Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-12-21

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Washington, p, q, December.
Once more the house of representa-
Itiyes has passed general pensions5
bin. this time endorsing the shsr.
wood measure which establishes t6esl
following basis Of pensioninE SER
vice for ninety days to III months,
3l6 q month; from six to q nias
months, $50 month; from nlae
months to one year s26 III month; 4;
more than one year, sso month.
This Is the measure popularly knowa
turnout the country III the dollar II
Iday pension bill. 3 at differs from
the sulioway bill passed by the last
republican house, which. Instead u
recognizing length III service as i ~
sis, fixed the varying amounts ofs pea.
sion according TO the age OF the pea.
lBioner. The republican members this
week made q persistent effort to sub.
stitute the Sulloway measure for the
Sherwood bill. In the last congress
The southern democrats effectually
| prevented any pension legislation be-
iing acted upon. and there have beeA,
an sorts of charges Of playing politics
since this measure was brot before
the present congress, but the trua
lfriends Of the veterans Of the cisit'
war. who supported both the ssyIlSasE
wood and sulloway measures, are
greatly pleased at the outcome, ana
1t Is generally believed at the capi
tai that favorable action will be se-
tured in the genate
Mr.. f, Burke OF Madison, S. 81,
State Commissioner OF school ana
public lands, and Mr.. Hall b. Kelset.
ler, Supervisor Of the Elack Hills Fer
lest reserves, have been here, and with
Representative Marin are pressing
a claim for about Il, 900 acressof lands
due the state in lieu ST lands which
We're Included In the Black Hill For
Lest reserves. The state seeks to re-
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cover this acreage In Harding counts. /.
The meeting OF the South Dakota
Society proved to be very Pile asant
social gathering and a permanent or
ganization was perfected The con
lgressional delegation participated ii
the event as also did Thomas Thor
son, member Of the republican nation.
al committee, who was in the city at
the time, One of the guests was Con.
gressman John Nc Guire Of Nebraska,
former resident OF South Dakota,
! The reclamation service and the
|fnterior department have approved
all the contentious made by ti,s
Belle Fourche water users, who claim
that owing to droughts and the other
failures which have prevented them
securing water, that they are entitled
to an extension Of two years time IN
making their payments for the main
tenance Of their water system.
Representative Martin did not join
his committee on their trip to Pana-
ma for the reason that he went to.
the Isthmus last March, and feels
that his knowledge of the conditions
does not require another visit at this
4 time.
The meeting Of the republican ma
tional committee which fixed the time
of holding the next national coflven-s
ton for June 18th at Chicago, proved,
lat least, that members of that organ
iization were practically alt in favor
Iof renominating President Taft. AS
the discordant tones always sound
loudest, 30 lit is that the voice of the
lopposition seized Its opportunity to:
reach the public ear, and the progress
l sjve league issued a statement criti.;
i Icizing the procedure OF the committee.
4 About the same time one of the old
Indiana feuds broke loose, with the
result that some OF the politicians Of
sIthaa state attacked the president and
his followers. a protest also came
4 from Mr.. Barnes. chairman of the re-.
publican state committee In New
i York, and tho lack Of harmony IN
Ohio was also brot to the foreground.
On the whole, nothing very serious
turned up, nor Was there much to Ia
jdicate what the psli conditions Of
i Continued on Pase 9.