PRESIDENT WILSON AND SENATORS CLASH ON WAR CABINET AND MANAGEMENT OF WAR
STONECLASHES
PENROSEANDLODGE;
CALLS T.R.SEDITIOUS
Washington. Jan. ft-r—Character
izing former President Roosevelt as
''the most potent agent the kaiser
lias in America," and "the most sed
itious man of consequence in Ameri
ca," Senator Stone addressing the
Senate to-day, charged that Repub
lican leaders are engaged in a studied
effort to make politics out of the war.
Their object is to "take the govern
ment over into their own hands." by
partisan criticism of the conduct of
the war, he declared.
Senator Stone's address, carefully
prepared, the first of political slgnl
ticance made in Congress since the
United States entered the war, and
regarded as forerunner of bitter
partisan strife, extortlated partisan
ship in the war. Besides Col. Roose
velt, the Missouri Senator named
Chairman Willcox, of the Republican
national committee, and Senator
Penrose among Republican leaders
as his "witnesses" to the political
plot he alleged. Investigations by
Congress by war operations, Senator
Stone also declared, have almost en
tirely been launched by Republicans
and adroitly exploited for partisan
purposes.
Citing statements of the Republic
an leaders regarding the political
plans and editorials of Colonel
Roosevelt which he said, are "vll
llanous screens" published for money
Senator Stone declared:
"On my responsibility as a Senator
I charge that since our entrance into
the war Roosevelt by his attacks on
the government lias been a menace
and obstruction to the successful
prosecution of the war.
"The only possible effect of these
widely published utterances of this
man," said Senator Stone, "has been
as they were designed to be, to dis
credit "and bring the present govern
ment into public disfavor and weak
en its hold on popular confidence.
That seems to be the Rooseveltian
standard of patrlotisrp."
Similar utterances made by less
powerful citizens. Senator Stone as
serted would subject them to prose
cution for disloyalty.
"Of all men,'.' the Missouri senat
or said, "Roosevelt is most respon
sible for what he denounces. He does
Ills work cunningly. In the front
of his propaganda he throws a de
ceptive political camuflage. 1 charge
that Theodore Roosevelt whether
willingly or out of sheer madness,
is the most potent agent of the
Kaiser in America."
The Republican plans he cited,
Senator Stone said have been adroit
ly directed.
"Many if not all Republican sen
ators," lie asserted, "are acting in
manifest concert with dominant
Republicans throughout the country
to make politics out of the war."
As proof of Republican partisan
plans Senator Stone, declared that
there is no need "to try to fool each
other or to fool the country" and
declared the congressional investi
gations of the war proposed by Re
publicans were significant.
.Calling attention to the elections
next fall of the entire House mem
bership and many senators, Mr.
Stone said two years later the pres
idential election would follow.
"Here is a chance," he proceeded,
"for the dominating Republicans of
the country—some of them, perhaps
more than one of them, seeking to
promote in his immediate personal
glorification, and others, acting on
a larger scale, to promote a party
advantage—to strike hard to turn
down this administration and take
the government Into their own
hands. That fight is on. It is being
played before our very eyes.
"There are various elements of
discontent in the country. Their po.
tentiality as political equations is
recognized by aty. The natural dis
position of these discontented ele
ments will be to strike blindly at
the party in power. Therefore in a
way. Republicans allay themselves
with these discordant elements of
unrest.
"But I especially protest against
and denounce the effort put forward
under the guise of patriotism to dis.
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parage this Congress and the present
administration, to excite a wider
feeling of discontent and lack of
confidence, and to spread the poison
of this impression broadcast. Plain
ly this sort of movement is afoot."
As proof of his charges which,
Senator Stone said, he presented
"deliberately and regretfully," the
Republicans are '"harping" on al
leged administrative blunders and
staking their political fortunes upon
their criticisms.
Attacks Penrose
"First I present the honorable Boise
Penrose," Senator Stone continued,
"who, as a great leader of the fore
most Republican state, very proper
ly occupies the front seat in the
Republican national sanhedrln."
Citing alleged statements of Sen
ator Penrose that the Republican
leaders were planning to demand an
accounting of the conduct of the'war.
