The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-03-20
NEWS
OF THE WEEK
SOME INTERESTING NEWS NOTES
FROM THE REGISTERS WASH
INGTON CORRESPONDENT
MAKE STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
New President Confers With All Par
ties-New Secretary of Labor is
Working Without a Salary

There is 10 occasion in this admins
tration to revise the old law referring
to the strange bedfellows manufacture
ed by modern politics. On the con-
trary ONE people are throwing
spasms because of the way in which
things have been done at the White
House. Contrary to all precedents
President Wilson has been advising
with republicans regarding appoint
ments, and it is said one of his early
acts was to send for Senators Cum
Minis and Kenyon of Iowa, and Pen
rose and oliver of Pennsylvania, to
confer with them regarding proposed
appointments in their states. At about
the same time a couple of Florida
democratic Senators were told to tell
their troubles to cabinet officials. 1t
may also be mentioned that Senator
La Toilette is in high water at the
White House.
The new secretary of labor, Wilson
of Pennsylvania, has not yet been
recognized 10y the United States pay
master, and until congress ~reconvenes
will be a man without a salary-in fact
a secretary almost in name only. At
present Mr.. Wilson is shifting about,
getting things in shape so that when
the appropriation is made for this
new department, he will be prepared
to go ahead. On the other hand, some
Of the Taft holdovers have been we'll
taken care Of, notably Mr.. Clark Of
Iowa, who has beer r~eappointed as a
member OF the interstate commerce
commission.
V~ice-President Marshall has shown
a keen appreciation of things since
coming to Washington. He remarked
on his second day at the capital that
the historic assigned to the vice.
president was indeed a fine place to
use in showing him to the crowds
that he was on exhibition like a pet
monkey, "but thai they have not yet
commenced off ering me peanuts" He
requested different Office quarters in
the senate building. A chauffeur tried
to Jockey" the vice-president out of
his official automobile pending an ad-
vance in pay-and was fired. MI.
Marshall is Catching on" fast, and
may become as popular in the capital
as was his predecessor, Sunny JIM"
Secretary Lane of the interior,
talked to a visiting delegation of In
dams shortly after going into office.
His discouIse was quite unlike the
stiff speeches of his predecessor, who
knew more of the stockyaId district
of his home town Of Chicago, than Of
the great out of doors where lies the
nations wealth. 81 know the plains,
and | know the mountains, and ] know
the big game country" said the secre-
tary. Il want you to feel always that
you have in me one who Is devoted to
your interests. You know that | stand
here as the voice and with the hand
of the great man in the White House.
He loves to do justice above all things.
He will see that justice is done you.
Most of the big game in your country
and in mine-the western country
such as the buffalo, the elk. and the
antelope has gone. There are just a
few wolves left. When / have been
hunting | have made a fire, which pro-
tected me against wolves at night, and
there was always some man in the
party who would watch so that he
could throw a firebrand out to scare
them off. / have been chosen by the
big chief in the White House to sit up
and watch them as far away from you
as | can"