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AFFAIRS AT WASHINGTON Matters of General and Sectional Importance from the National Capital. Washington, D. C., Nov. 16.— Statesmen and events of other days were recalled by the annual sale of old furniture of the sen ate at the capitol. Most of the articles brought only small sums. One of the most interesting and historic of the relics was a silver plated pitcher, stand and gob let, formerly use-d in the vice president's room. This was sold after heated bidding for $10.50. An old leather couch used in the senate reception room, orig inally costing $500, was sold for $9. A desk, book case and chair, said to have been once used by Henry Clay, were disposed of for a mere nothing. The silent, worn oak recalled memories of stirring anti-bell um days, and the heated debates which sur rounded the Missouri: compromise in 1820. They were all sold un der the ten-dollar mark. The desk and table of the late Sena ator Arthur Pugh Gorman, of Maryland, were sold for $30 and 425, respectively. The tariff board has practical ly completed its labors in secur ing data to be used in revising the schedules on wool, and one of the big battles that will come up early in congress will be di rected against the famous Sche dule K. Many republicans in the last house voted for the democratic wool bill, which would have become a law but for the president's veto. With the statistics furnished by -the tariff board it seems altogether likely that a measure reducing the taa-iff items, especially a.« these apply to manufactured woolens, will command not only the democratic support, but a large element on the republican side of the chamber. Two-thirds of the offices of con gressmen are again open and do ing business although consider ably less than half of the total number of representatives have returned to the capital, and their affairs are in the hands of tl*eir secretaries. Quite a few of the offices were kept going during the summer months. Senator La Foilette is one of the men who never left the job. A unique whitewash that has been used in Uruguay, which might be brought into service in parts of our own country where cactus is found, is de scribed by United States Consul Frederic W. Godding, stationed at Montevodio. In his letter to the state department, the con sul writes as follows: "When traveling through the rural dis tricts of Uruguay one's attention is directed to the fine white col or of the farm buildings, even during the wet season. To ob tain this neat effect, a whitewash is used which is made with the sliced white leaves of the com mon cactus, macerated in water for twenty-four hours, producing a solution of creamy coiiis'st-'ne" to this lime is added, and well mixed. Wh-n appli'd to av.y surface, be it of wood, brr-k. iron or other material, a beauti ful pearly white appearance is,, produced, which will endurte dur ing storms and frosts for many years. In sections of the Un't "1 States wher» the cacti-is i« a nui sance the plant mieht. ut'l'z 'd in the manner suggested. Another season of investiga tions is about to delight th° ea ital with 'ts dailv ^ou^d of en sations. and by th*» tim° tli" or dinary members gy»t back -r the early December, the happy fellows on investigating commit tees will have most all the red fire burned up. Both Delegates Andrews of New Mexico and Cameron of Ar izona have requested that new battleships when constructed be named after the new states, and it is understood that the navy department is eager to comply with the requjests. It is doubtful if there has been an election in recent years that has given more general satisfac tion to Washington politicians than that recently held in a number of states. The capital is pretty well filled again with statesmen, and among the demo crats there is real joy over the returns of Ohio, Kentucky and Massachusetts, and scattering suits in Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and elsewhere. Regular republicans get their consolatio principally from Maryland, which elected a republican governor, and from New York, Rhode Island and elsewhere, and in the maintaining of' their party ma chinery in the Massachusetts and New York legislatures. The pro gressive republicans have cap tured the balance of power in the legislature of New Mexico and will have to be reckoned with in the choice of the two United States senators. Tbejy have taken a part in the elec tions in most of the states, and while an analysis of returns de fining their gains is more or less of a conjecture, yet there are strong evidences that this branch of the republican organization has plenty of results to warrant enthusiasm. The sensational fea ture of all the results lias been regarded here as the decapita tion of machine rule in Philadel phia, where the forces of the powerful Senator Penrose were routed completely. The progres sives are :p making the most of the Philadelphia matter, and assert that the wiping out of a major ity of 100,000 and the election of an independent ruler of the cit is strong evidence that the dependent or progressive mov inent is gaining great strength in the east, and that the suuposi tion that their activities wone confined mostly to the west w:1" be disoroven by victories in the eastern states next year. The so cialists also remind their friends that they did quite a stroke of business in the recent elections— a claim proven by a perusal of the returns. Vol. 19 8ISSETON, ROBERTS COUNTY, S. D.