The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-12-04

at the %instigation of President Wilson,
Senator Owen from now On will jump
into added prominence as the admins
tration leader in the senate. While
Senator Hitchcock is the lone demo-
crat to champion the opposition, he is
likely to overreach the eminence he
attained when he arose day after day
In the house Of representatives de-
manding an investigation Of the inter-
ior department under Secretary Bal
linger. II was Hitchcock who drove
Ballinger out of public life, and did
more than any other member of con.
gress to disrupt the Taft administra-
ton. In those days Mr.. Hitchcock was
fighting his political enemies. Now
he is a thorn in the side Of his party's
flesh, as the leader of the republican
members in the committee who signed
the minority report with him. Senator
Newlands Of Nevada, and Senator
Shafroth of Colorado, both democrats,
jumped into the fray at the outset,
with amendments to the democratic
bill. The substance of the objection
by them and other representatives of
western states is because of the lack
of regional reserve banks; and it is
evidently the belief in the far west
that they are to be sighted in the dis
tribution of these regional banks.
With the advent of the democratic
administration and the control of con
gress by the southern states there
were a great many charges of segrega-
ton of the races in the departments.
Immediately following the Inaugural
ton of President Wilson there came
TO Washington large armies of office
seekers from the southern states, who
felt that inasmuch as they had been
occupying obscure corners for so long.
that it was about time for them to
share in some of the spoils. of victory.
Finding that there was not room
enough for them all, there resulted an
organization in Washington whose
object was the segregation Of the
races in government positions. This
demand, though rather feebly express
ed in having as its principal champions
disappointed politicians, likely found
some support in a number of depart
ments where prejudice existed against
the negro. However, it was discover
ed that the civil service was rather I'M
wieldly and unyielding, and the "segre-
gators" ave up the job. Although
there still remain in Washington "a
good many people who continue to
fight the struggles of civil wartimes,
yet the indications are that there will
not be any early revival Of efforts to-
ward segregation.
The ways of rich senators and their
campaign managers are indeed along
most rocky routes. The whole coun-
try knows the story of the election of
Isaac Stephenson of Wisconsin, which
brought on an investigation in the SEN
ate itself, wherein the multi-million-
aire had a close call when it came
to the final vote as to his custer. One
OF the senator's p~rotegees in Washing
ton has been Mr.. Rodney Sacket, who
until recently held a position on the
senate clerical force. Having lost out
along with a good many other republic
cans whose places were wanted by
democrats, Sacket has taken up the
vocation Of suing Senator Stephenson
for Services rendered" during the
campaign. Mr.. Sacket was one of the
men who held the Stephenson bag in
the Wisconsin primaries.
A series of those Enthusiastically
sensational articles declaring that the
eyes OF the world rest on the National
Capitol, and advising that industrial
interests are shivering in their boots,
have made their simultaneous myster-
ious appearance on the front pages of
newspapers throughout the country,
serving to illustrate that there still
remains in the vicinity of a little mar.
row street running from Broadway
down to the East River, a coterie of
people who have not yet discovered
that the American people are no longer
frightened by somebody hollering
"boo!" The hysteria Of the trusts has
become familiar to Washington. in the
past six or years, during which
time the control OF government has
been passing swiftly to the govern.
ment itself. instead OF being a sublet
privilege Of big business. It is q Ger.
tain fact that all political parties in
existence today recognize the need for
advance legislation, and likewise all
concur in the need Of currency reform.
There are natural differences Of opin.
ION a. to the method OF arriving at
this. and there are those who do not
agree with the democrats that their
bill b anywhere near perfect, but the
three principal political parties are
united IN desiring to secure the best
posstble legislative results. The atti-