The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-03-12

gencies in Idaho last year drove
Borah back to the republican party,
as he was forced to face reelection
then, instead of this year. But he
has made an attack on George Per-
kins, one of the closest Roosevelt
advisers, and must be prepared to
take the consequences.
The Borah-P Perkins fued is slow in
blowing over. Senator Borah went
to Columbus, Ohio, to make speech
at a "get together banquet and
about the first thing he did was to
jump straddle of former Senator
Beveridge and Mr.. Perkins. He ac-
cused Perkins of defending one of
the "most unconscionable and shame
less monopolies in the country, the
harvester trust" and of making
profit of $5.O0O,000 by organizing
that monopoly. He referred to the
New York state factory investigation
which showed that women employees
worked for IS to 81 week and said
that when Perkins attention was
called to this he defended it by say
ing this work was necessary because
of the governments perfectly unrea-
sonable attitude toward large cor
porations' Mr.. Perkins in reply de-
MED defending monopoly or that the
progressive party is in favor of regu--
lating monopoly, but Borah placed
the progressive party on the defen-
sive, and Col. Roosevelt's idea, which
is always to be the aggressor and to
put the other fellow on the defensive
is expected to cause this incident to
assume real proportions when he gets
back into the game.
The love feast dinner given by
President Wilson's cabinet on the
anniversary of the first cabinet din
ner was an event of deep political
significance, as it demonstrated the
degree of affection and esteem IN
which the cabinet members hold the
president, and the complete har-
mony which exists. Correspondents
who have been detailed at the White
House through several successive ad-
ministrations declare that the Will
son cabinet is "big happy family"
with no jealousies or serious person
al or political differences. They find
more personal companionship and
association among the ten cabinet
members of this administration than
ever before noticed in another. There
has been no talk of cabinet changes
since President Wilson told the news
paper men at a recent conference
that under no circumstances would
he break his cabinet team" and he
used the term as indicating some
thing beyond the ordinary attach
ment that exists in cabinet circles.
Congressman Maurice Connolly OF
the third district made a speech on
good roads during the debate on the
good roads bill in which he gave
comprehensive review of the legls-
lation enacted and in course OF enact
ment by the administration in the IN
terests of the farmer. The national
committee thought so well OF the
congressman's speech that 1t Is pre-
pairing to place it In circulatlon as
campaign document.
Congressman Henry Vollmer OF
the second district will make MS
maiden speech in the house this week
on the tariff bill as it affects the
farmer. Mr.. yollmer will dencunce
the efforts Of the high protectionlsts
to use the farmer as cats paw IN
the effort to discredit the Underwood
tariH bill. y
a report Of the census bureau
last week showed that Iowa had the
lowest psr capita indebtedness Of Any.
state IA the union. Members point