The Pulaskian., 1919-02-21
han WAY PROBLEM
IS VERY SERIOUS
.cpEss NOT YET IMPRESSED
W. ,.,,ru IT'S GRAVITY, DESPITE
WORK OF COMMITTEES.
|sFNATOR CUMMlNS' WARNING
,..,,ories of Che Clark DAILY Contest
aevived by the Newberry-Ford Case
senator Wadsworth Says Hun
,ebo,ys No Repentance.
Ru ARTHUR w. DUNN.

washington two commit
NOS are working very hard, or at
ioost have been giving considerable
9 tlme TO hearing men talk, congress is
MT impressed with the gravity Of the
railroad situation. President Wilson's
s message ut the beginning of the pres
ant session, while devoted almost ex-
clusiyely to the peace conference and
the results of the war, deviated to the
extent of giving little attention TO
8 the railroad situation and warning
congress that some action was neces-
sary. Subsequently General Director
8 NeAdoo intimated that the railroads
q were going to be turned back to their
owners Immediately If congress did
not provide for government control for
4 period of five years instead Of 81
months after peace was proclaimed.
MeAdoo said it was not worth while
to try to work out the railroad prob
8 lem in the time limit set by legislation.
s. Senator Cummins of Iowa in q rath-
s err remarkable speech in the senate,
& although it did not seem to attract much
attention. could scarcely find adjec-
8 lives of sufficient force to express his
s idea of the calamity which would fol-
low turning back the railroads TO
8 their owners without some kind of
legislation to meet conditions which
have arisen since the railroads were
taken over by the government.
And so we see that among the prob
lens which the war has left us the
railroad question is looming larger
than many others. This country had
serious problems after the Civil war.
Even after the little Spanish war the
statesmen Of that time were greatly
worried over Cuba and the Philippines.
How small they now seem compared
TO those which have been saddled upon
the United States by its participation
in the great European conflict
The Newberry- Ford contest for
seat in the United States senate is
the first of a similar character that
has happened in many q day. The
contest revolyes around the expendi-
ture of money by both candidates. In
fact, if there had not been large ey-
penditures of money there would have
been no contest. The last time the
senate had a money contest on its
hands was when William A. Clark
sought seat after a doubtful cleo
ton by the legislature of Montana.
At that time it was known as the
Clark-Daly contest. DAILY spent as
much money to keep Clark out of the
senate as Clark spent to get in. al
though DAILY did not seek the place.
Persons who have forgotten the
Cark-Daly contest are heard to re-
mark that direct primaries and the
election of senators by direct vote of
The people are largely responsible for
The vast expenditures of money in
elections these days, adding that it
Is getting so that only rich men can
run for the senate in states where
there are hard fights. While it is no
doubt true that more money is needed
TO conduct campaigns under primaries
and direct elections, yet it is a fact,
Il one hanks back to other days, that
money was spent in large quantities at
state legislatures to elect senator's !;
not always, but sometimes.
The Hun remains unchanged. Sem
ater Nadsworth Of New York, who
spent some time in the war zones, told
the senate that as result of the
war THE Germans exhibit no sign of
sorrow or remorse or humiliation !;
'hey stiIl continue to see the whole
matter from the most materialistic
viewpoint. If they had the opportu-
nifty they would again conduct them
selves just as they did from 1914 to
The end of the war"
Both the war and navy departments
are experiencing real difficulty In
rehabilitation. twas hard enough to
organize an army and increase the
navy, but rehabilitation presents many
questions that are equally difficult
VI solution. So far as the army
is concerned, the greatest diff
cuity is in getting men out of the
service who really want to get out and
ought to get out, and keeping men who
MOULD be better off if they remained