Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-04-22
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Interesting Developments of Ma
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by Former Iowan for Iowa
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Public Opinion Bureau
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are having here in Washington. 1t
is almost too much for even the sea-
soned syndicate writer" The canal
tolls question made quite dent in
the monotony that had been hover
ing about the Capital for several
weeks, but when the proposition to
give Colombia S25, 100000 as a
sort of balm came chasing along, it
was warm enough. These impor-
tant affairs have now been shifted
to the inside pages" of daily news
papers, along with the all-important
details concerning the Administra-
ton antitrust bills, which have
come to light in the House. All of
sudden Mexico seems to have
blown up, and even that famous
headliner, Harry Thaw, who has
won substantial victory in the
feaeral court in New Hamshire, has
been let down with "a stickful'' of
! type While the country buzzes with
excitement regarding the latest and
constantly changing conditions in
reference to Mexico, the men in the
Administration, and the Members of
Congress, are cautioning against any
action that would be an injustice to
suffering Mexico. Huerta became so
accustomed to insulting the United
States, and getting away with it,
that he doubtless was about the
most surprised man on the western
hemisphere when President Wilson
pushed "watchful waiting to the
rear and started steaming up our
dreadnaughts.
In Re The Honeymoon.
Senator O'Gorman of New York.
appears to be having hard time TO
keep step with the White House.
Nearly every day the newspapers of
the metropolis are charging the
washington government with legis-
lating against its great city, and the
Sun editorially comments to the eff
feet that a crowded series of GU
mulatiye anti-business develop
ments" have attempted an absurd
curtailment' of the citys banking
territory, which it is now sought to
follow up by deliberately ham,
mering" at New York, by prohibit
ing of interlocking directors in the
antitrust bill. 1t was reported that
Senator O'Gorman found solace in
me difficulties arising from the
tolls and Colombia propositions, and
facetiously predicted that 1.-THE
Democratic honeymoon was about
over. In view of the fact that the
second White House wedding is |
scheduled for next month the jest
was considered personal, whereup-
on Senator O'Gorman denied that
he had ever said it, A Senatorial |
denial is different from other kinds
1T is final.
Touching The Wires.
AS result of the abuse of the
privilege of sending kilograms at
the expense Of the government, the
United States has been carefully
orsidering withdrawing this de-
lightful perquisite from its own
1t has come to such
BASS that a good many public men,
who do not have to pay the bill.
lave grown into the habit of touch
ng the wire" when the mails would
answer just as well. The probable
ty is that a maximum amount Will
be agreed upon that will cut down
some of the profits around the teIe-
graph office, at the Senate end of
The Capitol. The rumpus all start
ed last summer when a western
Senator was discovered sending out
kilograms by the carload, covering
all sorts of political matters ins lis
state.
Our Niftiest Senator.
The Senates greatest artist in dress
Is the Honorable j. Ham Lewis of
IlIinnic I |
raiment, hair and interviews, and
they all attract attention. lie pos
sesses a beautifully trained head of
hair, which connects at the proper
point with a full beard that pro-
trudes over wider area than is
usually allotted 10 common things
like whiskers. Senator Lewis wears
ties, cad depends or |
1t that he arranges that the tip of |
his kerchief shall peekaboo at the
top pocket of his coat. Some of his |
rig-outs have ordinary milliner."
beaten, and are at least twenty
years ahead of the millennium.
The Giant of The Seas.
ing for larger appropriations for
iiNClS anu udT DOTS, CdIleu tItSU-
ton to the fact that half a century
ago an ocean-going vessel of more
than 300 feet, was not in existence"
Passing along 10 the vessels more
than nine hundred feet long" he com
mented that the end is not yet"
The "Imperator" will yield its
proud position as Queen of the Seas
next month, when it's sister-ship, the
Vaterland' reaches the Hamburg
American Line dock in the Nortr
River. This floating palace is 95o
feet long, 100 feet in width, and as
In the case of the sImperator her
null has been constructed with a
complete inner skin carried high
above the water line, making her a
ship within ship. The owners of
this boat say that she is proof
against collision or similar acct
dents" In this modern palace
there has been recruited a complete
hre department picked from Ger
man cities, and there are more than
sufficient number of life boats to
accommodate all on board.
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