New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-01-14

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treasurer of the Republican national
committee; Harry NJ. Daugherty of
Ohio, who was one of Mr.. Harding's
chief political managers; John w.
Weeks of Massachusetts, former Unit
ed States senator, and a dozen or so
others of high party note.
The chief business Of the Republic
can conferees, of course, is to discuss
two things, legislation and high Of
fees under the new administration
One cabinet after another has been
placed upon the states, only to be
erased as the moods, the prejudices,
the hopes and the fears of those do
ing the marking have dictated. There
are one or two states which still carry
unmarried their superscription OF
names. If Marion is to see these
states II may be that the sponge will
be passed rapidly over all Of them.
However, some of them may have the
names inscribed left there, in part at
least. Nobody knows.
List Of Woe for Democrats.
lIt oiu Nllhstuo sobS, hh'
on the List" has IL double significance
in Washington just now. There are
lists of Republicans for high places.
and lists of Democrats for '~displaces."
Both lists make interesting reading
for Republicans with ambitions, but
the second list Is one of poignant pain
for the faithful Democracy. What a
sweep there is TO be In this town when
the March winds blow cOldly for the
Democrats, but with the balmy breath
of May, yes, and even June, for the
Republicans. Nevertheless, there will
be some Republicans to whom the
wind will be a blast from the far from
benign region of the icebregs.
There are some Republicans al
ready In place In the senate and
house with no other ambition than
that of hanging on to their Jobs who
stand, so to speak, on the side lines
and watch interestedly the game. II
Is very much Of a game, a guessing
game, but in any lottery somebody has
TO guess right, and so when the mes
a bearer comes forth from Marion
there will be some of the faithful who
will know that Fortuna, II this be the
proper name of chances goddess, has
smiled upon them after standing for
eight years with averted face.
Legion Head Tells Of Neglect.
The senate committee on finance
which has been holding hearings oil
the so-called bonus bill, has been told
by Commander f. w. Galbraith Of
the American Legion that there are
10000 veterans of the World war II
hospitals, or In institutions, and tina
most OF them are not being cared FOL
properly.
What is the trouble? This is whai
Is said to be the truth: congress
has appropriated money enough tc
look after the men who went TO ths
camps, or the battlefield when abb"
bodied compatrlots were working II
%shIpyards, or We're otherwise engaged
I'm lucrative, probably necessary, bu'
most unquestionably safe occupations
The different bureaus whose charge II
IS to look after the incapacitGted are
trying to do their work. They cannon
do II because there are too many bu
reaus. In other words, there Is NJ
one authorized central authority, anc
the efforts are 50 scattering that there
can be no concentration In behalf OF
good results"
The sin of the thing is, rs the legior
men view II, that ii is still 10 continue
until congress with its thousand ant
n duties shall manage To put
through some adequate legislation
The commander of the American lie
gion, IN speaking before the finance
committee in behalf of the bill TO pro
vide adjusted compensation for veter
ans, said in speaking for the American
Legion, he believed that the members
so far as the case of the wounded l.
concerned, would be satisfied will
the bill recently introduced in the sen
ate by Mr.. Capper of Kansas, ant
which now Is in the keeping of tn,
committee on finance.
capper's Bill Suits Them.
The Kansas senator, or nj least 81
the American Legion men seem Il
think. has introduced n hill which, Il
enacted into law, will make II possibl,
10 give the sick and wounded soldiers
of the land that care and that chance
for recovery which seems to be denied
10 many of them.
The bill establishes In the interior
department a bureau of veteran re-
establishment" If this easur shall
become a law there will be transferred
to the new bureau the functions ant
duties of the bureau of wal risk insur
ance, the federal board for vocational
education. and certain duties now i'm
posed upon the United States publ,
health service.
Under the various bureaus now ex
listing attempts are being made {,
rare for the veterans who are incapaci
tated. The boys are scattered, here
there and everywhere. The records
pertaining to their cases are scattered
Some of the hospitals. or so-callet
hospitals. are not proper places foi
men stricken with wounds and dis
ease. When the new bureau is estab
lished II will have the authority &c
establish hospitals Of its own provided
existing facilities are not sufficient.