Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-03-03

| congress.
| me law OF the land has it that no
member OF congress shall be called to
| personal account for utterances made
III DEBATE 1t is nevertheless true that
II the correspondent who objected to
pelng called a liar and some other
tnlngs which he was not, had not
SHOWN his resentment in the way he
aid, the words of the member uttered
on the floor would have gone into the
record, and for all time one Washing
ton newspaper man would have ap-
peared IN the governmental reports as
miserable creature generally, and as
liar of the first rank The CORE
spondent has been punished by exclu-
sion from the capitol for ten days, but
ne and his fellow newspaper men
nave the satisfaction of knowing that
the words of the member of congress
nave been stricken from the record of
| the days doings.
The Nellie Gusts Place.
! Recently something was written
ABOUT the old home of the Masons of
Virginia which is still standing, and
|
stirring Revolutionary days The diff
ferent Virginia estates near the city
OF Washington, with their old colonial
mansions, recently have been brought
into notice by the attempt to erect
| penal institution near Mount Vernon.
The story of the attempt and it's de-
feat already has been published broad
cast.
Woodlawn, known as the Nellie
| GUSTS place." is another of the old
Virginia homesteads near the Mason
place, and is situated just a little way
from Mount Vernon. Some people
think that Woodlawn has about as
much interest as Mount Vernon itself,
for the original place, which COM
| pr1sed about 1900 acres, was given by
George Washington as wedding pres
! ent to his ward, Nellie Custis, who
was married on the last birthday
citrate. Nellie GUSTS married Maj
Lawrence Lewis.
The Nellie GUSTS house still stands,
and it is Of the colonial type. 1t has
passed into the possession Of Miss Eliz-
| abeth Sharp, who is a Virginian by
| birth, and whose family still resides in
| that state, although Miss Sharp her
self is making her home in the north.
| Thousands of dollars have been spent
| by the present owner to maintain the
| place as it was in the days gone by.
Interest in Next Campaign.
Both Democrats and Republicans,
| even in the hard work of these clos
| ing hours of the session, are showing
an active interest in the next presi-
| Dental campaign, going so far as to
| give consideration to questions of the
| advisability Of holding their respec'
| tive conventions in this city or that
| city.
| President Taft's campaign for re-
nomination already is on in quiet
way, and it is expected before long
| that there will be active manifesto
| lions of a desire on the part of Rob-
ert NJ La Follette's followers to Sc
cure preference for his name over that
| of Taft at the next Republican
convention. On the Democratic side
| Champ Clark is known to be ambl-
| tious, and srtive campaigning has be-
gun on behalf Of Governor Harmon OF
Ohio and Governor Woodrow Wilson
Of New Jersey.
Talk of Convention City.
| A strong local effort is being made
tn have the next Democratic conven-
ton called for Baltimore. 1t is long
time since Maryland had a Democrat
| Do
| that the time has come when the
honor should be conferred upon 1t
again. There is a difference of opin-
! ion in the Democratic party as to the
advisability OF selecting Baltimore as
the convention scene. Some Of the
members do not think it wise to hold
the convention in the east, and as
matter of fact this seems to be the
chief objection offered to the choice
| of the city as the meeting place
ST. Louis, Chicago, Cincinnati,
Cleveland and Kansas City already
| have advocates in the field, although
| the choice of the convention sites
| is not to be made until next Deem
| Der or January. Much the same scenes
are enacted in Washington when the
convention city is under consideration
| as when the boomers are here asking
congress to name certain place as
that for the holding of great ma
| tional exposition.
Effects of an Extra Session.
| 1t is somewhat curious to note how
differently the members of the two
parties view the effect of an extra ses-
sion of congress, if the president
shall make up his mind to call one in
case reciprocity is foredoomed to de
feat at the present session.
1t seems to be the belief Of the fol-
lowers of Mr.. Taft that, while he may
lose prestige with the party leaders
because of his insistence on reciproc-
ity, he will gain the support of the Ill
innate consumer class, the men who
are neither farmers, importers, nor
manufacturers, and the presidents
friends say that the support he will
gain from the consuming ranks will