The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER.


the hearing before the House COMMITTEES
on Naval Affairs in connection with the
protest against placing the effigy of Brig
ham Young on the coffee tray of the $40,
900 silver service 10 be given to the
battleship Utah by the people of tina,
State.
Rev. Robert M. Stevenson, president Of
Westminster College, Salt Lake City,
testified that three-fourths of the people
of Utah are non -Mormons, while in Sal,
Lake City the proportion of non Mormons
to Mormons is about 60 to 100. He said
1--WE have control of the city, but they
have control of the county and the State
The Mormons dominate everything in
Utah, SO that non Mormons, in business
there, cannot afford to excite the antagon.
ism of the church by filing open protests
against its action, because they would i'm
peril their business by doing so. !"
II am told,'' testified Mr.. Stevenson,
'that the Mormon Church had stolen 90
900 acres of land. They simply took over
the Oregon Short Line Railroad. A gen.
tleman dared to come out and work open
ly for the American party. He was a
Mormon. but felt he had right to vote
as he pleased. Within two weeks after
the election he was expelled from the
church,
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Officially designated representatives Of
the Mexican Government and the revolu.
tionists on Sunday night signed peace
agreement intended to end the hostilities
that have been waged in Mexico for the
last six months.
Though covering only the principal
points negotiated thus far. the agreement
practically records the concessions by the
Government of these demands which
started on November 20. 1910, the last
armed revolution in Mexico.
Constitutional restrictions prevented
the inclusion in the agreement of the fact
that the rebels will b. permitted to sug-
gest to various State Legislatures the
names of provisional governors aud ike
wise the fact that six of the eight mem.
bers of the new Cabinet have been,chosen
by the revolutionists, but the agreement
records that President Diaz and Vice.
President Corral will resign and that the
Government is to concentrate its atten-
ton on desired reforms.
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Senator William Lorimer, of Illinois,
must again defend his seat against
charges that it was acquired by bribery
and corruption.
situation has been automatically
created which leaves no alternative but
to reopen the Lorimer investigation.
This was caused by the formal finding of
the Illinois, Legislative Committee that
corrupt practices were employed to secure
the election of Mr.. Lorimer, followed by
the Illinois Senate adopting a resolution
requesting the United States Senate to
make another injury. The occurrences
forced reversal of sentiment in the
Senate, and, as the request cannot be
ignored or refused, no alternative exists
but to take up the work of investigation
again. Even Lorimer's most ardent
supporte have had to concur in this
view.
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Made peevish and resentful by the
blistering weather of the last few DAYS and
nights, Chairman Moss, of the House
Committee on Expenditures in the Aqri.
cultural Department, announces that the
coming investigation by his committee of
the Department and its Bureaus will in.
sert the probe deeply and relentlessly
into the operations OF the Weather
Bureau. Chairman Moss says a great
many complaints have cometo him and
to other members of Congress OF late as
to the conduct of Professor Willis L.
Moore's Bureau, and he is bent on find
ing out exactly how much basis exists for
these.
ne dSScItS tnat IIuil-SIOWeTS especially
complain that the weather predictions of
Professor Moore and his assistant fore.
casters have been decidedly unreliable of
late, aud have cost the fruit growers large
sums of money. The complaints alleee
that sometimes the forecasters will give
warning of coming frosts and the fruit
growers expend money add energy in
starting smudges in their orchards at
night to save the buds or young fruit
from damage But no frost comes and
the money and labor expended are vast
ed. Then suddenly without warning
from the Weather Bureau along will come
a killing frost, taking the orchardists I'M
awares and causing them losses that
could have been prevented had they been
warned
The committee also will look into
charges persistently made by lanes Barry.
former chief of the Chronological division
of the Weather Bureau, against the
management Of the Bureau.