Show PREPARINGfOR f HARD CAMPAIGN N Both Parties Making Ready for Congressional Elections Next Fall LEADERS SEEM CONFIDENT Promotion of Peary to Be Rear Admiral Ad-miral Had a Precedent Movement Move-ment to Establish National Valhalla II I I Washington The Republican and Democratic congressional campaign committees already have begun active preparations for the campaign next frill It seems from the attitude of the ofllclals of the majority partys committee that they expect to be to so fie extent I on the defensive In tho campaign The Democrats already are showing marked signs of taking the offensive and If you can bellevo the leaders they are going Into tho fight with high confidence In their I nullity to get control of tho next house Representative Wllllnm n McKin ley of Illinois chairman of tho Republican Re-publican congressional committee Is quoted as saying simply we will retain control of the house Champ Clark who Is leader of the minority In the house has said the next house will he Democratic by a pafo working margin Tho Democratic leader Is not a member of the congressional campaign cam-paign committee of his party but he is In constant consultation with Representative Rep-resentative Lloyd his colleague from Missouri who Is the committees chief Lloyd himself as yet has made no specific promises of victory to his fellow Democrats but he has assured them that everything that can be done to mako victory certain will be done And that In a general way the prosper is bright v ere Real Fight Will Be The Republican congressional committee com-mittee will pay Its particular attention atten-tion to tho mlddl and western country coun-try where because of certain disaffection disaf-fection over tho Payne Unrlch tariff bill they expect to have some trouble Admission Is made by tho Republican committeemen that there may be some difficulty In New England where there aro symptoms In one or two districts dis-tricts of a revolt against the duties Imposed by the last tariff bill and an Inclination to doubt whether the Re publican party Is going to carry out all of Its promises of real progressive legislation Champ Clark tho Democratic leader lead-er has this to say of the outlook This congressional campaign will be made on the Issues of tariff and Can nonlsm Human Ingenuity cannot change this The Republicans may attempt between now and the date of adjournment to bring forth some new Issue for the purpose of beclouding the damaging effects of their tariff law and Cannonism but when tho campaign Is on In full swing the people peo-ple will find that there are only two real Issues and they will be the two I havo named In some sections of the country ship subsidy will be a feature of tho campaign In other sections sec-tions financial legislation will be a minor Issue but Cannonlsm and tariff will be before the entire country anon an-on these Issues we will win The Republican lenders claim that the tariff Issue will not Interfere with victory They know that tho Democrats Demo-crats will talk about tho high prices of the necessities of life and will do their hest to make It appear that the tariff Is to blame but tho Republicans say that It will be shown to tho people peo-ple that the high prices are not the result of the customs duties as they stand but are to bo accounted for because of a half dozen different natural na-tural reasons which the people will understand and appreciate Peary Was Badly Used When the members of the subcommittee subcom-mittee of the house committee on naval na-val affairs reported against the plan Commander Robert D to promote li L of Mnp admiral 1 1 DO Peary to the rank rear cause of his scientific achievements and his services to thu world they seemed to think that to he asked to most unusual give such a reward was a usual thing and that no man whose achievements wero like unto those of Peary ever had his services recognized recog-nized so signally If the committee had looked up precedent and made a study of tho history of like events It might have taken a different view of the matter Some people believe that If Peary had staff officer been a lino ofllcer and not a fleer no objection would have been offered to his advance to the position of rear admiral There can bo no denial de-nial of tho fact that the line and staff jealous ono of the of the navy aro other This has been shown In a doz two last In the in different was ears and the existence of this Jealousy Jeal-ousy has been responsible for a good deal of the trouble In tho navy department depart-ment trouble which President Itooso velt tried to eliminate and could not and which President Taft now Is tryIng try-Ing to get rid of on his own account Hear Admiral George Wallace Melville Mel-ville retired was an englneerInchlef staff officer of tho navy He was a and In his time ho Just as Peary Is an of had trouble with the offlcorB of tho Melville was abe line In certain ways and there Is great Arctic explorer no bettor record than his to be found J In nil the pages of northern exploration I 1 explora-tion The rear admiral was n hero of i the unfortunate Jennnotto expedition which was led by Do Long nearly 30 years ago It was Hear Admiral Melville Mel-ville then an engineer officer of much lower rank who commanded ono of the three whale boals when tho expedition ex-pedition retreated It was duo to his care foresight