Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-04
NEWS FROM
WASHINGTON

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WASHINGTON
James J. Hill the great railroad
magnate says IA is not the high
cost Of living thai is bothering the
country and creating anxiety in ev-
cry community between the oceans,
but the cost If high living" There
is great deal in his exactitude Of ex
preston and he is no doubt correct in
assuming that the cost Of high living
is at the bottom Of the difficulty. Mr..
Hill has travelled; he has read and
studied and he has heard the eloquent
orators Of all parties apotheosizs the
over flowing dinner pail. He knows
we feed our dogs more in this eoun
try then the working men of Chins
and India get to eat he knows that
we are the most wasteiui and prodig-
al people on the face Of the planet
The women of Washington are grap-
ping with the subject and a society
leader who has been distinguished
for her entertainments without meat
or strong drink, is very hopeful that
the agitation against meat and the
boycotts that are prevailing through
out the country may result in a per
manent change in the popular diet
that will result in a beneficial hygi
enio condition. There is probable
TOO much meat 10 the nasional dietry
and there would doubtless be less rheu
matism, headache and other uric
acid diseases If cereals, fruits, milk
and butter, olive oil and nuts were
substituted in greater degree for
beef, mutton or pork.
1t is said that the postal bank bill
will be passed by this Congress. The
Bill establishing such banks, pre-
sented by Senator Carter is the one
most favorably considered and it is
expected that it will pass with but
slight amendment.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, the wife
of the famous Confederate general
who was shot accidently by his own
men during the war, is now in Wash
ington and was this week
a dinner guest at the White
House where she received a warm
from President and Mrs. Taft. Mrs.
jackson Is visiting Mrs. Letter whose
eldest daughter it will be remem
bered married Mr.. Curzon then
member of the British Parliament
and who was afterwards knighted as
the Baron KeddlestOG and was for Q
number of years Vleeroy of India, an
Office Of great state and Importance.
The Viceroy used a considerable por-
tion of his wife's great fortune in re
newing the ancient ruins of Indian
temples, in excavations and the col
lection and preservation of Indian an
Equities.
it is evident that the Republican
party as represented in the House Of
Representatives and the Senate has
great anxiety with regard TO its po
litical future. Senator Root, diplo-
matist, statesman and jIrist as ne is
without doubt, has attempted a new
role as political manager and is call
ing to the Republican cohorts in the
Empire State 70 stand firm and fee
not. He realizes that Governor
Hughes administration. upholdiDg
ideals of purity and honesty In poll
tics, has had disintegrating effect
on the party. The Republicans IN
Congress here realize that there is
danger of losing the next House of
Representatives and are doing every
thing in their power to torn the tide
so as to secure a Democratic defeat
in the coming elections, But they
have also to fight dissentions in
their own ranks, for the insurgents
ara protesting against the present or.
ganization Of the House. The Repub
Iieans are hoping that they may be
able to make gains In the So1th
President Taft's evident popularity
in some southern localities and the
high tariff sentiment in some south
ern sections, they think, give prom
ise of Republican success here and
there, that may be In q degree Offset
Democratic gains in other parts Of
the Country.
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