The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-11-10

ka, and that will be an efficient
public policy. We will settle, the
question OF government in Alas
ka right. And there will be no
selfish motives and there will
be no greed in it. Secretary
Fisher of the department. OF
the interior. has recently re-
turned from Alaska, and is re-
puted to have a plan ready for
the administration that will solve
the Alaskan troubles. However,
to each suggestion wherewith
the mooted problems are to be
Slaughtered out. Clifford Pinchot
rises to enter his disclaimer as to
the proposed methods.
America s greatest naval show
has just been pulled off in New
York harbor, and even the great
metropolis. accustomed to the
great exhibitions of the age, has
viewed the assembled fleets. COM
posed OF more than a hundred
ships, with surprise and admira-
ton. Even the great naval per-
formances Of two years ago, at
the time Of the Hudson-Fultor
celebration. have been far out
classed. Secretary of War Meyer
in statement this week, says
that the American navy is 1900
per cent more efficient than at
the time of the Spanish-Amer-
ica,l war. Tie basis Of the esti-
mate IS calculated on the in
creased rate oi firing, the in
creased range of target, the eff
fectiveness of new appliance, the
studied selection of the man for
the job. and the increased per-
centage of hits. Mr.. Meyers also
declared that the great as
semblage of ships in New York
harbor fully demonstrated the
preparedness of the Navy in time
of peace.
Senator Cummins, on his re-
turn from Panama, will at once
come to Washington to complete
arrangements for the beginning
Of the investigation into control
Of corporations by the senate in
terstate commerce committee.
That inquiry will begin Novem-
Der Is. Senator Cummins is the
head Of the subcommittee in
charge of the arrangements,
George w. Perkins, the Wall
street financier and lieutenant of
the Morgan interests, will try to
have at the hearing a strong list
Of captains Of industry, who are
in favor of his plan Of trust reg
ulation. This plan is to allow
combination and have the gov
ernment control, even to the ex-
tent Of fixing prices. John d.
Rockefeller, j. P. Morgan and
others will appear on that sid
Of the question. Prof. L. Lau-
rance Laughlin, of Chicago, for
mer President Eliot, Of Harvard,
and other we'll known economists
will appear on the other side.
AS result of careful analy-
sis Of the situation in Illinois at
the time of the president visit,
it is claimed by administration
leaders that. the Illinois delega-
tion is expected to be 'solid for
Taft. This claim is based on
assurances said to have been re-
celved from the republican fac
tions known as "middle of the
roaders,'' and 'standpatt RS, y
otherwise described as the Lori
mer adherents and the Deneen
adherents, respectively. The cal
culation eliminates the progr,s s.
sive republican forces enli.t d
under the banner of the Jones'
Merriam wing Of the party in l.
linois, and whose candidate for
the presidency is Senator LaFol-
lette, of Wisconsin. 1t is recog-
uized by the Taft supporters and
their allies in the Lorimer and
Deneen camps that a brisk fight
for the national delegates prob
ably will be made by the progres,
sives.
In Washington there are a
great many Chinese who are not
laundrymen, but who. as matter
Of fact, represent type of citi-
zenship and intelligence equal tt