The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1914-12-25
1t NATIONAL CAPITAL
Paragraphs on Important Gov
eTnment Affairs.
JAPAN and TIE CANAL
President Wants Real Neutrality.
Contracts Cancelled.
The Tribune Bureau.
BY j. e. JONES


BY J. e. JONES
Washington, .. CA Vanishing
Race"-Secretary OF the Interior
Franklin X. Lane is going TO give
the Indians chance to become some
thing Of consequence on their own
account. His plan is to make the
Indian full-fledged citizen, and tn
turn him loose to work out his own
salvation. The secretary proposes to
take q few Indians each year from
the different tribes and make each
stand on his own feet. Since we have
waited three hundred years to ind
what to do with the Indians, it is re-
freshing to 6nd a man at last who
has the authority, aud is willing to
exercise 1t, 10 an effort to make real
men and women out OF these wards.
Neutrality At Panama Colonel
Goethals at Panama, sent shivers
through the Washington government
when he asked for two submarines to
preserve neutrality at the canal. The
newly elected legislature OF California
Is pledged to pass drastic legislation
aimed against the japanese, and the
yellow men have shown in their at.
tacks upon German possessions that
they are spelling for a fight. Our
weakness Is at Panama, aud the Japs
know 1t. They are also fully advised
IS to what they are likely to get in
the way of adverse legislation in
California. Colonel Goethals has
undoubtedly found the japanese very
annoying. and whatever other reason
may be assigned his purpose has
doubtless been to protect the canal
against them. The Washington
government is trying to get ahead Of
California by passing a general immi-
grafton bill that will cover the.
Japanese question. and which at the
saue time will not be offensive to the
Nikado's Empire.
Prohibition And Suffrage.-The
democratic leaders in congress, by
letting down the gates SO that the
prohibition and suffrage questions
may be voted on, express confidence
that they have plucKed the thorn
from the side Of the democratic party.
The leaders among the democrats
told their individual members to ''go
1t for themselves, aud the result has
been comforting to the party, but
rather disquieting to individuals.
The same condition has applied
equally to the republican membership.
It Is expected that the partisaos Of
these two questions will now give
more attention to killing of individ-
ual statesmen, instead Of throwing
javellns at party organizations.
Investigations That Do Not En.
ihuse.-Senator Robinson insists that
The .Carranza government paid two
United States senators $75,0 to
bring about the withdrawal of United
States troops, should be investigated
The senate never has taken the re-
port seriously, and Senator Sm0ot
thinks 1t should be treated as SO
much "piffle." Senator Norris IS in
sisting upon an investigation OF the
Pennsylvania primaries, and he wants
to get at the truth Of the stories that
carloads OF money were poured into
the campaign to elect Mr.. Penrose.
The senate does not take kindly to
this suggestion, either, as 1t Is rather
against the precedent OF things to
investigate winner. Still, this
thing was done in the cases OF Sena-
tors Stephenson and Lorimer, and the
latter walked the plank 10 conse-
Quence of having been found guilty.
Americas Shipments or Sinews .!
War.-Senator Hitchcock of Nebras-
ka and Representative Bartholdt OF
Missouri have introduced bills In
congress making 1t unlawful Tor
business concerns in the United
States to contract or ship to any
Aation at war, any class Uf ammunition,