Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-06-21


out for the adult weak, and through
various bureau S of the government is
in a general way trying to be an up
litter of the poor and needy, mostly
along advisory lines. However, the
performance OF this sort Of work Is
supposed to be the duty of the indi-
vidual states rather than that of the
federal government.
1t was a long time coming. Com
gress for years did not look kindly
on anything which looked like pa
ternalism, or as perhaps it ought to
be put, Uncleism. 1t was little by little
that the advisory operations of gov
eminent extended into the fields OF
general benefcence, but now seeming
~ the work Is well established and 1t
will continue until the end of time,
and the chances are that it will ex-
tend its field until it is all-embracing,
because the women of the country ara
interested and are striving to secure a
more general government supervision
of such matters
In an older day when congress was
asked to do things ordinarily account
ed humanitarian it would evade them
If possible. but, of course, it would
do caretaking legislation for the ter
ritories and for the District of Column
bia, over which it had full control. The
late Senator Jacob H. Gallinger of
New Hampshire led all his brethren
in congress as a promoter of human
itarian legislative measures. He fire.
quently was called by his colleagues
'the father of all reforms
GalIinger Leader in This Line.
Senator Gallinger hated cruelty in
whatever form. He was responsible
for the passage of a bill in congress
which made it punishable offense
to dock the tail of a horse anywhere
in the District of Columbia. This anti
tail-docking bill passed the senate I'M
der the Gallinger guidance and from
the senate went over to the house.
There a good many representatives
spoke in opposition to the bill, hut
finally Representative Robert Roberts
Hit, at one time In his life secretary
to Abraham Lincoln, made a speech
which induced the house to sanction
the measure
The late Senator Stephen B. Elkins
once rose in the senate to say: Broth
er Gallinger is doubly barred from go-
ing fishing; first, he won't put worm
on a hook because it hurts the worm,
and second, he won't catch fish on
hook because 1t hurts the fish,"
1t was the New Hampshire senator
who introduced bills to care properly
for the insane, to prevent cruelty to
animals, to condemn insanitary build
ings, to give the secretary of the in
terror supervision of the hospitals, to
appoint a commission on the alcoholic
liquor traffic, to give Georgetown chill
dren a public playground, to train
women nurses for the navy, and to
provide for the care of delinquent and
dependent children. Senator Gallinger
lived to see some of his measures en-
acted into law, but he probably never
dreamed that Uncle Sam finally would
do what he wanted him to do, and do
a lot more, and this with the sanction
of congress and the people.
Once upon ! time Senator Gallinger
in his capacity of moral mainstay of
the senate was trying to get his col
leagues to agree to change the name
of Madison street in this city to
Church street. A part of Madison
street was known as Samson street.
Senator Daniels Sharp Retort.
Senator Daniel Of Virginia did not
like the thought of dropping the good
old Virginia presidents name even for
the pious name Of Church." so he
objected, and asked his New Hamp-
shire brother about the matter and
learned there were six other Madison
streets in Washington, and thinking
from this that Virginia pride might be
appeased in the nomenclature matter,
Daniel asked why the whole street
could not be called Samson.
st do not know that ought to tell
the redson publicly" said Mr.. Gal
linger, 'sfor Samson for whom CHS
street was named was a fine man, but
a part of Samson street as / know
personally has many low resorts"
81 take it, said Senator Daniel
quickly, "that my colleague has this
information first hand"
The senate looked at Senator Gal
fingers red cheeks and then changed
the name of Samson street so quickly
that the proceedings outran the PEN
ellis of the stenographers.
The new senate is not as the old
senate. 1t has been said in quotation
that ''there were giants in those days."
It is certain that there were con-
servatives in those days, even If
giants were not confined to the times
that are gone.