Show i I MUST BE ON HAND DEMOCRATIC SENATORS KEPT IN WASHINGTON DURING THE TARIFF DEBATE NO INO PAIRING IS P PERMITTED I I Congressional Campaign Committees to to- toBe Be Reorganized So as to Aid AidIn AidIn AidIn In the EI Election of Senators as Well as Representatives By GEORGE CLINTON Washington Tho The fact tact that the Democrats have such a slight majorIty majority majority major major- ity in the senate has resulted In what may be be- called an order order that no upper house rouse members of the dominant party s shall leave leavo Washington during the tariff tariff tar tar- iff III d debate bate for Cor any protracted period The rhe Democrats want to have their full strength on hand BO so as not to bo 00 obliged to depend upon absentees pairing with Republicans Under certa certain Ii conditions a pair pall can be broken broken broken bro bro- ken and this would bo dangerous to a party In control by a small majority Not long ago a commission was appointed appo appointed ap ap- po pointed whose duty was It-was to be to go abroad to study cert certain in agricultural c conditions and on this this this' commission tI there ere were several senators One of them em was exceedingly anxious to go abroad and he made all his pairing arrangements Then he went to see President V Wilson Us on who told him he must stay in Washington and help out with the tariff during the consideration tion of amendments and that it would not be entirely satisfactory It if he simply elm sim ply made arrangements to return in time for the final vote Enlarged Duties for Committees The Democratic congressional campaign campaign cam cam- comm committee is s to be reorganized and hereafter there will be a larger representation of senators upon it ft a I fact which is accounted for by the constitutional constitutional constitutional con con- change which will give the people the right to elect their senators direct Hereafter tho the congressional campaign committee will be charged not only with the duty of trying to secure secure secure se se- se- se cure the election of members of the house but with that of trying to elect United States senators The Republicans cans also will increase their congressional congressional atonal campaign committee by by- byth th the addition addition ad ad- of senatorial members and their duties will be similar to those of the Democrats The Progressives have not named a congressional campaign committee but as soon as the organization organization of their party is completed In nIl all sections of the country this will be done In connection with this matt mat matter mater er r of direct elections it might be said that President Wilson is believed to be in favor of 0 a plan to do away with nominating nomi nominating conventions and to substitute preferential primaries in the choosing of candidates for president and vice vice- president It is also said that when this has been accomplished the president president president dent thinks it would be a good plan to abolish the electoral college and to allow al low the people to vote directly for their candidates With the organization of the different different different differ differ- ent political campaign committees and with knowledge that the Republican national committee is to meet before long to consider the q question estfon of a party convention the re real l campaigning campaign ing work of the parties has begun The Progressives are busy organizing In every county and every state In the Union and It It Is assured that the campaign cam cam- campaign for the election of members of the house one year from next fall will willbe willbe be In full swing for certainly twelvemonths twelvemonths twelve months an unusually long time Lobbying Gets a Blow Lobbying Is still in evidence In Washington notwithstanding the fact that President Wilson Vilson Inveighed a c w b t erly in a public noun 0 a i days ago g Itcan It Itcan can be t t lobbying Is not so BO marked In its public manipulations manipulations manip manip- as it was prior to the the executive executive executive tive protest It is believed that next year a great many lobbyists who have haunted the he capitol for lor years will be absent from the city There are certain ones who are aro known as offensive lobb lobbyists and their faces are known to everybody in Washington while their business is known to comparatively few outside outside-of of congress and tho the newspaper men It is probable that the protest of President Wilson Vilson will cause most of to clear out as soon as they finish up their present work which cannot be carried on with the same openness which was the case be be- fore Prop Proper r Lobby Also Exists There is a a proper lobby as well as asan asan asan an Improper lobby The proper lobby Is s that which Is composed of oreal real representatives representatives rep rep- of real business who come to Washington to set forth the tho side sido of the case as a business which Is to be affected These men are listened listened listened lis lis- to patiently by committees and by new members and their work unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably un un- un- un questionably has Its effect on legIslation legislation leg leg- and a perfectly proper effect in In many instances The professional lobbyist uses his personal influence to o secure votes one way or another regardless regardless regardless re re- of the merits of tho the matter In controversy Comment has been made before in these dispatches about about the letter- letter writing lobbyists As has been said It is the writing letter-writing lobby which gets next to the president of the United States States for far thousands of letters are directed to the chief executive askIng asking asking ask ask- ing that he refrain from urging this legislation or that legislation because the writers are are sure It is going to cut wages or hurt them In in some other way Now the tho writing letter-writing lobby from the administration point of view Is la r I all right BO so long a as aa it bases its Its' petitions peti peth ions o on accurate ate Information Whenever Whenever When When- ever