Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1912-06-12
WASHINGTON LETTER
Weekly Letter From Our Special
Correspondent.
NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL.
Brief Items of Interest to Iowa PeO-
pie, Written by an Iowa
Man.
Washington, D. c., June IL.

Washington, d. c., June IL.
If, as stated by John Sharp Wil-
liams, it costs Sc to shave a senator,
what's the cost of whitewashing one.
The senate, by vote of AZ to 10,
has increased the pension of Mrs.
Schley, widow of Admiral Schley,
from $50 to $50 a month.
The experience of the Washington
man who hitched himself to a canal
mule is strongly remindful of that of
certain presidential candidate.
The New York seress who advises
spinsters to follow the man-hunting
tactics of the widow is laying up a
store of trouble for the bachelor.
Now that the Filipinos are wear
ing clothing of the latest cut, fancy
shoes and loud socks, there's nothing
left to do but give them indepen-
dence.
Although more than 100 veterans
or the civil war die each day the cler-
ical force of the pension office is
swamped with applications received
under the new law. Already 2O0,-
600 applications have been received,
and 1t is expected that total of 5O0,-
600 will be reached.
Foreign delegates to the Interna-
tional Congress of Chambers of Com
merce, to be held in Boston next
September will have to do the Dutch
treat" So say the economical DEM
ocrats of the house in turning down
an appropriation of $4,000 for en-
tertainment of the delegates.
Consideration of the Lorimer case
n Il 4 h. rxS---
day. Senator Kern, of Indiana, op-
posing the retention of the Illinois
man, was the first speaker. 1t is
expected that the debate will con-
tinue for about two weeks and that
it will be closed by a speech by Sem
ator LOrimer himself.
A civil service examination will be
held June 28 to secure eligibles for
the position of assistant in farm
management in the department of
agriculture. The place pays $1,000
a year and the appointee will be
placed in charge of investigations
concerning the relation of farm en-
terprises to geographic factors.
The department also has several
vacancies in the position of agrics'.
turist at salaries ranging from $2.-
600 to $4,000 year, and an exami-
nation to secure eligibles will be
held June 90 @1st1 5i-1@f
just at the time when the sdepre-
dations of the "Apaches' of New
York have reached the limit of en-
durance and the police are taxing
drastic measures for their subjection
or determination, the government of
fhn ITptfOd 10 a-s,, 30 So
from their long Imprisonment the
real Apaches captured in 1886 after
a series of terrifying raids md mas
sacres. In the early eighties the
Apache Indians, under Chief Geron-'
imo, committed many crimes Of hor-
rifying character. After many futile
efforts the old chief and his bands
were surrounded and captured in
1886 and since that time they have
been held as prisoners at Fort Sill.
Okla. Geronimo and others guilty
Of the crimes are dead and manv of
the PSI now at Fort Sill were but
young boys when taken
The impression prevails in Wash
ington that Senator Lorimer, not
withstanding his persistent state
ments that he will continue in the
fight to the bitter end, will ultimate
ly be persuaded to resign. Great
pressure is brought to bear upon him
to take this course and thus relieve
his friends in the senate of the stig-
ma of voting for him or lodging the
issue and thus laying themselves liza
BILE to the recall" already used on
so many OF his friends in the upper
house. Senator Simmons, hitherto a
partisan of Lorimer, has announced
that ne will vote against him. and it
Is rumored that there are other de-
fections in the Lorimer ranks and
that the verdict is almost sure to be
against him.
The campaign for continued naval
extension has gained decided ad-
vantage In the senate committee on
naval affairs. which has voted to re-
port favorabiy two battleships of the
first class and increasing the number
of submarine torpedo boats from
as authorized in the house bill, to
eight. The grades of admiral and
vice admiral are revided for the COM
mander-in-chief of the navy and
the second officers in command of
the Atlantic and Pacific fleets while
holding such commands. The senti-
ment of the committee on the bat
tleship question was practically un-
animous and every democrat with
the exception OF Senator Tillman,
supported the increase. The amend
ment making an appropriation Of
81 100000 for the establishment of
a chain of wireless stations around
the world was also agreed to by the
senate committee.
The death of Representative Ell
bert II. Hubbard, of the Eleventh To-
wa district. came as a shock to his
friends in Washington, and many of
his colleagues received their first
word of his end when they arrived
at the house and found his desk COW
cred with lilies and roses. Repre-
sentative Haugen. as dean of the To-
wa delegation, formally announced
the death OF his colleague, and the
lVYal resolution was adopted, The
N Naker named all the Iowa delega-
IN and Representative Lloyd, OF
N Vri; Davis, OF Minnesota; Len
lrd Sf Wisconsin; Lobeck, of Ne
bra -, and Ayres, of New York, as a
committee to represent the house at
the funeral.