The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-08
By W. v. BYARS.

sihSe 'ne aoollLlOn OF slavery Is on.
The railroads will not. have their
own way in either Senate or House,
but in both there may be . change In
existing party alignment before the
light Is over.
The railroads will be satisfied with
sufficient compensation" under the
British system, modified to suit. This
Is part Of their patriotic ultimatum,
as delivered yesterday. They are
going TO night for. peace and harmony,
arranged and fixed on their own
definition Of what is sufficient" II
1t Is not sufficient, they expect to
90 on suffering and finally to be
compensated for the grand total. !:
BY vote of IS to 81, the Senate
yesterday passed the bill to DISPOSE
OF, by sale or lease, to private owners.
about all that are left of public coal,
oil, gas, and other nou-metallie min
eral lands. Senator. Borah defined
the resulting situation as monopoly.
logical and inevitable, in spite Of ali
safeguards, such as limiting the
number Of acres in a. single lease
or sale. The Reed committee has
brought out the fact that great
trusts" reorganiZed without trouble
by substituting inrerlockinE stock
holdings for interlocking directcrates
and holding companies. Under this
system, the attempt TO limit owner
ship in single holdings as against
the Standard OIL Company is absurd.
The bill as passed may yet be
beaten. In its present shape, It is
a bill for giving away nearly all that
the public has left Of the vast min
eral wealth OF the country. "A pub
lie ownership now exists,Tit abol- /
IsheS It
The President has iiftstvened in
the water power situation. ON his
initiative q committee 81 6ftSen will
be organized in the House. Aye from
the Committee on. Interstate Com |
nerce, five from the Eommittee on |
Agriculture, and five from the Com
mittee on Public Lands. With the |
Shields bill pending, this is under
stood TO mean starting over and |
starting right" There may. be a |
grand rally against robbing the pub
lie Of the billions involved in these
two conservation measures" for oil, |
gas, coal, and water power, |
Before the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs, Winthrop L. Mar
Yin, Of Boston, was examined on the
responsibility Of volunteer experts
or putting 35 per cent Of shoddy
INTO army uniforms and so per cent
INTO overcoats. As a volunteer ex-
Vert, he considered It a measure of
conservation"
Senator Sherman yesterday filed
or record and publication a com
'lete report Of the: East st, Louis
Massacre and the proceedings of
illinois against the criminals. u was
made by Edward j. Brandage, attor-
icy general Of Illinois. II records
hat in addition 10 the thirty-fve
'odies of unidentified. negroes re-
'orted through the coroner's inves-
igation, negroes were burned in
heir houses after being driven back
nv ehohh. INC uuiuDcT OIL houses
bus burned is stated at "over $780,
20 one will know how many men,
Tomen, and children were buried in
hose ESQ houses, The record is of
Incredible but actual atrocity. show
ng the meaning OF what Herbert
pencer called the "recrudescence OF
wherever it develops. Z
After listening TO NJ Medill Nc
on the war in Europe, the
louise was dispersed yesterday BY
nsistence on the point OF no
uorum." Except In listening to Mr.. I
fcCormick. 1t did nothing worth
Thile.
WON'T MISS ALLEN MUCH.
The Boston Braves are not likely
D miss Frank Allen much In 1915.
lien has announced his retirement.
asst season he appeared I'm twenty
inc games, pitched two complete:
ontests, and 10 credited with hut