Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-07-03
WASHINGTON LETTER
Weekly Letter From Our Special
Correspondent.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Brief Items of Interest to Iowa Pe0.
pie, Written by an Iowa
~ Man.
Washington, d. c., June, 191,

Schley.
The New jersey man who fed pep
Per to an elephant can sympathize
with the man who monkeyed with
the G. o. p. animal at Chicago.
BY vote of 21 to 20 the demo-
Gratis Of the house walloped the re-
publicans in thrilling game Of base
ball last Saturday.
Brigadier General Wotherspoon
has been named by the president as
major general to fill the place of
Gen. f. d. Grant.
Stokes Jackson. sergeant-at-arms
of the house, died at his home in
Greenfield, Ind, June %, after an
illness of several weeks. ;.
The total number of persons of
school age C to 20 yearr) in the
United States was 27,750.599. ac-
cording to figures just issued by the
census bureau.
Frederick w. Lehman, solicitor
general of the U1ited States, has ten
dered his resignation to President
Taft. and William Marshall Bull!tt,
of Louisville, will be appointed to
the place.
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
carrying s109,577,414 or s33.000,-
900 under the estimates and the cur
rent bill, passed the house.
The house judiciary committee has
voted unanimously to report articles
OF impeachment against Judge Rob-
ert w. Archbold, of the Commerce
court, who has been under investi-
cation for alleged misbehayiour in
office in connection with 'culm
bank tqansaction with the Erie
railroad.
AS result OF recent agitation
against the practice Of allowing Uni-
ted States district attorneys to resign
and accept places as special govern
ment counsel in trust prosecutions
at greatly enhanced salaries. the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, which
has just passed the house, contains
a provision prohibiting the employ
ment of such persons as special at
torneys.
If proper means can be found and
the local Society of Ancient ald I'm
accepted Females can be circunven-
ted, Washington authorities will curb
the cacophonous calls of the peripa-
thetic tom cat and his lady friends.
The s. A. U. Ms protest vigorously
against the proposed cat crusade. and
the poundmaster, logical cat chaser,
threw up his job when ordered to
expose himself to scratches from pus-
sy and mistress; and besides there
was no appropriation to pay for
wings or other paraphernali with
which to follow the festive feline
over the fences.
In the cases of the Superior Com
mercial Club against the Great Nor
thern, the Milwaukee Chamber Of
Commerce against the Chicago. Mill
waukee and st. Paul and the Duluth
Board OF Trade against the Great
Northern, the Interstate Commerce
Commission has decided that the
rates on grain and grain products
from points In Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, and nortnern Iowa
through Duluth, Superior and Mil
waukee to Atlantic seaboard points.
late-and-rail, are not discriminatory
as compared with rates from Chica-
60.
Justice Wright of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia has
rendered a decision holding guilty
OF contempt Of court Samuel Com
pers. president of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor. John Mitchell, one
of its vice presidents and Frank Nor
risoa, secretary of the federation.
Terms OF Imprisonment in the Dis
trict jail were set as punishment for
the alleged violations of decree Of
the court passed December 23. 1907.
Mr.. Gompers was sentenced to serve
one year and Mr.. Morrison for six
months. The sentence of MIR. Mitchell
was withheld in his absence.
The nomination of presidential
candidates through direct prin ary
election under the supervision of a
national commission of five members
and state commissions of three men,
bers each is provided for In bill n
troduced In the house Of representa-
dives by Congressman Holland OF OH
10. The bill provides for the 1omi-
nation Of presidential candidates on
II and does not provide that the
'iihne6 q .6andidates Tor de!eeatsp to
.xrf( (Stol conSsntlona shall s. "a the
M 4 ~ ldn(ep reoeivlnC the