Senator Stone said that Senator Pen
rose's Justffltation for his partisan
outburst was over appointment of
the Democratic grocerymen in Penn
sylvania and a Democratic farmer
In Indiana and federal explosives in
spectors.
"Senator Penrose," he said,
"seems to have forgotten partisan
appointments by the Governor of
Pennsylvania of Republicans on
war committees."
Of the Pennsylvania committee
members, Mr. Stone said, 309 were
Republicans and only fourteen Dem
ocrats.
Turning to Chairman Willcox, of
the Republican National Committee,
the Missouri Senator said, before he
introduced his "star witness," he
would cite the statement made to
the press by Mr. Willcox regarding
the incompetence of the Democrat
la party and its effect on coming
Congressional elections. He said a
meeting of the Republican leaders
had been called at St. Louis on Feb
i uary 12 to inaugurate a winter
campaign.
''Colonel Roosevelt has engaged a
hall in St. Louis to make a war
speech the day before the commit
tee meeting," Senator Stone contin
ued.
Assails Roosevelt
"I now introduce my star witness
—Theodore Roosevelt himself —
whom I characterize as the moat
seditious man of consequence in
America. The heart of this man is
aflame with inordinate ambition and
lie runs anjuck. His chief thought
is not to help the Government, but
always of Roosevelt. Almost every
day this man speaks in bitter and
contemptuous disparagement of the
President and his majority members
of this Congress. Every week for a
long time he has been and still is
publishing under contract for a
money consideration—think of it,
for money—villainous screeds in the
Kansas City Star—attacking the
President and the Government.
These Roosevelt contributions are
reproduced in numerous important
newspapers. Whatever may be said
of the papers reproducing these dis
loyal utterances, the Kansas City
Star is chiefly responsible."
Citing criticisms from Mr. Roose
velt's editorials, Senator Stone con
tinued:
"For example, Roosevelt de
nounces the President and the Gov
ernment In terms that would sub
ject almost any other citfzen to ar
rest—yet his utterances, which I
say would be denounced as treason
able If made by others, are widely
published without even official pro
test.
"I have quoted these utterances of
Roosevelt, first, to show that his
vaunted claim, self-advertised, of a
superior brand of patriotism Is
empty, and, secondly, to inquire why
Roosevelt may say things with im
punity which a citizen of lesser con
sequence dare not even repeat with
out danger of indictment for disloy
alty."
He did not question the right of
Congress to make the inquiries but
rather their purpose and publicity
given to national difficulties.
"I cannot believe," lie said, "that
world-wide advertisement of alleged
deficiencies in our war activities,
even if ultimately true, is necessary
to bring about administrative re
forms. I doubt the wisdom of wide
open investigations Into almost every
thing' that might be made the subject
of criticism of the administration.
"I do not mean that administrative
errors should' be concealed from our
people. Of course mistakes have been
made by the Government —doubtless
many and grave mistakes. In the
circumstances that was Inevitable,
but is it necessary for us to stand
on a housetop and proclaim these
mistakes with a loud voice to the
whole world?
"Considering everything," Mr. Stone
asserted, "the achievements of this
Congress of administration signals a
degree of marked success without
parallel in the world's history." Un
due publicity given present mistakes,
lie said, had advertised the nation's
weakness to the enemy.
"The tima for flaunting them is
past." he continued. "This is the
time for universal national sympathy
and solidarity. My appeal now is to
my colleagues on this side to stand
firmly against Influences calculated to
mislead us, and I appeal to my col
leagues on the other side of this
chamber to thrust back the evident
rising tide of partisanship.
The Republican leaders' purpose, he
reiterated, is to elect a Congressi out
of harmony with the President.
U*>oten Billy Sundny
"Wliat would happen to the Wilson
administration If the Republican party
should have control of the next Con
gress?" he asked. "If I were to adopt
the use of Billy Sunday claaslcs,
the President would have a hell of a
time."
In concluding, the Missouri Senator
i presented statistics of what he terms
! were partisan appointments of state
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"Nothing helpful or like
ly to speed or facilitate the
war tasks has come out of
criticism and investigation.
