The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-05-26

on matters affecting farmers.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa, who has
had a fairly good progressive record,
was chosen chairman and the follow
ing committees were appointed:
General agricultural measures-Dr.
E. F. Ladd of North Dakota, Heflin of
Alabama and Kenyon Of Iowa.
Transportation measures - Robert
La Toilette of Wisconsin,, Fletcher of
Florida and Sheppard of Texas.
Proposed changes in the federal re-
serve act-Smith of South Carolina,
Gooding of Idaho and Kendrick of
Wyoming.
Proposals for more adequate ware
housing and storage-Norris of Ne
braska, Ransdell of Louisiana and
Capper of Kansas.
These committees are expected to
prepare reports on their subjects to be
ready within 10 days.
This move is one of the most signifi-
cant that has occurred in Washington
for long time. If men not connected
with special privilege at all, like
Senators Ladd and La Toilette, can
dominate the group it will be even
more significant.
With some the action is undoubted-
ly the great protest from voters back
home against the continuous stream
of reactionary legislation we have had
for the last four years.
n
AN ANTI-SOLDIER JOKER
How hard it is to watch legislators
whose first allegiance is to big bust
ness is again indicated by a joker in
the war risk section of the "legisla-
tive, executive and judicial bill"
which takes care of government sala-
ries for the coming year.
Representatives Of ex-service. men
have found neatly hidden clause
reading: provided further, that no
part of this appropriation shall be ex-
pended for salaries or expenses in
soliciting reinstatement of lapsed in
surance."
"This MEANS" says Stars and
Stripes, "that the war risk bureau and
all of it's employees are prohibited from
soliciting the reinstatement Of lapsed
insurance.
"It means that somebody in con-
gress, knowing that only about 700,-
900 of the 100000 veterans are car
rying government insurance, wants
to make sure that no more will get it
if congress can help it.
"Probably he is known to his con-
stituents as a great friend of the SOL
Cliers."
Yes, there is absolutely no doubt
about this last point, or that Amer
lean Legion leaders, by blowing
strenuously on the patriotic horn,
helped to elect many of the congress-
men who have tried and will try to
rob our returned soldiers for the
benefit of the big insurance compa-
MES.
"No man can serve two masters" is
sound doctrine both in government
and religion.
HAITI PROTESTS OCCUPATION
The new secretary of the navy is
sore about the way the ghost of evils
done in Haiti will not stay out of
sight.
IT am sick of having these reports
occur" said DENLY, "be disproved and
come up again"
This ghost seems to have no regard
for the whitewash spread by the naval
investigation board under Rear Ad-
miral Mayo.
Delegates of the Patriotic union of
Haiti are here demanding withdrawal
of United States military forces and
charging a long series of atrocities
by American marines and native po-
licemen established by our represen-
tatives.
We have 50 few subject people like
the Haitians that our government has
not worked out good policy for
handling them. It is folly to expect
that military department can pro-
vide normal government for a people;
England does not make this mistake.
The difficulties are worse when the
military arm has an alleged inferior
people like negroes to rule. Former
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt's boast
that he wrote the new constitution for
Haiti shows how fatally incompetent
military rule is.
Our Haiti situation is worse because
we have no democratic reason for be-
ing there. We are in Haiti to enable
certain capitalists to grab the sugar
lands, public utilities and other. re-
sources.
It is grim joke on the American
public because it pays for the sugar
trusts effort there and in Cuba, and
then the sugar trust is able to keep up
the monopoly price to the American
consumer.
DECISION ON N. D. RATE CASE
The interstate commerce commits
sion has order>d increases in freight
and passenger rates in North Dakota,
the order to take effect on or before
June 10. ~ r.. -. 20
North Dakota offered the most de-