The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-02-16
NEWS FROM THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL
What Our Lawmakers Are Do.
ing and Other Interesting
Events.

Events.
Washington.-The proceedings Of
Congress, what it does or fails to Go
during the coming week, will natural.
ly attract much public attention. The
session will end in three weeks. An.
parently President Taft's program is
little nearer enactment than it was
on the first Monday in December.
when the session began.
Carrying forward his campaign for
Canadian reciprocity, President TAFT
in a number of speeches through the
Middle West, made direct appeal
to the American farmer on that is.
sue. He declared that the impress.
sion that reciprocity with the DoAiln.
ion would injure the farmer was with.
out foundation, and by statistics
sought to lend actual proof to his
assertions.
He warned the leaders of his party
that if they should defeat the con.
cessions obtained in the reciprocal
agreement now pending and should
persist in retaining, in these times OF
! high prices and gradually exhaustion
of the food supply, tariff not based
solely upon the difference in cost of
production at home and abroad, with
reasonable profit to the American
producer, an opposition would be
aroused that would know no modera.
| ton.
Many Senators Will Retire.
The personnel of the United States
Senate is to be considerably changed
as a result of the elections that have
taken place in the legislatures Of nu.
merous states during the past few
weeks.
The thirty senator's whose terms
will expire March 4th are: Aldrich
of Rhode Island. Beverage of Indiana,
Buckley of Connecticut, Burkett OF
Nebraska, Burrows of Michigan, Car
ter of Montana, Clapp of Minnesota
Clark of Wyoming, Culberson OF Tex
as, Depew of New York, Dick of Ohio
Du Pont of Delaware, Flint o. Cali
fornia, Frazier of Tennessee, Hale G
Maine, Kean of New Jersey, La Fo
lette of Wisconsin, Lodge of Mass
chusetts, McCumber of North D.
kota, Money of Mississippi. Nixon bf
Nevada, Oliver of Pennsylvania. Page
of Vermont, Piles of Washington. Ray
ner of Maryland, Scott of West Vir-
ginia, Sutherland of Utah, Swanson
of Virginia, Taliaferro of Florida, and
Warner of Missouri.
The senators elected to succeed
themselves are Clapp of Minnesota
Clark of Wyoming. Culberson of Tex
as, Du Pont of Delaware, La Toilette
of Wisconsin, Lodge of Massachusetts,
McCumber of North Dakota. Nixon OF
Nevada, Oliver of Pennsylvania. Page
of Vermont, Rayner Of Maryland and
Sutherland of Utah.
House Membership May Be 435
The Democrats Of the House, aided
by a few Republicans who declined
to be bound by the party caucus, won
their fight for an increased represen-
tatiOn in the lower branch OF Con-
gress. They voted down the Repub-
lican caucus bill to retain the House
membership at 391. and then passed
the original Crumpacker bill, fixing
the membership at 433 on and after
March 4, 1918. If Arizona and New
Mexico are admitted to statehood they
will be given one representative each,
bringing the total to 435.
Under the new reapportionment
plans no state loses a member. The
following states gain the number in
dicated: Alabama l, California 3, Col
orado /, Florida /. Georgia 1, Idaho
I, Illinois 2, Louisiana l, Massachu-
sets 2, Michigan l. Minnesota l,
Montana l. New Jersey 2. New York
6, North Dakota l, Ohio /, Oklahoma
3, Oregon 1, Pennsylvania 4, Rhode
Island 2, South Dakota /, Texas 2,
Utah i, Washington 2, West Vir.
ginia 1.
National Capital erevities.
If the Sulloway pension bill, which
has passed the House, shall pass the
Senate, $45,OOO,OOO will be added to
the present pension expense of $780,
900, 1000
The Senate passed the Chamberlain
bill authorizing the exchange of pub.
lie lands within reclamation projects
for lands in private ownership I'M
der the same project, when required
by the government.
The per capita wealth of the Unit
ed States as based upon the new cen.
sus figures is $34.43. Under the cen.
sus of 1900 it was computed by the
Treasury Department as 39515. Ac-
cording to the latest estimate the to-
tai amount of money now In circula.
ton is 1921 ,550.475. as against &c..
125,5S7,720 a year ago.
House Joint resolution authorizing
the President OF the United States
to invite foreign countries to partici.