The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-12

Vacate His Seat.
FIGHT is COMING
Report of Committee Exon
Grating Lorimer Won't be
Accepted in Silence.
Washington, D. C.-United States
Senator Beveridge of Indiana today
laid before the Senate a resolution
declaring that Senator Lorimer of IL
linois was not duly and legally elect
ed to his seat in the Senate. This
formal brings on the expected fight
over the report Of the committee OF
privileges and elections generating
Lorimer of the charges of bribery In
his own election.
War Ship Practice.
The fleet of battleships returning
from Europe in a mimic var attack
on the United States, was intercepted
by the defending scout cruisers, &C,
cording to a wireless message to the
navy department from Admiral
Staunton, commanding the scount
fleet, today.
433 MEMBERS FOR
PROPOSED NEW HOUSE
Washington, D. C.-The congress
sional re-apportionment, under the
new census figures, so as to increase
the membership of the house to 43a
was tentatively favored by the house
committee on the census at a meet
ing today. This figure will protect
each state from a diminished repre-.
s%entation, and is exclusive Of ArlZo.
ma and New Mexico.
Apportionment membership under
the proposed arrangement will give
Illinois % members: Iowa IL; Min,
nesota 10; Nebraska 6; South Dako'
ia 3 and Wisconsin II. This gives
Michigan, Minnesota, South Lake.
ia one more member and Illinois two,
FIGHT FOR EXPOSITION is
NARROWED TO FLAPJACKS
Washington, D. C.-The fight for
the Panama Exposition in 1915 has
narrowed to a contest between Cali.
fornia oranges and Louisiana flap
jacks. The San Francisco boosters
came to Washington two weeks age
with a carload of oranges and since
then congressman use them for pa.
per weights. But San Francisco's
triumph was not for long. Today the
New Orleans delegation, headed by
Mayor Behrman, marched to its head.
quarters in the New Ebbitt escort.
ing "Aunt Emma a negso4"mammy,'
who carried a griddle iron. In the
parlors of the hotel, which had been
decorated with palms and magnolia
trees, she began tossing off hot pan.
cakes for all corners. Aunt Emma
also is prepared to offer to the con
gressional palate New Orleans delica,
cies.. An experienced mixer, who
wear a white apron and pours things
out of a bottle, also has been brought
from New Orleans.
CLAPP TO HEAD RAILROAD
COMMITTEE IN SENATE
Washington, d. C.-The death Of
Senator Elk1ns and the coming re-
tirement of Senator Aldrich and Sen
ator Kean probably will elevate Sen
ator Clapp to the craftsmanship Of
the powerful committee on interstate
commerce, a result which the Repub,
lican regulars of the Senate will not
contemplate with much satisfaction
Clapp is an insurgent, and the com
mittee on interstate commerce is
very potent in all legislation affecting
railroads.
Elkins was chairman of the com
mittee and Clapp ranked fifth. The
second ranking member of the com
mittee who ordinarily would succeed
to the craftsmanship is Senator Cul'
lom, but Cullom already is chairman
of the foreign relations committee
and probably will elect to retain thai
place. The third and fourth mem
bers are Aldrich and Kean, both OF
whom will retire from the Senate
March 8. Under the new order Sen
ator Cummins, who now ranks eighth
on the committee, will rank fourth.
Both Clapp and Cummins are .radi'
calls on railroad legislation and Their
influence on the committee will be
greatly augmented under the new or.
g%anization.
WOULD PUT FOOD sTUFFs
ON UNCLE SANS FREE LIST
Washington, D. ca bill to put
the necessities of life upon the free
list, was offered in the house by Rep.
resentative Mann, Of Illinois. There
are fifteen of the measures covering
leather, cotton goods, lumber, cereals
vegetables, meat products and the
like.
Congressman Mann intimated thai
he would suhrit motions RI dis.