Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-03-29

The situation is a most curious one:
the house being Democratic by large
majority can put through such tarin
legislation as it desires, and put u
/ through quickly, but over in the SEN
ate there are two parties and two
factions in each. The Progressive Re
publicans in the senate want down
ward revision. but they do not want
such dcrTnward revision as the Demo
Gratis of the house have proposed, for
the Progressives think that It is too
extreme. The regular Republicans In
the senate are willing to cut the
schedules little. but not as much as
their Progressive brethren would like
them TO be cut, nor anything like as
much as the Democratic majority OF
the house would like to have them
cut
II the Progressive Republicans OF
the senate and the Democrats of the
same body get together and put
through compromise tariff bill and
get the house to sanction it, it will go
to the president. Then II Mr.. Taft
shall veto the bill as some people
seem to think he will because it was
not based on the tariff boards report.
the Democrats of the house may stop
further attempts at tariff legislation
and will be content to go before the
country saying What's the use?" In
this case adjournment will come early.
If. on the other hand. the senate
| shall debate some tariff bill for six
weeks or two months, as ii often has
done before reaching any conclusion
in the matter. and then should pass
a bill for which they could get the
sanction of the house, and the presi-
| dent should make up his mind to sign
it, the Democratic house majority will
continue its tariff legislation endeavor
and the session may last through the
hot season until the leaves begin to
turn in the fall. There are a few in
stances on record in which congress,
in a presidential year, sat through the
time of the national conventions and
well on toward the election.
May Reorganlze Army.
1t is possible that as a result of the
lesson taught by the last massing OF
troops in Texas on account of the
Mexican troubles that congress may
sanction a reorganization bill for the
army. The general staff has prepared
complete plans for reorganization ac.
cording to tactical units" When the
troops were sent into Texas last
/ spring the forces were gathered from
different sections of the country. The
army officers will ask congress soon
to divide the army into divisions. not
geographical divisions as at present.
but to have divisions of troops with
major general in command stationed
as units in certain defined geograph-
zeal locations. Then if it is necessary
to send a division anywhere it can be
taken from the point nearest at hand
to the destination and it can move
with all the necessary branches of the
service which go to make up the d.
vision It is urged that this will save
money and time and greatly will in
crease efficiency. 1t means virtually a
complete reorganization Of the pres
ent army system
Miss Helen Taft, daughter of the
! president, has become greatly inter-
ested in sociology. She is about to
begin teaching a course of first aid"
work TO a division of the organization
known as the Campfire Girls of Amer
lea. Miss Taft is interested In ma.
| ture and it is expected that one Of the
bents of her endeavor will be to in
terest girls in the outdoor life.
Indian War Vets ignored.
letter to a Washington man
written by James p Lockwood OF
| Chicago commander of the Philip
! FL. Sheridan garrison of the Reg
ular Army and Navy Union, sug-
gests that the regular army survivors
of the Indian wars from 1865 to 1898
are deserving of better treatment than
congress seems disposed to give them
Early in the seventies James p
Lockwood joined the Seventh cavalry
and he fought with Clusters command
until the Sioux annihilated the gener-
al and the members of his squadron
in June, 1876 Lockwood was non
commissioned officer in Reno's squad
ron of the Seventh on the day of the
Custer fight, a command which was
| engaged In fight of its own at the
time that Custer held off the swarm
ing Sioux. 1t was Lockwood, who,
with a trooper companion. carried
Lieutenant Benjamin Hodgson from
the place where he fell mortally
wounded to place back of the troops.
thus saving him from falling into the
hands of the Indians
In his letter the former trooper
says that when a young soldier enter
ed Columbus Barracks. O., early In the
seventies as a recruit he saw written
over the entrance. presumably by
some grimly humorous veteran. the
hopeless words which the poet put
over the gateway of hell. Lockwood
writes feelingly. He says: Our con-
gress at Washington should not for
get this element of our veteran sol