The Carlisle independent., 1918-04-25

Washington that more real American ism would be developed among all the people and that the Hun helpers" would be only that small contingent of rabid Germans who prefer to have the foot of the kaiser on their necks rath- CT than to enjoy the glorious freedom of the United States.
 It Is not believed that anything will come of the talk to conscript labor for the farm or the factories in this coun- try. It is almost certain that the ad- ministration would not take the fni- tiative in this matter and 1t Is not at all likely that congress would pass a law to make men work whether they wanted to or not In this, as we'll as in other countries, we will pass laws to conscript men. to fight; to put them In uniforms, to drill and to work at anything they are told; to subject them to long imprisonment or death If they fail or lag in their duties. But It Is not likely that congress will ever attempt to force men to labor In the factories and on the farms. even with the good wages that are now being paid for such services. One reason for this belief Is the fact that every suggestion for compulsory arbitration is met with such strong opposition that no compulsory arbitration law has ever seen the light of day in con gross.
 Perhaps there has always been poll tics mixed up in this matter: in fact political influence has been stronger in all labor legislation than anything else. And 1t Is not at all likely that congress. with a congressional cleo tioE in the immediate offing, will at of labor, no matter what may be the necessities of the United States.
 A few years ago the house of repre- sentatives abandoned it's ancient prac- tice of drawing for seats at the begin ming of each session. Under the pres ent rule member Is not assigned to any particular seat but a number of them seem to have favorite localities. Congressman Gillett and Kitchin. min- ority and majority leaders, respective ly, have their headquarters at mahoe any tables surrounded by their lieu tenants and adherents, Kitchin on the Democratic side and Gillett in the Re- publican section. On the left-hand or Republican side, Miss Rankin always sits about six rows back and two or three seats in from the center aisle. Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin fa- vors an aisle seat one or two rows ahead of Miss Rankin, and Uncle Joe Cannon will usually be found in a sim liar seat several rows in front of Cooper Congressman Stafford of Wis consin likes to sit at a table near that of the minority leader. Schall of Min- nesota, blind member. seems to he most satisfied with the first seat on the center aisle In the first row. Di- rectly across the aisle from Schall. In the Democratic phalanx. sits General Sherwood of Ohio while the first seat, second row, next aisle, Is the invaria- ble choice of Ben Johnson of Ken lucky.
 Another record has been smashed. The forty-f1rst year of Uncle Joe Can non's service as congressman ex- pired on March 4, 1918 without his ever having in all that time indulged in the popular congressional indoor sport of 'correcting the Record" which means that the member has been misquoted or has said something that does not look we'll in print. It is likely that the Danville sage had long considered himself immune But one day within month after this forty first anniversary saw Uncle Joe rising to point out an awkward typographi- cal error in the Record which made it appear that some other congressman's speech had been delivered by the Illi- nOfs veteran However VJncle Joe