Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-05-15
HITCHCOCK NOW IN
IMPORTANT PLACE
NEBRASkAN THE CHAIRMAN OF
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON
FOREIGN RELATIONS.
CRITIC OF WAR DEPARTMENT
He is Not Always in Harmony With
the Administrations kitchin
Has Become an Expert in Govern
ment Affairs.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
WaShlngton.-In time of war the
Craftsmanship of the senate committee
ON foreign relations is a most impor-
| tant legislative position, and when the
mead of this great committee is work
| Ing in close harmony with the admins
| tradon 1t becomes the second place of
| responsibility in the nation. Up to
the time that President Wilson had de-
clded that the United States must en-
ter the war the late Senator Stone,
| chairman Of the committee on foreign
relations, was in close harmony with
the president, and as a consequence,
a power at the capitol. 1t was Sena-
tor Stone who took the prominent
| part In flashing with a scorpion tongue
the seven Democratic senators who
defeated the first shipping bill at the
close of the Sixty-third congress. SEN
ator Stone continued his position of
power for nearly two years, when he
became recalcitrant.
The new chairman of the commit
tee on foreign relations, Gilbert NJ.
Hitchcock of Nebraska, was one of the
men who helped defeat the shipping
bill and who were so severely arraign-
ed by senator Stone three years ago.
| Hitchcock also made himself some
what obnoxious to what may be called
the war party by offering and support
ing measures designed to prevent the
shipment Of war materials to the bel
| ligerents before the United States en-
tered the war. Senator Hitchcock was
| a supporter of the war resolution,
however, and had charge of it while
it was being considered in the senate.
| Since that time he has again come I'M
| der the displeasure of the administra-
| ton because of his energetic support
of Senator Chamberlain, and as mem
Der of the military committee by join
ing in severe criticisms of the war de-
partment.
Senator Hitchcock is the first news
paper owner to become chairman OF
very important committee in the SEN
ate.
young woman who has spent most
Of her life at Postdam, where the kais-
| er's favorite palace is located, was In
Washington while the German drive
on the west front was at its crest.
She CHANGED to see newspaper re-
port saying that the total casualties
on both sides would probably amount
to 100000.
"Oh!" she said, venomously. ooh !!
rat kaiserl l always say to my hus-
ban, why do zey not kill Eat kaiser,
irstY"
There are a whole lot of people who
think that the rather primitive sug-
gestion put into words by this lady is
most worthy. Probably 100 per cent
Of our student airmen have picked out
the exact spot on Wilhelm's helmet,
where few pounds Of dynamite would
do the most good. But it Is q sure
thing that "the beast Of Berlin" what
ever chances he may take with other
/ peoples lives, takes none with his own,
and the chances are 100 to 1 that he
will come out Of the war hale and
hearty.
Claude Kitchin, the leader of the
house, has become an expert about
| government affairs. When he became
| chairman of the ways and means COM
mittee, as he would probably acknowl-
edge himself, he was not equipped in
the way of knowledge for the
! big task which then confronted
| him. But he has learned a lot
! and keeps on studying. He not
| only delves into the legislation and re-
ports that come to him in his capacity
| as chairman Of a great committee, but
he digs deep into the bureaus Of the
| treasury where there are vast stores
of facts and figures about finance and
the production of revenue. Kitchin
can now handle a very intricate bill
and answer all the questions that are
fired at him from various parts of the
house.
A great teany congressman have
sons or near relatives in one or other
/ of the fighting services. One of these
IS Congressman Tillman of Arkansas,
whose boy is an airplane observer.
Landing after fight with a French
pilot not long ago, the plane hit the
| ground at too great an angle and was
| wrecked, but the pilot and young Till
man escaped with a severe shaking
/ up. In letter to his father he COM
| ments ON the recklessness of Ameri-
/ can airmen as compared with the
Frenchmen. The Americans, being
| new to the game, and desiring to
bring in Boche scalps wholesale, take
| all sorts Of chances and meet with
| many accidents.
One weapon against Germany
/ which all of the allied powers
/ have hesitated about using is the
| threat of trade boycott when peace is
| finally declared. Naturally 1t will be
very hard for Germany, after all the
| atrocities that have been committed
| since she entered the war, to establish