Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1916-02-12
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BY ARTHUR w. DUNN. A..
Washington, Feb. o. Ispecial.l =
Democrats pride themselves. GENERALLY
upon their. straight records. :. Many
prominent members of the party have
had more or less difficulty in keeping:
their records straight on account Of
the changing conditions. but they try
mighty hard to be consistent" which
is something of political cant term.
Most :. Democrats want to trace a
straight course from. Thomas jefferson
to the present time and to show that
they have kept the. faith without a
curve.
That Is one reason why they do not
Ike President wilson's sudden changes
on the. matter of war preparation and
the tariff board. The president frank
ly states that he has changed his mind,
but the. old line Democrats ask, How
could he" There are quite a number
of things which give the Democrats
concern, but none. more than the
changes which the president has made
since he came into office. =.
:: ~ Repeating His Message. -:
Those Democrats who are bitterly OPP
posed to preparedness are constantly
reading the presidents message of
year ago. Senator Varlaman recently
read 1t and laid emphasis on the de-
mand for greater war preparation of
that time when Mr.. wilson said But
| turn away from the subject: 1t is
not new. There is no need to discuss
it. We shall not alter our attitude be-
cause some among us are nervous and
excited" - ~.
A year ago. the Democrats used to
say to Republicans who were talking
of greater military preparation, You
are nervous and excited" :.
>. Mann's Exact Words.
In time to come a great deal of sig
nificance Is going to be attached to the
words OF Minority Leader Mann when
he urged large expenditures for pre-
parednesS. This Is. true because Presi-
dent Wilson in his New York speech
commended Mann. Here is what
Mann said that was so significant
I'VE should provide navy which
will be able to defend us on the sea
l. have much more fear in the end OF
war with England than have Of war
with Germany" -
Frank Lowden's Opinion. r.
Frank Lowden of Illinois, who was
quite "A: long time member of the
house. was in Washington a short
time ago and met number. OF his
old friends. One of them was John
w. Dwight.of New York. also former
member, but now a business man, OPP
Grating largely I'M southern states.
Lowden was asked about his prospects
for the governorship of Illinois, and
Dwight asked him why he didn't stay
out Of politics.
You are blamed fool. John" was
Lowden's reply. Here you are stack
aus w .AphV9 III buShleSS' anu lhc
Democrats are going 10 come along
and take 1t away from you with an
income tax"
1t was just after the announcement
that the war Preparedness would be
paid for out Of increased taxes on in
comes,
The Universal Inquiry.
HAS. the presidents speechmaking
tour done him any good?"
That question is asked by Democrats
and Republicans. particularly by Dem
ocrats.- who are wondering what the
effect of these speeches will have po-
litically. Somehow the Democrats be
lieve that the tour win either make or
break the president in. the coming
campaign. That naturally makes them
anxious to. know the effect of the
speeches upon the. country 1t may
take several days TO learn the result.
not only as: to the preparedness cam
paign, but politically .....'..~ 49,:
r.: Two Nice Old Gentlemen.
Senator Cummins was bitterly assail.
ing the munition manufacturers and
talked: about blood money. and other
unpleasant subjects. Finally. .ohserv-
ers in the gallery noticed that two nice
old gentlemen left toe chamber. They
were Henry A du Pont Of Delaware
and lie Baron h Colt of. Rhode Island.
Then there ensued talk. about one great
powder concern and its immense profits.
and persons also remembered that Colt
was a name associated with gun OF
deadly effectiveness. T..
Sees No Difference. = =.
'.*,The wisdom OF. this congress may
not le as great as the wisdom Of for.
suier congresses. = l.. Minority Leader
Mann told the house one day: and yet
: I do not see that. the congress twenty
years ago: -was:any wiser than the CON
gress now Then. he had To- have a
dig at Congressman William l.. La Fol
lette:* semi Progressive =of Washing.
ton state. Nor do l see that congress
before my friend La Toilette came
knew any more than it knows since he
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