The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1911-08-10

Standard Oil Company has beer
taking the public into it's conf
dence, with the result that wher
the reorganization decreed by the
supreme court has been announced
from the general offices in New
ork, there is no one who ques.
tlons the absolute honesty and
truthfulness of the new plans out
lined by the officials of the Stand
ard Oil.
One of the most dramatic scenes
of the present session of congress
was the reply by Chairman Under
wood of the Ways and Means COM
mlttee to the attacks made upon
him by William Jennings Bryan.
Amid scenes of intense excitement
Underwood arose in the House a
few days ago, and threw his shin
ing lance' full at the breast of his
Nebraska enemy. Taking up the
charge of Bryan to the effect that
Underwood opposed an immediate
revision of the iron and steel sched-
ule, and had betrayed the demo
cratic party of which he is the
leader i'll the House, Mr.. Under
wood offered defense which was
substantiated by his fellow con-
gressmen, that seemed to thor
oughly annihlate and explode the
Bryan charges. Mr.. Underwood
for the second time this session.
has put the thrice candidate for
the presidency out of business in
W ashngtOn, and this time he has
made it impossible for Mr.. Bryan
to command any support in the
framing of legislation by the dem
ocratic house. Underwood's mas
terry so far as the House is con
cerned is complete. and he and his
followers here seem absolutely un-
concerned as to whether the pres
ent break in the democratic party
is likely to have any influence in
the political contest of 1912.
1t is questionable if there is a
single member of congress who
does not appreciate the fact that
the sentiment throughout the coun-
try in reference to the annexation
of Canada to the United States is
more general than at any time
since the passage of the Canadian
reciprocity measure. Both the
United States and the Canadian
governments have denied that any
such alliance has been proposed or
even considered, and this is un-
questionably true, so far as official
circles are concerned. But there
is an undercurrent of public opin-
ion, and while annexation may be
only a conjecture, still if some
thing does not happen to allay this
sentiment that is growing among
many people, then it is sure that
it cannot shoulder on indefinitely. |
The time is coming when the issue
will have to be met by the two
The House democrats who look |
upon Speaker Clark as sort of
idol, were very much pleased by |
the declaration Of Mr.. Charles |
kieth of Kansas City, this week
in which he said that Champ Clark
was the whole thing down in Mis-
souri,, and that Governor Folk was
not cutting any figure. The speak
er undoubtedly has vast majority |
of partisans in the democratic camp
in the national capital, and none of
these seem to understand just |
where Governor Folk fits in, ex-
cept that they have heard of him
as sort of fly in the Clark oint-
ment. Therefore, when Mr.. Kieth
came to town and said that the
Washington impression was also
the impression of Missouri, he
struck a responsive chord.
The ever-interesting question of
improving the condition among
the youths of the country, is like
|y to secure substantial impetus
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