortal,
y wonderland then his nam'
misspelled in the official gazette
= Such is fame. Judge Norris
q whose bold face stands out among
I the insurgents of the west in tn
\ picture printed in the magazine
must be contented with a photo
( graph, for he is called "O-R
R-I-S" of Nebraska.
\ Even though a letter has bee
\ dropped from his name Norri
\ bas made himself familiar i
other ways, on the floor, and i
the committee room; and as
debator he is looked upon as on
of the earnest representatives /
the housa