Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-03-06

lis newspaper to the condition Of
things. Lawton was an Indiana man.
The correspondent wrote a story to
which response was instant. The state
OF Indiana voted a large sum of money
Tor monument to it's soldier son. 1t
was decided, however, to erect it In
the city of Indianapolis
Congress Acts at Last.
For eleven years attempts have been
made to get congress flttingly to rec
ognize the services of Lawton The
senate has just done its duty in the
matter and in few days the house
Will follow suit. While at present there
is no stone except the little govern
| ment tablet to mark Lawton's grave,
there is portrait in bronze of the
soldier not far distant. 1t appears in
| the panel which has been let into the
stone which marks the resting place
Of Maj. Gen. George Crook, the Indian
| fighter. On this panel there are por-
traits in bronze of the officers who
| were present at the capture of Geroni-
mo, the Apache. Lawton was one of
them
In the spring Of 1885 Lawton, who
was then captain of cavalry, was Sc
lected ito lead picked body Of troops
into Mexico in pursuit of the murder
Gus Geronimo. For three months.
with saltless mule meat and sometimes
| little of that, for rations, he marched
| his command 1896 miles through
parched and barren deserts until the
| Apache and his band were captured"
In the Spanish war Lawton COM
manded the second division Of the
| Fifth army corps before Santiago, and
| he was in the thick of the fighting pre-
ceding the capture Of San Juan Hill.
| 1t Is said that history eventually will
know him as the Hero of Ell Caney."
1t has been definitely decided that
Rear Admiral Charles Edgar Clark,
around the Horn and in the fight of
| Santiago, shall be on the bridge Of his
old ship when 1t leads the procession
of war vessels through the Panama
canal next January. Admiral Clark is
| expected in Washington again to con-
fer finally with the naval authorities
upon matters in preparation for the
great event of the next New Years
day.
May Enlarge Commerce Board.
1t is believed In Washington that
soon congress will largely increase the
| membership of the interstate COM
merce commission and that the duties
of the enlarged body will be so ar
ranged that members will sit stimuli
taneously in different cities of the
country in order that proceedings
may be expedited The commission
is being Overworked. It's members
are at their tasks all day and not In
frequently far into the night.
Senators and representatives seem
ingly are awakening to a sense of the
need of relieving individual members
of the present commission of part
of their duties by increasing the
boards membership and spread ng the
work out territorially.
Recently Senator Luke Lea OF Ten
nessee has been engaged in an at
tempt to secure the appointment OF a
senate committee to act with the com
mission In connection with the in
vestigation of certain matters affect
ing the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road. Senator Brandegee has pro-
nounced Senator Lea's plan an at
tempt to scare" the railroad into sub
mission. This may be true or 1t may
not be true, but the proposal TO give
the commission a lot of senators as
aids in its work is looked on in Wash
ington as one which would handicap
rather than help the commissioners.
1t is said 1t would result In scat
tering of authority, would clog the
records and delay proceedings.
This proposal of Sen0tor Lea is
mentioned here simply as an example
of one OF the many attempts made
from time to time to decentralize, so
to speak, the labors of the board.
Business Men Suffer.
Business men OF different parts OF
| the United States have been put to
inconvenience and to loss because of
| the slowness with which decisions in
| cases important to them are given by
| the commission. When body OF men
| is engaged in works OF such magni-
| tude as trying to determine whether
| freight rates shall be increased and
| trying to determine the physical valu-
| alton Of the railroads OF the country,
| It Is little to be wondered perhaps
that it must of necessity delay rem
| dering rulings in matters admittedly
minor to those mentioned. but never
| theless OF high Importance to the busi-
ness men directly interested.
1t is known definitely that members
| OF the interstate commerce commits
| sion work late into the night; that
| their secretaries and some members
| of the office force break union rules"
| in an over-working attempt to keep
| pace with the mass of business which
| has come before the commission for
/ consideration Instead Of decreasing
the work is increasing all the time.
Its rapid development has attracted
attention in congress. and from the
very nature of things it must be that
/ soon some legislation for the relief