The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-02-25
PRESIDENT AND
REVENUE LAWS.
1t His Suggestion They viii
Be Enforced RigldIy.
CAMPAIGN OF BEvERIDGE.
Indiana Senator Will Work Hard For
Re- eIection-BattIe Over Navy Ring.
Kentucky and Hall of Fame-House
Loses Many Members by Death.

Re- election-BattIe Over Navy Ring
Kentucky and Hall of Fame-House
Loses Many Members by Death.
Washington, Feb. o. The attitude
of President Taft and Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham toward the enforce
ment of the internal revenue law in
prohibition sections is one of wide
spread Importance to the dry" states.
position was called forth by Governor
Stubs of Kansas, who complained that
in prohibition states the federal law
was administered in a way to abet the
liquor traffic and hence violate the
state laws In effect Attorney General
Wickersham admitted this and direct
ed the United States district attorney
to enforce the law rigidly. Since it is
known that the attorney generals let
ter was written at the suggestion of
the president the significance of the
move is at once apparent. 1t means a
general governmental policy to be pur-
sued in all the states that have adopt
ed prohibition.
Beveridge Fighting to Return.
For some time past Senator Bev-
eridge has been absent in Indiana, and
the recent reorganization of the Re
publican state committee in that state
indicates the direction of his activities.
The election of John +. Hays, Bev-
eridge's secretary, to the secretaryship
of the state committee also shows that
the senator will make an active cam
paign for reelection.
Blocking Naval Reforms.
The fight over the navy ring is not |
over. 1t was generally supposed that !
the old regime was ended by Secre- |
tary Meyers comprehensive plan of |
reorganization. The struggle against |
the Meyer reforms has now been car
ried into the house committee on ma
val affairs, a majority of which seems
to be hostile to the reorganization,
even going to the length of requesting
the secretary to withdraw his recon-
mendations. This Mr.. Meyer has re-
fused to do, but with an unfriendly
committee in the house and the pos
sibility of a like hostility on the part
Of Senator Hale and his committee in
the senate the prospect of the reor-
ganization plans would seem to be a
trihe dark.
Lincoln and Davis For Hall of Fame.
Former Delegate Marcus \. Smith
of Arizona. who is a native Ken
tuckian, suggests that the Blue Grass
State should be represented in statuary
hall by Abraham Lincoln and Jeffer-
son Davis. Davis was born in Ken
lucky in 1908 and Lincoln in 1909. I
While leaders on opposite sides, many
points of resemblance in the two men
are pointed out. Both were tall and (
angular and both supremacy great on !
their respective sides. 1t is possible /
that if Kentucky follows the sugges-
ton it will create more of storm
than did the selection of General s
Washington and General Robert e. {
Lee by the state of Virginia Most {
Kentuckians, however, favor Henry {
Clay and John C. Breckenridge.
Death Thinning House Ranks.
Death is making heavy inroads into
the house membership. One of the
greatest shocks came with the tragic
demise of Congressman De Almond Of
Missouri, and this was recently follow. |
ed by the death of Representative Will {
liam c. Lowering of Massac husetts. |
Mr.. Lowering was the oldest member /
of the Massachusetts delegation and !
one of the oldest Of the house. He {
was born in 1885. Since the beginning s
of this congress Mr.. Lowering had been (
classed as an insurgent. D
Is the Country DefenseIess7
For the past two years the general
army staff has been working on a re-
port. and it is now known that this
will be startling IN its assertions that Z
the country is practically in defense
less state and that a thorough reor-
ganization of the military establish I
ment is necessary. While the strength Z
of our coast defenses is admitted. mill 7
tary men have long been Of opinion r
that we have no adequate preparations '
against land attack. This is under {
stood to be one Of the points that the {
report viii emphasize. \
An Attorney For "the Other Side" G
The suggestion Of Chairman Nelson s
Of the Ballinger investigating commit
tee that there ought to be some rep I
resentatives Of 1.-THE other side" and I
the consequent appointment Of John I
]. Vertrees as Secretary Ballinger's
have delayed the hearings for
a few days until Mr. Vertrees famil-
iarizes himself with the case This &
is but one more indication that the /,
case viii be long drawn out and may 4
not reach a report before the summer .
vacation. II. indeed. It does before =
election. /,
Bureaus First Theft. q
The recent theft Of the trihing sum v
Of $40 from the bureau Of printing 0
and engraving calls attention to the ;
remarkable fact that it is the first {
successful attempt to take money from u
the bureau. This is all the more strik- Il