The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-10-02

was afraid he would have 10 declare
himself between Roosevelt and Taft,
With him II was good Lord and good
Devil To the Roosevelt men he was
great Progressive. and TO the Taft
men he was atandpatter but all the
time he was for willis. Just as now
he Is trying. to mix whisky and wa.
ter. ana maze the vets believe he Is
wet. and the drys believe he is dry.
But Willis can not get away from his
record no more than man can get
away from his shadow lie has been,
aside from Mann, the Republican
leader the most bitter partisan Re,
publican in the house
Opposed to Wilson.
Congressman Willis never let an op-
portunity pass 10 oppose the policies
of President Wilson, and he has be.
Titled. villifed and abused the presi-
dent upon every occasion. When
President Wilson was redeeming his
pledges to the people to reform the
tarih, willis became the greatest cal
omity howler In congress. He began
to bewai the fate of the farmer and
the low prices he would get and the
number Of men who would be out of
employment, If the tariff bill passed,
When the currency bill, that was
TO take back into the hands OF the
people the right to control their finan-
cial system and take It out of the
hands OF Wall street, was up, Willis
was one OF the fifty-eight Republicans
who voted against II and delivered
the most bitter partisan speech
against II, demonstrating II as the old
ideas OF 1896. II must seem like gall
and worm wood to him to know that
practically every banker in the coun-
try now is back of this bill, and every
body who knows anything about the
finances Of our country knows that
il was this bill and its administration
by the treasury department that
saved this country from a panic.
Sneered at Watchful Waiting.
When President Wilson and Secre.
tary Bryan were pursuing their policy
Of watchful waiting and mediation
looking to a settlement Of the Mexl-
can question without having a foreign
war, Willis was one of the most loud
mouthed in denunciation Of President
Wilson's policy as being weak and
pusillanimous, and said during his
primary campaign that this policy of
Wilson made an American hold his
head in shame. Yet. those who came
to scoff, remained to pray, and when
the late Republican state convention
was held, we found the chairman of
that convention, Mr.. Fess, who is Will
lis colleague, praising Wilson's for
eign policy. and even recommended |
to the committee on resolutions that |
they indorse it in the resolutions.
President Wilson is the greatest
character in the world today. He has
preserved the peace of America,
which means much to its people. If
he had nothing else to his credit this
would be his everlasting monument.
After the convention at Columbus,
Willis went back to Washington and,
even though he knew that the people
Mr.. Wilson's policy almost
he put himself in OPP
position to the president as soon as
he got back to Washington.
On Aug. 20 the house of represen-
.atives had before them the emerg-
sncy bill, TO provide marine insur-
lnce FOR American ships, so that they
night carry our products to the
,hores of other lands. Ships had stop
,ed and vessels could not sail, be-
ause they could not receive insur-
nee. 1t was at this crisis that Pres
dent Wilson rose to the occasion and
recommended to congress an emerg-
ncy insurance bill, which would per-
nit the government to insure these
essels to the end that we might reap
he benefit Of the trade and commerce
f the world that is now to come to us
y reason of the foreign war When
he vote was taken, more than half
I the Republicans along with all the
democrats voted for it, but fifty-eight
voted against this bill,
nd Willis was one of the number.
lie voted along with Mann, Payne,
urke, Fordney and all the ultra
tandpatters in the party, those who
ut partisan advantage before pa
-iotic duty. Could he have lodged
le question, no doubt he would have
one so.
The people Of Ohio will not be de-
.ived by the progressive policies OF
rank B. Wills, whose progress is al
avs backward.