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WASHINGTON NEWS
Tho Twonty-sevonth company of
coast artillery practicing with the
ton-inch guns at Battery Cranston, in
tho Presidio military reservation, San
Francisco, hit a moving target at ten
thousands yard six times with six
shots.
The first woman ever to enter tho
diplomatic service of any country in
tho world is Miss Clothildo Luise,
who has boon appointed by tho presi
dent of Uruguay as an attache of the
Uruguayan legation at Brussels,
Belgium.
An Associated Press dispatch says:
Full of regret that his sojourn in
Washington of loss than twenty-four
hours would not permits visits to half
tho places which he desired to see,
tho Chinese rear admiral, Ching Pin
Kwang, left for Beverly, Mass, where
ho was received by President Taft
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The members of his staff, his special
aide, Commander George F. Cooper
of the United States navy, and Yung
Kwai, chargo d'affaires of the Chinese
legation, accompanied him. Tho ad
miral created an excellent Impression
among tho officials to whom he was
presonted, and disappointment was
mutual that the distinguished visitor
had changed his plans so that a sec
ond trip to Washington during the
present visit probably would be eliminated.
A contract for the construction of
the three dams and eight and a half
miles of canals on the Flathead, Mon
tana, irrigation project, awarded to a
Prosser, Wash., firm, has been ap
proved by Acting Secretary; of tho
Interior Adams.
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Former United States Senator
Thomas H. Carter of Montana who
was also chairman of the republican
national committee in 1892 when
Benjamin Harrison was candidate
for president, died in Washington
city as a result of lung trouble. Mr.
Carter retired from the senate last
March and was holding an appoint
ment for Mr. Taft at the time of his
death.
President Taft has rejected the
recommendation made , by Attorney
General Wickersham for the ousting
of Dr. Wiley. The president clearly
vindicates tho chief of the bureau of
chemistry. There are some predic
tions that Wilson and Wickersham
will retire from the cabinet as a re
sult of the president's action.
Secretary Wilson now says that
the president's decision in the Wiley
case was a wise one. it is not prob
able, therefore, that he will resign.
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Sam's next big land lottery will be
held in South Dakota from October
2 to 21 inclusive. Four hundred and
sixty-six thousand five hundred and
sixty-two acres of land in the
Rosebud and Pine Ridge reser
vations will be offered as prizes to
land seekers. Gregory, Dallas,
Chamberlain and Rapid City will be
the registration points. On October
24 the drawing . will commence at
Gregory. The price of every 160
acre tract has already been fixed by
government appraisers and the home
steader will pay the price so fixed
regardless of whether he files first or
last. The prices fixed are from 25
cents to ?6. About one-third has
been classified as agriculture land
at from $2 to $6 an acre.
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at the notarial headquarters to his
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registration point other than Greg
ory, tho applicant must mail his
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can.
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2 and ends October 21.
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tents dumped on a largo public plat
form at Gregory. A child will be
selected to go on the platform and
pick up an envelope. It will be open
ed by Judge Witten and the appli
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bered "one'' and the person who
filed it will have the privilege of
making the first selection from all
the lands subject to entry and may
choose for hla homestead the fineHt
level farming land at $6 an acre or
the roughest grazing land at 2B
cents an aero,
The second envelope selected from
the platform will be numbered
i.wu. .outer uio arawing those who
received numbers will have amnio
time in which to inspect tho lands
and select th tracts upon which thoy
wish to make filing.
MR. BAHMST IN RETIREMENT
Special correspondence of the Now
York Evening Post: Washington,
September 8. Senator Joseph W.
Bailey of Texas, a man of adroit
mind, yet one whose public record
of constructiveness is not after all
a' very fine monument to his legisla
tive memory, has announced that ho
will retire from tho United States
senate at the close of his present
term, March 3, 1913. His career
offers a wide field for argument as to
its real value to his country, his
party, his state, and himself. Suffice
it to say that a majority of persons
in Washington who have watched his
progress in congress with mingled
feelings of emotion for the past
twenty years are today agreed that
Senator Bailey has not realized the
great possibilities in him.
They have seen him rise and fall
in both houses of congress in that
time until Senator Bailey himself has,
at last, come to realize that he is
out of touch with the spirit of the
times and with his colleagues. His
determination to quit public life,
therefore, is as logical as his decision
to enter the practice of the law in
New York, when he leaves the senate.
That which he dislikes he discards;
that which he likes he retains that
is the life history of Joseph W.
Bailey.
Notwithstanding Senator Root's re
mark that "Bailey's mind works with
the precision of a Corliss engine,"
Senator Bailey's public record will
probably be an enigma to most men
Xor all time to come. Throughout his
public life Bailey's record day by day
represents to all those who have ever
come into his presence the acme of
logical thought and action. Taken
as a whole, however, this same record
evidences erratic tendencies at times
which can only be explained by the
fact that Senator Bailey's temper, his
downrigtft aptitude to be lazy about
little things, his many moods, his
natural ability to lead, his indepen
dence of leadership elsewhere, and
his devotion to Texas have not infre
quently encroached upon his mental
processes.
AUTHOR OF NO GREAT LEGIS
LATION One peculiar thing about Bailey's
record is that he has never been the
author of a great piece of legislation
or even of a great and last amend
ment to a memorable piece of legis
lation. This is remarkable when it
is remembered how often and at
what length he has debated great
bills, particularly from the viewpoint
of a constitutional lawyer. If Sena
tor Bailey had any one hobby in his
legislative career, it was that of con
stitutional law, yet this field of
operations rarely ever led him into
the field of constructive statesman
ship far enough to draft a bill or an
amendment. In fact, he introduced
very few bills of a public character
while in the senate.
Congress has Been various mani
festations of the temper of Senator
Bailey. From his attack on Senator
Beveridge of Indiana down to his
tender nursing of those who, in these
later days, have been willing to fol
low his leadership, there has been a
series of highly colored episodes, the
climax of which was his hastily
drawn and hastily offered resigna
tion on March 4.. When his temper
got tho best of him, Senator Bailey's
domineering spirit rose to a tempest;
when he restrained his feeling to th
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