Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-04-15

| Again the reason may be guessed. II
might be said, however, that it is not
/ intended TO intimate that many of the
senator's were trying to get rich out
of the stock market through advance
information which they had of the
way which legislation affecting the
| public utilities was likely to jump
Ticker and Bar Both Gone.
After a good many years in Wash
ington one may write that he thinks
those old-day ways have gone and
probably gone forever. The stock ticker
no longer ticks in the corridor of con-
gress. 1t went the way of the old
bar over which many glass was
handed out containing something much
stronger that cold tea. The lobbyist
| still frequents the halls of congress,
but his methods have undergone a
reformation. He does not buttonhole
senators as they are about to enter
upon the floor, nor, as was actually
the case in some instances in the past,
! beckOn the obedient senator to trot
from the floor 10 the hall to consult
with the lobbyist on pending legisla-
/ ton.
1t might be asked if even in the old
| days such thing as that last set
down was possible. It was possible,
and not only possible but it was not
! of infrequent occurrence. When tie
railroad rate bill was under discus
sion in the senate, the bill which final
| ly became a law, d railroad lobbyist
made his morning and afternoon head
quarters in the reception room just
across the hall from the private en-
trance to the senate chamber Per-
! sonally | saw one of the leaders of
the senate. who largely was charged
with the duty of putting the bill
through. leave his seat several times
to seek the lobbyist in the secluded
corner there to confer with him.
Those days are gone and with them
have gone from the senate seemingly
| the particular type of man who in
| dulged in that kind Of practice.
There is demagogism in the senate
as there is in the house; not much II
| it, but enough. There are men in the
senate who are not good Americans;
precious few of them. but still they
are there. The country knows pretty
well who they are and If the whole
| country could have a say in the mat
ter they probably would never be re-
| turned to their seats. However, taking
things all in all. the United States
senate today under popular election of
its members is perhaps a saner, more
patriotic and ADLER body than it was
in the days when the legislatures had
controlling voice in the elections.
Justice for General Edwards.
Judging from what is heard in Wash
ington, there seems to be country
wide interest in the case of Brig. Gen.
Clarence r. Edwards, who, it virtually
has been announced, is TO be appointed
and confirmed as a major general of
| the regular army as soon as congress
convenes and the President and the
senate can acte
This Edwards case is one of several
cases of general officers Of the Ameri-
can army who were sent back from
France with no reason assigned for
the orders returning them TO home
duty. Every one of the cases has
caused comment, some of it caustiG
and not few charges have been.made
that iniustices We're done in several
instances.
Edwards has long been a figure in
the regular army. For years he was
the chief of the bureau of insular af-
fairs, position which is held by a
regular army officer with brigadier
generals rank Edwards, who is an
Ohio man by birth and by bringing up.
was made a brigadier general in the
regular army by President Taft. Al
most as soon as the United States en-
tered the war he was made a major
general Of the national army and sent
| to New England where he trained
New England troops, and later led
them across the sea.
Sent Home Without Explanation.
At the time that he was made
major general, Edwards was the
ranking brigadier general in the regu-
lar army. He commanded his divi-
sion in several fights on the other side.
and then suddenly and without ex-
/ PLANTATION was sent back to the Uni
| ted States. New England proceeded
| to protest and it has been protesting
ever since. Not long ago many junior
officers in the regular army were made
major generals, every one Of whom
| was jumped over Edwards head.
This raised more of a row, especially
| in New England where the Ohioan
soldiers genius for getting at the
hearts of his men and making every
enlisted man feel that he personally
was known to his chief, had endeared
him to every man who served under
him.
The administration which conducted
the war, and the administration of the
army that is, the general staff,
knew-for it must have sensed the
/ fact-that as soon as the new admin
istration. came in something would be
done for Edwards. Now 1t is known
that he is to be nominated as a major
general of the regular army, is to be
confirmed by the senate and is to be
sent to command one of the most i'm
portant posts of the United States,
that of the Pacific coast.