The Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 19??-1912, 1912-05-02

pie from the affairs of Mexico and
avoided dwelling too much upon
the insults that have been heaped
upon y Uncle Sam. The established
form of government in Mexico
seems helpless in controlling the
situation, and the revolutionists
are showing no respect for Amer
lean lives or property. The Amer
lean 'dawg' has been very rudely
kicked around, and notwithstand-
ing the eagerness of this country
to keep hands off, it is question
able whether the affairs across the
border will long permit policy
of non-interference, no matter how
much this country may wish to
avoid responsibility.
Along about the time that the
Supreme Court of the United
States gave it's decisions in the
Standard Oil and American To-
bacco cases, few members of
congress sprung into prominence
through advocating criminal pro-
secutions of individual defendants
who were at the head of those
great organizations that were
brought to their knees by the
power of the Sherman antitrust
law. Most of the members of con-
gress finally dropped the agitation
for criminal prosecutions, on be-
coming entirely satisfied that there
was no public demand for any
action of so drastic nature. How
ever, there is one insistent senator
who still clings to this viewpoint
and that is Mr.. Pomerene of Ohio,
and he still makes occasional
speeches in support of his conten-
tion, but the newspapers have
ceased to print his remarks; his
colleagues in the senate show no
interest in what he has to say, and
there is in the reception of the
vows of the Buckeye gentleman
every indication that his complaints
have been falling on the ears of
uninterested listeners.
1t is the custom of congress
when a member dies to hold
special session on Sunday set
apart for this purpose, at which
speeches in eulogy of the deceased
are made. These sessions of the
House are usually attended only
by members of the family and the
members who make the speeches,
and their Importance rests upon
the fact that the eulogies are pre-
served in printed form and placed
in shape for distribution among
the friends of the deceased con-
gressmen. Several such sessions
have been held during the present
term congress, and while they are
interesting affairs, yet when it
comes to considering their import
ance as real part of the proceed
ings of congress, memorial exer-
cises have become somewhat of a
misnomer.
i A great deal of sympathy is be-
ing extended to Jonathan Bourne,
who failed in his reelection as
senator from Oregon. Bourne is
, one of the most progressive of all
progressi. es, and he even went to
the extreme of putting it up to
} the people of Oregon" as to wheth-
er they would elect him or not,
leaving the whole matter to chance,
} with the result that he came out at
the little end of the horn. On a
) former occasion when Bourne was
) elected, he made a vigorous CAM
: paign, and had he done so in the
!, J ear 1912, it is unlikely that there
} would be as many faults found
! with the Oregon results.
1t will cost the United States
! 500, 700. 900 to maintain the Navy
Department the coming year, ex-
l elusive of the building of any new
battleships. And yet some people
/, say it is too expensive to give ade-
. quate pensions to the surviving