The legislative proposals
would involve long addi
tional delays and turn our
experience into mere lost
motion." •
—President Wilson's reply to
Chamberlain and defense of
Baker. *
said, a Republican governor appointed
eighty-two Republicans and three
Democrats, while in Ohio a Demo
cratic governor named eighteen Re
publicans and ten Democrats. In Cali
ifornia the Republlcah governor, he
asserted, named sixty-three Repub
licans and four Democrats. He gave
the statistics to show, he asserted,
that Democratic governors had been
nonpartisan In their 'appointments
while Republican governors had not.
WILSON DEFENDS
CONDUCT OF WAR
[Continued from First Page.]
tion designed to bring greater effi
ciency to the management of the
war.
Senators Decide to Fight
Some few ardent Democrats were
Inclined to accept the latter view,
but Senator Chamberlain and his
associates on the 'committee deter
mined to make the fight. They will
go ahead with the bill for the crea
tion of a war cabinet of "three dis
tinguished citizens -of undisputed
ability."
The test of strength will come on
Thursday, when Senator Chamber
lain will seek to have his bill, In
troduced yesterday, referred to the
Military Affairs Committee, and
Senator Swanson, of Virginia, acting
chairman of the Naval Affairs Com
mittee, will endeavor to have the
bill go to that committee, holding
that the Navy is just as much in
terested in it as the Army.
Senator Chamberlain holds that
reference of the bill to the Naval
Affairs Committee will mean its
death and that, accordingly, Sena
tors who vote against the bill going
to the Military Affairs Committee
will favor its death.
Democratic Senators on the Mili
tary Affairs Committee will stand
by Senator Chamberlain, and the
developments in the political dis
cussion in tho Senate' this afternoon
left little doubt that the Republi
cans will accept the challenge of the
President.
Issue Forced -by President
The President forced the issue
squarely before the entire nation,
and Republican leaders realize that
anything but a complete showdown
on the whole conduct of the wfer will
leave their party so weak it could
not make a decent fight In the con
gressional elections this fall. For
that reason alone a bitter fight is
assured, but just how many Demo
crats with the spunk of Chamber
lain are in Congress to wage battle
with the President it is hard to say.
STONE'S ATTACK
BRINGS ON FJGHT
[Continued from First Page.]
developments of the day's debate:
were that Senator Stone's charges
drew U|K>II tlie President, mcmlK>rs
of his Cabinet and Colonel House,
his adviser, the most severe crltl- 1
clsm heard during these many weeks
of criticism ami a statement from 1
Senator Lodge, Republican, of Mas
sachusetts, of what might le de
scribed as the future views of the 1
Republican side of the Senate re-1
spelling tile conduct of the war.
Senator Lodge spoke, it appeared |
for tho Republicans; for although!
Senator Penrose had been attacked, I
it was the Massachusetts Senator I
who arose to reply to Stdne. He in
dulged in no personalities, but in the
strongest terms served notice upon
the Administration that there are
men in the country, of whom Colonel
Roosevelt, he said, was one, whose
dominant idea is to win the war, who
will forget their party to aid the
victory, but who will not sit client
and permit the war to be lost, "even
at the expense of criticising those
in power in the administration."
Coming at the critical point in the'
contest between the Administration i
and the Senate over the proposed
war legislation and in fact near the
conclusion of most of the investiga
tions which have been under way the
tightening of party lines during the
progress of the debate, the uncom
promising statements of leaders of
both sides of the Senate brought the
whole question of the conduct of
the war into the discussion, with the
result that Senator Lodge's declara
tion is looked upon as a clear Indi
cation that Republicans in the Sen
ate will push for a radical change
In the Administration's policies re
specting the war, if unquestion ac
quiescence to the wishes of the Pres
ident Is to be expected.
To Demand Some Change
Especially was it Indicated that a
change in the executive heads con
trolling the war situation was de
manded by Senator Lodge, for he de
clined the Republican party of tlie
nation was held up as almost trea
sonable by Senator Stone because
criticism was leveled at men vested
with authority, who seemed to have
nothing to commend them except
their insignificance.
