Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-07
Lots Of Hot Air
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4 oilCleC MOVEMENT, uut 4NcpIdShd Is |
the home of that splendid fighter,
George w. Norris and both he and |
Senator Brown are supposed to be
against Mr.. Taft. Minnesota is
seething with insurgency, and Sena-
tor Clapp and a number CT congress.
men are fighting for the La Toilette
cause. Senator Cummins and a
number of Iowa congressman are
conducting an educational campaign
Mr.. Taft and are using the cry Of the
injury done by Canadian reciprocity,
Senator Bristow of Kansas is out
red-hot for LaFollette, but he is like
ly to. find the fight too strong up hill.
Oklahoma, Missouri, and Colorado are
for the administration, and Except in
the states mentioned the Taft cam
paign looks for no difficulties. But
there is enough trouble likely to be
Matched in the states enumerated,
and among the leaders indicated, to
endanger republican success.
All of the second class post Offices
of the country have been made pos.
tai savings banks, and the deposits
th1'ucut the country now reach about
$2,0G0,O00. A great many of the third
class offices have already been design
ated as savings banks, and the system
Is thOroly organized in every portion
OF the country.
Washington Deserted.
With congress gone, the president
and his force at Beverly and with
nearly all the cabinet heads absent
from Washington the capital just now
rivals Goldsmith's famous Deserted
Village" Secretary Wilson of the
agricultural department. has been
about the only man of high degree"
on the job of late.
Now that all the members of con-
gress have left for their homes the
tariff board has the distinction of be-
ing the only expert institution on this
phase of government in the capital.
President Taft held this to be the
case whether congress was here or
not but Messrs, Underwood, Clark, es
al, wouldn't have it that way.
Marine Band on Tour.
Washington's great musical insti-
tuition known as the United States
marine band has been given authority
by the president to make tour ex-
tending over a period of six weeks,
for the purpose of giving the people
of the south an opportunity to hear
the music of this great band. It is
very unusual for the band to leave
the capital.
The post department has been hav-
ing its difficulties compiling Stats.
tics relating to the expense of hand.
ling second class mail matter, in or
der that the postage rate of maya.
zines, newspapers, etc., may be re.
adjusted. The great post office build
ing on Pennsylvania avenue has been
lighted several nights while crews of
clerks worked over the figures. and
every Sunday, usually set apart for
rest, has been full work day at the
department. Every postoffice in the
country has been called upon to fur.
hlsh information that is required.
The first production of views of
Washington in the great moving pic.
ture shows that are to be given the
people of the country, were tried out
on audiences here this week, and the
films give splendid idea of things as
they exist in Washington. Many
snap shots of prominent public men
are given in the views, and it is the
intention to display the pictures in
every town and city in the country.
The delegates from the territories
OIL New Mexico and Arizona, Messrs.
Andrews and Cameron, are still in
Washington, and are getting things
arranged at this end of the route for
statehood. By the time all the for
malfties and election matters are
out OF the way and the new states
ready for admission it will likely be
several months The change from ter.
r1torial to state government win be
completed about the first of the COM
ing year.
Even the investigating committees,
which have done SO thriving a bus,.
ness have suspended operations for
the present. and the chairmen of the
olnerent bodies have gone home to
listen to the applause Of their con.
stituents. Congressman are no less
human than other people, and the
call OF summer vacations has disrupt-
ed and disorganized even the com
mittees Of investigation, which have
been considering nearly everything
and everybody connected with the