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1911—12 Pages Home Print 1 While the whole country ap parently endorses the peace sen timent yet it is very clear that the Tal't plan will have rough sledding at the next session of congress, and his treaties, which were passed over by the last senate. may never be ratified. The Ameican navy has grown to sir-h proportions, and evidently th' people of the nation are so proud of it—as was demonstra.t id during the recent spectacul show in New York harbor—that there is a sentiment one hears daily expressed in the capital, that the United States does not need to form any alliance or partnership with Great Britain in order to maintain peace on thv« s'de of th" salted seas. The spirit of the pea''e situation ap pears to be that the American people are well saitsfied because they are at peace with the world, and cherish contentment ov"' th.' fact that if any oth*r nation is inclined to interere with th universal comfort we are en.1 inir in that respect, that We have a ivv big enough to bluff them off without th" necessity of try in? out conclusions in real war fare. C! The bodies of fortv-three "Bail 's who died in the wreck of =f a c- %v/V THE theory which was the principal cause of our war with Spain. Senator Jonathan Bourne de nounces the present plan of ap portionment of delegates to the republican national convention as "unjust and un-American." Mr. Bourne's contention is similar to that advocated by Henry C. Payne, who was a former chair man of the republican national committee and the originator of the movement to cut down south ern representation. In the last national convention many old "stand-pat" states supported, the very thing Mr. Bourne now con tends for, and therefore what Mr. Bourne says can hardly be S construed as factional. The fact! presidential preference law, pro viding for primaries and the in- 4 4 V** *«r #&8**.r- Jifi^ w* '$• sfef£r*yUt«3 *S*«v~ 4 ^y v4 SENATOR JOSEPH L. BRIST0W, A KANSAS INSURGENT. middle name of Senator Joseph L. Bristow is Little, but he Is by no means a small man. When be was fourth assistant post master general, from 1897 to 1905, he showed executive ability of a high order. The fourth assistant really "executes"—he cuts off postmasters' official heads—and Bristow swung the ax frequently. He is now and for many years has been a newspaper man. At present he 1b owner of the Salina Daily Republican-Herald. He was elected to the senate in 1909. Prior to that he did yeoman service under the Koose velt administration by conducting the postal investigation. He also in vestigated Cuban postal frauds and reorganized the island's postofflce system. Senator Bristow was born in Wolfe county, Ky., fifty years ago. the Maine have been recovered since the work started in raising the ship. There are still twenty four missing. The keel of the ship is new exposed, and the government board has been no tified that the wreck can be in spected by November 20. There appears to be no longer any doubt in the minds of naval ex perts as to whether the explo sion was internal or external, as every evidence clearly indicates that the Maine was blown up from the outside, confirming the A'^C^U -, 4 -f-1 fam IMug ^femiiarfo A FATAL ACCIDENT Six-Year-Old Robert Winter is Killed by a Gun in the Hands of His Older Brother, Little Robert Winter, the six year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Winter, living two and one-half miles sotheast of Sisse ton, was the victim of an acci dental shooting last Sunday morning November 12. The gun, which was a 22-calibre rifle, was in the hands of his fifteen-year old brother, who was in the act of removing a cartridge from it, when it was accidentally dis charged in some manner, the ball entering the little fellow's body, between the fifth and sixth ribs, just above the Jieart. Dr. Glasier was called immedi ately but the boy had passed away before the doctor's arrival who found that death must have been almost instant, as one of the main arteries leading from the heart had been severed by the bullet. that five states—Oregon, North buried Tuesday afternoon, in the Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey Sisseton cemetery, Rev. Christian and Wisconsin.—have enacted a son, of the Presbyterian church, struetion of national delegates, the sympathy of the entire com will give them but one delegate for every 6,000 to 9,000 votes cast for Taft and Sherman at the last presidential election, whilii South Carolina will have one for every 220 votes cast. Mr. Bourne's contention is that state lines be eliminated, and that delegates be apportioned on a basis of equality, making a certain number of republican votes the unit. ... The accident occured in the house, and the entire family was persent and witnessed the un fortunate happening. The victim of the accident was performing the funeral service The sorrowing relatives have munity in their bereavement. Even if a girl doesn't care anything about a man she likes to show others that she can make hup care for her. Anyway, the professional re former has no occasion to worry abont a shortage of material. 