The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
DOWN AT WASHINGTON
Interesting Notes from the National
Capital by 6. A. Wood, Special
Reporter Correspondent.

A mean SnOaC Is ll1 VIII "Ouiu III
stall photograph to secure evidence
against his wife.
New Mexico has elected two re-
publican senator's, thus balancing
the two new democratic members
from Arizona.
First he SHE'D his hat into the
ring; then he lost his pajamas; and
now if he loses his smile, he will be
positively indecent.
The wool tariff bill vetoed by
President Taft last summer has been
reintroduced in the house.
A new Jersey Sheriff complains
that the county prisoners are be-
coming too fat and begs for battery
of bucksaws to be used as obesity
cures.
Senator Marines resolution ex-
pressing regret over the retirement
of DR.. Wiley as chief of the bureau
Of chemistry, has been shelved by
the senate.
Chairman Henry Of the rules COM
that the committee mas decided not
to investigate further the Lawrence
(Mass.) textile strike, and as re-
suit there will be no inquiry into the
so-called wooden trust.
A Baltimore man has had his dis
eased brain replaced by that of a
child recently hamilton. What a
blessing it would be if more of us
could have our think tanks revamp-
ed from time to time.
President Taft has sent to Con-
gress a message recommending the
immediate enactment of law to
protect from private entry, exploit
alton and monopolization of the
fields of potash recently discovered
in southern California.
Representative Pepper, of Iowa,
who is a member of the house COM
mittee which has been studying the
Taylor system of shop management,
has introduced bill providing that
no Iime-measuring device shall be
any government employe to perform
& given task or to time his move
ments at work.
Representative Mann, of Illinois,
has introduced bill to require al,
railroads, steamship lines, or other
common carriers to provide food and
water for poultry in transit, to per-
vent suffering from overcrowding
by providing crates of sufficient size
as to be humane, and to be open on
at least three sides for proper VEN
tilation.
Representative w. A. Jones, chair
man of the house insular affairs COM
mittee, has introduced a resolution
recommending to the president thay
he open negotiations with England,
Germany, France, Japan, and Spain
for the recognition Of the independ-
ence of the Philippine islands and to
guarantee their neutrality in event
of war
-~@ After stormy three-hour session,
on Thursday voted to 3 to exon
crate Lorimer on the ground that the
case is res adjudicata and that hay
ing been once disposed of it should
not be reopened. Those voting for
Lorimer we're Dillingham; Gamble,
Fletcher, and Johnson. Senators
Kern, Lea, and Kenyon voted agains,
him.
The creation of Department Of
Labor as separate government de-
rartment, having as it's head men,
Der Of the cabinet, is to be recon-
mended by the house committee on
labor. The new department would
questions and in this respect would
displace the Department of Com
merce in so far as the latter depart
ment's functions have to do with
labor.
A bill amending existing features
of the patent law upheld by the SUI
preme court in it's recent decision on
patent monopoly has been introduced
by Representative Prouty. One
amendment is directly against the
practice of large corporations whose
articles are protected by patent or
providing in the contract of sale that
a merchant shall not sell them below
a specified price.
The abolition of the senate and the
Office of vice president and a reduc-
ton of the house membership to 800
is proposed by a resolution intro
duced by Representative Lindbergh,
of Minnesota. Mr.. Lindberg would
create COMMITTEE at large" to
have absolute control over the legis-
lative activities of congress; the
members of this committee to be
elected by the country at large for
a term of fifteen years.
President Taft has sent to con-
gress message transmitting the
report of the tariff board on cotton
and recommending a reduction of
the cotton tariff rates. The pres
ident in his message stated that the
boards Investigations have shown
that the duty on some cotton yarns
is two and three times in excess of
the difference between the cost of
production in the United States and
abroad.
BY a vote of 40 to "a the senate
has declared the election of Senator
Stephenson, of Wisconsin, valid and
rejected the charge that $1O7,7O3
which the senator admitted having
spent in the primaries had been used
corruptly. Twenty-eight republi-
cans and twelve democrats voted to
hold the election valid, and eighteen
democrats and sixteen republicans
voted to declare it corrupt. Senators
Cummins and Kenyon voted against
Stephenson.