The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-12-29
AFFAIRS AT
WASHINGTON
Matters Concerning the Law
Makers and Events of Import
ance at the National Capital.

eANA Av0A"S VI upVAG y
ance at the National Capital.
Washington, D. c., December
2o.-lt's lucky that the holidays
have come, for the buzzing
bees have been buzzlng SO haru
that there might have been
danger that they would have buz
zed themselves to death in another
week or more. In the republi-
can fold it is doubtful if any of
the leaders seriously question but
that President Taft will be re-
nominated, but the LaFollette
candidacy is being pushed with
all the vigor that an energetic
camp of enthusiasts can put be-
hind it. Despite the protestation
Of Colonel Roosevelt and his
friends, the demand for the ex-
president will not down. The move
ment IN Nebraska to put his
name on the primary ballot may
require some energetic efforts on
the part of Mr.. Roosevelt to check
the attempt to run him for thel
presidency against his wishes,
since the same performance may
be duplicated in other states
where the presidential preference
plan is in vogue. The intimates
of President Taft meet all these
movements with the declaration
that it is the usual preconvention
fashion. and that it is only
part of the regular plan of making
history to go after the party lead
er and stir up all the opposition
possible prior to the time when
the real work of chosing delegates
comes around. The democratic
situation has been shifting with
the compass for many months. but
the Champ Clark people claim
that most Of the breeze has been
in their direction; and certainly
they are quite right in this, but
Wilson and Harmon have both
~been quite as much in the fore
ground at different stages of the
game as the genial speaker. The
astute ones have their lids cock
ed askance towards the prairies
of Nebraska, and there are others
ready to faint when asked about
Hearst. Matters are reasonably
well defined in the republican
party, but guessing on heads and
tails with the coin flying high in
the air is easy, as compared with
what is going to turn up when
the spotlight falls on heads and
tails of democratic presidential
candidates. The coin has only
two ways to turn while in the othe
instance things may flop any one
of a half dozen ways without
jarring the wise old guessers
about Capitol Hill very much.
Some people charge that the
senate is slow, but this is not al
ways. The regular congressional
pay day falls on January LIST, but
there were lot of congressman
who have different engagements
with Santa Claus, and they took
some Of the senator's into their
confidence. In just sixty seconds
the august senate advanced pay
day for the suffering representa-
tives ten days or thereabouts
For a few days it looked doubt
full whether the report of the
tariff board on the wool industry
would be given to the country,
owing to the opposition in the
house Of representatives to plac-
ing it in print-the reason being
assigned that it was TOO long and ,
dry for popular consumption ,
However, publicity finally won
out, and the country will be able
to study the wool question in all .
its phases by securing copy of
the report.
Senator Kenyon, of Iowa, has
introduced bill to begin the
practice of democratic economy
in the capitol isetlf, and his mea-
sure would abolish the barber
shops and bath rooms maintain.
ed by the senate out of the public
treasury Mr.. Kenyon has dis
covered that these senatorial
luxuries are costing about $780,
900 to $25,000 a year, and he say
there is no more reason why the
government should pay for the
baths and shaves of it's senators