The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-08-24
AFFAIRS At WASHINGTON CITY
Current News of the Week and
Events of Importance in
Which South Dakota
Figures
Especial to the NewS)


Washington, who is generally
supposed to know about things in
Alaska because the representatives
of that state are on the outer
cdge,' made a very strong defense
of the president in which he &C
cused the democrats on the Com
mittee of Investigation of the Con-
troller Bay charges of cowardlce,
and with deliberate attempt to
shield those responsible for colos-
sal fake, as shown in the introduce
tion in the investigation of the
"dick to dick letter" and he did
not hesitate to condemn the In
vestigating Committee which has
denied hearing to witnesses who
could have disproven the fake
charges that were made in the
Controller Bay affair. Mr.. Mann
said that the committee having
realized that the scandalOus charg-
es made against the integrity of
the president, could not be proven,
had not the manliness to 90 for
ward and say so. but had stopped
hearings on the Inquiry in order
that a false impression might pre-
vail throughout the country.
Chairman Graham defended the
course of the committee, saying
that since the inquiry was to be
more comprehensive" than at
first planned, he thought it best
ito make hay slowly" Represen-
tative Burke of South Dakota in
formed his colleagues in congress
as to the real manner in which the
postponement of the investigation
had been brought about, and he
states that he had made every et-
fort possible to push the investl-
CATION but without success. The
postponement," he said, had not
been ordered in a fall committee
hearing but had been decided up
on by the chairman and his demo
cratic colleagues"
The attention of congress IN re-
gard to the wide differences of the
courts in reference to marriage and
divorce laws throughout the states,
has been directed to plan remedy
ing the faults of the divorce laws,
by Representative George W. Nor
ris. of Nebraska, who suggests
that the governors of the different
states send representatives to a
congress of delegates to be held in
the hall of the House of Represen-
tatives for the purpose of formu'
lating uniform laws of marriage
and divorce for the different states
The proposition embodied in the
Norris resolution has created
large amount of favorable com
ment and a surprising amount O
support might volunteer to go t.
the aid of Mr.. Norris and his pro
position. In the Senate the chair
man of the judiciary committee
Mr.. Clark of Wyoming, has dc
cided ideas upon the question of
constitutional amendment to max
the laws of the different state
uniform, expressed himself to tn
effect that this course would not b
necessary and that the matter coul
be adjusted between the state
through their legislatures. 1t
quite probable with fighter lik
Mr.. Norris at the helm that thi
great problem may be worked ou
In the final passage of the Ul
derwood- LaFollette wool measul
as agreed upon, the democrat
vote was solid in favor of the me-
sure and the following republican
cast their vote for the compromi!
measure: Akin, New York lind
pendent republican,; Lindberg
Nye, Volstead, Davis, Anderso
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