The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-11
CAMPAIGN ISSUES
TAKE UP TIME OF
SENATE SESSION
: : send Starts Flood of
3 rtisan Oratory When
He Defends Hughes
on Durand Charges

:, Washington, August 10-Issues of the
national campaign crowded legislation
into the background today in the Senate
and virtually the only progress made
with the pending shipping bill was the
aiding of the amended measure, sand
wiched between republican assaults on
the democratic administration and demo-
cratic defenses of party achievements.
I The flood of partisan oratory was
started by Senator Townsend, republican
who made speech supporting the
charge of Charles f. Hughes that E.
Dana Durand was retired director OF
the census at the beginning of the pres
ent administration for political reasons
Senator Townsend asserted that Secre-
tary Redfeld of the commerce depart
ment was mistaken in Stating that Mr.
Durand voluntarily resigned.
| Several democrats, including Senators
Stone, Hardwick and Hole Smith, ex-
| tended their ngratulations to the re-
publicans for having at last found ar
| issue" in the Durand incident Senator
onlln dQQeu tUdt Ills Oflly CiltiNioiu LII
the President and Secretary of Com
merce was that they did not openly re-
move Durand, because he was a man tut
| terly without executive capacity"
PENROSE JOINS ATTACK
| Senator Penrose, republican, joined ir
the discussion with an attack on civil
service administration and the "hypoc
risy" of administration heads in the Du
rand incident Ignoring entirely tbs
shipping bill, Senators oliver and Jones
republicans, and other senators on botf
sides continued the political debate fol
several hours. Senator Jones said demo
cratic senator's, in first determining t
postpone action on the child labor bill
had set the stage for President Wilson t.
make a sensational visit to the capito
and "in theatrical appeal to senators
have it go out to the country that hi.
insstence brought about passage of the
bill"
| Senator Lewis, the democratic whip, re
plying to Mr.. Hughes recent reference te
President Wilson's too proud to fight
| speech, said that those who admired ths
independent intelligence of the republican
,, nominee deplored that he had "surren
dered to the yelp and bark of Blanche
Sweetheart and Tray in the refrain q
\ too proud to fight charging use of thu
depression as confession of weakness o.
eowardice on the part Of the President
speaking for himself and his country
HUGHES DISPLAYS IGNORANCE
| Il had hoped said the Illinois sen
ator, that Judge Hughes might be saved
1 from the exhibition of ignorance dis
played by so many lesser but anxious as
sailants of that which they did not un
derstand. The expression, too proud t.
fight used at Philadelphia by the Pres
ident to an audience of courageous
Christian people was the adoption of al
old quotation from the classics-ancien
as the scripture. Its meaning Is know
to be that brave people filled with tn
| consciousness Of their right and conscious
of their superior strength were too prout
to fight where a concession Of what wa
right would bring justice to ALL Thu
| President presumed on the intelligence o
| his audience to understand"
| II often regret that President Wilson
cannot find 1t compatible with his sens
of the dignity of his position to some
times enter into expansions, that h
might demonstrate to the great mass o
his fellow mankind how, prompted b.
malevolence in some instances and b.
ignorance in others, are sources of as
| saults upon him.
4 The shipping bill finally was taken vi
again just before adjournment whel
Senator Jones began speech on it witt
the announcement that he would not b
offended at senators whose bushes
| drew them from the chamber. Most o
the members took him at his word ant
left.