Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-03-21


and ammunition iss considered as u
drastic Mendusent to the existing
neutrality laws ana a radical depas'fss
iure from the policy that has prevailed
for a good many years The Unitsai
States has end ored to preserve s.
peaceful relations with Mexico, b,st
does not propose TO be made the head
quarters of filibAste stering expedi ditions
the promoti Ion sof domestic violat atlons.s
The Mexican situation seems to have21
entsreIy gotten ava from the authoris
ties and the continued innint aiming ofs
troops 81 tho United States on the
border appears essential. Some of the
best informed men from the sout Invest
declare that only intervention On the
part Of the United States will eyer
effectually restore peace III Nfexico
The Postmaster General mas sub
smitted recommendatio ation to congress
to extend the free delivery service toI
small towns and cities throughout the
country which do not have the sersg
vice already because their post offlce|
receipts do not reach 81 900 q year
Under the plan Of Mr.. Iitchcock, IL sis
estimated that 81. 900, 900 people III the.
United States, who now have to chase
to postofiices, would he scrved mail
at their homes. and the argument isi
that inasmuch ass the people of the
cities, and residents along the rural
routes have this class of service the
smaller towns should enio the same
privileges.
That Senator IA FOL liette should IN
ceremoniousIy decamp from Washing
ton and start for North Dakota to cap.
ture the delegation Of the state, Ii
someyhat startling information In POI
litical circles. particularly In view of
The fact that II has been said for some
time that the breakdown Of the Wis.
consin man would put him ont of tho
running during the remainder of the
campaign. While desertions of the
politicians from the LaFollette camp
nave been rather heavy, vet the faith
full ones still keep the fight going
It has been recalled that on March
12, 1858 seventy.nine years ago. the
United States Pension Bureau was
hrst established Eight years earlier
Boston had also been the scene 81 an
innovation, an ordinance being passed
that cows could no longer be pastured
on the Common. March 10, 1912, Is
the date on which Aaron L. Dennison,
1.-The inventor OF machine made match
|es, died On March IL, eight years
later. Sir Alexander Mackenzie, dis.
coverer Of the river that bears his
name, died in Scotland.
An illustration Of how hard 1t is for
a senatorsto comply with the mandates
of the people. Is shown BY an attempt
Iof the Mississippi Legislature 10 ses
cure resignation from Senator Percy.
The senator II holding the fort and
says that he will not leave the Job be-
fore the fourth Of next March. when
his time will expire by statutory limit.
ations, and be has told the legislature
and people down In Mississippi, in
substance. that # they do not like the
way he Is doing things that the proper
thing for the whole bunch of his polit-
lical opponents to DO Is to ..go to the
bow vows"
The democratic majority Of the
House of Representatives INDUCED Id
!; 4 few specimen Of reform and econ.
omy while the agriculture bill wss
under consideration ana many Items
providing suficient funds for carrying
on instruction throughout the country
snd money for tie administrati ation, pro
[tection and deyeiopmenf 81 agricuI-
lture and forest interests, were stricken
out. sis
The parcels post seems "a he real
live issue. and the pxobAbiJi are
that i bill Tor L limited application of
tkis innovation 81 postal transporta-
tion WIN be brought before the Honss
With Me full endofsemsn 81 fhe
democratic majority, which sIsnttiss
that Il Win doubtless pass The House,
and 4 u quite probable shat ths ~ ~.
ms in 4 Limited way I'm mset with