Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-16
ROW OVER S|CKLES
HOUSE COMMITTEE DIVIDED ON
MORE HoNoRs FOR "GEN-
ERAL DAN"
PLAN TO GIVE NEW TITLE
PREcIPlTATEs A FIGHT
Minority Of House Committee Believes
Sickles Has Had Enough Honors
and Sufficient SaIary-Depew Shines
as an MISUNDERSTANDING Cos
sip.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Feb. 16.-The house
vided on the question of paying honor
to Gen. Daniel Sickles, the civil war
hero, who fought valiantly at Gettys-
burg and left leg on that bloody
field.
The committee by majority vote has
decided to report favorably a bill to
promote General Sickles to the grade
of lieutenant general retired. He is
now a major general. A minority re-
port opposes his promotion.
II is not that anyone of the COM
nittee opposes the idea that General
Sickles is entitled to high honor. But
some of them. including the chairman,
Representative Hull, think General
Sickles has already had honors enough.
He was made a major general for his
services at Gettysburg. He has been
member of congress and was minister
to Spain. He now receives $1,000 a year
and would get $1,000 a year more if
made a lieutenant general.
one member of the committee said:
Many a soldier who lost a leg in
the civil war would be glad to be
getting a small part of what General
Sickles is receiving"
On the other hand. General Sickles
is one of the last surviving generals
of the civil war and it will not be easy
to resist the sentiment in favor of
Fighting Dan when the bill gets into
the house.
Senator Depew, of New York, is one
of the best hosts in congress. Folks
who go TO the Depew home generally
want to go again. The reception which
was given there at the time of the
visit of the New York editors to Wash
ington recently, is being much COM
nlented on. 1t does not often happen
that one can meet at a Washington
home or any other home-outside, of
course, of the cabinet circle or the
house of the vice president-the presi-
dent Of the United States, the vice
president, the speaker of the house and
various other officials and statesmen of
high degree. 1t happened at the Depew
home and Senator Depew was much
pleased over it, as he had the right to
be-
February is a great month for the
member of congress who has any rep
utation as an orator. He is almost GER
tain to be deluged with invitations to
speak on two occasions in this month,
on Lincoln's birthday. Feb. u, and on
Washington's birthday, Feb. %. These
invitations come all the way from
Maine to California. A large number
of senators and representatives accept
invitations to speak on these days and
the consequence is that the attendance
in congress about that time is slim.
Former Representative "Jim" Wat
son of Indiana, has been back in Wash
ington lately, looking up old friends
about the capitol. AS republican whip
in the house Jim" was a great sue
cess. a bright and shining light. He
could sing a Methodist hymn with the
Methodists and-well, he could refrain
from singing hymns if forced into COM
pany that made it seem essention. He
was. in short. good mixer. AS
whip. he beat John Dwight of New
York not less than one block and some
folks say two. Dwight is not able to
go around to "the boys" and consult
their wishes the way Watson used to
do it. Moreover, the relations of Wat
son and a number of the house demo-
Gratis were most excellent and he could
generally draw on them for reinforce
ments when in a tight hole.