Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-05-22

l,,a,.. SAO MenD0rS OF the
.uuiclary committee were made the
"a sees and they resented what thew
Said was the throwing on their sbo,,i.
uers Dy the other representatives of tho
Dis1ne Tor inaction. The committoo
resolved to let the house fight +bo
matter out for itself, and it has "a
poi 'eo both amendments, although No
recommendation was made for nos.
sage or for non-passage Of the two
proposals. W.
mere Is some humor in the situa-
..on IN which the house finds itself
eooay. There are plenty of members
u congress who think that prohibition
lnay De a good thing and vet who
rear that If they vote for the amend
inent all the forces of the houor in
terests in the United States VIII he
USED TO compass their defeat. On the
otner nand they are afraid that if they
vote against the amendment all the
FORCES OF prohibition and of the tenn
perance cause generally win be used
against them at the polls.
On the proposed suffrage amend
ment 70 the constitution the position
u the representatives is much like
tnat In which they find themselves
on the question of prohibition. Wom-
en- vote in good many states al
ready, and woman has a tremendous
lnnuence in whatever state she lives
Representatives do not like the idea
OF having the suffrage influence
against them and they do not like the
Idea of having the anti-suffrage in
nuence against them They are in a
peculiar position and it seems to
some observers in Washington that
they will do what all representatives
ought to do, vote as they believe and
let the consequences be what they
may"
Recognition for Canal Work.
Congress apparently is prepared
finally to take action on a bill which
makes provision for the recognition
of the services of the officers of the
army and navy who held membership
on the Isthmian canal commission and
to whose hard and devoted service
the completion of the waterway is due
The proposed legislation will give
the thanks of congress to the army
and navy officers concerned and will
give authority for their promotion. If
the bill becomes a law George W.
Goethals, chief engineer of the canal
project, will be made major general
of the line, and Brig. Gen. William G.
Gorgas, sanitary expert of the zone,
will be made a major general in the
liam L. Sibert, the builder of the Ga
tun dam, locks and spillway and the
creator Of the Gatun lake, and Lieut.
Col. H. F.. Hodges, the designer of the
operating machinery Of the canal, will
be made brigadier generals in the en-
gineer corps. Commander H. H. ROus-
seau, the civil engineer of the navy
who did constructive work on the sea
approaches to the canal, will be ap-
pointed to the grade of rear admiral
"of the lower nine in that corps"
Thanks Of Congress to All.
What doubtless will be more CRATE
full to all these officers than promotion
is the provision in the bill which gives
to all of them the thanks Of congress
for their distinguished service in con-
structing the Panama canal"
Care was taken in framing the bill
to avoid interfering with the promo
ton Of officers of the army and navy,
either senior or junior in grade to the
men whom it is proposed to advance.
The bill provides for the promotion
of Colonel Goethals and Brigadier Gen
eral Gorgas to the rank of major gen.
erals, the one of the line and the other
in the medical department, but IN or
der to accomplish this without inter-
fering with the promotion OF other
men the existing number of major gen.
erals of the line and the number In
the medical department are increased
by one each Thus it will be seen
readily that this not only will not In
terfere with the promotions OF men OF
Junior grade, but actually will advance
the Junior officers Of the engineer
CORDS one Craze, USCduS0 VI IhO va
cancy caused by the promotion OF
Colonel Goethals. who is now an en-
gineer officer.
In order that the promotion OF
Colonies Sibert and Hodges shall not
interfere with the regular promotions
Of Junior officers in the corps OF engi-
neers. two additional brigadier gen.
eralships are provided in the corps
Of engineers. The promotion OF Sibert
and Hodges to these ranks will pro.
mote every officer junior to them In,
the engineer corps. one file.
Extra Grade Is Temporary.
William C. Gorgas. now the sur
geon general of the army with the
rank of brigadier general, has only
little more than four years to serve.
when he retires or leaves the service
from whatever cause the extra grade
which it is proposed to provide for
him "shall cease and determine. A
similar provision is made to TT the