The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-08-03

someone has been trying to hg-
ure out what the next congress is
likely to do. Upon one thing only
does there seem to be any agree
ment of opinion, and that is that
everybody will want to raise the
shutters, here in Washington in
time for the meetings of the nation
al conventions next summer. In
the meantime there are lot of
booms that need cultivating. In
this connection most everybody in
congress is interested. In this SEN
ate, Mr.. LaFollette is likely
candidate for the presidency. while
in the House, Speaker Clark is
seeking democratic preferment.
The affairs in different states in.
volving the election of new con-
gress, are in themselves, sufficient
to hasten congress to finish it's la
bors along next June. With all the
tariff revision to be handled and
reports of all the Investigations
now under way, it appears very
likely that the next congress will
be a rather unusually busy and
interesting one.
If the different investigating
committees which are looking into
all sorts of affairs of government:
to say nothing of such matters as
the Lorimer case and the probable
probe applied to the election of
Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin.
cOnscientiously pursue their labors
during the summer months, the
number of congressman, who are
in the habit of staying in Wash
ington during the recess, will be
greatly increased, as a considerable
per cent of the Members of the
Lower House are concerned in one
way or another in the investigating
committees. There has been con-
siderable fuss made about what
might be expected from the differ
ent investigations, and unless some
very voluminous reports are forth
coming when congress convenes in
December, there is likely to be
pronounced dissatisfaction in the
ranks of those who have instituted
the Investigations.
The political view of the stand
ing of President Taft is at all times
a matter of interest, and just now
when the Executive has achieved
his great plan of forcing the Cana
dian reciprocity pact through con-
gress without a single amendment,
it is significant that friends of the
measure declare that it's passage
will insure success for the pres
ident and his party in 1912. On
the other hand, the fact cannot be
ignored that the opponents of rec
iprocity, both in and out of con-
gress, are saying more good things
than usual concerning the president
and without going into embarass-
ing details involving the defeat of
their own position, they are eulog-
izing the president of a good
fighter.
According to the Interstate Com
merce Commission, it appears that
on June 80, 1910, there was total
of single tract mileage of 24O,-
1884 miles of railroads in the
different states. 1t took 8,947 To-
comotives to carry on the business
these lines, and 1920, ,331 cars of
all kinds. There were employed
on the steam roads 1,699,42O per-
sons, and the capitalization of rail
road properties was $l8, 1872, :
23S. The number of passengers
carried during the year covered
by the report was 1888, 1919.
From the foregoing items gather
ed from the report, it is rather
easily understood that the railroad
proposition in the United States is
somewhat stupendous.
A good many republican men,
bers of congress, and particularly
those who cast their votes AGAINST