The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-05-02
DOWN AT WASHINGTON
interesting Notes from the National
Capital by 6. A. Wood, Special
Reporter Cores 0ndent.

Inc IltaMC OeatH lSC 'JuStAueu
her name.
Kansas City may have her claims,
but Washington is the original home
of the jay walker. -n ~
The house has voted to make i'm
mediately available $4,000 for the
payment Of losses on registered ar
ticles in the, international mails.
This action is taken because Of the
heavy loss of registered. matter In
the Titanic disaster. VI
Spurred by the numerous remit
tances of conscience money by
persons who had used uncancelled
stamps a second time, Postmaster
General Hitchcock has issued
stringent orders for the careful can
collation. of all postage stamps and
stamped paper. I.G., E, g.. y
Free transportation through the
mails of publications for the blind,
which are distributed without charge
to the afflicted is provided for in an
amendment to the postoff1ce appro-
priation bill adopted by the house
on motion by Representative Muir
dock of Kansas.
Representative Bulkley, of Ohio,
who recently introduced bill for
| the coinage of Scent pieces, to be
used principally by the people Of
Cleveland in paying their Scent car
fares, now desires half-cent, which
he declares is demanded by people
everywhere for use in purchasing one
of two-for-a-quarter articles.
DR.. Harvey W.. Wiley, in his ca
| pacity as farmer engaged in practi-
cal agriculture, and as one who has
| been interested during his whole
active life in the sugar industry
has filed with the senate finance
committee a protest against free
sugar, which he characterizes as a
threat of the extinction of the in
dustry."
New trees are being planted in the
capitol grounds to replace old ones,
and it is quite the proper thing for
members of congress to act as god
fathers to the infants. Vice Presi-
dent Sherman and Senator Bacon
have already officiated and Speaker
Clark, former Speaker Cannon, and
others are on the program to act
as sponsors at paintings.
To those people SO unfortunate
as not to have visited Washington
will soon be offered an opportunity
to see the national capital in motion
pictures. A series of films depicting
scenes and life in the city and en-
virons, together with a number of
.colored plates of historical places in
the vicinity, has been assembled and
an extended tour in the western
states booked.
Ponrocopfot;vo Hnr1ov IF Mocco-
chusetts, has asked the Navy De-
partment to assign torpedo or some
similar craft to accompany Miss
Rose Pitonof, a 17-year old Boston
girl in her contemplated attempt to
swim, the English channel. Why
not! Some of the officers of our
gallant navy might without detri
ment be relieved of the duty of up
holding the social end at Newport
long enough to attend to this i'm
portant business!
The naval appropriation bill,
which has been agreed upon by the
house committee on naval affairs
and which will soon be reported,
will contain an item Of 100000
for the establishment Of a world
wide system of wireless telegraphy
for the Navy, to include stations. in
Panama, southern California, Ha-
wall, Guam, Samoa, and the Philip
pine Islands. No battleships are
provided for in the bill, but provision
is made for an increase of 1900 in
enlisted men in the navy and for 400
marines and Is officers of marines.
Full independence for the Fill
pinos after the year 1921 and quail
fed independence until that time is
recommended in a report filed by the
house committee on insular affairs
on the Jones bill. In the report
Chairman Jones asserts that the
Filipinos are practically unanimous
in their demand for independence
and furthermore that there is no
real sentiment in this country for
the permanent retention of the is
lands. The report also says that by
1921 English will be the common
language in the islands. =
1t is expected that a bill revising
the steel schedule will soon pass the
senate, as a result of conferences be-
tween the progressive republicans
and the democrats. The plan is to
have limited debate The. demo-
Gratis will first vote on the house bill
and then unite with the progressive
republicans to pass a bill to be in
troduced by Senator Cummins. Sem
ator Cummins', bill will be lower in
some instances than the house bill
and will provide for free ores, ex-
cept zinc and lead. The house is ex-
pected to agree to the bill passed by
the senate and the, president will
then, be confronted with the alterna-
tive of signing or rejecting a new.
tariff reduction measure. 81. r.. f.. & &
BY a vote of AZ to Sc, the senate
refused to recede from the BristoW
amendment to the resolution for the
direct election of 1, senators. The
Bristow amendment retains the pro-
vision that congress shall have the
right to supervise elections of ,sena-
tors if it sees fit to-. do so. The re-
suit of, the senate's action makes
doubtful the passage Of the resolu-
ton in any form, and it is now for
the house to say whether 1t will re-
cede from its position Senator
Clark, chairman of the judiciary,
stated thaf siYfonna mootinRR Of the