Cheyenne record., 1914-09-03
Washington Letter,
BY Edward Keatins,
Congressman-at-Large
From Colorado.
From Colorado.

COnSreSSIhbu>aCA0
From Colorado. !
Tie national leaders OF the Demo-
cracy alr supremely confident OF the
result of this fall's elections and the
Republicans are correspondingly de-
pressed, "a few days ago, ut the sug-
vestion of Democratic leader Under
wus,d, TIL. House adopted . resolution
instructing the .ergeant-at- arms to
s.dock" the pay of Members who were
mway from Washington supervising
4 cir s.iences''. The Republicans, es-
pecially the "Stnndpato variety, OBJ
;ccted vigorously but, the Democratic
majority had its way.
President Wilson feels that with
Europe convulsed by the most stu
pendOus war in the worlds history,
congressman and Senators should he
con the iob''. Politics can wait.
Congress may remain in continuous
session until Marcel, 4th 1915. and, of
course, the President may Gala exit q
8 4ssiOn Of the t4th congress to con-
v.ne on that date. This means that
the Congressional speHbinders will
have slight opportunity to participate
in this falls campaign. The Demo-
Gratis view this prospect with equant-
nifty. ,,
voters understand our position. We
are standing by the President and
supporting his policies. If there is
any .sexplaining" to do the Republic
cans must do it.'' That is the Demo-
cratic attitude. cannot help feeling
it IL u winning one.
STANDPATrERS SEEK COVER.
One of the interesting developments
of tile situation is the attempt of the
-Standpat.ers to shift there position
on the Presidents foreign policy. A
few weeks ago they were hl)ing the
Congressional Record with the bitter
1t denunciutions of Wilson diplomacy
lie had surrendered to England. he
was not protecting American interests
in Mexico, he was the laughing stockof
Europe, etc., ect., adinfinitum, ad
nausem,
In Ohio, Harding, the Republican
candidate for Senator, canvassed the
state before the primaries denouncing
t.Watcliful Waiting" and Grape
Juice Diplomacy" On Aug 2S, the
Republicans of Ohio met for tho pur-
pose ot adopting a platform and this
same Harding bobbed up with plank
1nOOrSlHB the fSS'uSno noSAo'SASA o fo
Ross Penrose, of Pennsylvania, be-
gan his campaign for reelection by
promulgating q platform with two out
Standing planks. One was o long ca
lafnity howl and the other was y cate
yorical condemnation of every thing
Woodrow Wilson ever thought, wrote
or uttered concerning the relations be-
tween the United States and foreign
countries. Now the Republicans OF
Pennsylvania are drafting their state
nlatform aud the leaders from all sec
tions of the state agree that any criti-
/, cism Of the President would probably
prove fatal.
And miracle of miracles, William
randolph Hearst has been convertedf
Ia' . public statement he announces
that he considers it his patriotic duty
to .ssupport the national administra-
tion for the next two years" and in
that connection he suggests he will sup
mort the Democratic in New York this
year.
These are all straws which indicate
the way the wind is blowing. The
American people will not desert the
man whose courage and clear-headed-
ness have saved us from the horrors
Of war.
- A TIP FOR COLORADO.
The following editorial from the
Washington Times contains golden
advice for Colorado:
srrhere are some British markets
that Americans might we'll investigate.
For instance, the British policy of
admitting oil sugar practically duty
free has been responsible for building
up a perfectly enormous business in
Jams, preserves. jellies, confections,
pastry specialties, and the like, These
are sent all over the world.
Now the sugar supply on which
England has depended is shut of, and
there is no reason why the United
States should not go after thnt break
fast table business in earnest. We
have mUre fruits than England, u bet
t,r variety of them, and we pack them
rather more attractively. The Calf
ornians do these things rather better
thananybody else in the world. They
lave the.sugar ut their door, both
their own States beet sugar, ard also
the Hawaiian and Oriental article,
They should be in position to keep the
British producers very busy protect
;v,. fhoi,. own HOLDINGS