The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-05-25

Mr.. H. l.. Loucks, we'll known
in South Dakota politics on &C.
count of his connection with the
ropulist movement and other in
dependent causes, recently visited
Washington for the purpose OF
getting in closer touch with the
progressive leaders of the repub-
lican party, and it is reported here
that he will open headquarters at
Huron for the purpose of booming
Senator LaFollette as presiden-
tial candidate.
United States Marshal Captain
Seth Bullock recently visited
Washington on official business
and while here paid his respects to
the state delegation. Circuit Judge
Jones of Sioux Falls was also a
South Dakota visitor to the capital.
There is anything but harmony
in the United senate as the division
among the republicans seems daily
to become more marked 1t will
be remembered that the progress
sives protested against the manner
in which the committees were made
up, and to emphasize their protest
war was declared upon Senator
Gallinger who had been selected
for the position of President pro
tenn. At the present time the
House of Representatives is wait
ing upon the Senate, and it can
hardly be affirmed that the latter
body has succeeded in getting down
to business, even though several
weeks have elapsed since the re-
convening of congress- The re-
publicans seem to be farther apart
than ever, and it is plainly appar-
ent that no unity of action can be
secured among the membership of
the party in the senate. All the
big bills are still practically un-
touched, and no one can safely
predict that a single matter consti-
tuting the big legislation that is to
come up later, will command the
unified republican vote. The dem
ocrats are little closer together
hut nevertheless there are marked
divisions in the membership of
that party in the senate. 1t begins
to look as though the country
must spend the entire summer lis
tening to senators of the different
creeds tell of their woes. The only
important piece of legislation that
seems to have been cleared is that
providing for the election of Unit.
ed States senators by direct vote
of the people, and the probabilities
are that Senator Borah's resolution
will pass. Canadian reciprocity
has already been bitterly assailed
by a number of senator's who are
waiting to renew their objections
upon the floor. Protests of the
strongest kind are being urged
against the measure before the
committee, and the strongest pow
er in opposition comes from the
farmers. Before this measure went
to the Senate, Mr.. Cummins of
Iowa, outlined his position in a
speech made in New York, in
which he said that he would at
tempt to amend the measure. The
progressives in the House were
among the strongest factors in op-
position to the bill, and their
course indicates quite clearly that
the treaty in its present form will
be vigorously assailed by the same
branch of the republican party in
the senate. There are even those
who are predicting that the treaty
will fail in the upper Chamber,
but the larger number of people
state that it will pass in some form. |
The democratic majority in the
House have passed their so-called
farmers free list" bill and it is
expected that additional tariff leg
islation including free wool, is yet
to come. Such measures as these
will meet certain death in the sem
ate. Statehood for New Mexico