Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-03-13
VISIT EASTERN CITIES
Editor Has Delightful Trip to WASH
ingtOn, New York and
Pittsburgh.
WHITE HOUSE AND OYSTER BAY.
Secs Congress in Session, Calls on
Taft at White House, Visits
Oyster Bay, Home of ROOse-
welt, and Al. Palzer
in New York.

The editor returned on Saturday
afternoon from a business trip to
Pittsburgh and other eastern cities
in the interest of the The American
Drug & Press Association, a local
institution, and incidentally took oc-
casaon to visit Washington and New
York, which are particularly inter-
esttng to the newspaper man just at
this time. The fortunate circum-
stances surrounding the trip, the un
usual opportunities which came TO
us, and the splendid entertainment
provided by old friends and new
acquaintance made the trip one of
the most delightful we have ever
made from every standpoint, and
gave us an insight into national con-
ditlons and very different under
standing in many respects concern
ing various things from that which
we have heretofore had. While it
was not our first visit to these great
American cities, yet we had never
before seen them under the same cir
cumstances and with like opportun-
titles.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. E.
j. Curtin, president of the Citizens
Savings Bank of this city we were
introduced to and invited to become
member of party of bankers rep
resenting ten northwestern states,
who went to Washington to hold con-
ferences with the House and Sen
ate Committees on Agriculture, re-
Specting the general advancement of
agricultural conditions throughout
the country, and to urge the passage
of measure providing for system
attic agricultural instruction and ex-
perimentation in the agricultural
communities of the various states.
In the party were some of the most
influential men from the states rep
resented, including Ex-Gov. Herrick
of Ohio, recently appointed Ambas-
saoor from the United States to
France, and now on his way to that
country; EX-Gov. Brown of 4Iorth
Carolina President Livingston of
the American Bankers Association;
: b. F. Harris, a prominent banker
and farmer of Champaign, H., who
was on his way also to Oyster Bay
to accept an invitation to dinner
from Theodore Roosevelt and var
ious others from southern and east
ern states joined the party at Wash
ington.
Leaving Chicago over the rennsyl
vania, the members of the party were
surprised to find aboard the train
Congressman William b. Mckinley
of Illinois, who is director of the
national Taft bureau, or in other
words the manager of the campaign
for the denomination of President
Taft. He had just been at Chicago
arranging for President Taft's visit
there last Saturday, and his pres
enoe added much to the enjoyment
of the party, for he is now one of
the big men of the nation, and
weilds a powerful influence, besides
is a charming, congenial companion
and very agreeable conversation
J aliet
Arriving at Washington, the men,
bers of the party went at once to
the New Willard hotel, Mr.. McKin-
ley going on to the White House to
arrange a meeting for them with
President Taft, and soon they went
to the White House, where they were
Very cordially received by the Presi-
dent. The same evening the entire
party, including twenty-one members
OF the House committee on agricul-
ture. among whom were Congress
man Haugen of this district, were de-
lightfully entertained at an elabor-
man Mckinley.
The next morning the members of
the party attended a special hearing
arranged for them in advance with
the House committee on agriculture,
held in the magnificent new House
Office building near the capitol,
where addresses were made by prom
inent members of the party and of
the committee. Congressman Hau-
gen of this district, as the leader of
the minority of the committee, par
ticipated in the discussion and took
a prominent part in the conference.
In the afternoon it was great
treat for us to visit the United States