and self sncrlfco that tho boat was saved and his crow came out alive while the crews of tho other oth-er boats all went down to tholr death Melville found himself finally with his boats crew on tho stormswept barrens In tho northern part of Siberia Si-beria There It was thnt tho crow rested and recuperated as well as It could In the midst of great privations for some time and then led by Mel lllo the myn found their way back over hundreds of miles and succeeded succeed-ed In recovering the records of tho Jcannettrs Journey Congress promoted Melville for his great work and the fact that ho was in engineer officer holding a commission commis-sion In the staff did not prevent his receiving signal honor Tho engineer engi-neer today has the rank of rear admiral ad-miral It was In the Fiftyfirst congress that tho senate naval committee In reporting the bill for Melvilles promotion pro-motion snld In clew of such a record tho committee com-mittee feels that the proposed promotion promo-tion EO long alter tho deeds which It Is Intended to recompense Is an act of tardy Justice and hardly adequate The promotion was given In recognition recogni-tion of his meritorious services In successfully suc-cessfully directing the party under his command after the wreck of tho Arctic Arc-tic exploring steamer Jeannette and of his persistent effort through danger dan-ger and through hardships to find and assist his commanding officer and other members of the expedition before be-fore he himself wns out of peril It has been proposed to give Peary a gold medal and tho thanks of congress con-gress It should be said that Mel villa was given a gold medal In addition addi-tion to his promotion National Valhalla Wanted A movement Is gathering force In Washington to establish a real national na-tional Valhalla There have been so many adverse criticisms of the statues stat-ues of the great ones which are now In the keeping of Memorial hall tho old room of the Louse of representatives representa-tives In the capitol that It may ho In the future a separate building will be provided or a great room set aside In ono of the existing buildings lu which tho statues sent by tho states as memorials to their famous dead may be placed In a proper setting set-ting Representative Mann of Illinois has called the present statuary hall In the capitol a hall of horrors Another member of congress says that ho always al-ways shuts his eyes when ho walks through the ball where the statues of the great are placed Men who make no pretense to possessing artistic instinct In-stinct say that they are affected painfully pain-fully When they look on tho marble and bronze memorials In this hall ol fame Arlsts also many of them without any prejudice In favor of this sculptor or that sculptor say that tho collection ot statues Is little more than grotesque Some of the figures In Memorial hall aro of heroic size while others appear to be cwnrfed by their proximity to the others and to give the Impression that the men whom they represent were absolute physical pigmies Some of tho statues are of men who diet comparatively recently and of necessity neces-sity they aro represented In the modern mod-ern garb and there Is nothing In a frock coat and a pair of trousers to glvo enthusiasm or an Imaginative chance to the artist It Is an invidious task to point out tho differences artistic and otherwise between some of these memorials me-morials In this hall of the capitol It I can bo said however that only a few of tho states are In any way worthily represented In an artistic sense and It I Is not going too far to say that some of the states have picked out men for honor who certainly wore not their greatest citizens One ventures to be bold and to pick out Illinois Tho great prairie state claims both Lincoln anti Grant and yet neither one of these men are represented rep-resented In Memorial hall as a son or the suite There Is a bronze figure or Gen Shields a fine soldier anti a good deal of a statesman but sadly enough nine people out of ten who look at the figure of the soldier have to be told who he was and tho guides are In a largo measure the sole authorities on the subject the capitol The other oth-er memorial which Illinois hns put In tho hall Is a statue of Francis E Wl lard tho great apostle of temperance Miss Wlllards memory Is worthy 01 honor anywhere but even her friends in life and those who remember he lovingly and tenderly do not go so far as to claim that she should have preempted the place which might have I been given to Abraham Lincoln or I Ulysses S Grant Recently Idaho put Into the hall n I statue of one of Its great sons Shoup I It Is a figure of heroic size but it Is lo be doubted If this son of the west looking down from his window In heaven will smllo with anything like approbation upon the statup which la suppobCQ to represent him as he was There are other figures In tho hall which lire of towering and commanding command-ing sIze all too big for the room in which they are placed On tho other hand take one of tho statues which Texas has put in the ball as a memorial memo-rial to Houston The figure of this mnn who in public mind was cast In natures heroic mold Is small and delicate deli-cate Unquestionably It Is a work ol prt but it looks overshadowed as It Is by the statues about It as a mere shepherd boy GEORGE CLINTON |