The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-08-17

then he could not milk her. One can
hardly blame a COW for refusing to
give down. when her feet were point
ing toward the zenith. That not only
did violence to the attraction Of grav-
i~tation, but to the cows dignity. II
the colonel really wanted to milk a
COW roped on the fat Of her back he
should have used a force pump. CON-
pressed air or hydraulic pressure.
People are not Accordingly interested.
however, In the %colonel's milking abili-
ty. What they want to know is wheth.
er he can rope the state machine and
throw it on its back.
If the short session Of congress does
even half Of the work mapped out for
it, It will be the busiest session that
Washington has ever known. Here is
a part Of the schedule passed over to
It by the late unlamented session.
Scan It closely, for after the 18th Of
next March this program will prob
ably be published again as a list Of
measures which congress did not pass.
At any rate. the last session did not
pass them. although some Of the most
prominent bills got through one house
and only await action by the other
body. Here is the list:
To create the Appalachian and White
Mountain forest reserve.
To build up the merchant marine by q
system Of ship subsidies.
To regulate the granting Of injunctions.
To permit the federal Incorporation of
railroads and other common carriers.
To regulate the issue Of stocks and
bonds of transportation companies.
The enactment Of additional conserva.
ton measures. eight bills remaining
without action.
To establish a bureau Of public health.
To encourage the study Of agriculture
and the mechanical arts. for which an
appropriation Of &c. o 900 is proposed.
Modification Of the Sherman antitrust
act.
Codifcation Of the postal laws and re-
organization Of the postal system.
A plan for the retirement Of civil serv-
ice employees.
To expedite litigation in federal courts.
In addition there will be the reports
Of the Ballinger and Lorimer investi-
cations. The Rockefeller foundation
Is still waiting for favorable action.
and it is limited that John D. thinks
congress is guilty Of lese majesty and
will ask some state to allow him to
give away his millions.
It has been certain for some time
that the next chief justice Of the
United States supreme court will be
Charles Evans Hughes. 1t has also
been generally agreed that Justice
William H. Moody would retire, thus
leaving three appointments to the
highest judicial tribunal to be made.
The n point in doubt has been as to
the time that the president would
make these appointments. If he leaves
them to the regular session of con-
gress in December, the supreme court
will have to meet with only six men,
bers and without a chief justice. As
the court convenes in October this
condition will continue for practically
two months. This will mean the post
ponement Of the rehearing Of the anti
trust cases and will delay other i'm
portant business. The alternative left
to the president is to call an extra
session Of the senate.
The downtrodden newspaper man is
to have his innings after all. The Dem
ocrats Of Wisconsin have nominated
Burt Williams, publisher Of the Ash
land News, as their candidate for Unit
ed States senator against Robert Mar.
ion La Toilette. AS the stalwart Re-
publicans will also oppose La Toilette
there is an interesting three cornered
fight in prospect. There are already
a few editors in the senate. among
whom may be mentioned SEively of
Indiana and Smith of Michigan. Bris-
tow of Kansas was for many years an
editor. and La Toilette himself pub
fishes a weekly paper.
The boom for Woodrow Wilson for
governor Of New Jersey has finally
been launched in good earnest, and the
Democrats are hopeful of his election.
If he should win, Governor Harmon of
Ohio would have a formidable COM
petitor for the presidency. Indeed. the