Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-03-14
". ". BOOHER TELLS US
ALL ABOUT HIS TRIP
He Gives a Pretty Pen Picture of
How Democratic Presidents
Are Made---He Says the
Country is Safe.
Washington. D. C. March S. 1913.

Washington. d. c. March 5, 1918.
Editor Independents:
Long before this reaches you,
your reaoers will have read all
about the inauguration of Presi-
dent Wilson and what l may say
will be an old story. Before writ
ing about that, perhaps something
about my trip will be of interest.
On February 23d, the Overland
Limited, eastbound. took on a lone
passenger at Elko, bound for the
Nations capital. There were nc
vacant berths and be found rest in
one smoking room and then another
until the observation car was open.
ed. The trip to Ogden was with
out incident. Reaching Ogden we
were informed that individual
drinking cups were used OIL all
trains, and that if we wanted to
drink water from there on, we
should purchase one. This was
done.
The train soon pulled out for
the east. The ride through Utah
and Wyoming on Sunday was with
out special interest. Monday
morning found us at Cheyenne.
From there to Denver there was
nothing of interest. The weather
was cold and the ground was
covered with snow. From Denver
to Kansas City, there was but little
snow. but it continued cold. At
Topeka, Kansas. it was the coolest
morning Of the winter and the
snow was the deepest we had seen
OIL the trip. Kansas City to st.
Louis was dayliRh' ride through
rich and popuious rming region.
Tuesday night at a few minutes
after 9 o'clock, the train crossed
the Mississippi river and halted at
Cincinnati early Wednesday morn
ing. Leaving there after 9 o'clock,
the route lay through southern
Ohio. the objective point being
Parkersburg, West Virginia. Leav-
ing Petersburg at ! o'clock in the
afternoon. Washington was reach
ed at 2:36 Monday morning.
After a nights rest we began to
see" Washington and have been
seeing" it ever since. The capitol,
the Office buildings. the House and
Senate were visited. Congressman
Booher and Senators Newlands and
Pittman were very busy men, but
all of them showed all the cour
tesies their time would permit. We
ha seen the House and Senate in
session and cannot say that we
were impressed with their metho Is
of doing business. We heard the
presiding officer declare bill after
bill passed, taking money from the
peoples treasury, on which no one
voted. The House seemed to us to
be about as disorderly a body of
men as we ever saw. Speaker
Clark nearly wore out his gavel in
trying to maintain some semblance
Of order. Still, with all the SEEM
ing disorder, both bodies transact
vast amount of business.
SUFFRAGETTE PARADE.
On Saturday afternoon the "suff-
ragette hikers" reached Washing
ton. tired and footsore. After rest
ing over Sunday. the suffragettes
from all over the country paraded
through the streets of the city.
They made a splendid showing,
marcuing like veterans. II is esti-
mated that 10000 women. young,
old. handsome and otherwise, we're
in line. Your correspondent view
ed the procession from several points
and saw nothing out of the way with
the conduct of the crowd along the
streets. but the ladies have filed
serious charges against the police
for their failure to protect the
marchers from insult and abuse. II
the charges are true. the Police
department cf Washington City is
o disgrace to the nation.
INAUGURATION
The city began to fill up Sunday
with people from every section Of
the union and by Tuesday morning
there were 100000 strangers in