The Dermott news., 1918-10-10
PEOPLE OF THE COUNTRY HAVE NO SPECIAL CONCERN IN
 POLITICS THIS FALL.
DIFFERENT IN THE CAPITAL
Control of House and Senate the Prize Congressman Decker's Patriotic Outburst Sllences the Partisan Speakers in the House.
By ARTHUR w. DUNN.

politics which refuses to be adjourned In Washington will interest people in other parts of the country before the campaign closes but up to the present time the people seem to take little tn- tereSt iu the coming elections This Is shown generally h the primaries. where such d small proportion of the people go to the poiis when the seiee- don of pnrty candidates Is made A trip In any direction shows the apathy of the people as to politics. They dis cuSs the war. the louns. the revenue bills. and other vital matters of press iug interest. but scarcely Il man ever discusses the political situation or seems to care which party will control the next house of representatives
 Here In Washington the political situation E of real interest Nearly every muu lu the house k candidate for reelection. More than onethird of the senators are personally interested In the election of themselves. Then there k the question of the political control of the two branches ot con gress. Naturally tie Democrats want 10 refanln in contr- They Ike .he power and patronage aud prestige which so with the majority The Re pChlleans are seeking just as earnestly Q secure these advantages. Then there l. the feeling Chat the mid term congressional election Is sUra jndica- ton of the pulse of lIe people and in- disates the election af Il president For 3e years ,hc success of party atthe md ,Frm congressional election has teea followed hy ti2e electtnn If that partys E r-es.deutta! candidate two years t4t'a Wlth sa much at po- Hetal lat'rr at St.gae Y k uut sur- a9.s.5 ;hUt men Sa 1.fally interested refEzz ta !jaurn politics at tAis time.
 Hhea thr eagle has to soar. tlen k young Congressman Decker af N s>ou- r aa thr job. Hherr had been Il vhiFf af p.'tral speeches. Democrats and Republicans had sad things about each arter I'm ereator issue of win niag fat war seemed ta have beeu for eH#tra Lender kitehu looked about h.@ ar3 h~ tHcc frightened T yield tea H#aeeS t7 the gentleman from AF~v HH. Nr peeher. he sud And then Decker aave the~e fellows what .ar. Ue todd them in few we'll chosen words to stu their political 6.chegIa1. and then Ge opened the fee3sateS aud eratery was on tap. I1ere were rcfereuces to Way Down south in pJNte,' Yankee Doodle. ' My Country. 'Tis of Thee StonevaA Jackson and Robert E Lee. Pap" Thomas and Ulysses S. Grant. Chleka- naaea, Spott>YlAaula and Gold liar acr. and then something about the North aud the south the EaSt and the West and the grandson, of those who wore thc h'u. and the gray now in aha1i on their way to Berlin After that those political orators fell rather ssGemed ot themselves.
 Congressman Hamilton If Michigan made Il speech In Inc house which miEAt he trrmrd Il History of the Hun la Paragraphs bat which he calls "The Housc cf Hahea7o'cru llamtl. :aa always publishes Ills speeches in paragraphs. two, tbscc. or not more thaa h.lfluzcn itees cach, making them very attractive and yely read alla ps.t th.s speech is particularly attractive and interesting because il gives she history of the Hun leader srcctactly and with an accuracy vh!el shows that Hamilton eave the iaatter carrfui study and research IL = not Il very proud pedigree which is G.s1alec If the present Hun leader
 I. mav be asked why there is so much taSGte upon measures which finally p.ss with practical unaulmlty PaSSthtt |. k because men in con- gress Ike to talk, but it Is also true tho; wr@N ..su in both senate and house oppose cr .tif features of bill but are wiHiag to support it even If they canpo: auend 1T. Such Is the met regnplMI revenue ard appropria- tion bills auG notably the recent draft att which was fought on many points 5u; pessec With only .wo opposing votes The new revenue bill Is far from satisfactory; il was vigorously assa.,-d Ss to some features hy both Democrats md Republicans, but us q ~hole 1: Syss supported by everybody.
 All ae-c ,vnr measures must he sup ported .o man of either party can remain In put.c life and oppose meas nres which the administration thinks necessary e carry on ;he wnr. There are cr1t!cIsma nf course. and no doubt there arc some very bud feutures in- corporated in various bills but as war measures ;hes go through with the feeling that errors and mistakes can be corrected after the war.
 There wns real Western discus sion In the senate short time ago. A bil, materially changing the mining lawx pas passed and lt naturally brourh. Western men Into the debate. Our mineral states could be traced by