The La Jara chronicle., 1911-07-14

their control of the house, may
undertake.
The census bureau has de-
termined that there were ST.
63S, $50 sheep and lambs in the
United States in 1910. These are
all of the kind that live on farms
and ranges and are independent
of the kind that hang around
Wall Street and other stock ex-
changes, because the count was
made OF the sheep and lambs with
wool on their backs instead of the
kind where the wool has been
pulled over the eyes. Montana S
sheep population in 1910 was
1878, ,963 and that of Wyoming
4,676 ,206 a considerable increase
in each case. The figures in
Colorado show practically no
change in the sheep population
for the past ten years, and there
are now, according to the census
count, 1,313,04S sheep.
For a man who talks a great
deal about the Oregon law and
publicity campaigns, and who
announces that he will stand for
denomination and reelection
without making any speeches,
distributing any literature or
spending any money" Jonathan
Bourne, Jr., senator from Oregon
is making a good deal of noise.
Senator Bourne is president OF
the National Progressive Republi-
can league and in his connection
with that organization is getting
plenty of publicity, and any in
dividual effort on his part aside
from that which the league is
doing would be superfluous.
A recent bill by Mr.. Rucker of
Colorado provides that the secre-
tary of the interior be directed
to suspend the operation of the Ii
cense fee of the forest reserves
and other public lands of the
United States in so far as the
same applies to sheep and goats.
Once in while one of the de
partment tells congress to ego
-hase itself " This has been the
case during the past few days.
The house committee on expen-
ditures in the post office depart
ment has been attempting to make
capital out of the fact that there
is difference OF 81 600 between
a state department voucher and
the amount actually paid for the
portrait of Judge Day. The eX-
penditure was approved and pass.
ed by Secretary of State Jonn
Hay in his lifetime, and Secrc-
tary Knox testified that the pay
ment was regular. 1t appears
that the amount was used for
secret purposes of the govern
ment. Notwithstanding the ap-
proval given the item by two
heads of the department, Messrs.
Hay and Knox, the committee,
which ie made up of a number of
Democrats seeking excitement,
demanded that two former EN-
ployes o. the department, both of
whom are still in the government
service, shall be discharged, to
which the state department
has answered, in substance, that
the committee is invited to go
way back and sit down.
The opposition to Canadian rec
iprocity is still being pressed in
the senate, and gradually the
floods of oratory are being emp
tied. The progressive senators
have been offering numberless
amendments to the pact as pre-
sented by President Taft, and
great, long -winded speeches are
being unwound. Notwithstanding
all the pyrotechnics of the sena-
torial performance it is safe to
say that vote will be reached
on reciprocity within the next
four weeks, and in all probability
none of the amendments will pre-
vail A clear and safe majority
for Canadian reciprocity has been
assured in the senate for some
time.
The word is going the rounds
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