Senator Lodge not only refuted the
charges made "by Senator Stone, but
he declared he would not follow his
example by making a distinctly poli
tical speech: that he would merely
point to the record of the Republican
members of Congress since th# war
began to gainsay the attacks of the
Missouri Senator. During that time,
he asserted, Republicans of the
House and Senate had obeyed the
desire of the Administration in al
most every war measure, In face of
the fact that while the resources of
the nation were being mobilized the
talent of the nation was not being
organized.
"The parties of this country are
evenly divided," he said, "and to
confine one party to the right to give
their lives, their sons, their brothers
and their husbands to tho armies and
the navies seems to me not alto
gether best. It seems to me it would
have been better if men were more
largely called. The only fault I find,
however, is that the administration
failed to take the best from its own
party.
"I? there has been any partisan
ship during this war It has not been
in the Congress."
"All the references made to me
are literally true," said Senator Pen
rose, "and I am astounded at my
moderation. But does the senator
Gives Unqualified
Support to Baker;
Chamberlain Is Stored
• When the President's attention
was called to the speech made by
Senator Chamberlain at a luncheon
In Now York on Saturday he imme
diately inquired of Senator Cham
berlain whether he had been cor
rectly reported, and upon .ascertain
ing from the Senator that he had
been the President felt It his duty
to make the following statement;
Senator Chamberlain's statement
as to the present inaction and In
effectiveness of the government is an
astonishing and absolutely unjustl
iiable distortion of the truth.
As a matter of fact, the War De
partment has performed a task of
unparalleled magnitude and diffi
culty with extraordinary promptness
and efficiency. Therd have been de
lays and disappointments and par
tial miscarriages of plan, all of
which have been drawn into the
foreground and exaggerated by the
Investigations which have been in
progress since the Congress assem
bled—investigations which drew In
dispensable officials from their com
mand, and contributed a great deal
to such' delay and confusion as had
inevitably arisen.
But by comparison with what has
been accomplished these things,
much as they were to be regretted,
were Insignificant, and no mistake
has been made which has been re
peated.
Nothing helpful or likely to speed
or facilitate the war tasks of the
government has come out of such
criticism and Investigation. I un
derstand that reorganizations by leg
islation are to be proposed—l have
uot been consulted about them and
have learned of them only at sec
ond hand —but their proposal came
after effective measures of reorgan
ization had been thoughtfully and
maturely perfected, and inasmuch as
the3e measures have been the re
sult of experience, they are much
more likely than any other to be
effective, if Congress will but re
move the few statutory obstacles of
rigid departmental organization
which stand in their way*.
The legislative proposals I have
heard of would Involve long addi
tional delays and turn our experi
ence into mere lost motion. My as
sociation and constant conference
with the Secretary of War have
taught me to regard him as one of
the ablest public officials I have ever
known. The country will soon learn
whether he or his critics understand
the business in hand.
To add, as- Senator Chamberlain
did, that there is inefficiency In ev
ery department and bureau of the
government is to show such ignor
ance of actual conditions as to make
it Impossible to attach any impor
tance to his statement. I am bound
to infer that that statement sprang
out of opposition to the adminis
tration's whole policy, rather than
out of any serious intention to re
form its practice. *
mean to state that partisan, dyed-ln
the wool, notorious Democrats were
not appointed explosives Inspectors
in all of the forty-eight states?"
"I don't know. I hope the sen
ator is mistaken," Senator Stone re
torted and proceeded with his ad
dress.
Penrose Defends Public Speech
When Senator Stone declared Colo
nel Roosevelt could say things which
less important persons might say
only by subjecting themselves to ar
rest, Senator Penrose interrupted
him with words tumbling out, de
manding:
"Does the senator advance the
extraordinary doctrine that every
citizen hasn't the right to say what
ho thinks of Mr. Wilson without go
ing to jail? Docs he say that citi
zens haven't the right to say that
Mr. Wilson surrounds himself with
persons so incompetent that the war
has been seriously delayed,
"or that ho hides himself away Inac
cessibly?"
"I did not say that: I will explain,"
Senator Stone replied calmly.
