The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-03-05
MCDOWELL ENJOYED
SPLENDID TRIP
SENATOR FROM IA INQUIRE couN.
TY TOLD OF EXCELLENT TIME
ON HIS FIRST VISIT TO Ma.
TloNAL cAPITAL-MET PREsl.
DENT TAFT AND MANY OTHERS

Il believe / had the best time Of my
life" said Sen. Wesley G. Mcdowell of
LaMoure, minority leader of the North
Dakota state senate. to a Forum repre-
sentative at the Gardner hotel last
evening on his return from washing
ton where he has been with the com
mittee from the American Bankers
association that appeared before the
congressional agricultural committees
And / feel that our efforts will re-
suit in the passage of one OF the agri-
cultural appropriation bills as every
body we talked to appeared very fav-
orably inclined toward the measure.
The bankers committee and the agri-
culturalists' committee united their
efforts and we appeared before the con-
gressional committee with our com
bined strength. DR.. William Oxley
Thompson Of Columbus, president of
Ohio State university, acted as our
spokesman and introduced the var
ious bankers and ag~riculturalists to
the congressman. He was better ac-
quainted with the members of con-
6ACOS ILc1l any VI NuC ISSl VI US anu
knew best how to bring each man be-
fore the agricultural committee SO that
each point would be brought out en-
phatically in turn.
"The only nan who gave us any
doubt in his attitude toward any Of
these measures, was Congressman IN
derwood, who is making a great effort
to curb the national expenses. He told
me personally that he did not fail to
see the good points about any Of the
bills, either the Lever, the Mckinley
or the Page bills, but that the present
congress had inherited such a tremend-
Gus Indebtedness which they were not
trying to decrease as rapidly as pos
sible that he was not especially favor
able to anything that savored of any
further appropriation.
This was my first trip to Washing
ton and / certainly enjoyed every min
ute of it. It took me a day to realize
I really was there, but the sight Of
all those magnificent buildings and
the visit to the national legislative
houses instilled me with the greatest
feeling of patriotism. We were taken
to call on President Taft, who seemed
very favorable to our desires and
promised us that he would sign the
bill providing for appropriations for
demonstration work for this and other
agricultural states IL they ever reached
him.
81 quite liked the president" de-
clared Senator Mcdowell. THAT man
Taft is one that impressed me the
more I saw him. He was broad in his
sympathies and seemed to understand
everything at once. We talked about
the Mexican situation and of various
things, and the president expressed the
sanest views on all questions discuss
ed. There is nothing particularly os-
tentatious about him, as he just talks
along in ordinary conversational tones
and is very commonplace.
Governor Herrick, ex-governor oi
| Ohio, was with us in our party, as q
representative of the American Bank
ers' association, and had much to &C
with our interview at the White
House. Governor Herrick is much
liked by Taft and was his guest ont
evening at dinner while we were there
He is the newly appointed ambassa'
dor to France"
Senator Mcdowell and Presiden'
Huntoon Of Moorhead and other west
ern representatives of the bankers
committee left washington Saturda.
night, arriving in Fargo yesterday aft
ernoon on No. /. Senator Mcdowell
will head a delegation that is appear
ing before the state high school boarC
today regarding the location of tn,
state agricultural high schools. TIL,
city of Marion is after one of thes,
institutions.