Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-08
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Methods for NspOsing of Lands.
The Senate took a whirl at the
method Of distributing lands open
ed to the public at recent session,
and treated the legislation as an
emergency measure because Ne
braska forest reserve was due to be
restored to the public domain on
the first of October. The scandal
of the entry of public lands, the
long waiting list of applicants in
line, the disappointments and ex-
penses inflicted upon those who
could not file, Is familiar story in
the west and middle west, and act
ing Secretary of the Interior Jones,
Repre- sentative Ferris as chairman
of the Public Lands committee, and
Senator Myers of Montana, took
the initiative in preparing bill
providing that the President may
prescribe the methods of disposing
of public lands in the future under
the lottery system-a method
which has proven it's merit in many
cases. Senators Norris, Shafroth,
Jones, Walsh and Lane participated
as the defenders of the bill in a
spirited discussion in the Senate,
the result of which was that the
measure which had previously pass
ed the House became law.
The Wisdom of Lindbergh.
1t ought to be noted that Con-
gressman Lindbergh of Minnesota
has thrown more general light up
on the currency question than near
ly any other member of the minor
ity parties that has attempted to
inform Congress regarding this
complicated subject. Lindbergh
was the first money trust buster
He has filled page after page of the
Congressional Record with unadul
terated currency wisdom, and has
thoroughly informed his colleagues
as to their duty in the premises
The significant fact is that through
it all, everyone has listened atten-
lively and interestedly, but there
never has been handicap that
could be designated as applause
in the Congressional Record. Ac-
cordingly to Mr.. Lindbergh, I'VE
must not forget that our trust is
the stock in trade and capital of the
provisional gambling bulls He
asserts likewise that "distrust is
the stock in trade and capital of the
provisional gambling bears, and
that these two sets of spectators
are watching the plain people with
the keenest eyes,
And Such is Fame.
Uncle Joe' Cannon got most
of the big headlines of the frs
page while ex-President Taft occL
pied the inside columns of the dali!
newspapers at the time OF the re
cent visit of the two men to the Ma
tional Capital to attend the meetins
of the Lincoln Memorial Commit
tee. Uncle Joe has a fund of WHY
sayings that still holds for him hi
place with the copy gatherers
while the ex-President attracted at
tention only for the fact that he ha(
lost sixty pounds of weight by hare
work at golf and dieting since HI
left here last March. Such is fame
in the headquarters of the nation
statesmen.
Gambling in Stocks and Grain.
Somehow or another opinions
greatly differ as to the operation:
of the stock market and boards o
trade. In the Senate questions
bearing upon the regulation or sup
preston OF exchanges have beeI
frequently discussed. Senator
Bristow recently declared tha
more people have been ruined BY
short sales than by the Louisiana
lottery" This led Senator Cum
Minis of Iowa to respond: "Ths
Louisiana lottery was a pink tea
compared with the orgy of vice tha
goes on In the stock market and on
the boards of trade" Senator Mel
son observed that Gambling IL
wheat is not in accordance with the
creeds of the Apostles but he
could see no harm in it.
Organization in the House.
Two or three days after ChamI
Clark was elected Speaker three
years ago the correspondent of the
Public Opinion dropped into tina
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