The Nevada County picayune., 1918-01-31

l learn how to handle bills when you have the full responsibility"
 That's the way l secured a lot of competent Chairmen of committees when we took control of the house." says the speaker.
 Tn taking on an army of new em- ployees and in the establishment of hundreds of branch bureaus, scatter Ing thousands of clerks all over the city of Washington, much energy in war work has been wasted. And what Is to be deplored, there is not going to be much improvement. It Is almost impossible to take up the slack" in such a large organization as the gov i ernment. There are hundreds of em- ployees that scarcely know what to do and the chiefs are somewhat In the dark Hs to what instructions to give. There has been q suggestion that many clerks in the regular service might be employed as chiefs and in- structOrs. just as army officers of the regular service have become the nu- cleus of the greater organization which Is being prepared for France.
 Arizona Fighters.
 It Is the boast of Senator Mark l Smith that his state has more fighting spirit and fighting strength than any other in the Union In proportion to it's l population. Everybody out our way wants to fight the kaiser" said Sena- tor Smith Those who can't fight want to pay, and we are subscribing our limit tO the government loans."
 As part of the food conservation of the country 1t Is expected that the migratory bird law pending In the house, which passed the senate in the special session, will be put through. 1 There Is great deal of opposition to my measure extending federal control over game birds passing through the various states and constitutional ques- tions have been raised against It, but when 1t comes forward as q food prop osition it Is sure to have strong sup port Constantly rising prices of food have made q deep impression on mem- bers of congress- This Is one of the things that may enter into the coming congressional campaign
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 It can be fairly assumed that congress represents the people, not only as to what they want In the way of legislation, but in senti- ment That being the case there can he no doubt that the people are stand ing behind President Wilson and his war policies. It k seldom that any
 
 tuated by applause to such an extent as was that of the president when he defined the attitude of the United States in regard to the world war. Nearly everyone of the II concrete propositions he laid down was ap- plaudcd by senators and representa- lives and almost without regard to party lines.
 It may be taken for granted that had the president been addressing an audience of Americans anywhere in the country his utteranees would have received like approval.
 On February % the farewell ad- dress of George Washington will be read in both houses of congress- Those who care to take note will observe that there is long leap from Washington's beware of entangling foreign alli- ances," to Wilson's definite decrees settling old world questions and almost defining old world boundaries. The day that President Wilson delivered hlS address a remark was made to the effect that we were a long way from the Washington idea and the reply was that when we entered the Spanish war, took over the Philippines Hawaii and Porto Rico, and began construc- ton of the Panama canal. we left all isolation behind and became one of the world powers
 Has Reduced Interest Rates.
 During the discussion of the bill 10 aid the farm loan board by advancing $1OoooO,oo0 from the treasury. there was considerable criticism of the work done thus far, but for the most part there was very substantial support for the board and the entire system. Con gressman LongWorth of Ohio remarked lhat from what he heard the system had been of no practical benefit to the ! ItIlutIS.
 Tt has been of material benefit. de- elarea Congressman Glass, chairman of the committee on banking and eur reucy, and k becoming more and more of a benefit every day althoush in It's initial stages. Ii has reduced the interest rntrs from one end of the country to the other
 It no longer k considered necessary to speak about the presidents control of congress, for that has been too well established 10 need comment, but there are men who object seriously to hay ing the different executive departments aud bureaus assume dietatorial powers. This idea was voiced by Senator King of Utah in recent speech. Although Democrat and of the same political faith as the men he critictSeS he did