The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-07-20

|: Utah l; West Virginia l; Texa
?; and Washington 2.
During the week Senator Gam
BILE acted as one of the conferees
on the part of the senate upon thu
deficiency appropriations measure
providing for contingent expenses
for the House of Representatives
for the fiscal year 1911.
The Washington Star suggests
under the heading of "A Not I'm.
probable Colloquy," in it's editor.
ial page, that it would not be out
of place if an old member of the
House should say to the new: 1T
seems to me that there ought to be
a conference held about the differ
ent Investigations now going on -
The new member of the House
wanting to know the purpose of
such conference, receives the re-
ply: For several purposes. To
begin with, take the question of
advertisement. There is ADVERTISE
ment enough for all. No investi-
gator need lack for a share. But
the spotlights should be played SO
as to give every fellow his due.
The stage should not be over6lled
at any time. Too much should not
be in action at once. Let the
hearings be arranged so that they
will not crowd one another. Where
there's crowding, effects are con-
fused and sometimes lost" There
is a lot more to the editorial and
the colloquy", and while it is a
nice little stretch of Imagination,
still there is as much truth in the
lines as anything that has been
published recently.
1t is doubtful if any question in
recent years has so thoroughly
aroused the individual feelings of
senators as the Lorimer investiga-
ton, and many of them have ex-
pressed a desire to attend the ses-
slons so as to observe the demean-
or of the witnesses, and thus gain
an impression of their veracity.
Had the matter been considered
by the whole senate, a large
amount of the debate that is in
storage would have been eliminat-
ed. There appears to be little
question but what the matter is
being thoroughly gone into, and
it is not partisan to say that the
general impression is that the case
is not being made as strong against
the Illinois senator as in the orig
inal hearing.
Although electric fans have been
in use throughout the country for
many years, it took the great hot
wave of this week and the Vice
President of the United States, to
introduce these cooling crevices
into the senate chamber. One
morning the dignity of the great
body was almost shocked by the
appearance of an electric fan upon
the Vice Presidents desk; but no
sooner had the solons recovered,
than they caused four great revolv-
ing fans to be hung from the cell
ing, thus greatly modifying the
torrid temperature. Snuff boxes
are still maintained in the senate
cloak room, and quills are still to
be found in use. In the preserva-
tion of the old-time customs of the
senate, an electric fan is q shock
ing innovation and some people
are wondering whether this de-
parture in the senate chamber is
another evidence of insurgency.
Senators are still trying to amend
the Canadian reciprocity measure,
thus evidencing great courage, as
each and every proposal of this
kind has been promptly voted
down. The feeling has been that
the amendments that have been
proposed by Senators Cummins
and Simmons represent the prin-
cipal attacks that could be sum-
moned against the administration
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