Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-22

was necessary to confirm all explosive inspectors he continued n was told in cold blood by the bureau of mines that they would be appointed by De nOcratic senators or Democratic state chairmen- That doesn't chime in with the views about nOn-partisanship in the war In Pennsylvania the Wilson governmental think that is the proper term-nOt the American government appointed as inspector a Democratic gentleman engaged in selling root beer He admitted that he didn't want it if there was any work about it.
 Tn Arizona. Penrose added. the in- spector was a cigarmaker and in Con necticut a former saloOnkeeper.
 -Can the senator blame me for par tisanship in the war he asked. when I learned of all these inspectors being cheap. small democratic workers, without qualifications I intend later to address the senate on mistakes and inefifciencies in the war. but I cannot this afternoon The subject is too vast
 Charges Inefficiency.
 While millions of dollars was being spent. the secretary of the navy de !. layed for three months important questions about pettifogging economy. That iS one of the causes of unpre- paredness- Why not show it up in de tail with a view of cOrreetion2
 ~Inefficiency in the war department is equally notable I am told that the outbreak of pneumonia is because those in charge will not use ordinary methods of preventing the disease" Senator PenrOse then turned to fhe coal situation. declaring Fuel Admins trstor Garfield a college president who probably never saw coal mine .
 Men wonder to what deplorable depths of inefficiency the government has drOpped-- he said
 Lewis Defends House
 Senator Lewis followed Senator Pen rose. saying nothing could do more to frustrate the work of Colonel House than criticism from the floor of the senate giving the impression that he was a man not entitled to the conf dence Of the country.
 Colonel House is not such a deli cate piece of bric-a-brac.- interrupted Senator PenrOse, that he must be kept under a glass case to avoid criticism
 He added that Colonel House went to Paris without even being under an oath of office
 Senator Lewis resented the Pennsyl- vanis senator's reference to Colonel House as a Texas lobbyist and de manded what proof Senator PenrOse had that would permit him to make such a charge.
 -SThe senator from Illinois takes the matter entirely too seriously. be heve," Senator Penrose replied. -1 touched very lightly on Colonel House in an effcrt to determine his diplo- matic experience I thought perhaps that his experience might have been obtained as a member of the gover- nOr's staff or he might have obtained the experience in the Texas legisla- ture~
 Senator Lewis insisted that Senator PenrOse should either prove his charge that Colonel House was a lobbyist in Texas or withdraw it.
 He owes it to the senate to with draw it. said Senator Lewis. decIar- ing that tlie term lobbyist implies criminality.
 The term is not necessarily one of Opprobrium." Senator PenrOse replied.
 'N0 man in public life said NIT Lewis. could better the meaning of the term lobbyist
 Senator Lewis said Presidents Lin coin and Cleveland both had appointed personal representative on diplomatic missions and that Colonel House was the only man in this country who had a personal acquaintance with those men representing the various allied nations at the conference
 Senator Lewis declared that when the present administration came into power after IS years of republican rule we were in no position to protect our selves against the attack of Mexican peons
 Then followed an argument between