The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-08-08
DOWN AT WASHINGTON
Interesting Notes from the National
Capital by 6. A. Wood, Special
Reporter Correspondent.

MT. ld1L mas hlluAJ SoAA~ -.
to accept the nomination pronereu
him by the notification committee;
AS contortionist and ground anu
lofty tumbler Governor osborne IS
the star of this particular pontlcal
circus. .1,+
It's a mighty mean dead man that
will come to life just as MS Woo"
gets her fingers on the insurance
Some men will go to any extreme
tn get a government job. A Massa-
chusetts man has just married IN
order to secure place as teacher IN
the Indian service.
An Alabama girl has been put to
the straits of asking Congress to
change her name. And the west
filled with men with perfectly grand
names!
Although but two appointments
have been made in the Secret SER
vice during the past two years,
there are on file the applications OF
1000 would-be sleuths, with more
coming in at the rate of four a day.
The Senate has passed resolu-
ton appropriating for immediate use
$4,000 to be used in checking the
ravages of the army worm IN SOUTH
ern states where crops are threaten
ed. This is supplemental to the 90,
900 already voted by the senate ana
house for the same purpose. .,
BY agreeing to second class mai
provisions in the post office approprl-
alton bill, requiring transportation
of periodicals by mail, the senate mas
shown it's inclination to abolish the
"blue-tag'' system or fast trelgnt
branch of the second-class mail SER
vice inaugurated by Postmaster Gen.
eral Hitchcock.
S, H. McCrory, of 1reton, Iowa.
has been appointed by Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson to be engineer In
charge of drainage work, to MI the
vacancy caused by the removal sew
eral months ago of G. G. Elliott, FOL
lowing charges of irregularity IN
connection with the use of drainage
funds.
No longer will the bucolic visitor
TO the nations capital create envy
in his neighbor's bosom by sending
home photographs showing that he
hob and nobbing with the Great.
The making or sale in the Dlstrlct
of Columbia of fake photographs
showing persons shaking hands VIII
the president will be prompted IL
Congress passes bill onereo IN tne
senate by Senator Lodge. the dls-
covery that man engaged IN the
white slave traffic and hunted. Dy the
immigration authorities was using IN
his business a faxed photograph
showing him clasping the president
ial hand was the immediate reason
for the introduction Of the bill.
Because of the delay in passing
the big appropriation bills, congress
has again been put to the makeshlft
of a continuing resolution, extending
the provisions of the 1911 approprl-
atoms to cover the first fifteen days
of August. Practically all OF the
supply bills are still pending, and
ali work is at a standstill. On the
ground that it provided no funds to
meet the increase in pensions auth
orized by the recently passed law,
an attack was made on the emergen-
CIV measure in the senate, and
charges were made by members OF
each party that the other was re-
sponsible for the delay.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
veagh has practically decided to re-
duce by one-third the size OF all
United States currency and national
bank notes and to materially alter
their designs. This for the sake OF
economy, convenience, and safety
against counterfeiting. 1t is pro-
posed to make the dimensions 6 by
2a inches. The paper money now
in circulation measures 1873 by 3.o4
inches. The designs on all paper
money, United State notes, and GER
tificates and national bank. notes,
would be systematized and made
uniform for every denomination.
1T is expected that through these re-
forms the government will effect a
saving of 100000 annually, and the
national banks, which pay for the
plates for their notes and part of the
cost of redemption, about $2OO,OOO.
The senate, by a vote of SO to 18,
passed the excise tax bill, extending
the present tax on corporations to
include the business of individuals,
private firms, and co-partnershlps
on incomes in excess of IS, 900. This
action was made possible by a COM
bination of democrats and progress
sives similar to the combination
which passed the wool bill. The bill
as it came from the house was
amended before passage by the SEN
ate by the addition of a clause re-
pealing the Canadian reciprocity act
and levying duty of 81 ton on
print paper. The republicans vot-
ing with the democrats to pass the
bill were: Bourne, Bristow, Clapp,
Crawford, Cummins, Gronna, Jones,
Kenyon, LaFollette, Nelson, Town
send and Works. Attached to the
bill was also Senator Cummins'
amendment providing for perma-
nent tariff board, which was sup
ported by all republicans except
Hepburn and opposed by all the
democrats except Pomerene.
The senate committee On foreign
relations has adopted resolution
declaring that this government
could not see without grave concern
the purchase of any land on the
American continent by a foreign
power or foreign syndicate that
might turn it over to foreign power
for use as a naval or military base.