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Show f FISHER IS ACTING p IN TAFT'S PLACE Kl Washington, Nov. 5. SecreUiry ot fJJH t the Interior Fisher is acting presl- il ' dent of the United States, but his du- FTIJ ' ties are light, for with virtually all A 1 (he high officials and hundreds of 001 their subordinates at their bomc3 to A I ote, the wheels of government aro ifn i scarcely moving. liif&k Wrhlle uunblo to take part in the na- rM i Uonal campaign, residents of the Dls- 3mM I trlct of Columbia are being asked to !KH I oxpresB their view by ballot on the -'.UjS question of appealing to congress for 3H i universal suKrage in the district. Tho QjjH city hao been divided Into six wards J!9 and already 10,000 ballots have been iwffiB distributed. The leaders in the move- 7jH ment expect that approximately 30,- ijjm ' 000 votes will 1)0 cast. |