there thero Is what is called a mora moral i issue at stake the he writing letter-writing lobby j jis I is Always In evidence and It is known in Washington that congress has hall been I I swayed on several occasions to change I I its Ita first opinions In cases ases by sheer force of hearing from the tho country through the tho United States malls mails There Is n a wide difference of opinIon opinion ion In tho the country as to whether or not light wines and beer beeri should be besold besold besold sold to the tho soldiers at arty y y posts The cant canteen en as the place where the mildly alcoholic drinks at ono one time I I I were sold was abolished some years ago The force that abolished it was the writing letter-writing lobby lobby- Unquestionably ably the pure food bill was passed because because be be- cause causo of th the 3 influence of Df the letter writers It Is held held by many people that this Is the best legislation now on tho the statute books of the United States but for years congress refused to give it consideration Then the letter writers got busy and congress acted Heroic Deeds Recognized The records of the life Ufe saving service service service ice of the United States show hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of heroic deeds done During During During Dur Dur- ing the ye year r 1912 twenty-six twenty medals medals medals med med- als were awarded to to men who saved tho the lives of fellow creatures at atthe atthe atthe the imminent danger of f losing their own It Is known from reading the thelast I last report of the life Ufe saving service I that the giving of medals for extraordinary extraordinary extra extra- ordinary service does not In Its Itself lt l tell more than the beginning of the stories stories' of heroic acts which which are done week in and week out by men in the gov service merely as a matter ol ot the duty of routine During the last year the youngest person to receive a medal from the United States government for life Ufe lifesaving lifesaving saving was Samuel S. S Smith Jr ol ot Savannah Ga 14 years old Uncle Sam recognized his daring and spirit of self sacrifice by presenting him with an honor medal This boy rescued from drowning a little girl named Mary Morrison who was swept to sea while bathing at Tybee Island Geor Geor- gia There were many adults present who tried to struggle through the surf surl to the childs child's rescue but they were unable to make headway The boy however succeeded where his elders had failed and he made his way to the struggling child and succeeded In bringing her to shore Medals for Brave Soldiers Two troopers of the Tenth United States cavalry L Levi Lev vi Anderson and John R. R Lyons were given silver medals for heroism These troopers trooper had gone with another named John R. R Moody to swim their horses In Mailett's Malletts Malletts Mallett's Mal Mai- letts lett's Bay Moody was thrown off oft his horse in water fifteen feet deep and he was unable to swim Anderson Ander Ander- son and Lyon dr dropped from their horses and swam to to their comrades comrade's s assistance but before they reached I him im he had sunk They They- dove and brought Moody to the surface when he revived and struggled ed fiercely as only a man in danger of drowning can struggle All three men went to the bottom twice before Anderson and Lyon finally prevailed and accomplIshed accomplished accomplished the res rescue rescue- ue Capt Cap Charles R. R Howland Rowland of the United States army won a gold medal medalIn In 1 1912 12 for p personal gallantry at pt San Fabian Philippine Islands A quartermasters quartermasters quartermaster's quartermasters quartermaster's launch which had become disabled ran upon a sand bar in the height of a typhoon Men under the command of Captain Howland Rowland went to the beach near the wreck and started a signal fire to let the crew crew know of their presence At midnight while the h sea sea was raging Captain Howland Rowland swam half halt a mile through the surf to the launch to Inform those on onboard onboard onboard board of ot the purpose of the fire and to tell them that it would be kept going as a beacon light to guide them in their swimming if it the vessel shou should d break up during the night Captain Howland Rowland then swam back to the shore to his men who had not expected to see him alive The launch broke up during the night but out an M the storm had abated the men on board boar guid by th the fire succeeded in reaching the the shore In safety Rescued Five Women A reminder o of the cyclone in the harbor of Charleston S. S C C. in 1895 Is found In the silver medal just awarded to Edward T. T Burdell of that city The wind caus caused d a small tidal wave which inundated part of Sullivans Sullivan's Sullivan's Sullivans Sulli sum vans van's Island upon which Burdell re reo re- re sided During the storm Burdell Durdell discovered discovered dis covered a house in which five women had taken refuge which the waves threatened to sweep weep from its foundations foundations and take out to sea Four times Umes Burdell waded and swam the hundred yards between the house and dry land and on each of the first three trips ho brought in a woman The last trip he found the house had been washed away and succeeded In rescuing both the remaining women str struggling In Inthe inthe inthe the water ater and brought them to shore The he rescued then had to turn their attention to their rescuer who was completely overcome by his exertions A Filipino Cornello CornelIo Casidsid sergeant sergeant sergeant ser ser- geant of the Forty eighth company of Philippine scouts received his gold goldmedal goldmedal goldmedal medal for conspicuous bravery In the water In March 1911 A native craft called a I larcha lorcha containing twenty capsized off l The army launch ran In within fifty yards of the place and many of the soldie soldiers swam yards to the shore to lighten the lo load d and permit the tho launch to get closer to make way for forthe forthe forthe the rescued Casidsid swam to the lorcha and made several return trips each time bringing a native on hl his back |