The Colorado statesman. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1895-1961, 1919-03-01

hands OF their superiors and nre SEGA
ing redress through their congressman.
who they think should speak for them.
IL Is evident that these complaints
have made an Impression upon many
members of congress. for every time
the subject is debated the criticisms
are severe.
One of the consequences of every
war is long series OF complaints.
There are officers who never have had
n fair show; there are courts-martiai
that are always too severe; there Is III
treatment of soldiers either in the mat
Ter of food or medical supplies or In
taking care Of the wounded. Even the
little Spanish war brought thousands
and thousands of such complaints ana
In this great war where nearly 5,OOO,-
600 men were tuken into the service
the complaints will be in proportion.
Part of the "horrors of war" is the
aftermath OF complaints and Criticisms.
Evidences of real speakership con-
test crop out occasionally by the sharp
words that are sometimes exchanged
on the floor of the house. For instance
Minority Leader Mann and Nicholas
Longworth had controversy the other
day in which Mann was very severe
and Longworth was equally resentful
In what he had to say in reply. Up to
within short time ago there had
been fairly amicable relations between
nj Il p
ter never seemed TO interfere with
Mann. But those who have watched
the course of events lately can under
stand what is the cause of the present
irritation. Longworth does not beneve
Mann should be elected speaker. He
may not have aspirations himself, but
so far he is one of those who is doing
what he can to upset Mann's speaker
ship boom.
The house of representatives has its
airplane expert in Congressman La
Guardia, who made his record in the
aviation service as flyer for fifteen
months, most of the time on the Ital-
ian-Austrian front. But the senate al
so has an aviation expert In the per-
son of Senator Jones of Washington.
Jones Is not real flyer, but he made
the trip from Washington to New
York and back on two cold days. Be
sides that, he has been with some of
the air pilots when they were looping
loops, doing the tailspin, and other air
acrobatics, so he may be regarded as
something of an expert. When the
subject of airplane mail service was
being considered in the senate the
Washington senator came into the de-
bate with a number of suggestions as
to what ought to be done. His main
idea was to have air service in Alaska,
which would be more important than
air mail routes between Washington
and New York. In Alaska. without
railroads and with snow-covered trails.
they have great difficulty in getting
their mall.
A year from now the nation VIII be
in the throes of a-presidential cam
paign. BY that time the national COM
mittees will have met and chosen the
cities for the next national conven-
lions and fixed the dates of such con-
ventions. That in itself starts poll
tics humming. But even If 1t is year
before the national committees assem-
BILE for that purpose there Is still
great deal of talk going on about vari-
| GUS presidential candidates. Just now
! Senator Harding of Ohio Is getting
more prominence for the Republican
nomination than almost any other man.
|
notices of Harding appear more fire.
quently than those of any other posi-
bility. In fact, he is being boosted In
/ the real Ohio way. When Ohio has an
opportunity to get president she goes
out after the place without any hesi-
fancy.
The way they are talking about ap-
proprlation bills In both house and SEN
ate indicates that there is not very
good chance of getting these supply
bills passed before March 4. AS us
ual the men who handle these appro-
priation bills stuff them full of all
kinds of Legislation at the behest of
| the departments and also because they
want to put something over them
! selves, with the result that long de-
! bates occur. OF course night sessions
may have the effect of stopping the
| flow of discussion. but not unless there
is a general desire ON the part of ey-
erybody to put through the business
and avoid an extra session. Night
sessions cannot be held without
quorum and there seems to be dis
position among quite number of men
to see that quorum is maintained
most of the time.