River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1914-10-22
WASHINGTON LETTER
From James A. Frear, Member Of Congress
10th District.

knocked around like a shuttle
cock, is now in conference q
will be passed before this letter
reaches you. When a protest
went up against tax on gasoline,
the burden was placed on OF h e
articles. Then the druggists OF
the country started things and the
proposed tax was taken off of pro-
prietary medicines.
Senator Borah, of Idaho, insists
another tax bill will follow h e
present one and if any proposition
like the Southern e t o o n
could be put through Congress, we
would require a tax of more than
double the present one, of S1O0-
600. 900, to meet the two hundred
and fifty million dollar loan q :
handed by the cotton men. 1t
will not go through this session,
that is sure.
Congress is expected to adjourn
tomorrow or Wednesday. Under
wood and Mann, the party leaders,
have agreed we can go home to-
morrow. We have been here con-
tinuously during the longest ses-
sion on record. The writer h s
only a few days at his disposal,
but hopes to meet a few consti-
tuents and to discuss public ques-
lions before election day.
Congressman Lenroot h a re-
turned to Wisconsin and is prob
ably now telling the Wis Q n n
people Just what he thinks of DEM
ocratiC secret caucus methods. lie
has given a picturesque coloring
to that subject on the House floor
on more than one occasion. Today
I tried to pursuade Congressman
Esch to put in day Or two among
his former constituents in Eau
Claire and adjoining counties OF
his old district in spreading h
gospel Of truth. Invitations re-
ceived by me to speak at Bara boo
and elsewhere in his district made
it possible to exchange. He said
he would certainly have gone if
we could have had two weeks at
home. Time is short now, and all
Itineraries have been arranged.
Today | received extended res
olutiOns passed at it's annual meet
ing by the New York Board of
Trade and transportation tn e
most influential body Of it's kind
in the country. The resolutions
have the signatures of officers at
ached and a gold seal as large as
the Wisconsin seal that I used to
affix to state documents.
After commendatOry words COW
ering two pages it contains res
olution which is of more value
than can express because it comes
from a genuine commercial an
transportation organization, at the
head of all others. 1t reads: Gre
solved that while we regret the
defeat of certain items in tn e
Rivers and Harbors bill, we never
the less regard with approval the
defeat of the bill as a whole, and
Congressman James A. Frear of
Wisconsin and Senator Theodore
E. Burton of Ohio for their courage
and perseverance for opposing the
aph
and congratulate them upon the
success of their efforts"
This approval, coupled with con-
gratulatory letters from Senators
Burton and Kenyon, all of vol
untary and unexpected character,
together with word of high COM
mendation from Republican Lead
er Mann and Representative Tread
way of Massachusetts on the floor
of the House are a sufficient re-
ward for all of the midnight oil
burned over the pork barrel.
During the session 1 have been
called upon to move the admis-
sion of dozen Wisconsin attor-
neys for the Supreme Court, in
Guiding among the number the At
torney General and the Assistant
Saturday I presented a member OF
Saturday 1 presented number OF
the faculty, Mr.. Gilmore, profess
sor of law Of the university of Wis
consin. Mr.. Gilmore is in the bus
mess of making Wisconsin "a W.
yers. The method of admission tC
the Supreme Court is by a motion
offered in open court, before the
nine judges, W h 0 sit uopn THEN
"throne," clothed in black gowns
That is the easy part. The n
that pulls hardest is when the ap-
plicant connects with the clerk.
office while paying the admission
fee.
For obvious reasons | will bt