The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-08-11
POLITICS DIsPLAcEs LAw.MAKING.
Senators INDUCED in Lively Tilt Over
Durand Case.

Washington, ID. G., Aug. Tissues OF
the national campaign crowded legsla-
tion into the background yesterday in
the Senate. and virtually the only prog.
gress made with the pending shipping
bill was the reading of the amended
measure, sandwiched between Republican
assaults on the Democratic administra.
tion and Democratic defense of party
achievements.
The flood Of partisan oratory was
started by Senator Townsend tRepubli
cam who made speech supporting the
charge of Charles +, Hughes that y.
Dana Durand was selected 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 Hoke Smith, ex-
tended their congratulations TO the Re-
pubieans 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 (Republcanl, joined
in the discussion with an attack on civil
service administration and the "hypoc-
risyn of administration heads in the
Durand incident. Ignoring entirely the
shipping bill, Senators Oliver and Jones,
Republicans, and other senators on both
sides continued the political debate for
several hours Senator Jones said Dem.
ocratic senator's, in first determining to
postpone action on the child labor bill,
had set the stage for President Wilson
to make a senatorial visit TO the capitol
and "in a theatrical appeal to senators. |
have it 60 out TO the country that his |
insistence brought about passage of the
bill"
Senator Lewis, the Democratic whip, |
replying TO Mr.. Hughes recent refer
ence to President Wilson'S "too proud |
to fight" speech, said that those who
admired the independent intelligence of |
the Republican nominee deplored that he
had surrendered TO the yelp of Blanche,
Sweetheart and Tray in the refrain OF
"too proud to fight" charging use OF the
expression as a confession of weakness or
cowardice on the part of the presi-
dent, speaking for himself and his coun-
try"
Il hope" said the Illinois senator,
that Judge Hughes might be saved from
the exhibition of ignorance displayed By
so many lesser but anxious assailants OF
hat which they did not understand. The
expression too proud to fight used at
by the president TO an audi
'nce of courageous Christian people, was
he adoption to an old quotation from
he classics ancient as the scripture, Its
meaning is known TO be that brave peo-
,le filled with the consciousness of their
light and conscious Of their superior
trength were too proud to fight. where a
concession of what was right would bring
ustice to all. The president presumed
m the intelligence Of his audience to un-
erstand"
The shipping bill finally was taken
Up again just before adjournment when
senator Jones began a speech on it with q
he announcement that he would not be
fended at senators whose business drew I
hem from the chamber. Most of the )
members took him at bis word and left.
Senator Jones charged that the bill
nth its S50,000,0O0 appropriation was
ioIation of the economy promise of the /
platform of 1912 He es
imated that more than S750000000 in
II would be needed to create the ton =
age necessary to care for American !,
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