The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-12-11
WASHINGTON NEWS
LETTER INTERESTING
Case Grows Out of Charge That Arch
ibaId Took Advantage Of His
Official Position.
THE SOCIAL SEASON SHORTER
President.EIect Wilson's Idea of In.
auguration Postponement Not
Given Hearty Reception.

Given Hearty Reception.
Washington, D. c., Dec. Z, 1912.
Since congress has convened the
carrying out the party's pledges; and
the republicans, who have by no
means lost hope, are. seeking means to
hold their party together and restore
it to power in the next election. The
last campaign was bitter and acri-
monious, but the dinner given in the
house restaurant by Senator Clark to
Ex-Speaker Cannon may be taken as
indicative of the friendly social feel
ing existing between members of the
two parties.
The senate has begun the trial of
Judge Archibald, the ninth impeach-
ment trial of a federal judge in our
history. In only two were theer con-
victions. This case grew out of
charges that Judge Archibald took ad-
vantage of his official position in be-
coming interested in the purchase of
property from persons who were, or
were likely to be, litigants before his
court. But it is said there was no at
tempt to get the property for less than
it's fair value.
Congressman Sulzer, governor-elect
of New York, one of the leading fig
ures in the house. He hopes, before
leaving congress for his new duties as
governor, to see bills passed extending
the principle of civil service to our
diplomatic corps; to have the govern
ment buy suitable quarters for these
representatives; to have an interna-
tional prison reform association es-
tablished; to bring about an interna-
tional conference for devising meas
ures to prevent marine disasters, and
to have distinct department of labor
with a cabinet officer at it's head.
In anticipation that the income tax
amendment will soon be ratified by the
necessary number of states to make
it part of the constitution, congress
contemplates imposing direct tax
upon all incomes above five thousand
dollars, and bills for this purpose have
already been drawn.
1t is pointed out that such a tax
would supply needed revenue that will
be lost by tariff reductions to be made
in the extra session of congress next
spring.
The position of the United States
as a world power is exhibited in Pres
ident Taft's message to congress. He
forcibly asserts that "the fundamental
foreign policies of the United States
should be raised high above the con-
flict of partisanship and wholly dis
ISOLATED from differences as to do
nestle policy. In it's foreign affairs
the United States should present to
the world a united front. The intel
lectual, financial and Industrial inter-
ests of the country and the publicist,
the wage Garner, the farmer and citi-
zen of whatever occupation must CO.
operate in a spirit of high patriotism
to promote that national solidarity
which is indispensable to national eff
ficiency and to the attainment of ma
tional ideals"
The social season in Washington
will be shorter than usual this win
ter. Easter comes early, Lent begins
February 18th, and until that time
there will be rapid succession of
brilliant social events. President Taft
has appointed Maj. T. L. Rhodes, of
the army, and Lieut.. Commander J.
w. Timmons, of the navy, his social
aids. Major Rhodes, it will be remem
bered, is the successor of the late Ia /
mented Maj. Archibald Butt, who lost |
his life in the wreck of the Titanic.
Major Rhodes has also recently be-
come master mason in the lodge of
which Major Butts was member.
Four tablets upon the bridge now be-
ing erected in memory of Major Butts
At Augusta, Ga, will bear the design
If the great seal of the United States,
he seal of the state of Georgia, the
coat of arms of the Butt family and an
appropriate masonic emblem. Major