Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-01-26

TARIFF COMMISSION
SLATED FOR Defeat
Appropriation for Present Boaro
Also In Danger at This SEES
sion Of Congress.

sion Of Congress.
Washington, Jan. 19.-That there viii b.
10 tariff commission legislation this ses.
zion, and that 1t will not even be easy tc
get an appropriation for the existing tariff
BOARD. is the sum and substance of pre-
lictions made by the American Econos
MIST. the official organ of The Protective
Tariff league. which represents the high
.ariff sentiment in congress-. as we'll al
put of it.
1t is pointed out that the differences OF
opinion among republicans over tariff
commission legislation, to say nothing OF
democratic opposition to a commission. il
going TO make it hard shedding for the
commission idea this session. On tho 9th.
sr hand. President Taft is active in urging
that the tariff board shall be given q sub.
'tantial appropriation at this session. The
president is said to realize that with the
opposition the democrats will make In the
1ext congress to the board, or any in.
resignation by outside authority into the
workings OF the tariff law. it will prob
IDLY be crippled for lack Of funds and
that 1t IS essential to get an allowance fol-
t now IL 1t is to continue It's work. II
IS obvious. of course, that il a tariff com.
mission Is provided for the tariff board
Tilt be displaced.
AsSPacAGdu lcducTS WHO are opposed &c
.he tariff commission idea are said to bO
willing to save the tariff board and &c
10 the point of making an appropriation
.or IT. "A good many indications are Civ
en that this is as far as the tariff com.
mission idea will get this session, tina is.
It will not get any farther than it did last
session and the tariff board will again be
provided for.
The struggle over the relocation Of the
Aberdeen land Office is fairly on. A com.
m.ttee headed by Edward Mcbride. ar
:ived here from Mobridge some time arc
and is still here. Dawes f. B.. Isbane and
b. e.. Ash, jr., are here to represent lisa.
Del. Timber Lake also has a repre.
sentative OH hand.
Inc hearing of the matter which is an.
aounced for January IS. will be before the
secretary Of interior and the commission.
.r of the land office. Mcintosh has been
mentioned in connection with the location.
put Senator Gamble made it plain today
chat it rested between Mobridge. Isabe;
sand Timber Lake.
State Chairman w. C.. Cook has re-
turned to South Dakota after being here
about 10 days. The Senate judiciary com.
nitsee will make a favorable report on
The nomination of Judge Garland for
supreme court judge and he will be con.
frmed. While the judiciary COMMITTEES
aas not yet acted it is holding back on
account of the fact that charges have
been preferred against Judge Hunt. Of
Montana. one of the court an.
pointees. These charges are still pend
!ng before the subcommittee to which
they were referred. But Judge Carland.s
confirmation is practically assured. Some
days 6 word was received here that
charges would be filed against him The
charges arrived. but they were not con-
sidered of sufficient gravity to lay before
the committee and they were dropped.
The specter OF war stalked in the House
yesterday. but IT'S appearance was for the
purpose of permitting a wholesale fayine
of military critics and of furnishing a rea-
son for liberality in appropriations. The
army appropriation bill. carrying approx-
imately $1,000 .O0G. was under discussion.
and finally was passed, afte4. q debate on
the military preparedness Of the alton
the future of aeroplanes. which won an
appropriation of $125, 600, a tribute to the
value of the national guard, and an ap-
preparation of $4,000 for the field artil-
lery for the organized militia, which i'm
volved, according to Representative Stew
ems. of Minnesota. a plan that would re-
quire 100000 600 to fully carry out.