The Washington times., 1917-03-08
LETTERS FROM READERS
JEFF: McLemore Protests When
Mentioned With Oscar Galloway.
lie Editor OF THE TINES:

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
In your issue of yesterday, in an
editorial entitled Congressman Gala
way and Others" you quote from an
essay OF the late Hamilton W. Mabie
on American ProvinciaIism," your
object being to asperse the characters
OF certain Congressman whose views
on certain important questions do not
accord with your own. You follow
the quotation from Mr.. Mabie's ESSAY
with some remarks OF your own, and.
among other things, you say:
1T is impossible not to recognize
the type OF American here referred to
In Congressman Oscar Callaway of
Texas, whose public remarks have
lately claimed more attention even
than those OF his colleagues in the
House, Cyclone Davis and Jefr: Nc
lemore."
Why was 1t necessary to mention
my name in connection with Mr.. Gala
way who is the chief object of your
attack, and all because Mr.. Galloway,
as a pacifist, has given utterance to
certain expressions that are distaste-
full to you? A glanae at the Congress
sional Record will show that Nhave
not voted with Mr.. Galloway on the
preparedness measure, and we have
~-0O ASAA Views on OLner
questions that came before Congress
during the session that has Just ended.
True, Mr.. Galloway voted for what is
known as the McLemore resolution,
but so did seven other Texas Con-
gressmen, and out OF this seven you
only select Mr.. Davis and myself to
be Instructed" along with Mr. Gala
way on American Provincialism." 1t
may be matter of surprise to you to
learn that / was the first of the Texas
delegation in Congress to come out
for national preparedness, and my
views In that respect have undergone
no change.
/ hold with President Washington,
however, in the matter of foreign en-
tanglements, and that was the reason
l introduced my warning resolution
on March Z, 1916, and which was re-
ported by the Rules Committee with
rule, that practically forced a ma
jority OF the Congressman to vote
against ii, or, rather, to lay the reso-
luton on the table. as the easiest way
to dispose OF it. But even though laid
on the table, the resolution served the
purpose for which 1t was intended
and completely upset the plan, at
least for the time being, of those who
were bent on involving us in the Eu
ropean war. And there are many peo-
pie who believe that II the resolution
had been adopted we would not now
be confronted with a situation so seri-
GUS and fraught with so many dan
gers.
1t was one year ago today that the
McLemore resolution was disposed OF
by being tabled yet the resolution
still lives and is frequently referred
to and discussed by its friends as well
as Its enemies. After the tabIinr OF
the resolution its author was renomi.
mated in the Texas Democratic pri-
maries, and that, too. without spend
ing any money or making any sort OF
a campaign, although he had bitter
opposition. and at the general election
in November last he received 13,sSS
more votes than were cast for the
highest Democratic Presidential cleo
tor. These things are stated simply
that the record may be kept straight.
and not in any spirit OF selfish pride.
JEFF: McLEMORE.
Washington March