The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-13

and number of the South Dakota
commercial organizations and of
other states west of the Mississippi
joined in a petition to the Inter
state Commerce Commission to
investigate and fix rates. The Com
mission has finally by it's own mo-
tion declared in favor of sweep
ing investigation of all the express
companies in the United States.
That the express companies view
this movement upon the part of
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion with considerable alarm is
evidenced by the fact that at al
most the same time that the order
was made the companies filed new
tariffs which are believed to be
material reductions in rates.
AS the wreck of the battleship
Maine is brought closer and closer
to the surface. the opinions of ex-
perts seem to more thoroughly
agree that the explosion which
caused the wreck was from within
the ship itself. General Bixby,
Chief of the Engineers of the
Army, who has just returned from
Havana unqualifedly gives his
opinion that the explosion was not
external. Rear Admiral George
W. Melville, U. S. N. retired, has
also offered statement in which
he calls attention to the fact that
since 1902 he has insisted that the
explosion was from within the
ship. A board of naval officers,
experts of explosives, is being Sc
lected to study the hull of the
battleship Maine in Havana Ilar-
Dor, as the water is pumped from
the coffcrdam now surrounding
the wreck. The Navy Department
is still convinced that the destruc-
ton of the Maine was caused by
torpedo or mine, and of course
this is laid to the Spaniards. 1t is
explained that an external explo-
sion might have taken place which
in turn caused a greater internal
explosion of the ships magazines.
This theory would harmonize all
views in reference to the blowing
up of the Maine.
The feeling appears to be in
creasing that most of the questions
of legislation will not be consider
ed at this special session, and state
hood for New Mexico and Arizona
are likely to be among the matters
that will 90 over this session. The
senators are anxious to dispose of
Canadian reciprocity and the tariff
bills, after which their disposition
will be to hike for their homes or
the summer resorts. The direct
election matter is likely to be dis
posed of, providing the fight that
has been precipitated by the Bris-
tow amendment can oe settled by
the conferees. The question of
campaign publicity is also likely
to remain unsettled, as the senate
probably will find it is unable to
dispose of the issue. The senate
census committee has reported the
bill for the respportionment of the
House membership, but the Sena-
tor Root, of New York, and sew
eral other eastern and middle wes-
tern senator's are strongly opposed
to the passage of the bill at the
special session.
The General in charge of the
Canadian reciprocity measure in
the House is Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania, and his persistence
in keeping the debate going, aided
and abetted by the torrid weather,
has brought about sort of test of
endurance. This measure has been
practically talked to death, and
yet there are said to be speeches
yet to come that will require many
days to deliver. There is no indi-
cation that single vote will be
changed. ReciDrOcitv is tn he vot-