Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-01-19
CURRENT TOPICS
IN WASHINGTON
lance Goes on Record in oppO-
''s elton to the Grade of Lieu
tenant General
RIVER MussEL PERPETuATloN
nation Industry involving s1o'ooo'ooo
0' ,.v threatened Owing to Dimin-
,.blns quantities Of Shell Fish,

,,+ general. Whne VIC
ieu's4~ .,.,,on bill was under consid-
app ,,op n. the lower branch of Congress
, n'nrs.entatiye Dalzell, of Penhsyiv va
=, IN reporting rule pernl''ihs -, .n ~.
d. = % vote on the question whe'her
p04, srade should close with the present
s ~ of the distinguished RANK ue"'
,,,bur Macarthur, said
a. hsl,eye that there Is an opliilon
I1i,,e that il was a mistake W
Pc e'athe office of lieutenant Senera'
cs s any officer after the death OF eIe,.;
r ~ ia that the distinction s!loui .
En- heen confined 10 Gems ura s,
eeSsrh,an and Sheridan. But as OH" lIt'sii
81 nne officer after another OF tne SiHn
o.. ~ r attained to the position wneIe ne
,ron,d be entitled 10 this Place II ~ We,
w he created. Congress telt " Woutu lie
MAR 10 deprive MIN OF What 90. ~
u, asaoossors had enjoyed. The reason
pIete ovisted for giving this distinction
.nat &c otTicrrs has now ceased TO eN-
~ Al The officers of the civil War
ny, wonld be entitled by reason OF
vi, WI sonioritv to become lieutenant
uSn have been provided for. ana IL
aeice is 10 continue IT Will pc con-
sns hereafter upon those VINO nave
ieIIeu l,,,,aetion with the Civil war.
nag no sV'. -, Sa,, 'bcrc IL is a great mis-
,oLs 10 assume, as have heard IL as
en,ned on the outside, that TINS measure
su.,i ,riod ~ Inc interest of some or any
army officer. The measure is lntellueu'
think nv the house to be passed as
measure Of justice, because the rea-
son existing for the creation OF t,S
Office mas eeas'u r.,t NV me reason. The
NKeWlse eelsV 49, ,,artic,Ilar party or
Nslsld'ioI' ~ Nv
parties III NIc,,,. ,,,aaretood that Mr..
IL Is seuel ,.t,,. ~ n Con leonard
lJalSeH Vas ~ pbiiinnines. hut
Woo, nov ,c,,rnand az the At
shoIuE o. ,,.,,,,, w. Unclaimed that
isiluu ~, is.u, .,t,,,oS "at inc inter-
INC leglsid'lo, "% t, arr,y oflcer.r
est 7 9l so ra5 % ~ ,teutcnant-general has
had series Of ups and downs since
w, NE 9es.lili" S,,o mo frs, neutenant-
MSSl.,',e svm aJed Win that rank al
ssa,S' ~ ,7aS mo Grade Of general
o ~ ,ha ar,n,ee' Vas created by Congress
1,,t the az, d,d NOT take effect so far
as Washington was concerned. because
he died a few months after the crea-
lion NJ fine title and before the law
bccame effective.
scott was made a lieutenant general
by bravet In 1855, The grade was re-
rired in 1864. with Grant who became
general of the armies In 1866. Sher.
1859 and Sheridan in 1888 on whose
death both grades. general" and
lieutenant general" became extinct,
Scofeld was appointed lieutenant-g gem
eral in 1895 In 1900 Congress enact
ed that The senior majors general
should have the rank of lieutenant-
general which Is now the law. The
action OF the house, however. abolishes
the rank Of acknowledgements, the
grade ceasng with the retirement of
the present holder of that rank, Ar
thur Macarthur, who retires in 1909.
me legislation in no wise affects those
on the retired list holding the grade.
pEApr pI,rvro>- r>,r,,e,,
= >''' i-'
Albert F. Dawson, of the Second
Iowa district. bids fair to become one
Of the strong men of the house of rep
iesentativeS IL there is anything in
halning, Albert Dawson has every
reason to expect a useful and maybe
astnguished career in the lower
lahch OF Congress. For several years
ns was the confidential secretary of
na' splendid Iowan. William b. ALI
~, one Oh the great leaders of the
senate. Dawson took tbe non,i,,a,,n,,
Tor Congress IN the Second Iowa ais
,sfeIy no naS poem looked upon as
Iell landslide OF 1904, he beat Judge
Made Made by 1876 votes. the then onlv
IIsinoerat IN the Iowa delegation. Mr.
SsMsoh was renominated for the
snuetn Congress and considerably in
aegseu ms majority During tho first
,@.oh OF the ffly-ninth Congress the
lug con gresham from the second
'1se district made his speech OF, the
Sueacan hen which attracted nation
%'e attention and now he Is direntino
M, ''s energies toward the perpetlIa.
shl, VI me pearl button Industry
M thrlNes IN his district
vl,S pearl button industry, coupled
nsnbi Ivy manufacture OF pearl button
avsar ers amounts to about SIC, 600 900
srt 80 cor 9ne ana a half millions OF which
man V,y ~ by the mussel fisher
yell L ~ .ne second Iowa district. II Is
from 1 ~ lnat peaTl buttons are made
The Miesil wafer nussels taken' from
Hgers 81 ~ HllNSoufl ana Arkansas
come thai ~ "a large has the industry be-
~ are becoming exhausted inst vs ns r NJ
yyaer beds along The Cbesaps me-, 80 ,nd
S ae lyers emptying into that bav % are
Isi s.ilhg depleted, requiring STATE leo
pIte,ol 10 protect the beds from ovster
'Sfses, ~ SUI
,bs ' Dawson, with an eve 10 continpo
iii, p1ari button Industry IN his dis
sh h. believes that the raw material
ap with M p,,Frpetuated, and he has taken
p "a as q asp &C a., i 2 MsSy s5l
Drew Of 9i ,Sa States, Prof Gilman A.
BY the wan ule University of Maine. who
. The mu as Il an, az Iowa boy. the habits
NJ tho ~ %ltn Wow to ascertain
DO you kno. cannot be propagated.