Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-08
NEWS AND GOSSIP
AT WASHINGTON
(By the courler's Washington Cor.
respondent.)

1 q
respondent.)
Washington, D. c., June 6.-Judge
M. j. Wade of Iowa City, national
democratic committeeman from Iowa,
will reach Washington the latter part
of this week to complete arrange.
ments for the entertainment of the
Iowa delegates and visitors to the
democratic convention at Baltimore.
Judge Wade will likely remain here
until after the return Of Mr. Pepper.
the representative Of the second dis
trict, from West Point, where he went
this week as member Of the house
committee on military affairs, on its
annual inspection OF the military
academy
Iowa will be we'll looked after at
Baltimore. The special train which
will leave Des Moines on Saturday
will reach the convention city Mon
day morning. There the headquarters
will be established and will be in
charge OF NJ L. Arrison Of Ottumwa,
sergeant-at-arms, assisted by Con
gresham Pepper, who was In charge
of them with Judge Wade at Denver
in 1908. Mr.. Pepper has already COM
pleted arrangements whereby every
Iowan visiting Baltimore during the
convention week will be seated IN the
convention hall, and because Of this
he and the national committee hope
for large delegation from the Hawk
Eye state.
Republican candidates for congress
in various middle western states are
beginning to wonder what ticket they
will be on If T. R. bolts the Chicago
as it Is now conceded here
that he will do 1t If Mr.. Taft's steam
roller acts as it Is expected to act.
And as much as the republicans are
wondering what they will do, just as
much are the democrats worrying
over the outcome. In Illinois, for in
stance, the question may arise as to
which is the republican candidate.
Roosevelt beat Taft overwhelmingly
there and the state ticket was chos-
en- by primary. So If Taft wins the
regular nomination at Chicago this
state ticket will have to 60 on the
ticket with him or else deny that he
has won the nomination and take its
chances on the Roosevelt ticket. On
the other hand, the republican lead
ers may try to get their state ticket
on both ballots, as Roosevelt will
surely run as an independent repub-
lican, If he runs Independently, and
there is where the squabble will be-
gin.
Right today the democrats are pre-
pairing for such a condition and If
the two kites start up in the air after
the Chicago convention the Jeffer-
sonians plan that there shall be two
tails to them and not one tail attached
to both.
Representatives Pepper and Good
will Immediately take up the fight on
the floor of the house to get congress
to appropriate $250,000 for the manu-
facture of field artillery at the Rock
Island arsenal. The statement of
General Crozier before the house COM
mittee on appropriations that if this
is appropriated he will be able
to save third of $12,000,000 which
musts be expended on field artillery
within the next few years will be of
great advantage to them in their
fight.
The item was expected to be in
cluded in the sundry civil bill which
was introduced on Monday, but it was
left out because the senate added
100000 to the army bill for the man
ufacture of small arms at Rock
Island. The democrats on the COM
mittee believe this amount should be
turned over to the field artillery work.
If the two Iowans fail in the house.
Senator Kenyon and Senator Cum
MINIS will have another chance to
make good in big figures in the SEN
ate.
If the money is not appropriated
this year it most certainly will be APP
propriated the next time asked, as all
of the members of the committee are
in favor of the proposition as ad-
vanced by General Crozier. But for
the fact that they wished to keep the
down as low as pos
sible this session it is quite likely
that the item would have been In
cluded. Chairman Fitzgerald Is much
opposed to the idea of a "billion-dol-
lar congress-" and consequently he has
been using the pruning knife wher-
ever possible to do it. His committee
ls at present working under the han
dicap Of the tremendous appropria-
tons made by the republicans for
several sessions prior to the entire of
the democrats into power, many of
the appropriations calling for supple
mental ones now which have to be
made to prevent the government from
sustaining great loss. AS soon as his
committee can recuperate from the
effects of the extravagances of its
predecessors, it is Mr.. Fitzgerald's in
tention to carry out such plans as
General Crozier's, which will mean a
great saving to the government in the
future and the conduct Of government
affairs on private business basis Of
economy and efficiency.
Senator Simmons Of North Caro-
lima and Representative Roddenberry,
the diminutive anti-pension man from
Georgia, have introduced bills to pre-
vent the interstate shipment Of prize
fight pictures.