The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-10-08

clamor and petty quarrels. The So
cial functions were more successful
than the social gatherings.
Observers here believe that the
Mitchell controversy had too many
press agents. Nothing particularly
new, worthy to be called a sensation,
was produced at. the hearings. The
comments of aviation experts were
more or less prosaic, and old argu-
ments were re-hashed and presented
as fresh ideas. In official circles,
Colonel Mitchell is regarded by some
as an egotist; by others as courage
Gus officer; and by the more or less
cynical as an obvious publicity seek
Ell. While a large number of his
critics admire his courage, opinion
prevails that Mitchell could have tax
en- other means such as resigning
from the Army before attacking,
rather than breaking the bonds of
discipline.
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succeed his father as senator from
Wisconsin revives a delicate question.
In political circles here, they are ask
ing if the Senate will adhere to it's
policy of last winter and insist upon
regularity among those bearing the
party label. The senior LaFollette,
while he lived, had considerable fol-
lowing among so-called Liberal Re-
publicans. Though his son was elect
ed on a platform founded on his faith
er's principles, he can never hope to
attain the power of his predecessor.
His extreme youth and inexperience
will handicap the new senator more
than his political beliefs.
By the way, the defeat of the Re-
publican Party in Wisconsin has re-
suited in some caustic criticism of
Senator Butler of Massachusetts,, the
National Chairman of the G. o. P.
1t is only the Presidents friendship
for Mr.. Butler that holds him fast to
his post as political dictator of the
Republican Party. During the last
campaign, Butler and the other party
chiefs did not play happily together.
While the subject of house cleaning
in the Senate is frequently mentioned,
there is some talk of enforcing reg
ularity by removing Seator Borah as
Chairman of the Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee. The Idaho Sem
ator is not ga regular" Republican
and is usually at odds with the admin
istration's program, especially in for
eign relations. The conservative ele-
ment regard him as tempermentally
unfit for this post and would like to
substitute another senator for the
craftsmanship whose opinions concide
with the executive departments. How
ever, the seniority rule still prevails,
and it will require a tremendous
amount of pressure to relieve Senator
Borah from this job.
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The administration is carrying out
it's policy of selling the American
Merchant Marine to the inland voters.
Commissioners of the U. S. Shipping
Board are now touring the middle
west speaking before farm and in
dustrial organizations. One of the
principal reasons why the Merchant
Marine legislation has failed is the
apathetic attitude of Congressional
delegations from these inland states.
The middle west has always felt that
the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards
were the only benefciaries interested
in water-borne commerce. The ship
ping Board representatives are telling
the people of the inland states that
the primary need of the farmer is
broadening of the markets. they say:
"These markets must be found and
reached by means of a Merchant Ma
rine, either a foreign Merchant Ma
rine, or the farmers own"
1t will require an intensive cam
paign to win the necessary votes from
that section of the country. 1t will
be recalled that Roosevelt had a sim
liar problem on his hnds whetn the
question of the American Merchant
Marine was up during his admins
tration.