The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-22

Washington, Jan. 22-of even
greater menace than the attacks of
Mr.. Bryan and his fellow pacihsts is a
project that is finding favor among
Congressnnen who seek to convert the
Presidents plan of patriotic precau-
ton into pork barrel patronage
The President undoubtedly Will
throw some light upon this effort in
his Forthcoming appeals to the country
for support of his national defense
Recommendations He viii make IL
rlain to the voters that he does not
faar 80 much the influences of, the
men who base their opposition on al
truistdc grounds as from the failure OF
Congress itself to appreciate the uni
versal necessity for it
Cabinet Approves Plan
The source and scope of this inter
ference with the general plan SUBJ
United by the President was under
-sisr1,sszifr1 Yesterday at the meeting. OF
the cabinet, which devoted much OF,
its session to the Congressional prob
lens Of the administration.
THE President disclosed his plan
Tor appealing direct to the people his
project was generally approved, al
fl1o11r4a some changes in the schedule
announced yesterday have been made
In order to cover an even wider range
Of territory than at first contemplated
The Presidents Western tour VIII
consume a week beginning next T r. r.
dav nfght. On the following after
noon he will speak at Pittsburgh, and
at Cleveland the same night He viii
spend Sunday in Cleveland, leaving
that night for milwaukee,. His adj
dress in the Wisconsin city will be
delivered Monday afternoon Tae
same night he will speak in Chicago
ssTyI1ie next 4lfe1atAFeb- will find him
At T,ess MONIES, IA The following day
he will be at Topeka, from which
place he will goito Kansas City, where
the last speech of the tour viii be
made the same night He VIII Ihen
return to Washington
In the Presidents second trip about
the middle OF February. in addition to
going as far West as Denver, he IS ex-
tpected to visit several Southern cities,
Including Birmingham and at least
one point IN North Caroldra-
Ignore Roosevelt and Bryan
There is excellent reason to believe
that the President will not devote any
or his speeches to answering the at
4acks made by either Col Roosevelt,
who charges him with being too
proud to hght.s or Mr. Bryan, who
says he is too war1fke- It is the pur-
pose OF the President to place before
the people a calm, spassienate re-
view of conditions as they appear to
him and the reasons that ipspired him
to recommend to Congress an M
prowenenf.
The more beIIfcose the colonel talks
the better the President viii like it.
because he believes that the efforts
of his Administration to fortify
against war and keep cut of 1t viii
receive the approval OF the people-
The President will stell his various
audiences just how he regards war
and its consequences.
T1ne President gave an Indication
~ %74y .r,4R -
fight over national defense today in
letter to Congressman Carter Glass
of Virginia explaining why he cam
not accept an invitation to visit
Lynchburg next week.
Duty to Appeal to Nation.
II do not think, wrote the Presi-
dent that the Congress quite real
ICES the genuine demand Of the col1Ia-s
try for an adequate plan of prepara-
ti6n for national defense feel that
II is my duty to explain this matter
to the country and summon it's sup
port, and that ought to devote my.
whole energy without turning aside
fo the business of this session, in
which want to be of assistance in
every possible and legitimate way
Last night the President and Mrs
Wilson left Washington on the naval
yacht Mayhower for g two day cruise
down the Potomac river and Chesa-
D8akLS Is
cided to seek seclusieH for the prepa-
ration of an address he will deliver
Jan II in New z ork before a ban
aaet of the Railroad Business Asso-
citation, and to Tentatively outline the
eBeeches he will make in the Middle
West He viii keep in touch with
the White House by wireless while
away and plans to return Monday
Horning-
While hs is away from washington,
the members OF his cabinet and his
rapidly enIaFging circle of supporters
upon the task of frustrating the plan
70 transform his military program into
a political machine for the benefit of
FaeEaBeEs Of Congress.
This project weighs more ca the
Faiads of members of the House of
Representatives apparently than the
patriotic considerations set forth by
the President.
Opposed CeatineHta1 Army.
It feuad its inspiration. in the hos
tf1it1es developed at the start toward
EecrsaFy OF War GarrIsonss continent
tai army. made; sz5p of state units in
accordance with the general plan of
state militia erganizations but having
4 closer relation to the Federal gov
ernment. h
Members of Congress- evidenced
their -disaPprozsH and offered as a
substitute a proposition to transform
the present National Guard into a
paid volunteer army, approximating
something like the aggregate Of 400
zee nen recommended by the Secre-
tary of War.
While no provision for this pork
BARREL plan has been even 1e14ativs-
~ written into the bill which the
House Military COMMITTEES is draft
ing, the suggestion of It Is unmis.
takably finding favor With Congress
men and among officers of the Nation
al Guard.
Mr.. Hay, the chairman of the House
Military Committee, has already in
sfcated his approval of IL a=4S is be-
ing inundated with demands of Com
gressrnen that the scheme be put