"The senator ought to explain,"
Senator Penrose retorted., "It's
a remarkable doctrine to say that
anybody cannot criticise Mr. Wilson
without going to jail."
During his denunciation of Colonel
Roosevelt, Senator - Stone's vehe
mence mounted and he strode into
the center aisle shouting Ills words
with clenched list upraised.
After the arrest of a Mr. Shanks
at St. Louis for criticising the Presi
dent was cited, Senator Penrose
a?ain interrupted:
"Did municipal police or federal
agents of the Department of Justice
arrest him?"
Senator Stone replied that It ap
peared unimportant, but he would
advise the Senate.
Refers to "lllgh-Handed Methods"
"It is important," persisted Sen
ator Penrose. "I presume he was ar
rested by agents appointed by the
President. It was unjustifiable and
an outrage—an impressive Illustra
tion of the high-handed methods of
the administration."
Saying he would like to help Sen
ator Stone "elucidate his argument,"
Senator Penrose declared. Private
Ernest L. Snyder, at Camp Taylor,
near Louisville, Ky., had been sen
tenced to ten years at hard labor and
dishonorably discharged for "vllli
fying tlie President and objecting
to the draft law. Nothing has oc
curred in Russia'of a greater out
rage."
"Is the Senator going to present
any proof that Colonel Roosevelt Is
a Republican?" asked Senator
Borah.
"He certainly is," rejoined Senator
Stone. "He works with you. I
don't know if he works with the
Idaho Senator. .He used to but I
think he is with the Pennsylvania
Senator now."
"If it isn't treason, I might say,"
ventured Senator Penrose, "that Mr.
Wilson in his first election was un
der much obligation to Mr. Roose
velt."
When Senator Stone concluded
after speaking an hour and three
quarters, Senator Lodge made re
ply for the Republicans, and began
by saying that the Missouri Sena
tor's speech itself was a most strik
ing injection of partisanship Into the
war.
Senator liOdgc's Speech
Senator Lodge's speech In full
follows:
"Mr. President—Xothing durinj?
this war has been so profoundly grat
ifying to me as the fact that since
last April there have been no politi
cal lines drawn In the Congress of
the United States. There have been
until to-day no political speeches
which I have heard; there has been
no political motive; both branches
have labored both with the common
desire to prosecute the war to the
quickest possible conclusion.
"To-day the Senator from Mis
souri, greatly to my regret, has made
u distinctly political speech. I do
not propose to Imitate his example
by assailing Senators or Representa
tives of an opposite political faith
from mine, but I must say a few
words to repel the misrepresenta
tions as to the Republican party.
"I can quite understand, Mr. Pres
ident, that the Senator from Mis
souri could find It personally desir
able to make such a speech as that
to, which the Senate has listened,
but It is a time when our personal
desires should be made subordinate
to the public Interest. I hope that
the speech will be grateful where ho
deal roe itvto be grateful as he ex
pects.
"Mr. President, the Republicans
of the House and Senate have voted
for all the groat measures necessary
for the war. They have voted for
all the money asked; for all the
loans authorized: for all the great
powers to be given. There have
been measures, Mr. President, de
sired by the administration which
might have failed, which would
have failed in one house at least
without the Republican vote, The
Republicans have, to my knowl
edge, cast no party vote since the
second of last April, and they will
continue to avoid casting party
votes while the war is in progress.
Partisanship Outside Congress
"Mr. President, if there has been
partisanship anywhere since the war
began it has not been In the Con
gress of the United States. It has
been pretty obvious to everybody, to
the most casual looker-on, else
where. While we were organizing
all the industries and all the re
sources of the United States as we
needed to do in order to win this
war, it has seemed to be at times
as if it might be well to organize
and use all the ability of the coun
try. The parties of this country are
pretty evenly divided, and to con
fine one party to the right to give
I their lives, their sons, their broth
ers, their husbands to the armies
i and navies seem to me not alto
gether best.
"I think it would have been bet
ter if they had been more largely
called, and that we needed all that
ability in the general service of the
united States. I have found no fault,
however, with that attitude. The
only fault I liavc ever found is that
the administration failed to take the
bost from its own party.
