The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-07-28
SHOULD RETURN
YOUNG Law. MAKER
Gardner Tells Why Youthful Members
Of Nations Law Making Body
Should Continue in Office.
MEMBER OF SCRIPTS STAFF
Must Stick to One Subject and Spr-
cialize On It As Tavenner, Cros-
ser and Lewis Have Done.
MEMBER OF SCRIPTS STAFF
BY Robert F. Wilson.

Washington, July 2S.-One of the
leading Washington correspondents,
if not the foremost man of the en-
tire corps, is Gibson Gardner, who
represents the great Scripps news
papers at the national capitol. Wash
ington correspondents fall into two
classes-men, who with no particular
political ideals content themselves
with gathering the routine news and
telling it impersonally, and that
other group of men who, having a
definite political philosophy, inter-
pref the news of Washington accord
ing to their different lights.
Glass No. 2 consists of the men
who have made the Washington cor
respondent the most effective pub
licist in the world. These men in
Huence legislation and the trend of
public affairs They are in the van
guard Of the political uplift. Of the
other class is Gardner. He was
writing progressive news from Wash
ington before the country fairly un-
derstood what the movement meant:
More than any other man he help
ed bring before the people the poll
cies Of Roosevelt, Pinchot and DR..
Wiley. He was the confidant and
adviser of Roosevelt. Taft hated
him above any other Washington
correspondent. President Wilson
values his council.
His group of Scripps newspapers
is probably the most powerful pub
Lefty combination in the United
States. 1t has, militant newspaper
in almost every large city from
Cleveland, Ohio, to- the Pacific Coast.
These newspapers fight for the right,
regardless of what party label it
wears. ~.
1t will therefore be of interest to
readers Of this column to read the
following statementzof GardneE,s@sin
the Scripps newspapers about Con-
gresham 'Tayenner, of Illinois, who
contributes the Washington letters
which usually appear in this space.
'The constituents of Congressman
Clyde II. Tavenner of Illinois ought
to reflect him simply on his record
as a fighter for government manu-
facture of munitions of war. Tav-
enner has performed public service
in showing up the existence of the
War Trust,
eff all the profit is taken out of
war and preparation for war, says
Tavenner, 4 predict that some of the
very millionaire patriots who are now
agitating for an ever and ever in
creased amount of armament in the
certain knowledge they will make
huge profits by supplying the same,
will be the loudest to protest
against the annual expenditure of
100000 for war in time of
peace
"There is in existence today what
may be termed War Trust says
Tavenner. 1T is composed of the
firms in every country that. have a
monopoly of the manufacture of war
supplies. This War Trust is world
wide. In this country it is compos-
ed of the Powder Trust, the Armor
and Ammunition, Rings, and the
Shipbuilding trust. These concerns
have their friends in congress, always
men who are right up next to the top.
The United States Government has
poured some $500, 900 of the tax
payers money into the Golfers of the
American War Trust in the last
twenty years, and the money is being
poured in faster now than ever. A
complete government manufacture
policy will save an average of IS
per cent, or millions of dollars an
nually to the American taxpayers,
and the men who actually do the
work of making the munitions will
receive higher wages and far better
working conditions than if the work
is dons by private concerns"
"Congfessmen- young
Congressme n"-says Gardner, "can
accomplish little unless they stick
to one subject and specialize on it..
David Lewis has done this. he is
known as parcel post Davy.' Bob
Crosser of Ohio has done this; mu-
nicipal ownership of street railways
is years nearer for his work Clyde
Tavenner has done this. All these
men have done worthwhile things.
They should come back to Congress"