Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-04-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
Weekly Letter From Our Specia'
Correspondent.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL
brief Items of Interest to Iowa Peo-
pie, Written by an Iowa
Man.
Washington, d. c., April /, 1912

Washington, d. c., April /, l9lz.
A mean shoat is he who would
install a dictograph to secure evi-
dence against his wife.
New Mexico has elected two repup-
lican 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; ana
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 becom-
ing 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
mittee of the House has announced
that the committee has decided not
to Investigate further the Lawrence,
MASS. textile strike, and as result
there will be no inquiry into the So
called WOODEN trust.
A Baltimore man has had his dis
,ased brain replaced by that of a
child recently dead of inanition
What a blessing it would be If more
of us could have our think tanks re-
vamped from time to time.
President Taft has sent to Con-
gress a message recommending the
Immediate enactment of a law TO
protect from private entry, exploit
alton and monopolization the fields
of potash recently discovered in
southern California.
4 representative Pepper OF Iowa.
who IS member of the House COM
mittee which has been studying the
Taylor system of shop management,
has introduced bill providing that
no time measuring device shall be
used to determine the time 1t takes
any government employe to perform
a given task or to time his move
ments at work.
Representative Mann of Illinois,
has introduced a bill to require all
railroads, steamship lines, or other
common carriers to provide food and
water for poultry in transit, to pre-
vent suffering from oyercrowding by
providing crates of sufficient size as
to be humane, and to open on at
least three sides for proper ventila-
tion.
Representative w. A. Jones, chair
man of the House insular affairs COM
mittee, has introduced resolution
recommending to the president that
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 a stormy three hour session
the Lorimer committee of the Sen
ate on Thursday voted to to
exonerate Lorimer on the ground
q he ;- nd
that having been once disposed of 1t
should not be reopened. Those vot-
ing for Lorimer were Dillingham;,
Gamble, Fletcher and Johnson. Sen
ators Kern, Lea and Kenyon voted
against him.
The creation of Department OF
Labor as a separate government de-
partment, having as it's head men,
ber of the cabinet, is to be recon-
mended by the House committee on
labor. The new department would
devote itself exclusively to labor
questions and in this respect would
displace the Department of Com
mGICe anu LdDOT liSOiaI do INC iat
ter departments functions have to
do with labor.
A bill amending existing features
OF the patent law upheld by the
supreme court in its recent decision
on patent monopoly has been intro
duced by Representative Prouty One
amendment is directed against the
practice of large corporations whose
articles are protected by patent OF
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
reduction of the House membership
to 800 is proposed by resolution
introduced by Representative Lind
bergh of Minnesota. Mr.. Lindbergh
would create committee at large