Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-09
CONGRESS WILL
Thank Mr.. ROOT
Honor to Be Given Senator for
His Services in tn Atlantic
Fisheries Case.
WOULD NOT ACCEPT ANY PAY
Religious Federal Council Calls on
president Taft - Ship Subsidy
Still Causing Trouble-Hanil-
ton to Have a Monument
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

BY GEORGE CLINTON
Washington.-The intention to
honor Senator Elihu Root of New
York with the thanks of congress"
/ for his services to his country as
counsel in the North Atlantic fisheries
ckse which came before The Hague
tribunal, has attracted a good deal Of
attention because it will be one of
the few cases in which the thanks of
the national law-making body have
| been extended to civilians Army and
navy officers have been the recipients
OF the honor frequently, but civilians
seldom
| Newfoundland, which was a party
| to the fisheries matter, was repre-
| sented before The Hague tribunal
/ and In matters connected with the
presentation of the case by II law
yers, and this fact leads to story
which shows how some people regard
| the legal ability of the junior senator
| from the state of New York, EIihu
| Root.
One of the representatives on be-
| half Of the United States in the fish
| cries matter was asked about the mat
ter of counsel on both sides and he
said this:
We found out that the other side
! had II lawyers. We had only six, so
| we added Elihu Root to balance the
IL men that the other side had en-
ployed."
Refused Any Compensation.
Mr.. Root gave about three months
| time to the case devoting weeks to
the preliminary study of the briefs
prepared by both sides and then 60
ing to The Hague. He did not receive
one cent of pay for his services and.
moreover, he refused to accept his
expenses from the United States gov
eminent. He paid his own transpor-
tation, his own hotel bills, his own
| tips, and he gave his services. With
the other American counsel, Mr.. Root
won his case and as a result he Ia to
Of the U1ited States.
IN this connection it might be said
that the man who gets the thanks of
congress is entitled all the rest of
his life to go upon the floor of either
house, when it. is in session, a priv
llege denied everybody except former
representatives and senators and
those who, as has been said, have re-
ceived the thanks of congress. Mr.
Root, Of course, as one who has
served in the senate, always can go
upon either floor, but when his term
of service expires he will have double
authority for appearance in the work
ing scenes of both houses.
Churchmen Call on President.
Members of the executive depart
ment Of one hundred of the Federal
| Council of the Churches of Christ of
America, under the leadership of
Bishop E. B. Hendrix of Kansas City,
have had conference with President
| Taft at the White House.
Bishop Hendrix told the president
that the executive council represented
more than 100000 ministers and IT,
600, 900 communicates, or nine-tenths
of the Protestants OF the country
The figures which the bishop gave do
not include children, but only per
sons who have joined the church by
confirmation, as is the case in one
or two Of the Protestant churches, or
! through the means which are pre-
scribed by different denominations.
One of the interesting things which
the president was told by the CORE
spending secretary of the federal
council Of the churches, Rev. E. R.
! Sanford, was that there are in the
United States 1873 towns, some of
them of a population of 1000, in
which there is no church
More Ship Subsidy Trouble.
The ship subsidy measure, or as 1t
is known legally to house and senate,
"a bill to improve the ocean mail
service" is still causing trouble.
| There are more minds apparently
among the law makers about this
matter than about any other which
! has engaged the attention of congress
unless it be the Lorimer and the Bal
| lnger-P1nchot cases and the tariff.
Ship subsidy, so to speak, has had
in it all the elements of the earth's
| interior volcanic possibilities, earth
quake suggestions, fire and molten
| lava Growing out Of house discus
| sion of the subject and of hearings
IN committee, there have come charges
of corruption, of trust influence and of
all kinds Of things evil
One member of congress who found
that he had been accused of having
sold himself to a foreign subsidy con-
Germ and of being opposed to interests
/ which were wholly American and
| therefore patriotic, demanded an in
vestigation and got what he asked
Acquittal came, but before the hearing
was over other men were involved in
! charges, including several who had
done nothing but write in the public
press their opinions concerning the
matter in accordance with their con-
victions.
Some members of congress actually
have been afraid of the time when
they miglt &c called upon to vote on
ship subsidy, for they have felt that
! PROPER EDUCATION IS Urged