The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-01-23
DEMOCRATS STICK
TO THEIR PARTY
Especial to the silver statsl

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-ssFree
meat proposed by the house Dcia D.
Gratis at the last session of congress.
but blocked by a presidential veto.
was indicated as part of the extra ses-
sion of congress tariff revision pro-
gram at the hearing Tuesday before
the house committee on ways and
means. Members of the committee
emphasized the majority sentiment in
favor of free meats and a strong trend
toward free cattle, in accord with the
general policy of Democrats last year
to transfer the necessities of life, in
cluding sugar and lumber, to the free
list
Protest against putting cattle and
meats upon the free list was voiced
by s. III. Cowan of Fort Worth, Tex,
as spokesman for the cattle industry
west of the Mississippi river.
Mr.. Cowan said that such a plan if
adopted would mean flood of cheap
er meats from the South American
ranges and pictured ruin of the indus
try in Texas.
"Didn't all the Texas Democrats in
the house vote for free meats last
session. asked Representative James
of Kentucky.
eyes" said Mr.. Cowan.
And al of them were re-electeds"
tYes.o
"Then you are going counter to the
vote of a states''
No. replied Mr.. Cowan, "the
Democrats in Texas always vote the
Democratic ticket regardless of such
matters. Their allegiance to the party
is too strong to do otherwise. /"
Tells Farmers when to Can Corn.
Uncle James Wilson, who tells the
farmers when to can their corn and
how to curry the asparagus beds will
have to look to his laurels or the wiz
ard of the Great Northern will get his
goat.
Talk about your boys corn clubs:
what do they count for when mere
railroad king, with only hearsav
knowledge of agriculture, promises to
make the farm lands of the northwest
produce twice as heavy crops as they
do now? It's enough to make the A.
ID. DIS, (dreary doctors of agricul-
ture), turn green. But Uncle James
usually has card or two up his
sleeve and he is likely to show these
amateur farmers a few tricks.
Talking Good Roads.
Ten senator's and representatives
are lying awake nights trying to
think up the best way for Uncle Sam
to help improve the country roads of
the nation. They compose joint COM
mittee appointed for this purpose. A
good many other congressman who
have long been giving the road prob
lem absent treatment and the mind
cure are also trying to solve the rid
die. The fact is that the farmers have
become interested in the road prob
lem and their organizations, such as
the Grange, have urged Federal aid.
Congress thinks a lot of what the
farmers say, and so the good road
question gets pretty serious considera-
tion.
Will Not Confirm.
1t has been decided by the senate
Democrats that they will not confirm
all of President Taft's numerous
nominations for office.
Ever since the elction there has
been a good deal of speculation on
this question. But it settled now, we
are told. The pie chasers will have to
stay out in the cold unless they belong
to the army, the navy, or the diplo-
matte service. Postmasters, collect
ors of customs, land office appointees
and all the rest are to be reserved for
action by DIR. Wilson, who will have
one of the biggest jobs in the distribu-
tion of Fedral pie that was ever put
up to anyone. This news is creating
great Joy in the ranks of the faithful
American Achievement
It's an error to imagine that Ameri-
cans have done nothing except to de-
stroy the noble forests, harness Mag
ara and rob the falls of some of their
grandeur, decorate nature with hand
painted embellishments like a dado
along our highways of commerce, and
pull the tail feathers out of the bird
of freedom to make suffragette
chapeau. European newspapers and
the comic artists may jest about it,
but the development of the United
States is worthy of the epics of a
Homer or Dante.
Men who grow nervous when they
get out of sight of the skyscrapers on
Manhattan Island, and some others
who still think that there is nothing
worth while beyond Harlem, would
enjoy liberal education If they
would take trip across the country
to the Pacific coast. True, it would
be somewhat Kaleidoscope, with lit
tie chance 20 gather impressions of
details, but it would reveal busting
cities and great empires of productive
land. IL would arouse a desire to go to
San Diego in 1915 to see the exposition
of human achievemnt which will be
held there to celebrate the opening of
the Panama canal. And to get to know
what man has done in this extraordi-
nary country to overcome the innumer-
able obstacles that confronted him
would be an Inspiration to youth, and
a benedietion tc old age
Twenty Million Visitors.
Exposition year, according to rail
road managers, will see twenty million
people visit California. These figures
are the result of experience. As many