Gilpin observer., 1917-08-09
WASHINGTON NEWS ARE STILL NOkADS
BY Edward Heating

In Lcndon. Paris and Berlin as he
stands at the head of his professioh.
Professionally he Is as we'll known
Is lin Washington. This fact gives
weight to the following
statement which he has just issued:
I'VE intend to make our new mill
tary cantonments as safe as science
can make them. p,
"A million mer-as sound of mind
and body as we can choose out Of
the nations ycuth-will soon be NOV
ing into camps and barracks under
supervision.
I'VE want the soldiers folks at
home to feel that he is going to stay
sound, that he is not gcing to sick
en- in camp VII hput the privilege of
striking blow for his country. This
is not mere sentiment. 1t is good
economies.
"1he rule of our medical forces in
ea;h cartorment will be watch,
waa,h, watch! Just as we are keep
ing liquor and vice as far as possible
away from our new troops, so too.
We must declare no admittance' to
all the germs which Of cid wrought
havoc with the ARMIES"
1t is evident that General Gorgas S
intends to prevent a repition of our
experience in the Spansh-American
war, when for every man killed in
battle we lest ten through death
from disease.
Prohibition Line Advances.
The senate has ratified national
prohibition by three-fourths vote.
The house win follow as socn as 1t
is given an opportunity. The food
ccnsrcl bill, which we have just pass
ed, makes it possible for President
Wilson to give us wartime prchihi-
ticn whenever he sees fit. A large
majority of the members Of both
houses did not want to saddle the
president with this responsibility, but
the wet" senator's threatened to
talk Indefinitely if we attempted to
adopt a clean-cut pnohili,ion provis
len. So a compromise was agreed
to. Demon RUNS execution has been
temporarily postI oned, but his fate
Is sealed.
In closing the debate on national
prohibition, Senator Kenyon made
one of the best ten en-minute speeches
have ever heard. Here are some OF
his epigrams:
IF booze is bad thing fer the
boys in the tremo hes, why is it 6
good thing for those at home?
when they are willing to die fol
US, should we not be willing to &c
dry for them?
win a sober nation net win the
war quicker than a drunken nation?
If more foodstuff goes into beel
than into whiskey. why do we pre-
vent foodstuff going into whiskey ant
permit 1t to go into beer?
''If the beer drinkers are gcing tC
rebel unless they get their beer, will
the temperance people rebel unless
they get temperance? Does the rule
work only one way?
Are we willing to sacrifice every
thing In the country to win the war
except beer?
THE American saloon has no con
science. 1t never did a good act ol
failed to do a bad one.
1T Is a trap for the youth; a des
trcyer fer the old; foul spawning
place for crime; a corrupter Of poll
tics; knows no party; supports those
men for office whcm 1t thinks cal
be easiest influenced; has no respec'
for the law or the courts; debant hes
city countils, juries and everyone 81
can reach.
1T has ruined more lives, widow
ed mere women, OFT haned more chill
dren, destroyed more homes, causet
more tears to flow, broken more
hearts undermined more manhood
and sent more people to an earl,
grave than any other influence II
our land"
Good Luck to Hoover.
Congress passed the food contro
bill practically as the president and
Herbert Hoover wanted It, An en-
tire month was wa asted In the senate
and that delay will seriously inter
fere with Hoover's plans. He had
hoped to begin operations by Jui,
1st. and. as l have stated In these
letters II he had been given his way
he would have secured firm griI
CA the nations food supply before
the spectators could have tied W
any considerable portien of 1t with
contracts.
From the beginning the house has
had faith in Hoover and the senate
has alntagonized him. The house fin