Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1911-01-26
LETTER FROM
WASHINGTON, D. G.
JOSEPH v. JACKSON WRITES INTEREST
ING LETTER--fAVORABLE REPORT
ON BlLL-.DELECATlON BUSY

We received the following inte-
resting letter from Mr.. jackson
yesterday and as it will prove Of
interest to everyone under the
ditch and to citizens of the state in
general we take pleasure in print
inx it. The letter follows:
Washington, D. c., 1-22, 1911.
Williston Graphic,
Williston, No. Oak.
Gentlemen:
Not much to say except that
after strenuous week put in by
members of the North Dakota dele
CATION and others interested, we
succeeded in getting S6842 (Irri-
CATION BilD reported out favorably
by the House committee on Fri
day. On question of an amend
ment we won out On tie vote. No
other bills were reported out at
the committee meeting. OF course
we NAV lose out on the House vote
but we are doing what we can to
put up good front at that time.
: / find that Hanna stands very
high here. For a new man he
has a most remarkable acquaint-
ance among the leaders and they
all seem anxious to help him when
ever possible. One of them told
me that ''Hanna never says any
thing of never asks for anything
unless it is absolutely right and
that's why be gets everything he
goes after The prestige of the
name Hanna" also is of great
value to him. He is undoubtedly
valuable asset to North Dakota
and i believe will rank with the
house leaders by the end of his
present term.
Gronna has : strong following
also; especially among the pro-
gressives. I was with him when
he received the message advising
him of his election as senator.
Within q very short time q num-
Der of prominent house members
came in to congratulate him and
. said the state of North Dakota is
due for congratulations too. While
they did not like to lose him from
the house where they said he had
done splendid work, they we're
glad to see him appreciated by the
people of his state.
McCumber ranks we'll here Also,
During his service in the senate he
has made friends Of many Of the lead
ers who are in position to help him
whenever he wishes anything for North
Dakota. With the unusual number Of
new men in the senate McCumber is
rated as one OF the old leaders and
acquires very considerable prestige
thereby. He is in q position to do .
great deal for the state.
Purcell has made many friends
among the leading Democrsts and
they are sorry to see him leave.
The Democrats had their caucus
with the newly elect the other night.
!. AS might be expected they rowed as
TO how they would revise the tariff.
Senator Baily Of Texassays, Change
every solitary schedule in the Payne
Aldrich bill at one fell swoop." Champ
Clark says, Not on your life change
it schedule by schedule, the same as
President Taft recommended. The
new Democratic senator from Mis-
sissippi is reported as saying, II shall
resist to the utmost any attempt to
LOWER the tariff on SUGAR or
COTTON You will recall that those
are the two schedules the Democrats
raised such q commotion about dur
ing the recent campaign. AS Hancock
said, it all resolves itself into q
ssLOCAL ISSUE"
Randolph, famous southern con-
gresham, of wit and ready retort de-
Y:,onai = cooth;pu rohnko IN anOther
member. The next day this same
member met Randolph on the street.
The member was right mad aud stand
ing directly in Randolph's path said,
!, 81 never step out Of the way Of pup
pets.'' In his most affable manner
Randolph replied, Excuse me but
do,n and with that he stepped out of
the members way and passed on.
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