The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-01
AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON
Washington, d. c., May

ADerueeH ATTENDED by large numbers
of farmers throughout the State, who
used this means to express their dis
satisfaction and d~isapproyal of the
Canadian reciprocity pact, a protest
addressed ITO the President and to
Congress of the United States" was
presented in the House by R~epresen-
tative Burke, and published in full in
the Congressional Record. Mr.. Burke
took occasion of the opportunity to
renew his objections TO the proposed
arrangement with Canada. At the
Conference sixteen delegates were
chosen as follows: j. c. Simmons,
Hugh n. Allen, c. A. Russell, Aber-
deem; w. H. Wenz, Bath; E. J. Math-
er, A. w. Kruger, J.. d. Reeves, Gro
ton; E. p. Ashford, Rodell; J. d. Nc
Kenna, Bradley; f. f. Clapp, Ray
mond; Otto Johnson, Redfield; w. b.
Burr, Selby; J. w. Parmley, NJ. p.
Beebe, Ipswich: A. f. Chamberlain,
Brookings; w. II. Lyon, Sioux Falls.
These gentlemen arrived at the Cap
ital, and were given their first hear
ing before the Finance Committee of
the Senate on Thursday. What they
had to say attracted a great deal of
attention in Washington and was the
subject of extensive comment by the
local press.
A bill recently introduced by SEN
ator Gamble provides that the names
or all white men who vere residing
VI on the Pine Ridge Agency in the
State of South Dakota prior to March
2, 1889, and who married Indian wo-
men on the reservation, be given rec
ignition on the rolls as Sioux Indians.
The intent of the bill is to preserve
the property of these white men. He
also introduced a bill reimbursing a
number of residents of the Pine Ridge
Agency in cash for their buildings and
Improvements on the Agency because
of the law enacted by Congress divid-
ing "a portion of the reservation OF
the Sioux Nation Of Indians in Dakota
into separate reservations ard to Sc
cure the REIMBURSEMENT Of the Indian
title to the remainder" Still another
bill bearing Mr.. CANDLES name pro-
vides that jurisdiction be conferred
on courts Of claims, subject to appeal
to the Supreme Court, to determine
the amounts of losses sustained by
individual Sioux Indians since the
Treaty of 1883, by icpredations
against their property at the hands of
United States soldiers and white citi-
zenzs."
Senator Crawford Of South Dakota
Joined the opponents Of Canadian reci-
procity and in a strong speech before
the Senate assailed the arrangement
proposed with Canada, as being in
furious to the best interests Of the
farmers. He stated that if the farmer
should be placed or a free trade basis
with Canada he would be left no
choice in the purchase of manufac-
tured products. except to buy in a
protected market.
National Committeeman Thomas
Thorson of Canton, was in Washing
ton during the past week, while en-
route for his old home in Norway.
It is understood that while here Mr..
Thorson called upon the President and
entered a protest against Judge FL
lott being appointed as Federal Judge
in place of Judge Garland.
There are a number of bills in Con-
gress providing for the sale Of fire
killed timber upon the public lands
OF the United States, and among those
is a bill introduced by Mr.. Mondell Of
Wyoming, which authorizes the Secre-
tary of the Interior to sell and dis
pose of such timber on public lands
ouIolut VI Tic hdllOIdl lOiC5lS, " IHt
highest bidder. The great forest
fires that have swept over the coun-
try in recent years have destroyed
millions of feet of valuable timber,
and It has been charged time and
again that the Government has suf-
fered an enormous loss for not
promptly providing for the cutting of
this timber, as it rapidly d~isintegrates,
and is destroyed by worms after hav-
ing been swept over by fires.
Representative Kahn OF California
attacked the initiative, referendum
and recall features of the Arizona con
stitution, during the debate in refer
ence to statehood, and his remarks
attract a good deal Of attention.
What would have happened to Wash
ington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt
and other popular idols Of their re-
spective day and generation had the
recall of which so much Is heard
nowadays. been in effect in their