New Britain herald., 1915-09-18
SENATOR WEEKS IN .ROLEOF PROSECUTOR Argues for Conviction of DeIn0C- racy in First Degree
 AT THIRD WARD BARBECUE

Says Administration Has Been Incon. sistent and Inefficient-Big G. O. P
 Crowd Attends Annual Outing a, Lake Compounce.
 General condemnation of the demo- cratic administration was voiced by United States Senator John B. Weeks l of Massa chusetts at the annual bar becue of the Third Ward Republican club this afternoon at Lake Com bounce. Senator Weeks was the prin- cipal speaker and was one of the
 most important after dinner takers the G. o. P. of this city has enter tained in years.
 While Senator Weeks did not advo-
 cate hostility to President Wilson
 during the present diplomatic discus
 sions with foreign countries, he as
 the administration would be on trial
 at the conclusion of the formers
 term. Not only would the public peer
 into his record in regard to Europe,
 but it would also weigh the fitness of
 the administration in regard to it's
 diplomatic dealings with Mexico and
 other countries on this side of the At
 lantic. Senator Weeks condemned the
 administration as failure and said it
 had shown it's inconsistency and in-
 capability in many ways. It is guilty
 in the first degree of inefficiency, was the tone of his speech.
 The barbecue was a big success from every standpoint. The diners got their fill of roast sheep and of G.
 O. P. doctrine, so that no one was dis appointed. The sheep tickled the diners palates and the speech tickled their ears. Automobiles loaned for the occasion, conveyed the members of the club and their guests to the scene of the barbecue and it was esti- mated that nearly 400 were in attend ance. State Treasurer F. s. Chamber lain was toastmaster.
 Senator Weeks spoke as follows:
 Don't Embarrass President.
 ''The democratic press, and to a large degree, the public seem to be oEsessed with the idea that there may be, if there is not now, a movement which has in view a failure to sustain the president. I think I am quite l within bounds in saying that there is no disposition on the part of any 1 one to do anything to embarrass him ] tfnrc 1ofi affairs while negotiations are going on.
 "In 1898 there was a very strong element in the United States which that congress should make a declaration of war against Spain. There is no such party today and there is no indication that any con- siderable number of individuals or any organized movement desires hos tilities.
 The president is the representative of all the American people in this situation and there is a universal. de- sire to leave him unhampered in re- the government in the delicate negotiations which are being carried on and which may from time 1 to time develop. The country in this l respect is in a state of watchful, pat tent, sympathetic, and hopeful wait 1 ing. The Constitution and practices put the responsibility in such emer- gencies on the president. To sustain ) him means that substantially every 1 one, recognizing that responsibility 1 and not wishing to embarrass him in ] any way, is withholding and should 1 withhold criticism and even critical comment. If he succeeds in the dip lomatic contentious which he is mak- ing or may make, then the whole 1 country will rejoice, the credit for the l action will be his, and no republican has any desire to withhold it from 1 him; but silence now does not neces- | sarily mean approval and, when the 1 war is over Or when the particular l contentious which have arisen have l been adjusted, the presidents action 1 will be passed on and his success or l failure be an element in determining ] whether or not the democratic party l will be sustained in the elections 1 which are to follow.
 President Will Be On Trial.
 When the time comes there will be ] discussed not only his diplomatic l contentious with Europe but those | with Mexico, with Santo Domingo, | with Haiti the footing of the diploma l tic service at the beginning of this 1 administration by the dismissal of 1 trained ministers who had grown up l in the service, the killing of American in Mexico and by Mexicans | on American soil, the repeated out l rages which have been committed in 1 that unhappy country, and the des- i truction of vast quantities of Ameri- l can property during the Mexican in- i surrections without any reasonable or 1 effective protest from our government. |
 "This destruction of property calls 1