Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-22
INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
MAY YET SUFFER
GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO COMPEL
THE PEOPLE TO MAKE SOME
SACRIFICES.
TO CUT PASSENGER TRAVEL?
Weather Bureaus Warns Against let
ting Foodstuffs Freexe-Poiiticai
Gossips Pick McAdoo as Presidential
Nominee of the Democrats.
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.


BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Westinghouse far in the conduct
| Of the war the government has not
| been obliged to interfere with the rights
| of individuals to any great extent. We
hear of Communicating from time to
| time, and men were taken into the
| army without their consent, but the av-
| erage citizen has gone his way without
| being disturbed in his usual avocatiOns.
We are likely TO see a change if the
war lasts long time. Many individuals
will not make sacrifices voluntarily, but
| only upon demand of the government.
| We are likely to see compulsicn be-
| cause there are so many who will not
make sacrifices nor inconvenience
| themselves to any great extent in or
| der to insure the success of the war.
Attention has recently been called to
| the fact that there was treble the pas
senger railroad travel at the Christ
mas holiday period than ever before,
Notwithstanding the demand for loco
motives and trackage to move coal and
other necessities for the government
and the people. 1t would not be at all
strange if action should be taken to
limit passenger railroad travel to ac-
tual necessity. This would be radical
departure from anything heretofore at
tempted in this country.
Watch the Weather Reports.
The weather bureau has issued a
| warning to people generally to watch
the weather reports and heed cold-wave
signals. Especial attention is called to
the danger of food being destroyed by
| freezing and people are warned to
keep perishable foods protected in the
| days of itense cold weather. These
warnings should be sent to some of the
army quartermasters as it is reported
that large quantities of food at army
camps have been destroyed by freezing.
The officials of the Red Cross are
| particularly gratified with the standing
OF the organization in the country.
| When they set out to raise 100000, 900
they secured the sum in a month. They
set their figures at 100000 new mem
bers by Christmas and exceeded the
number by 100000. One reason why
thIs organization is so successful is
that every person feels that the time
may come when the organization will
extend relief, comfort and cheer to
some one near and dear to him or
her. 1t is the one organization which
reaches everywhere in times of dis
tress and suffering.
A Little Political Gossip.
Even in these days little political
gossip is heard occasionally. One idea
which has lodged in Republican minds
| is that Secretary McAdOo is to be the
candidate of the Democrats to succeed
| President Wilson. Several ambitious
political engineers had laid down
! plan to make McAdoo governor of New
| York as a stepping stone to the White
House. This plan was presented to
| Byron Newton, collector of the port of
New York, and very devoted lieuten-
ant of the secretary. -
do you suppose" he almost roGre,i,
shat man who has the biggest job
of all, who is doing great national
work. is going to give it up to be gov
ernor of any state, even the largest
| and most important state In the
| Union?"
Senator Ellison D. Smith of South
| Carolina will become chairman of the
committee on interstate commerce as
| he is the next ranking member to the
late Senator Newlands. Mr.. Smith is
| one of the few senators who do not fig
ure as lawyers, though legal and Con-
stitutiOnal questions are generally the
! principal points of difference in all
railroad legislation. But there are law
yers enough on the committee and in
| the senate to render Senator Smith all
the assistance he may require.
VIII Congress Hurry7
| Congress is in a position to put on
steam and rush legislation if that
should be the desire of everybody. Both
houses were organized last spring; the
committees were appointed and much
of the legislation proposed received
consideration in committee, although
not brought before the session which
was devoted almost exclusively to war
| business. But will congress put on
steam and hurry? Not unless congress
has greatly changed. Congress has it's
own way of legislating, which is gen
orally speed in the house, where there
are so many members and elaboration
in the senate, where there are so few.
1t is quite well understood that dis
cussion and elaboration have greatly
improved the bills passed. The i'm
prOvement is generally commended,
| but the delay condemned. One great
trouble and cause of delay is not that
which improves bill, but which is
| discussion of eXtraneous matters and
reiteration of arguments over and over
| again.
| There is no team work in senate dis
cussions, and not very much in the
house for that matter. For example.
they do not divide q bill up into rari-
Gus classifcations and subjects and as
sign man to cover each particular
branch. On the contrary, every sena-
tor interested. and many who are not.
will discuss the bill from end to end.
More than that, they will go over the
same ground again and again, especial
| ly if asked questions by senators who
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