"There has been a great admira
tion evidenced for what has been
called the dwellers in the twilight
zone: a great desire to appoint men.
few in number, who have wandered
from one part to another until
some irreverent people have referred
to them as the mavericks of politics.
Thoy have been taken wherever
possible and without regard, so far
as one can see, to anything except
their somewhat varied political rec
ord. and put in places of great im
portance.
"I have observed also that those
wanderers generally permit them
selves to be branded by some one
who is able to admit them to gre%n
pastures and to comfortable stalls.
The fault I find is in not calling out
the best ability in the Democratic
party, if it must be confined to half
the country.
Xo Party Line Criticism
"There are too many men exerting
great power at this moment, vested
with* great authority, who seem to
the observer to have nothing to com
mend them except their insignifi
cance, which makes them solely de
pendent on the executive pleasure.
My criticism has never run on party
lines, and does not now.
"Mr. President, the Senator lias re
ferred to investigations. I introduc
ed one of the resolutions of investi
gation. The portion of the country
from which I came was suffering
very grievously from the shortage of
sugar and running almost to a fam
ine, and from a shortage of coal, and
it seemed to me that it was an obvi
ous duty for Congress to try to dis
cover whether thore was anything
wrong in the policy that had been
adopted, and whether there was not
some remedy that could be furnish
ed.
"The resolution I offered was
adopted by the Senate. The
tion has been carried out without
one thought of partisanship or party
lines so far as I could see in thq com
mittee charged with the investigation
and headed by the colleague of the
Senator from Missouri. In that in
vestigation there have been divi
sions, but they have not run along
the party boundary.
"As to the investigation being
carried on by the Committee on
Military Affairs, in my humble opin
ion. no greater service luis ever lieen
rendered to the country by any com
mittee of Congress than tliut commit
.tee has rendered in tlie last six weeks,
is this Congress to stand by in si
lence while blunders and delays and
needless losses go pouring past, and
to be accused of treason if it tries to
make conditions better?
"The Senator has referred to the
Spanish War, which lasted three
months. We were unprepared then,
as we were unprepared last April,
and mistakes were made then, even
in that short time, but it will be re
membered that without congressional
Investigation the President changed
his Secretary of War.
Touches on Shutdown Order
"Mr. President, the Senator has
spoken about these Investigations
being of assistance in what they re
veal. They reveal many things, cer
tainly in the Committee on Military
Affairs, to the people of the United
States which cry for remedy. They
reveal very little, in my opinion, that
the enemy does not know. But when
you speak of the effect of thesp in
vestigations, what do you think was
the effect on our Allies and our
enemies when this great country, not
yet Immersed In war, deliberately
closed dpwn for five days all the In
dustries of the country?
"What Impressions do you think
will be given by that act? What will
be the Impression upon the German
mind when the read of that order of
; the fuel administration?
"I am not going into that ki de
tail. I have been passing a great]
many hours In considering It, and I
shall have something to say later;
but It is not well to speak of these
investigations having an effect and
being hostile to the country when
such an exhibition as that made of
Impotence nnd failure as IH shown In
that fuel order.
The Senator devoted a good deal
of attention to Colonel Roosevelt. I
do not think it is necessary for me!
to enter upon any defense of!
Colonel Roosevelt. He has been
President of the United States. His
life Is an open book. Whatever may
be charged against him, thye is
one thing that is certainly true. He
never has had any secrets from the
American people. They are capable
of judging him, and they wIH judge
him. He offered himself for service
In the war. He was anxious to go
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Democratic Senator- from Oregon ma
ligned by President Wilson because
he would not accept unquestioned
dictates of the White House.
into the army in any capacity, and
he was refused.
"The Senator has attacked hint
for criticising the President. He
supported the President at least in
trying to have the merchantmen
armed and in declaration of war.
He is supporting the war In e\ery
way he can. Hia four sons are ail
in the war. Three are on the French
front at this moment. A disloyal
man floes not make such sacrifices
as that.
Admits Fighting Shipping Boned
"I think he was against thq
Shipping Board. I was. I *lid all
I could to beat it in the protracted
filibuster that ended in its defeat;
and the main reason why it was de
feated, in fact that dominant reason,
was that at that time one great
purpose of the act was to buy the
German ships and give to Germany
thirty or forty million dollars, per
haps more."
