The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
,rrom Our Warrington Correspondence

(From Our gton Correspondent.)
I'm in the region Of Northern Mich
igan where they pick up copper under
the streets of Calumet and Houghton,
and still travel by the "blazed trail'
through great forests OF the finest Nor
way pine in the north, there grew a
congressman one II. Olin Young, who
has hung TO his seat so long that he
became impressed with the idea OF
ownership. In the election last fall
William ]. Mcdonald Of Calumet, was
a candidate, and secured 243 votes
more than Young. He felt so good
over the result that ne vent over to
Chicago to CELEBRATE at a herding of
the Moose. In one Of the counties
MacDonald's name was misspelled on
the ballot, and the starting news
came 10 him during the Chicago cele-
bration that he wasn't to be congress
man after all-that the technicality
aforesaid had been sized upon to per-
petrate the reign of Young, who was
given the election certificate. Now
Macdonald has filed a contest, and the
house Of representatives will likely sit
and deliberate as usual in such cases,
determining the status Of the case just
before the next general election in
Michigan. The beauty of these con
tests is that, where successful, the con-
testants draws the salary and mileage
for two years, while the congressman
who is fired, *. ep his,'-that is he
has been paid just the same as though
he really were entitled to receive the
salary, and there is no thought Of a
refund.
Since the reports went out that the
house of representatives would pass a
free sugar bill, that a strong attempt
would be made to secure the adoption
of free wool, and that a whole line or
agricultural products would be placed
the free list, protests have been
coming in thick and fast to the hi
tors from every state west of the Ohio
river. Apparently the difference in
the treatment melted out to the farmer
in placing his products on the free
list, and that proposed for the big man.
ufacturing interests, who are to re-
ceive c~ompensating advantages in the
way of free raw material in cases
the duties on their goods are
decreased, has aroused the ire of a
great many people in the states. Es-
pecially is this treatment resented by
the farmers and business men in the
beet growing districts who as
sert that their industry will be wiped
out by the adoption Of free sugar
while all it's benefits will be reaped
by a few millionaire sugar refiners in
New York and other seaboard cities.
forD,nre onl hVCinnn, man ora
now putting it up to their representa-
tives in the letters pouring in, as to
how much truth there is in the COM
mon report in the capital that the ag-
ricultural interests are to be made the
goat for the benefit of the big i'm
p~orters. If the protests continue to
pour in at the present rate, it is likely
hat the senators from a good many of
the central and western states, will
lake their stand in opposition to the
discrimination against the
products in which their home people
ire so largely interested.
When William Jennings Bryan was
first for the presidency
Charles A. Towne lived at Duluth, and
was a republican member of congress.
He cast his lot with the Nebraskan and
Tree silver, and was reelected from
he Duluth district as a democrat.
Then he was appointed for a vacancy
Is United States senator from Min
running at about the same time
On one Of the fusion tickets as vice.
president, TO aid the Bryan cause.
Next he appears in congress as a
member from one of the Tammany dis
of New York, and after a term in
he house, again took up the practice
law in the metropolis.
The democrats are off, with safe ma
in both branches of congress,
and with their own captain in the
white house. The matter of committee
assignments has been pretty we'll
.hreshed out, and the leaders of the
parties in the house have been
selected. Mr.. Underwood will run the
party machine for the democrats. He
Is an adapt at promoting harmony in
his own camp, but nothing delights
he ALBANIAN more than an emporium
ty to blow the whistle and start the
steam roller in the direction Of his
There will be two minor
ty leaders, Mr.. Mann of Illinois, hay
ing been selected by the republicans
Tor speaker, while the progressives
named Mr.. Murdoch Of Kansas. For
over two years Mr.. Murdoch has serv-
I'd as a republican under Mr.. Mann,
md though their party designations
are now different, yet 1t is expected
that there will be a good deal Of CO
operation, especially regarding the
bills. Mann Is regarded by those
who have watched him at close
range, as a good deal of a
wonder, and the chief Of his opponents,
Speaker Clark, recently gave him un-
praise, declaring him to be
'one of the greatest constructive legis.
lators in congress for many years."
No legislation ever catches Mann In
prepared; he is a 'horse to work." and
IN a pinch has produced some Of the
effective filibusters that ever
a majority into submission.
The regular republicans" like him
while progressive republi-
cans" point to his record on the tariff,
and as a conservationist, as well as the
he has taken on a dozen other
of importance, to prove that he
belongs to them. Mann as leader is
1ongest. sharDest thorn that prOds