Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-05-30

land the sounding tubes"-the YER
teal pipes which drop straight from
the deck into the hold, and through
which soundiazs Of the hilge water
are taken Your system. then. re-
quires only coupling up to be com
plete.
That, In q word, Is what Is being
done on board the North Carolina
General Brush Retired.
Today there are on the active list
Of the regular army only three ON
GERS who saw service in the Civil 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 sceAe of field duty.
There always has been a dispute as
to whether Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent
Grant, who died a few weeks ago. had
a right to be considered a veteran OF
the Civil war. Grant was under fire
in the sixties, but 1t has been held
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
rted 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,
II years old, was thrown from his
horse while riding IN the Potomac
driveway. He was badly hurt and for
a time fear vas entertained that ne
might not recover, but today he is up
n about, and apparently is fit for
another campaign. II such were neces-
sary, against either the Sioux, the
Nee Perces, the Arapahoes, the Kio-
was, the Pawnees. the Cheyennes.
the Blackfeet 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 It
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 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.
1t Is a 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
it may involve a statement hard to
be believed by some people, 1t must
be said In truth that as a rule their
lobby Is more powerful than the n
which would make for immortality.
There Is a certain reform bureau
1I WOAh 81 NOll5tdALAy IudL tIb ldDUIS
may be said to be continuous, which
at one time had eight bills In con-
gress of which 1t 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 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 a reform bureau that
had undertaken a good deal. 1t was
a power and is a 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 a 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 o believe in. but
they are afraid of having their posi-
tion 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 school
and that perhaps really the reforms
were not reforms at all. being merely
attempts on the part Of certain peo.
pie to dictate how other people should
live and perhaps bring up their chill
dren.
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