The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-04-27
VERY FEW PARTISAN SPEECHES
ARE MADE IN CONGRESS
THIS SESSION.
DIFFERENT -FOUR YEARS AGO
Duo to Certainty Of Wilson's Renoml-
nation. Disturbed State Of Foreign
Affairs and Republican Desire for
Harmonious Convention.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

other regular or fairly regular attend
ants at its sessions by its restraint in
talking politics. Ordinarily the SEES
sion just prior to the national conven.
lions splits Just about half and half
between politics and legislation. This
year the snuffer has been applied to
the candle of politics.
Why is it? Well, for some time ii
was thought likely that accident cou-
pied In part with design. was respon
sible for the Withholding of all but a
few political speeches from the floors
Of the two houses. Then reason be-
gan to be applied to the phenomenon.
for such 1t is. and finally Washington
has made up its mind as to the real
cause for the tabooing in large meas.
ure this year party politics from the
debates in house and senate.
The Democrats at present have but
one candidate for the nomination for
the presidency - Woodrow Wilson.
The party men in house and senate
seem to think that in the whirl Of
events as they are happening. both
in domestic and in foreign affairs. tho
arguments for and against their party
are made by the action or the inaction
OF the administration. II is perfectly
true that Democrats in congress make
more than occasional speeches in be.
half OF the policies OF Mr. Wilson, but
as most of these policies are outlined
in legislation. the sustaining speech
efforts OF the Democracy have more OF
legislative than party character.
Not So -Four Years Ago.
Four years ago in congress things
were different so far as the Democrat.
&c party was concerned. The Demo.
Gratis were in power in the house but
not In the senate during the last year
Of Mr.. Taft's incumbency. Then there
were some half a dozen Democratic
aspirants for the nomination for tho
presidency, Wilson. Clark, Underwood.
Harmon. Marshall and one or two 9th.
ers. The prospect was considered
bright for the election OF a Democrat
to the highest office in the land, and
as a result the house and senate sup.
porters of the different candidates for
the nomination frequently made
speeches almost wholly political. and
all OF them more or less tingcd with
the color of friendliness for this can
didate or that candidate for the nomi
nation
Forcipn affairs all through the sos
sion and for some time previous there
IN have boen in n somewhat ,icklisb
condition. II has been the custom for
nil time in America when the country'a
foreign relations boys been at the
stroininp noipt for men of all nortics
TO refrain from attacking directly. ex
ron, IN rare occosions tho no,icios n,
the president The desire of nil men
IN coppress irrcsncc,ivo of marty when
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