The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-08
DAKOTA AFFAIRS
IN WASHINGTON
A. &. CHAMBERLAIN TELLS THE
SENATE OF THE EVILS OF
RECIPROCITY
ELLIOTT LIKELY TO Be CONFIRMED
Warm Time over Selection of Red
field Site-congressmen Disagree
on the VermilIion Postmaster

A special to the Register from
Washington says hat If Canadian
reciprocity has a rough road in the
Senate. a good share of the credit
for effective work to prevent the rat
ification of the treaty must be given
to the work done by the delegation
from the State in both branches Of
Congress. and in the final analysis Of
results the delegation of farmers and
their representatives who came here
recently, must be accorded distinc-
ton for having put some mighty
strong distractions into the wheels
of reciprocity legislation. Senators
Gamble and Crawford, and Represen-
tative Burke, attended all the hear.
ings at which the South Dakota
gentlemen gave their testimony. A.
f. Chamberlain, Of Brookings, proved
to be one Of the best posted men
upon the subject Of our agricultural
relations with the Dominion of Can
ada, that has appeared in Washington,
and Notwithstanding the fact that
in his analysis Of the entire situation
he took the greater part Of two days,
the Committee was so thoroughly in
terested in the information he was
able to give, that he was requested
TO present further facts, and he ap-
peared before the Committee on the
third day by request. Mr.. William II.
Lyon, of Sioux Falls, a another OPP
ponent to the treaty, and occupied
part of two days before the Commit
tee, in which he went particularly into
the question of reciprocity as it con
cerned the agricultural interests.
During his remarks he made some
references to the lumber conditions OF
the Dominion and the United States,
and unconsciously precipitated a con
troversy between Senators Johnson.
Gallinger, Clark and others. Among
other South Dakota gentlemen who
were given hearings by the Commit
tee were Messrs. f. ]. Mathers and
August w. Kruger, of Groton; o. w.
Cochran and NJ. p. Beebe, Ipswish;
Otto Johnson, Redfeld; J. c. Sim
mons, Aberdeen; and William II.
Wentz, Bath.
The Post Office Department has
been having a warm time with the
Redfeld pOstofice site, and the anc-
lent wars Of Roses have been nothing
compared to the protestations that
have come out OF the Redfeld matter.
Two factions, one advocating a So
called Packard site" and the other
the Chase site" have not only in
volved both South Dakota Senators in
their difficulties land it is intimated
that the two gentlemen have not been
altogether agreed on the matter), but
they have each had favorable action
from the Department at different
times. The Packard location was at
one time in a fair way to be selected,
but the owner could not deliver the
entire sight, and the few feet of ad-
ditional land needed was corraled by
the opposition. The Department now
announces that the Chase site has
been selected. and as a request TO
reopen the case has been denied,
it is probable the selection will stand.
Congressman Martin and Burke
have never disagreed but once on the
question Of patronage, which they
have to distribute, and that was in
the case Of a postmaster for Vermil-
lion. This disagreement was not
serious, but each Representative had
a choice, and so in a friendly way
they arrived at a plan to accept the
voters OF Vermillion as their arbitra-
tors. w. C. Huyck and w. II. Lawton
were the two principal candidates for
the place, and all other aspirants
withdrew. In the election Huyck won
out by q majority of eighty-seven, and
he will therefore sort the mail and
sell the stamps for Uncle Sam at the
Vermillion office. Reports received
here are to the effect that everyone
Is happy over the way the matter
was handled.
Washington does not regard as
serious the reports appearing In the
public press, and coming from South
Dakota. to the effect that the nomina-
tion OF Judge Elliott will fail of con-
firmation, and 1t Is not unlikely that
! before this correspondence reaches