Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-12-14

Western Governors Call on Flesi-
dent Taft and Dinner IS Given
ii Their Honor. NJ
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Congressman Rucker Present. Bill
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Washington. p. G., Dec. One of
the principal matters of interest dur
ing the past week surrounded the viss
it TO Washington Of the governors of
twelve western slates who. With
party of prominent officials. arrived
in the east on q train known as! the
Governors Special, " with the ayow-
ed mission Of bringing more closely
together the east and the west, I'm
fortunately, the constructions Oh theY
tunneis at Bal timore prevented bring
ing the train containing the exhibit
of western products to tte capital:
but the governors we're here, and sso#
were the other officials and inmigra-
tion boosters, and they awoke the
capital to something of a reaH alton
OF the great az advantages and undevels
oped possibilities Of the western eou,,-
try IN the party We're Gov. John
3Shafroth Of Colorado, GOV. James II. I.
HawleS of Idaho. Coy. Adolph o.
Eberhart of Minnesota, GOV Edwin
Norris of fontan Gov, John Burke
OF North Dlsota Gov Oswald West s,f
Oregon, lsoys Robert IS. vessey 81
South kota Coy. Joseph NJ. Carey
:sss Gov IS. R Fsifttzss
gerald Of Colorado, former Gov. "a ilis
III. Brady of Idaho, former Coy Sar.
les OF North Dakota, and ]. n. Barnes
of Washington.
A dinner was given by President
TAFT IN honor OF the visiting gover4.s
.nors, and 1t was one Of the most elab-
crate ever held at the White House.
Among the notables present besides
the governors were Secretary Of the
Interior Fisher, former Gov. ]. Frank
lin Fort, of New Jersey; Senator'S.
Perkins, G. D. Clark. Nelson, Warren,
Met Cumber, Gamble, Hepburn, Dixon,
5Gnggenheim, Chamberlain, Crawford,
5Gronna, Myers, Works, and Represen-
tatives f. G. Stevens, James C. Need.
ham, +. w. Mondell. w. Il. Humphrey,
y. r. Knowland, Julius Kahn, n. M. n
Nye. G. M Pray, Ehen w. Martin,
Charles W. Burke, Louis B. Hanna, d.
I. Taylor, and Burton L. French, Sec
retary to the President, Hilles, G. d.
Morriss, ]. L. Day, Colvin B. Brown,
Reilly Atkinson, Lewis Penwell, III, Il.
Wallace, William Hanley, l.. Y. Nc
Dowell, G. g.. Johnson, J.. T.. Barnes,
s. J. Rich, Lieut.. =. w Simmons, and
Maj. Archibald Butt.
One of the great results of the
persistent and effective work being
done by westerners ard which is be-
ing backed up by this tour of the east
by the party on the Governors Spe-
eiab' is to acquaint the people of the
nation of the greater prosperity that
exists on farm lands Of the west as
compared with factory life in the cit
les The west has been carrying on
this work for many years and recently
they have secured a strong ally in
the new south, which thru its state
and city governments, and its rail-
roads, as well as commercial bodies
is carrying on great and systematic
campaign Of education, and the result
is that the whole nation is turning
from its discordant mutterings re-
garding the high cost OF living to the
relief that 1t has repeatedly demon:
strated exists in the back to the farm
movement. Amidst the fuss and feath-
ers of the social splnrge incident 70
the trip Of the Governors Special
the executives Of the different states
have never for one moment allowed
anyone to forget that they were after
settlers, and not seeking personal gio.
ry. From the eastern standpoint and (
especially as viewed from the Nation
al Capital. the idea OF former Cover
nor Brady os Idaho in bringing the
.big chiefs Of the different states so
actively before the country in this
immigration movement has proven TO-
be great successs:
Among the measures introduced III
congress by Representative LaFNol-B
Iette and one by Senator Poi1dexter,
is one to abolish the commerce court.
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