River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-07-09
HI NATIONAL CAPITAL
Events Of Interest From the Seat of Govern.
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thrown wide open the question as
to whether it is advisable to contin.
ue running the gov .FoIn-nt by Sec
ret methods, and il is altogether
likely that his challenge to the eff
feet that Senators who have divulg-
ed something of the proceedings of
the committee having n charge the
hearings on treaties, have violated
their honor, will be met. The
American people are greatly inter
ested in the pending treaty with
Colombia, and many of them would
like to know the inside reasons for
the proposed payment of SIS 900,
600. There apparently is no objec-
ton to an apology being offered to
Colombia if it is actually due that
country. The large issue is the
growing Impotence against prac-
tees in Congress by which treaties
are considered in secret as we'll as
the processes of executive sessions
of the Senate and secret committee
meetings, and party C u S e S
Senator Norris has opened the ques-
ton or furnishing greater publicity
to the proceedings concerning treat
les with Nicaragua and Colombia,
and it looks as though the issue as
to whether statesmen shall be al,
lowed to continue doing public
business behind closed doors, will
be definitely decided before long
SUFFRAGIsT CONVERTS
The persistence of the ~suffragists
is smoking the politicians out one
by one. and although President Will
son is still partially in cog on the
proposition. yet in view of the fact
that Speaker Champ Clark has
completely surrendered the ladies
are pleased that the President has
gone SO far as 10 say that suffrage
is for the states to settle. indie
pendent Of the declarations that
the two men are standing together
for a common purpose, it has been
demonstrated more than once that
neither of these distinguished gen
tlemen appreciate having the other
beat him to it," Speaker Clark
has told the ladies that for one
thousand years the men have been
trying to run the world, and some
think they have made a bad mess
of it. | hope that when you women
run it that you will improve on it,
THE ISLE OF PINES
After the Spanish-American wal
there was a long drawn out dispute
as to whether the Isle of Pines be
longed to the United States or Cuba
Uncle Sam finally surrendered his
title, but the island in the mean,
time enchanted a good many people
and now nearly ninety per cent Of
the entire area is owned by Ameri'
cans. Stories of the great wealth
of timber on the island have beer
circulated, and there have beer
plenty of investors patiently wait
ing 10 realize the promised fortunes
Consul General James L. Rogers
at Habana, Cuba, has written the
State Department to the effect thai
there has been a remarkable devel
opment in the islands in citrus
fruit raising and other agriculture
effort.
While the consul does not men
ton the fact, yet it is a matter o.
knowledge to some people in Wash,
ington that at one time a number o.
United States officials in Cuba ano
the Isle of Pines attempted to Sc
cure a corner on pineapples, anc
did SO. But before they got through
with their experience most of them
had barely enough money left tc
pay their fare back to the United
States. 1t is estimated that the
population Of the island is about
FIVE thousand people, of which per
haps thousand are Americans
The MONEY SHOT AT VERA CRUZ
1t has already cost the American
government more than one million
and a quarter dollars for its exhibit
ton pulled off at Vera Cruz Not
withstanding the big expense of our
enterprise the protocol of Niagara
Falls specifies that the government
of the United States will not claim
a war indemnity.