The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-06-22

"o'o'o ViSlCeu 8S0lQgCOn this
week, while enroute home from
Boston, where they attended the
meeting of the National Conven-
tion of Charities and Corrections.
The gentlemen comprising the
party were w. H. King of Parker,
Secretary of the State Board of
Charities and Corrections; Howard
Simpson of Sioux Falls, Superin-
tendent of the State School for
Deaf Mutes, and Rollar Schlosser,
Superintendent of the State Re-
form School.
Representative Burke is deter
mined that sometime or other dur
ing the fall, that President Taft
shall visit South Dakota, and has
suggested to Mr.. Taft that if it
becomes impossible for him to ar
range to attend the state fair at
Huron that he accept the invita-
tion to be present at Mitchell Corn
Palace on Sept. 25th, which is the
opening day.
Recently reports were sent out
over the entire country that there
had been split in the ranks of
the National Progressive Republi-
can League, and it was declared
that members of that organization
had come to the parting of the
ways owing to the supposed candi-
dacy of Senator La Toilette for
the Presidency. Senator Bourne
of Oregon, President of the
League, has issued a statement in
which he says that ''the league is
a union of men around principles,
and not individuals" He asserts
that the League was formed for
the express purpose of promoting
five principles of legislation; direct
election of Senators, direct pri-
maries for the nomination of all
elective officers, direct election of
delegates to national conventions
with opportunity for the voter to
instruct them as to his choice for
President and Vice President, the
initiative, referendum and recall.
and thorough corrupt practices
act. Mr.. Bourne says that there
has been no division in the ranks
of the Progessives respecting these
questions and he declares that the
individual preferences of progress
i've senators must rule their course
in the matter of choice for candi-
dates seeking the Presidency or
any other Office.
The Canadian reciprocity pact
is before the Senate, and since
there is no committee recommen-
dation the discussion of the meas
ure has precipitsted q sort of free
for ALL" The administration in.
sists that there shall be no amend
ments to the document as agreed
to between the two countries, and
the President has made his position
clear, stating that he is opposed to
the Root or any other amendment.
Mr.. Taft says that he is obliged to
admit that the Root Amendment is
not a violation of the agreement
with Canada. The debate will
likely run for several weeks, as
the measure is of such Importance
that all the senator's wish to be
heard. In the beginning of the
session the fate of the treaty ap-
peared to be very much in doubt,
but it is conceded on all sides that
the arrangement will be ratified.
The parcels post which has been
heretofore referred to in this cor
respondence as q subject of prob
able attention by the present Con-
gress, has been prominently
brought to the attentions the Cap
itol during the week through the
hearings given before the Com
mittee on Post Offices and Post
Roads of the House. It is conf
dently expected that some sort of
q bill will be reported at the pres
ent session.