Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-05

80 ~sS Sog N"%As Nf
on the goth OF September, when the
political campaigns are in full swing,
the country will be treated with an
Investigation OF the details OF expen-
ditures and contributions Of the
national Presidential campaigns OF
1904 and 1908, as well as of the ante
convention campaign for the Presi.
Dental nomination this year. 1t will
be remembered by our readers that
Senatorial-SuDC Committee on Privi-
leges and Elections was already burd-
ened with the Senate's instructions TO
investigate the 1904 and 1905 cam
pa gas contributions, etc, Now added
to that load its members are saddled
with the tremendous task OF inyesii.
eating the charges OF corruption in
connection with the elections OF
Senators Watson and Chiffon, of West
Virginia, preferred by Governor Glass
cock, aid other reputable citizens OF
that State. Not only that, but THAI
unfortunate subcommittee must also
investigate all OF the phases Of the
Boies Penrose statement, the cam
paign contributions prior TO the nom
mating conventions this year, the n
nanciaI transactions and correspond
ence relating thereto between Arch
bold and members OF he Senate and
House and Theodore Roosevelt from
1900 TO this date, the financial transac-
tions between Perkins. Munsey. ct al.
and THEODORE Roosevelt for the same
period, the donations Of Charles Taft
and others and the other angels
MIXED by campaign and other COM
mittees. etc.
The dragnet will find in It's meshes
such men as Roosevelt, LaFollette.
Archbold. Penrose, Foraker, Hearst,
Underwood, champ Clark, Wilson,
Philander Knox, Cortelyou, Loeb,
Cornelius y. Bliss, George w. Per.
kins. J. Pierpont Morgan, Thomas
Fortune Ryan, W. Jennings Bryan,
Alton Parker, Belmont, and a host or
other equally notable men of affairs.
Indeed, the qualifications OF the COM
ing inquisition will be almost mex
haustable, while the shame to our
country and people will be incalcul-
able. Every effort will be made by
the various parties TO the issue to
show up in the foulest way and in
the broadest manne the delinquen.
cies and questionable actions of men
distinguished in public life. and
whom. prior to this dreadful and most
unsayory mess, the nation always de-
lighted TO honor. Senators will be
dragged in the mire OF putrid politi'
cal frauds and e%hicanery, would be
Presidents will be smirched, and an
ex,President will be involved in the
filth of the alleged corruption. NO
man will be safe, no witness will
leave the stand unstained, for the
whittier the statue the more it will
show the dirty mud thrown upon it by
envy, hatred, and all manners of ill,
will.
Senators LaFollette and Penrose
are today bedfellows. Not a few weeks
ago they were almost at daggers
drawn. Both are up in arms against
Roosevelt, the former because he
was betrayed by Roosevelt. and the
IdltGE DcCduSc INoOSCsIlt wac an -
crate and blackguarded Penrose, be-
cause the tall Pennsylvania emphat-
ically refused to support him for the
Presidential nomination at Chicago.
Both of the Senators are after Roose-
velt's scalp-and it's evident that
they mean TO hate it II at all prac.
ticable.
On September II and 70 of last
zeal there was held at Yellowstone
National park a conference of nation.
al park superintendent. officials OF
the Department OF the Interior having
supervision over national park affairs.
representatives Of other branches OF
the Federal Government whose work
brings them into relation with those
parks, concessioners in the parks, and
representatives OF the railroads
directly interested in the t%ranspOrta.
ton 0 tourists to those parks. That
conference served as a medium for
the exchange of ideas and suggestions
for the betterment of the parks, and
has been productive of much improve
ment in their administration. The
Secretary of the Interior has decided
to hold a second conference at the
Yosemite National park, California
early in October, the exact date OF
which is contingent on his return
from Honolulu. possibly between the
It'll and 18th OF October. This second
conference is to be along the lines OF
last years Yellowstone gathering, in
GLIDING discussion of road-buildi-g
general administration. sanitation. etc
and especial attention is to be given
to the question of the admission OF
the admission of automobiles to the
parks, from which they are now
barred.
1t will be of more thal general in
terest to learn that when the new
wireless station at Arlington opens
in the course of a couple of months
its antennae will not only reach over
the stretches of the ocean to naval
vessels but inland to many thousands
of jewellers shops where folks usual
Iy go to ascertain the exact time. I'm
point of fact, the flashing of time
signals throughout the country is to
be one of the main functions OF the
magnificent Eifel tower-like struc
lures approaching completion at For1
Myer.
1t is stated that already quite q
large number of enterprising jewellers
are preparing to install their own
wireless stations, buying receiving ap
parata and all other necessary equip
ment, so that they may correct theil
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