The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-07-28
capital during the last week.
Parties to the controversy have
been Delegate Wickersham OF

al OF the United States, who has
the same name. The Alaska de
legate has been specializing, dur.
ing his term IN congress, on at
tacks upon the Alorgans, Gug-
J genheims, and everyone else con.
nected with them in tn Alaska dc
velopment. 1t is claimed thai
the attorney general has not beel
persistent in prosecuting certain
Alaskan suits, and seizlng the
proper opportunity the delegate
has rushed before AN antagonis-
tic democratic committee to de-
mand an investigation. The al
falr has proven to be simply an
incident in the general round OF
events that have been sprung al
the special session commenced.
Commissioner William Will
Hams, in charge of Ellis IslamG
has made a repols to Congress
IN which he says that the cor
dltlons of immigrants is greatiy
crowded. He has told a congres
slonal committee that S500.00O
needed for the erection of new
dormltory and OBTAINING room
Tor cabin passengers. Congress
IS inclined to be somewhat stingy
with the great New York immi
grafton station, and it is difficult
Tor the members 70 realize the i'm
portance OF the condition of fasil.
tiles, but Mn. Williams has been
attempting to make this clear by
pointing out how more than one
million immigrants We're handled
on he Island last year, and h
says that the number is constant
ly Increasing. IN .ariner times
Castle Garden served as the stat
ion for this work, and when Ellis
| lsland was taken. over. it was
II Elou1si9. ITO tfqs,5 Z, SflIes' necessity for
all times had been provided for.
but already the space has become
too small and crowded.
Senators are awakened to the
fast thar proceeding OF that body
are not maging G great hit with
!ohe people. \ member has de-
clared that from reading the Re
cord one might suppose that it
was a report of lot of men
gathered on street corners dis
cusslng the news of the day Sem
ator Bacon has proposed new
rule which is designed to restore
congressional debate" to It's
former decorum. Senator Root
says that the present method OF
discriminating debate is de
structive OF deliberate considera-
tlon OF legislation, and Senator
Lodge likewise declared that the
senate must reform it's methods
or become the laughing stock OF
deliberative assemblies.
There has been generous APP
plause from all parts OF the
country over the trust busting
methods of the Roosevelt and
Taft administrations. 1t develops
that this work has been rather
expensive, and the house commit
tee on expenditures in the depart
ment of Justice has brought out
thei fact that the item of special
have ceased to feel any thrills
years cost the Government 81
161 ,4S3. Yet there is no one VIII
will say that the money has not
been well spent.
The adjournment program an
ticipates that the members of
congress will get out of Wash
ington about the middle of Au-
gust, and before going, Canadian
reciprocity, the wool tariff re-
vision, free list bill, COMPRESSION
al reapportionment bill. and the
statehood measure will be dis
posed of. It is also possible that
the campaign publicity measure
and the direct elections questions
will also be disposed of.
Washington and the country
hace ceased to feel any thrills
over news of Investigations, and
it has become settled conviction
that partisan motives have in
stigated nearly every one of the
numberless inquiries that have
started since last spring. Out of
all the committees that have been
at work upon different measures.
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