Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-05-28

TO whether MAJ. Gen. frederick Oeht
Grant, who died a few weeks ago, had
a right to be considered veteran OF
the Civil war. Grant was under ire
In the sixties, but it mas 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 for 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 age General Miles.
IL years old, was thrown from his
horse while riding on the Potomac
driveway He was badly hurt and for
time fear was entertained that he
might not recover, but today he is up
and about, and apparently Is fit for
another campaign, if such We're neces-
sary, against either the Sioux. the
Nez Perces. the Arapahoes. the Kio-
was, the Pawnees, the Cheyennes,
the Blackieet or the Apaches, for with
the braves of every one of these tribes
the general has measured cunning and
strength
Chaffee's Bravery at Santiago.
Adna r. Cnaffee is a lieutenant
general on the retired list, ranking be-
tween Generals 8. b. NJ Young and
John c.. Bates. His civilian garb can
not hide the soldier figure, and IL the
evidence of form were not there, Chat
fees face would show that most of
his life had been spent In the open,
and moreover in position of COM
mand.
When he was colonel Chaffee was
in command at one part of the field in
front of Santiago where the bullets
were flying thick enough to make the
situation uncomfortable. Captain Lee,
a British army officer who had been
sent to Cuba to watch the operations
, of the war. and who of course was
! noncombatant, wrote a story about
the fight in which he said that moth
ing was more magnificent than the
courage of Col. A. r. Chaffee on that
| occasion. Everybody under orders ex-
cept Chaffee took such cover as could
be obtained The colonel turned TO
Captain Lee, who seemed reluctant to
consider that seeking cover was the
proper thing, and said: You had
better get something in front of you.
There is no use being killed at this
stage of the game" Lee took to cover,
but in telling the story he added;
Il noticed that Chaffee refused to fol-
| low his own advice"
"MoraI" Bills Annoy Them.
Occasionally congress urges that it
must must be excused 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 hui
morous, but the country probably has
no adequate idea of the immense num-
| Der of moral reforms that congress
is asked to bring about by proper leg
| islation each year
/
! 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
| it may involve a statement hard 10
be believed by some people. it must
be said in truth that as 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 it 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 land 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 fights; to pro-
hibit 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
! liquor in ships and buildings used by
the United States government, and to
restrain traffic in opium.
Fear Reform Movements.
Now here was q reform bureau that
had undertaken good deal. 1t was
power and is power. 1t must be
understood that criticism of all kinds
! has been directed at members of the
! organization from time to time but
criticism does not seem to have af-
! fected the spirit or the mental and
| bodily activities of the reformers.
Congress is always afraid of reform
movement. Now this does not mean
that congressman are towards, but
there are some reform movements
which congressman simply do not be-
lieve in and which probably they
| think that the masses of the people of
| the country do not believe in, but
| they are afraid of having their posi-
/ ton misunderstood
In fact, it has been said of members
of congress frequently that they
stand for immortality, and this charge
has been made simply because some
members have felt that the reforms
which were asked were not to be
brought about by laws. but rather by
the teachings of church and schoc'
and that perhaps really the reforms
were not reforms at all, being merely
attempts on the Fart of certain peo-