"The Senator says Colonel Roose
velt has been, guilty of treason be
cause he has written certain articles
which the Senator has read there.
Is it treason to say that our lack
of preparation lias cost thousands
and thousands of lire's of Allies,
hundreds of lives already of our
men, and uncounted millions? That
is the hard, naked truth. Is it
treason to say that? Is it treason
to point to those camps? Then
General Gorgus, the surgeon general
of the Army, ought to be court
martialed, for he was the first to
call attention to the sanitary con
dition of these camps.
"Mr. President, it may be diffi
cult for the Senator from Miasouri
to understand, but it Is true, that
there are men all over this country
—and Colonel Roosevelt is one of
them—whose one dominant idea is
to win this war, who are ready to
make every sacrifice to do It., who
are making every sacrifice in their
power to do it, who forget their
party in their effort to reap the sreat
victory, who forget everything but
the purpose; but there Is one thing
those men wil lnot do. They will
not sit silent and accept mistakes i
find delays which they think may]
cause us to lose the war.
No Tide of Partisanship
"If it is their duty to support the
Administration as they have done
they will do it. If they think it is
their duty to endeavor to improve
conditions so as to help vin the
war, even at the expense of criticis
ing those in power in the Adminis
tration, that criticism they will
make. The Senator need not worry
about the rising tide of partisan
ship. It will never rise as high litre
on this side as it, has risen in his
own breast. We shall stand by the
war and the Administration as we
have always stood, but because
somebody chooses to call us parti-
Bans we shall not withhold the truth
as we see it from tho American
people.
"The Senator says the utterances
of Colonel Roosevelt are treason
able, and he brings up "
Mr. Stone—"Mr. President "
The presiding officer —"Does the
Senator from Massachusetts yield to
the Senator from Missouri?"
Mr. Lodge—"Certainly."
Mr. Stone—"l beg the Senator's
pardon. I did not say they were
treasonable."
Mr. Lodge ■ — "I understood the
Senator to say that In substance. He
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■aid men had been arrested nnd
prosecuted for less, and he read the
case of a man who made a remark
In the cars, I believe, for which cer
tainly he ought not to have been
prosecuted, nnd he Is being prose
cuted by the officials of this Ad
ministration; and if they think Col
onel Roosevelt deserves prosecution
as much as that man, why do they
not prosecute him? He Is vlslblo;
he can be found. He In also audible
an d—that Is what makes his crime
—he is also readable. (Laughter).
"Ah, Mr. President, the Sonator
undertakes to put criticism'and dis
loyalty on the same basis. We all
owe to tjie President of the United
States, who Is charged with these
terrible responsibilities, all tlio sup
port we cn give him, and we have
done it ever since the second of
April.
"But our allegiance Is not to the
President. Our first allegiance is
to greater things than to the Presi
dent. Our first allegiance is to
greater things than presidents or
governments. Our highest allegiance
is to the country and the cause,
and If we see things going wrong
we shall call the attention of the
country to them if wJ can. We
shall vote tho Prefcldont ail
powers, all money, as we have
In the past, but If the money
is wasted and the war delayed, if the
powers are ineffective, we should be
traitors. Indeed, if wo sat slllnt and
allowed the country to drift to dis
aster because we were afraid that
somebody would call us treasonable."
Senator Penrose, who followed
Senator Lodge, said he was surprised
that Senator* Stone's statement was
not more formidable.
"Realizing what a disinterested po
litical character the Senator has al
ways been," Senator Penrose con
tinued. "I plead guilty to everything
he has said about me. But I do
not think political parties should be
abolished simply because the coun
try is at war. Bipartisan
tion in England has failed. lam en
tirely willing that the Democratic
party should go on with the war, but
•I am determined that the Republican
party shall retain its organization
and support the Administration In
every laudable way, going on with
criticism.
