Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1911-02-08


sion, but the measure as he has rec
commended it does not appeal. appar-
emily to a good many of the labor
leaders, for they have said that it
does not go far enough.
1t is the administration idea that
an injunction should not be granted
without giving the parties against
whom the Injunction is asked a full
chance to be heard, except in cases
where the Judge is convinced that de-
lay may put life or property in jeop'
ardy"
1t is said by the labor representa-
tives that this exception will enable
judges, who may be so "constitu-
tionally inclined" to take it for
granted thai life and property are in
Jeopardy in every injunction case
which is brought before them, and
that the law should be framed so as
to prevent the judge from following
his inclination rather than his sound
judgment
Unions Seek Exemption.
Labor is also DESTROYS that unions
of working men shall be exempt from
the provisions of the Sherman anti
trust law Thus far it is said the
law never has been invoked against
combinations of labor, but the work
ing men seem to fear that 1t may be-
There is also a question of the con-
stitutionality of legislation which
would exempt organizations of labor
from the action of this law. Some of
outright that it would be class legisla-
ton and as such can have no place on
the statute books of a Democracy.
Brigadier General Charles L.
Hodges, United States army, has just
been promoted to the rank of major
general. General Hodges today is
the only major general Of the active
list of the United States army who
saw service in the civil war. When
he goes on the retired list in March,
the names of the civil war veterans
holding rank which entities them to
wear a star will have disappeared
from the active list of the army.
ASK OQSllCS IOT LIG 0dNGHSs
Hundreds of letters are coming
in weekly to members of con-
gress asking them to pass a bill
introduced by Senator Frye of Maine
to provide for the retirement of mem
bers of the life-saving service Of the
features of this matter is that fully as
many letters are coming from the in
land states, where many of the people
never saw a life-saving station, as
from the coastwise regions where the
work of the life savers frequently is
under observation.
The members of the life saving
service of the United States, men who
go out in all kinds of storms to the
aid Of passengers and crews, work
until old age comes on and then they
are obliged to leave the service pen
niless and in some cases dependent
upon others for support. The pay Of
the men is very small and it is said
in congress that the only reason that
the ranks are kept full is that the
danger of the work actually draws
men to engage in it.
There is said to be a certain fasci-
nation in the life of the guardsmen.
The men face danger frequently and
many of them are incapacitated for
further work in life by injuries re-
ceived while doing for others. Such
men get no compensation from the
government and it is only in occasion
al cases that they are made the re-
cipients of hero fund money" pro-
vided by Andrew Carnegie.
Sherman Doesn't Want Reelection.
Vice-President Sherman said a long
while ago that under no circumstances
would he be a candidate again for his
present office Thus it can be taken
for granted that when the Republican
convention meets it must look for q
new presidential candidate. When
Mr.. Sherman goes to his room just off
the main corridor of the senate cham
Der prior to entering on his days du-
ties as presiding officer, he leaves the
door wide open behind him. Anybody
can walk into the room to look at the
pictures on the wall and to exchange
a word of greeting with the second
officer of the government, and, more
over. the visitor can have converse
ton with the vice-president unless
public business is in the way.
Vice-presidents are apt to be ex-
ceedingIy democratic in their manner.
The president is hedged in with GER
tain formalities, and certain feelings
of high respect for the office prevents
the same easy going methods of APP
proach which are used when getting
near any other American citizen.
With vice-presidents it is different
When Mr.. Fairbanks held the Office
he appeared in the outer room of the
White House one early spring morn
ing with light felt hat on his head.
He had put it on because the weather
was getting warm. The newspaper
correspondents who were present
.sioshed" him about his hat and asked
him why he did not buy new one,
saving that the one he had on was
of last years vintage.
Mr.. Fairbanks removed the hat and
answered gravely, but with humor in
his eve. that he was setting the coun-
try an example in economy. This