Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-10-12
Massachusetts Election VIII Throw
Considerable Light 81 Outcome
Of Presidential Election.
LAST YEARS Ex PORTs LARGE
Democrats are Stronger in Senate
than 1T Last Session Taft il
Favor Of Sherman Acr.


sachusetts republicans have a notion
that they are about q 1t, n as they are
holding one. Of the few 1soff year
elections and the following from
their platform indicates how they
expect the result in the old acodtishs
state" will settle matters. The plat
form says: With single excepti ON
Massachusetts is the only state In
which election Of all state officers
takes place this year, and { its yer--
dict will be read by the entire eoun-
try as first Judgment upon the doings
OF democratic and insurgent4 con-
gress and upon the wisdom of the ex-
ecntiye checks placed upon 1t. That
verdict will vitality affect the action
of congress during the coming session:
and influence the still more vital
presidential election Of the coming
year. Nh S4 AZ Il
The capital is used to Senator Hey
burns pyrotechnics and In the crdin-
airy course Of legislation his eccen-
|tricities do ssot command the same
attention as is now attracted to his:
course as Chairman Of the inYestiga-
ton in Wisconsin into the election os.
Senator Stephenson. a good many
Of the senator's comments resemble:
stump speeches, and in the criti-
cisms Of the primary system, and of
both Senators Stephenson and La
Toilette, are giving spice to the inves-
tigation, making even more interest,"
ing reading for the public than the
story Of Lorimer and the alleged de-
bauching Of the Illinois legislature.
After about FIVE thousand post Of
fees throughout the country had:
been designated as postal savings
banks, the Washington Office was
"also" made depository, and on the
first day 1t did business, one hundred
and eighteen depositers left their
coin in Mr.Hitchcock's strong box.
Practically all second-class presiden-
tial Offices throughout the country are
now postal savings banks, and the
system Is rapidly being extended to-
include first and third-class preslden-
tial offices. The widow of Senator
Carter, formerly Of Montana, and the
father Of the postal savings bank idea
in the United States, received certi-. J.
ficate number one from the Washing
ton Office.
News of the cordial receptions ten
dered President Taft every where
along the route Of his travels, is
most pleasing to his official family
in Washington. Particularly in
Iowa was Mr.. Taft most kindly re.
ceived, and there was little evidence
Of the reported opposition to him
there-or in Kansas, and those here
closest to the administration declare
that Mr.. Taft will carry every state 4
west Of the Mississippi notwithstand-
ing the fact that few senators are
trying to shape things otherwise.
Harmon Called Unsafe.
The featuring of Governor Har-
mon, of Ohio, as unsafe by the
chairman Of the democratic commit
tee of Idaho, has been seized upon as
an item of news" Of wonderful Inn
portance by the boomers OF several
Democratic candidates for the
presidency. 1t is recalled here that
the Peerless One from Nebraska, 4
has long contended that Mr.. Harmon
has been too friendly to the inter
ests'' to be considered seriously as
possibility.
Once more Senator Penrose. the
stalwart old war horse Of Pennsyl-
vania, has routed his enemies, and af-
ter one Of the hardest fights he has
ever been called on to lead, he has +
succeeded In nominating his candi-
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