"To criticise is a public duty, as I
conceive it. How also would we rem
edy defects unless attention is called
to them? It is not likely that the
cabinet heads guilty of inefficiency
will call attention to it. Of course,
I favor restoration of the Republi
can party to power. lam sufficiently
impressed with the inefficiency of
the present Administration to think
that a better Administration, having
more confidence of business Inter
ests and tho people, could be given
under a Republican regime."
Senator Penrose added he had
never hepj-d u£ any "divine ointment
on Mr. Wilson*?; head." The Missouri
Senator, he thought, spoke of the
President'as if he were the whole
government.
"Is Mr. Wilson to remain in power
forever?" Penrose inquired.
"Is there no one to succeed him?"
The Administration, he thought,
did not have the confidence of tho
American people. He had kept si
lent and voted for Administration
measures with few exceptions, he
said, iif order not to embarrass the
Administration, "knowing the hour
of reaction would come and the
country would know what it was en
titled to know."
Senator Stone's speech, however,
Penrose declared, was a direct Invi
tation to a reply.
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The attitude of British statesmen,
who "take the public into their 6on
fidence remove Irresponsible officials,
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rosn spoke of In words of praise.
The Pennsylvania Senator then re
ferred to the appointment of Col
onel House, head of the Amerlcatt
Mission to Paris, as the "President'*
personal representative."
"It's a strange doctrine," he
tinucd, "that wo have personal govl
ernment In this country. Wilson 1*
not the American government. Thf
humblest consular official has to b*
confirmed by this government befor
lie can be sent abroad. I never hear®
of the President sending a personal,
representative, I have heard ofi
Kings and Kaisers doing It, but it in
not good Democratic methods."
He referred to Colonel House atf
"the mysterious traveler whoso ex-i
penses and paid from the
fund," , .
Senator Stone Interrupted to
fend Colonel House, whereupon th#j
Pennsylvania Senator asked how tn*
Colonel got his military title. A roal*
of laughter swept the galleries.
fore the Missouri Senator could rej
ply. Senator Lewis explained It was
obtained by once having been
member of a governor's staff.
Senator Penrose rejoined he
sure if Colonel House had an oH
portunlty he would he another "Na4
poleon or a Caesar," but added hi®
"principal line seems to be keeping
under cover more than going ove#
the top."
"While It was not necessary fop
1 the Senate to confirm Colonel Hons*
iit was necessary to confirm all expU>
| slve Inspectors," he continued.
Calls It "Wilson Government"
"I was told in cold blood by tha
Bureau of Mines that they would ba
appointed by Democratic senators or
Democratic state chairmen. That
doesn't chime in with tho vlewa
about nonpartlsanshlp in the war.
In Pennsylvania the Wilson govern
ment—l think that is the proper
term —not the American—appointed
as inspector a Democratic gentle
man engaged in selling root beer.
He admitted that he didn't want It
If ther was any work about It."
In Arizona, Penrose added,' th
inspector was a cigarmaker, and la
Connecticut a former saloonkeeper.
"Can the senator blame me for"
partisanship in the war," he asked,
"when I learned of all these Inspec
tors being cheap, small, Democratic
workers without qualifications? X
intend later to address the Senate on
mistakes and inefficiencies in the
war, but I cannot this afternoon.
The subject is too vast
"While millions of dollars was be
ing spent, the Secretary of the Navy
delayed for three months important
questions about pettifogging econ
omy. That is one of the causes of
unpreparedness. Why not show it
up in detail, with a view to correc
tion ?
"Inefficiency In the War Depart
ment Is equally notable. I am told
that the outbreak of pneumonia Is*
because those In charge will not use
ordinary methods of preventing th<
disease."
Senator Penrose then turned tc
the coal situation, declaring Fue
Administrator Garfield a "collegi
president who probably never saw x
coal mine."
"Men wonder to what deplorabW
depths of inefficiency the govern
ment has dropped," said he. "In
my opinion there has been no neces
sity for a shortage of coal any place.
"I don't think that in the few
months we have been in the war, we
have reached the point where we
need to interrupt the currents-of
commerce. We are possessed with
fads, and everything we read .-.bout
from foreign countries is brought to"*-
Congress by bureau clerkrf and it is
passed. I think the time has come
when that should stop."
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