The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1912-05-03
AFFAIRS AT
WASHINGTON
Matters Concerning the Law
Makers and Events of Impor-
tance at the National Capital.

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One of the things that the
United States senate usually
avoids is hasty or precipitate ac-
ton, no matter how urgent the
case may be. But for once this
greatest deliberate body Of the
world got hustle on, and the
way the senator's promptly busted
themselves in investigating the
Titanic disaster has Won the ap-
plause of people everywhere.
There has been no such intensity
Of feeling known in Washington,
since the day OF the assassina-
tion Of President Mckinley. as
that produced by the great hor-
ror of the sea- The correspon-
dent of the Standard sat close
to the great Marconi, inventor
OF wireless telegraphy, met and
conversed with members of the
Titanic crew, and had oppor-
tunity to observe j. Bruce Ismay,
who has become the central fig
ure OF attention throughout the
world since the announcement ot'
the hearings at the Senate Office
Building, and inasmuch as it has
not been published before, it may
be told to the readers Of this pa
per that the palm of the hand
of this British plutocrat appears
to verify his claim that he pulled
an oar of the life boat in which
he escaped. Ismay is not typical
ly English. His complexion is so
dark as to be almost swarthy, and
his features and black curly hair
cause him to resemble more the
Hebrew, from which race he is
said to come, than the English,
and in the early period of his an
rival in this country he wore the
look Of a nervewrecked man
making a supreme effort to put
up a bold 'front.' On board the
: Garpathia he occupied one of the
choicest staterooms, while women
slept upon the floors Of the ship
In New York and Washington,
lsmay has commanded the highest
priced attenli';,, AMI lis money
has bought the best accommodate
tions in the most expensive ho-
tells. While the feeling of pre-
Judice against the man as indinat-
cd by the daily perss has not been
overstated, yet to the credit of
the American people it can be
truthfully said that nowhere was
any dlscourtesy shown Ismay and
the White Star officials, and
judgment in every quarter was
held in abeyance pending the out
come of the great Investigations
which the senate has so effective
ly carried on. The wreck of the
Titanic has brought it's SORROWS
and grief strongly home to the
people OF Washington and the en-
tire eastern portion of the coun-
try, where friends and families of
the unfortunate ones who perish
ed have been bowed down with
grief. Memorial exercises have
been held everywhere, .and.the ma
ton has passively waited the re-
lating Of the story as it has been
brought out by the senators. And
while little has or can be done
to alleviate the condition pro-
duced by the tremendous catas-
trophe that has shocked the
world, yet it is apparent that
every effort is being made to az
rive at the facts and to utiliz,;
them in framing legislation that
will prevent a recurrence OF such
thing upon the high seas.
There is no attempt to conceal
the fact that the situation in re-
gard to Mexico is extremely ser
ious, and the American authc'i-
ties are using every strategy to
avoid intervention. The problem
of maintaining national hcnoi'
Is sometimes very difficult. but
who will say but that the eclipse
Of all other matters by the story
OF the Titanic tragedy has not
served to take the attention of TIE
American people from the affairs
OF Mexico and avoided dwelling
too much upon the insults that
have been heaped upon Uncle
Sam. The established form Of
government in Mexico seems help
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