The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-06-08
AFFAIRS At WASHINGTON CITY
Current News of the Week and
Events of Importance in
Which South Dakota
Figures
(SIecial TO the News)


If Canadian reciprocity has a
rough road in the Senate, a good
share of the credit for effective
work to prevent the ratification of
the treaty must be given to the
work by the delegation from the
state in both branches of congress,
and in the final analysis of results
the delegation of farmers and their
representatives who came here re-
Gently, must be accorded distinc
tiOn for having put some mighty
strong distractions into the wheels
of reciprocity legislation. Senators
Gamble and Crawford. and Repre-
sentative Burke, attended all the
hearings at which the South Dako-
ia gentlemen gave their testimony.
A. +. Chamberlain, of Brookings,
proved to be one of the best posted
men upon the subject of our agri-
cultural relations with the Domin-
ion of Canada, that has appeared
in Washington, and notwithstand-
ing the fact that in his analysis of
the entire situation he took up a
great part of two days, the COM
mittee was so thoroughly interest
ed in the information he was able
to give, that he was requested to
present further facts, and he ap-
peared before the committee on
the third day by request. Mr.. Will
liam H. Lyon, of Sioux Falls, was
another strong opponent of the
treaty, and occupied part of two
days before the committee, in
which he went particularly into the
question of reciprocity as it con-
cerned the agricultural interests.
During his remarks he make some
references to the lumber conditions
of the Dominion and the United
States, and unconsciously precipi-
tated a controversy between SEN
ators johnson, Gallinger, Clark
and others. Among other South
Dakota gentlemen who were given
hearings by the committee were
Messrs. E. j. Mathers and August
w. Kruger, of Groton; 0. w.
Cochran and M. p. Ipswich; Otto
johnson, Redficld; j. q. Simmons,
Aberdeen; and William H. Wenz,
Bath.
The Post Office Department has
been having a warm time with the
Redtield postoffice site, and the an
cient wars of the Roses have been
nothing compared to the protesta-
tions that have come out of the
Redfeld matter. Two factions, one
advocating a So o-called packard
site,' and the other the Chase
Site have not only involved both
South Dakota Senators in their
difficulties land it is intimated that
the two gentlemen have not been
altogether agreed on the matter
but they have each had favorable
action from the Department at
different times. The Packard To-
cation was at one time in a fair
way to be selected, but the owner
could not deliver the entire site,
and the few feet of additional land
needed was corraled by the oppo-
sition. The Department now an
nounces that the Chase site has
been selected, and as a request to
reopen the case has been denied.
it is probable the selection will
stand
Congressman Martin and Burke
have never disagreed but once on
the question of patronage, which
they have to distribute, and that
was in the case of q postmaster for
Vermilion. This disagreement was
not serious, but each represents
tive had . choice, and SO in . friend
" way they arrived at q plan to
accept the voters of Vermilion q
their arbitrators. w. G. Huyck
and W. II. Lapton were the two
principal candidAtes for the place,
md n other aspirants withdrew.