Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-02-15

been finally cast aside, and most Gf
the other wonders Of the Capital Hill
viii be put into the shade by this new
tribute to the President who enamel
pated the blacks.
The Taft forces have decided to pu..
up an organized fight, and have se-
lected R representative William b. Me-
;Kinley Of Illinois, to take charge of
headquarters to be opened in Wash
#ington. Mr. Mckinley states that the
idea is to arrange a central bureau
from which the country will be inform!
ed in q thorough maner as to what
the Administration has accomplish
The liyeliest caucus that the Demo
Gratis have had-and about the only
lively thing about the House is this
branch" of Congress, which really
manufactures the legislation for the
country--was that hello for the pur-
pose of bringing about an inyestiga-
ton Of the money trust. William
Jennings Bryan in a telegram, told
the members of the caucus: IF our
party is afraid to offend the power of
the financial interests that have fought
us since 1886, we cannot expect public
confidence The Democratic House
leaders plainly threw off the yoke Of
Nebraska,s great Commener, and a.
gain showed their allegiance to the
new Moses from Alabama, Mr.. Under
wood, who on each and every occasion,
wherein trouble is threatened, leads
the children Of the sacred donkey far
Their and farther out Of the wilderness
lat least that is the way the Demo-
Gratis see it; and whipping into line
behind Manager Underwood, Speaker
Clark and few others, it was decided
that the whole investigation which
has been subject of boisterous con.
4 yersation and much red tape in the
newspapers, be referred in parts to the
standing committee of the House
where it is expected by the Democrats
who won in the caucus, that they will
be able to gag the noisy money trust
! infant and thus save to the Democrat
ic party the support of Wall Street.
A proposal of Mr.. Slayden on be
half of the Democratic majority of the
House to pass resolution declaring
against third term for any President
on the ground that it would be "un
wise, unpatriotic, and fraught with
Iperil" proved to be a sort of boom
lerang for the Democrats, who were
forced to admit that they are afraid
Of the Roosevelt boom. The Repubii
leans had plenty Of amendments ready
lone of which was to the effect that il
would be "unwise, unpatriotic" etc
for William Jennings Bryan to rur
more than three times for the Presi
|dency. But the proposition was fiE.all.
). ls1nothered by Mr.. Underwood, Speakei
Clark and few other wise ones
on the Democratic side of the House
A number of Senators are persis
tently pushing plans to ratify thu
tpeace treaties. Senator Burton, WHIT
is the principal spokesman for tn
: administration, has declared tina
these treaties will pave the way TO
:, to.her agreements, strong and YEA
: alike" While Of course there is a
: kinds of opposition, yet the CROWN
= sentiment that this is peace move
: ment along the lines of logic has bee
a great aid to President Taft in hi
: efforts to enforce his views. Mr.. Blu
ton declared in speech the other da
= that the civilized nations of the cart
. were spending more than two billio
. dollars year for their armies an
! nayies, which should be expended
" peace pursuits.
z One would suppose in these days
= great mechanical inventions that II
. currency in the country would
70 printed on the power presses; but OF
of the biggest rows that ever can
y from the troublesome Bureau OF e
craving and Printing centers abo
~ this question. Paper money has be-
= printed with hand presses since t
= beginning Of the government and t
az expert pressmen, who would lose the
2 positions through a change, are
~ tempting to show a Compression
', Committee that machine.made mon
II would look like counterfeits alongsi
W the present high class currency OF t
" United States. 5
~ This vacancy on the Supreme Coz
an bench has been the cause of me-
ha g speculation than any other appoi
lr- ment that has come up for 10
time. Every few days announcemel
%; were made to the effect that 5uf
ST. william G. Hook Of Kansas, wo
u. have the place, and then rumors fr