The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-08-04

everybody IN congress is interest,"
ed. In Ithe senate Mr.. LaF'ollette
Is likely candidate for the
presidency, while in the house,
|tSpeaker Clark is seeking demo-
cratic prefelment. The affairs
IN different states involving the
election OF new congress are in
themselves sufficient to hasten
congress to finish it's labors along
next June. With all the tariff
Eevision to be handled and re-
ports of all the Investigations
now under way, it appears very
likely that the next congress viii.
be a rather unusually busy and
interesting one.
| Ii the different investigating
| committees which are looking in
to all sorts of affairs of govern
ment, to say nothing of such mat.
ters as the Lorimer case and the
probable probe applied to the
election of Senator Stephenson
of Wisconsin, conscientiously pur
sue their labors during the. sum-
/ ,mer months, the number of con
gressmen who are in the habit
of staying in Washington during
the season will be greatly increas.
ed, as considerable per cent of
the members of the lower house
! are concerned in one way or an
other in the investigating COM
mittees. There has been consi-
derable fuss made about what
Itmieht be expected from the diff
ferent Investigations, and unless
some very voluminous reports
are forthcoming when congress
conwenes in December, there is
likely to be pronounced dissatis-
faction in the ranks of those who
have instituted the Investigations
The political view of the stand
ing of President Taft is at all
times a matter of interest, and
Just now when the executive has
achieved his great plan of forcin.
|tthe Canadian reciprocity pact
through congress without a single
amendment, it is significant that
friends of the measure declare
that It's passage will insure sue
cess for the president and his
party i'm 1912. On the Other
hand, the fact cannot be ignored.
that the opponents Of reciprocity
both in and out Of congress, are
saying more good things than US
ual concerning the president, and
without going into embarrassing
details involving the defeat OF
their own position, they are euol-
glzlng the president as "good
fighter.
According to the Interstate
commerce COMMISSION, 1T appears
that on June 80, 1910, there was
total Of single track mileage OF
2lO, ,43s,48 miles Of railroads in
the different states. lit took S.
947 locomotives to carry on the
business of these lines, and $780,
33l cars of all kinds. There were
employed on the steam roads L.
sae 42o persons, and the capital
ization of railroad properties was
$lS,4l7 ,132, ,25S. The number of
passengers carried during the
year covered by the report was
971 .63S,la9. From the foregoing
items gathered from the report, it
is rather easily understood that
the railroad proposition in the
United States is somewhat stu
pendous.
The democrats of the house
have settled another piece of leg
islation through their caucus sys-
TEN, and al a gathering held this
week, the Underwood cotton
schedule bill, which reduces the
duties on cotton goods nearly fiji
ty per cent, was agreed to. This
is likely the last of the tariff leg
islation which will be produced
in the house during this session.
and plans are being framed at
leach end of the capitol for adj
journment about the middle of
August.
Reporter-"To what do you
attribute your great age9"
Oldest inhabitant-"I ain't
sure yet, sir. Two or three pat
ent medicine companies are dick
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