Arizona republican., 1916-08-11
POLITICS HOLD LEGISLATION IN
 BACKGROUND
Republican A. p. Leased wIrel

lhepuDltCdn A. r. Leased WiFel
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O-Issues of the national campaign crowded legis- | lation into the background today in | the senate, and virtually the only pro- gress made with the pending shipping | bill was the reading of the amended | measure sandwiched between repuDH- i can assaults on the democratic admin | istration and democratic defenses of party achievements.
 The flood of partisan oratory was started by Senator Townsend. republi- can, who made a speech supporting the charge of Charles E. Gughes that E. Dana Durand was retired as director of the census al the beginnin~ O. the present administration for political reasons. Senator Townsend asserted that Secretary Redfield, of the com merce department, was mistaken in stating that MT. Durand voluntarily resigned.
 Several democrats, including Senator | Stone, Hardwick and Hoke Smith, ex l tended their congratulations to repub- l licans for having at last found an issue" in the Durand incident Senator | Smith added that his only criticism ! for the president and secretary of commerce was that they did not openly remove Durand, because he was man utterly without executive capacity"
 Senator Penrose, republican, joined | in the discussion with an attack on civil service administration and the | hypocrisy of administration heads in | the Durand incident" Ignoring en-
 tirely the shipping bill, Senators Oliver
 and Jones, republicans, and other sen
 ators on both sides continued the po-
 litical debate for several hours. Sen
 ator Jones said democratic senators,
 in first determining to postpone action
 on the child labor bill, had set the
 stage for President Wilson to make a
 sensational visit to the capitol and in
 theatrical appeal to senators, have il
 go out to the country that his insist
 ence brought about passage of the , bill"
 Senator Lewis the democratic whip
 replying to Mir. Hughes recent refer
 ence to President Wilson's too proud
 to fight" speech, said: Judge Hughes 8 might be saved from the exhibition oi ignorance displayed by so many lessel ] but anxious assailants of that which [ they did not understand The expres-
 sion. too proud to fight, used at Phil ; adelphia by the president to an audi ] ence of courageous, Christian people
 was the adaptation of an old quotation . from the classlcs-ancient as the scrip [ | tures. Its meaning is known to be tha
 a brave people, filled with the con . sciousness of their right and conscious !. l of their superior strength. were to' 2 proud to fight where d concession 0 . what was right would bring justice |, n all. The president presumed on tn { intelligence of his audience to under il stand.
 g "l often regret that President Wilso s cannot find 1t compatible with hi sense of the dignity of his position {
 some time enter into exchanges, tha
 he might demonstrate To the great mas of his fellow mankind how, prompte by maleyolence in some instances an al by injustice in others. are the source
 of assault upon him.
 The shipping bill finally was take 0 up again just before adjournment
 when Senator Jones began a speec
 on 1t with the announcement that h IT would not be offended at senator It whose business called them from tn n chamber. Most of the members too IT him at his word and left.
 .- Senator Jones charged that the bi r with its So0,00O,0V0 appropriation wa IS violation oI the economy promise C a the democratic platform of 1912. Ii n estimated that more than $750 900 ,0O d In all would be needed to create tn l. tonnage necessary to care for America
 snIppng.