Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-12-08
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DEMO DIVISION
Presidents Message Not Expected to
Clarity the Situation, is Wash
ington View.
SLOAN OPPOSES, HITCHCOCK FOR
From a Staff Correspondent

From a Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.-(Special
Telegram } - President Wilson's
message will not solidify the demo-
Gratis of the nation, as 1t undoubt-
eddy was intended to do, but will
rather tend to divide the democracy
into two hostile camps. This, in a
nutshell, is the situation in Washing
ton, according to one of the keenest
and most farseeing democrats, as he
expressed himself in good round
English at the capitol today.
Representative Solan. who is pretty
keen observer and quite alive to the value
OF impressions, said that all Of President
Wilson'S messages have been rhctoricahy
valuable, but that in his judgment the
message of today fell far below any for
mer effort, both in its delivery and its
reception BY congress,
No Basis for Increase.
"The full basis for the sudden and i'm
mediate demand" said Mr.. Sloan. for
such a large increase in the army and
navy was disappointingly not revealed.
peals to me, although the method Of
payment 1 cannot endorse. rhe PROPOSE
ton to tax smaller incomes, gasoline.
automobiles, bank checks. to pay for
preparedness, while leaving the products
of the northwest on the free uSt, thereby
losing many millions of revenue and fos-
tering the competition of water rates Of
our competitors. with our higher railroad
rates paid by farmers, should not appeal
to our section of the country.
Reasonable duties collected on farm
products Cor the last two years and dur
ing the next five would meet reason
able increase of cost for reasonable pre-
paredness.
Hitchcock Complimentary.
In strong contrast with these views OF
representative Sloan, Senator Hitchcock
was generally most complimentary OF the
tone of the message, believing 1t took
high ground and was worthy Of being
followed. The senator. however, is I'M
compromising in his belief that the gov
eminent should make its own munitions
of war. rather than let private corpor-
atoms do the manufacturing.
Upon the proposition of paying as we
go" Senator Hitchcock heartily endorsed
the presidents position and came out
strongly for his scheme of raising
revenues by a sur-tax. He thought the
country generally would endorse the
presidents attitude upon all the big ques-
tions now before 1t.
THE presidents message Is most ad-
mirable'' said Representative Stephens
"but 1 am opposed to the feature of a
continental army. ] believe In aiding the
state militia. AS to the navy increases
suggested by the president have serious
doubts II 1 can so with him the whole
length of the proposed program. / am In
favor of a reasonable increase in the
navy with special reference to submarines
and aeroplanes. am especially in favor
of the presidents message with reference
to the merchant marine as a part OF the
navy establishment -r- ''-- 7''-'-';
Result of Primaries.
AS a result of postoffice primaries Mr.
Stephens today recommended the follow
ing: Bancroft, Xander Zuhlke; Clear
water, Charles Payne; Oakland, Oscar F
Swanson; Oakdale. Fred w. Shively
Randolph, Anton b. Helms.
The president today sent to the senate
the names of John c. Morrow of Scots
Bluff for receiver and Thomas ]. O'Keef'
of Alliance for register Of the land offic'
at Alliance.
Senator Hitchcock today introduced thu
Philippine bill as the committee OF which
he is chairman reported. He also re
introduced his embargo bill which at
tracted no end of attention during the