Gilpin observer., 1911-11-09
WASHINGTON NEWS
Getting the Eacts.


When congress oonvenes in Dec
ember the Democratic majority in
the house will he abe to take up leg
islative matters with more intelli-
gence than any preceding congress
has started its win'er's labor. The
reason for ttis is that various party
leaders, as we'll as many Of tie houee
committees, have been conducting in
vestigaticns this GUNNER, ho'h pub
lie and private, into all sorts of mat
ters with which congress Is concern
ed. "Get the facts" has been the So
gan of these Democrats, and eve
day they are accumulating informa
tion which will be submitted to the
house as soon as congress begins its
next session.
Extravaganza to Stop
There is one thing upon which all
the members CT the Democratic ma
jority of the house of Representatives
are solidly united, and that is: de-,
termination to see that there is a
reason back of every dollar that is
to be appropriated at the coming ses-
sion of congress. Leasers CT the par
ty are of the opinion that the Repub-
lican policy of accepting the est.
mates Of the various department
heads, without question, has been a
tremendously expensive one to Uncle
Sam, and hereafter, these leaders say
the public purse is not goirg to- be
opened until tie requisition is er-
dorscd by facts sufficient to justly
it. In line with this policy Chairman
Fitzgerald, of the all important ap,
propriations committee, hsa been the
busiest man in the United States, dur
ing the past summer, personally In
vestigating the various items which
later ON will call for an expenditure
of Uncle Sans good money.
A Lesson in Trusts.
The commissioner of corporation
has been delving into the history of
the tobscco trust. In 1855, ore part
Of the trust, the Duke Sons CON-
pany, was worth s25O0OO. Ely the
mere process Of joining tie trust it
swelled to s7.50O,CO ami, later, was
treated to further dose CT s22,00O-
OGO in "securit.es," and earns" 10
per cent on that. And in % years the
Duke property, s250,O0O PROPOSE
ton, has learned" s39,O0O.OOO or
15,5OO per cent! How long will the
American public stand fc- the game
Of wat:rcd stock, Industrial mono-
poly. risirg cost of living ard cemr,
mercialized politics? ~ =
Republicans in Despair. @
President Taft's allrsior' to the de-
feat CT his party next year was not
at all pleasing to Republican party
leaders. Nothing discourages par
ty so mrch as the prospect of defeat,
and for q year past the Republican
praty has been facing more prognos-
tications of losing the next admins
tretion than any party in power ever
received. The effect is that the Re-
rublicars have little encou-a cement
to work.
Business Men Against Taft.
Independent business men of the
middle west end far west are at the
head of the antiTaft movement, says
the Philadelphia North American,
(Republican). These are the men who
understand that the fight against
special privilege and control of bus
iness and industry by the Morgan
Rockefeller financial combination OF
Wall street is a fight fer tie inde-
pendence of legitimate business.
vetoes are Remembered
The people o. the middle west
greeted Pre-ident Tat NEST coriial-
ly, as became good citiz ems, with the
mental reservation not to vote for a
second term to the man who has ar
bitrarily exercised tte veto power
against reasonable reduction of ex-
orbitant d,t:cs on t.eir clothing and
other recesssrias.
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