0 Have the Standard print it. v- The checking committee of the big Standard-Posten Voting Con test again met at this office on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 15, and counted the votes cast dur ing the previous week. The count showed that all of the leading contestants had been doing good work, even in the face of the blizzard, and every thing is moving along in a satis factory manner. Miss Tryphena Lewis recovered first place again this week, and leads the contest with 35,675 votes to her credit. John S Swanson is in second place with 33.475 votes, and Miss Minnie D. Wilbur is third with 32.800. W. E. Stevenson is still in fourth place with 21,100 votes, and Miss Hazel Gleason is a good fifth with 17.725. Candidates are urgently re quested to make their report to this office at least once a week, either in person or by mail, and votes will be cast in accordance with their directions. This is asked in order that we may keep our books corrected tr date and avoid confusion in our accounts. From now till the close of the contest on Dec. 20, 1911, we are issuing, for every dollar spent with the Standard or Posten in advertising or job work, one hun dred votes, and the votes will be issued at the time the order is taken, instead of at the time of payment. A good plan for the candidates to pursue in this con nection would be to solicit and take orders for advertising and job' work and secure the coupons at the time of the delivery of the order to the Standard or Po sten. A good many votes may be secured in this manner and the first one on the ground us ually geits the business. Get busy. Call at the Standard-Posten of fice for instructions and get out and get some of these easy votes. This is anybody's contest, yet, SUICIDE AT MITCHELL. The Struggle for Living Proves Too Much for Workingman. Mitchell, Nov. 16.— August Groeber took the suicide route to end his troubles in this city Sun day. In the presence of several friends he took a dose of carbol ic acid, and when he drank it he said, Well, I am going to die." Before aid could be sum moned the man was dead. A day or two before the sui cide Groeber was talking to a friend about the hard time a workingman had to get along with a family, and how difficult it was to get ahead, and added that he did not believe he would continue the struggle much long er. Groeber leaves a wife and several small children who were dependent on him for their living (lltf) §s Race tor Contest Prizes Is Close And Exciting Leading Candidates Travel Neck-and-Neck in the Race for the" Standard-Posten Prizes—Different Candidates Leading Each! Week.—Miss Tryphena Lewis of Effing-ton is in the Lead, Owing to the inclemency of the weather, the latter part of the week, and the bad condition of the roads, we have decided tp extend the exceptional offer made last week, in connection with the big Standard-Posten Voting Contest, six more days, and the offer will now positively close on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 22. at 3 o'clock. This offer is extended in order that all the candidates may have an oppor tunity to take advantage of it. This Week.—Race Growing More Exciting and Interesting as it Progresses—Other Canndidates Getting Interested and Are Crawling Up on the Leaders.—Help Your Favorite. tjfi-. jw Jini Pa"««.f 0/ and there is ample time for the candidate, with the smallest amount of votes to carry off the first prize. No favoritism is practiced in this contest all candidates are treated alike. Any assistance or instructions desired will be given on applica ton at this office. The checking committee will meet every week hereafter, until the close of the contest, and will count the votes each Wednesday, afternoon at 4 o'clock. All vot ing must be done at least an hour previous to that time, in order to insure getting your votes counted during the current week. Following is the result of th® count made by the committee on Wednesday afternoon: Miss Tryphena Lewis, Ef fington 35,675 John S. Swanson, Sisseton.33,475 Miss Minnie D. Wilbur, One Road 32,800 W. E. Stevenson, Good Will Mission 21,100 Miss Hazel Gleason, Eddy.17,725 Miss Fleeta Renville, Peev er 16,350 Miss Kate Eagen, Sisseton.14,400 Miss Irene Gamm, Sisseton, 13,900 Miss Eva Grover, Sisseton 6,650 Jelmar Bergstrom, Craw ford 4,175 Miss Agnes Olson, Vernon 3,950 Miss Mary Gosline, Peever 3,825 Miss Jennie Eggen, Effing ton 3,825 Misa Adah Streeter, Sisse ton 3,825 G. C. Allen, Wilmot .. .. 3,675 Miss Anna Steele, Ortley 3,675 Miss Amanda Brown, Ag ency 3,625 Miss Lola Minder, Wilmot 3,550 Benard Nelson, Sisseton .. 3,375 Dolph DeArment, Sisseton 3,325 Miss Mollie- Erickson, Sisse ton .. 3,125 Miss Anna Kellcy, Peever 2,925 Miss Clara Hegna, Peever 2,925 Mrs. A. A. Rockstad, Dry 'StOft y, St: NO. 21. Wood Lake 2,725 Miss Margaret Carroll, Wil mot 1,725 Mrs. Art McDowell, Peev er 1,625 Miss May McGee, Wilmot.. 925 He was a stone mason and ce ment worker, and always had plenty of that kind of work to do. Drinking Cups Must Go. Pierre, Nov. 16.—At the regu lar meeting of the state board of health held in this city the drink ing cup order was one for dia- ij cussion, and the superintendent,,:, was instructed to push test cases. with prosecutions for failure to comply with the board order. The superintendent was also in structed to publish a quarterly health bulletin after the first of January next. V" Bring in Your Fur Coati. And let me put them in shape for the coming winter. Don't irtoit until winter sets in—do it now. OTTO GLEERTJP, The Tailor: j{,: