Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-06-07

are taken. Your system, then, re.
Quires only coupling up to be com
plete
That. in word, is what is being
done on board the North Carolina.
General Brush Retiren.
Today there are on the active list
Of the regular army only three Off
GERS who saw service in the Civ.l war
Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Brush has retired
within a day or two and with his re.
tirement the last general officer OF
the army who saw Civil war duty
passed from the scene of fiele duty
There always has been dispute as
to whether Maj. Gen Frederick Dent
Grant. who died few weeks ago. mad
a right to be considered a veteran OF
the Civil war Grant was under nre
In the sixties. but 1t has been held
that he obtained that distinction only
because OF his somewhat adventurous
boy spirit which led him to wander
away from his fathers headquarters
TO be made the target tor some scat
tering shots OF the enemy The
younger Grant was not sworn into the
service during the civil war
Four lieutenant generals are car
ried on the retired rolls OF the United
states army The ranking officer
whose name appears there is Nelson
A. Miles. One year ago General Miles.
Il years old. was thrown IRON his
horse while riding on the Potomac
driveway. He was badly hurt and tor
time fear was entertained that he
might not recover. but today he is UP
and about, and apparently is tit for
another campaign, II such were neces-
sary, against either the Sioux. the
Nez Perces, the Arapahoes. tho kio-
was, the Pawnees, the Gheyennes.
the Biackfeet or the Apaches. for with
the braves OF every one OF these tribes
the general has measured cunning and
strength
moral" Bills Annoy Them.
Occasionally congress urges that 1t
should be pardoned for not doing
more legislative work because time
is lost by listening to active persons
who are pressing for the passage OF
moral measures" OF course this
plea is more or less pleasantly hu.
morous. but the country probably has
no adequate idea of the immense mum.
Der of moral reforms that congress
is asked to bring about by proper leg.
islation each year.
1t is sad mistake to suppose that
the only Washington lobbyist is the
gentleman who would safeguard the
interests of capital and whose check
book is as conveniently placed as his
handkerchief Organizations closely
allied with the churches have their
lobbyists in the corridors and, while
1t may involve a statement hard to
be believed by some people, it must
be said in truth that as a rule their
lobby is more powerful than the one
which would make for immortality.
There is a certain reform bureau
at work so constantly that its labors
may be said to be continuous, which
at one time had eight bills in con.
gress OF which II was urging the pas
sage, bills, to use the bureaus own
words. which were intended ito make
the laws of Christ to some degree the
laws of this world" This one bureau
at one time had endorsed and com
mended to churches and reform socie-
ties for support legislative measures
to remove the federal shield in inter
state commerce from Original pack
ages" imported into the dry" terri
tory: to prohibit interstate transmits
sion OF race gambling odds and bets:
to prohibit interstate transportation
and description of prize fghts. to pro
hibi Sunday toll and traffic in the
District of Columbia: to prohibit sa.
looms in Hawaii: TO prohibit United
States district attorneys from engag
ing in private practice; to forbid
'iouor IN ships and buildings used by
the United States government. and to
restraiI traffic in opium
Fear Reform Movements.
Now here was a reform bureau thai
had undertaken good deal 1t was
a power and is a power II must be
understood that criticism Of all kinds
has been directed al members OF the
organization from time to time. but
criticism does not seem 10 have af.
fected the spirit or the mental and
bodily activities OF the reformers
Congress is always afraid Of a reform
movement Now this does not mean
that congressman are towards. but
there are some reform movements
which congressman simply do not be.
lieye III and which probably they
think that the masses of the people OF
the country do not believe IN. but
they are a "aid of having their posi-
ton misunderstood
In fact. II has been said Of members
OF congress frequently ttu they
stand for immortality. and this charge
has been made simply because some
members have felt thar tine reforms
which were asked were not 10 be
brought about by laws. bui rather by
the teachings Of church ani scho,,I
and that perhaps really the reforms
were not reforms at all. being merely
attempts on the part of certain PEG
pie to dictate how other peut@ :. should
live and perhaps bring up Their chill.
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