The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1917-05-03
SOME OF OUR
CONGRESSMAN

cannot vote for war"
George W. Norris, Utah: 81 charge
no man here with a wrong motive but
it seems to me that this war craze
has robbed us of our Judgment
wish we might delay our action until
reason could again be enthroned in
the brain of man"
w. f, Kirby, Arkansas; 81 have
seen the war sentiment cultured I
have seen it manipulated. have seen
the peoples sentiment dashed into
fury by the eastern papers yonder."
II. +. Hull, Iowa; 81 believe when
| vote against this resolution | will
vote the sentiment Of the great ma
jority of the common people. One
reason | must oppose this resolution
is because of the wseemly way it is
being railroaded through this Con-
gress."
Edward Heating, Colorado: "When
you vote for this resolution you vote
to give the President of the United
States the authority to send American
boys to Europe, . Why, my friends,
Woodrow Wilson running on that
kind of platform could not have
carried single state in this Union"
A. j. Gronna, North Dakota: Let
me remind the Senate that we are not
the government, let me remind you
that Congress is not the government;
let me remind you that the President
of the United States is not the gov
eminent, but the 100,0O0,000 of peo-
pie are the sovereign power of this
country. Why do we refuse to sub
nit for their decision a question so
important to the future welfare of
our people? Why do we ignore their
petitions, which we have by the hun
dreds of thousands, asking US to avert
war? The European countries are
today regretting that they precipi-
tated a war. Their people are sick
to death and are wishing that they
could find a way to end it. Selfish
ness was the cause of beginning this
cruel, bloody war in Europe; false
national pride prevents the ending
of it."
From st. Louis, Mo. Telegram to
lion. A. j. Gronna: "Unless an en-
barge is promptly placed on grain
and foodstuffs, it is more than likely
there will be riots in nearly every
large city"-(John B. BlessingD
E. j. King, Illinois: Germany has
told us in so many words that when
we attempt to sail our boats to Liv-
erpool she will, when they reach the
prohibited zone, sink them without
warning, with all on board, with her
submarines. England has told US
nothing, but if we attempt to sail our
same boats to Hamburg a planted
English mine says to US if we ap-
proach nearer it will sink them with
out warning with all on board"
Meyer London, New York: "Why
has not the President now again ask
ed that the nations of the world make
an effort to get together? Why
should not we suggest a truce? Why
should we not suggest three or four
months stoppage of this slaughter so
that the representatives of the free
people of the free democracies of
which he speaks, should have an OPP
portunity to get together and take
up the question Of peace against war
But | fear that the average member
Of Congress will, against his own con-
victions and against his own judg-
ment, vote as the President asks him
to vote. The elected representa-
tives of the people should speak their
mind freely. Our newspapers have
not always reported the facts, but
in the French Chamber of Deputies,
is the English Parliament, in the Ger
man Reichstag, in the Austrian
Reichsrath and in the Russian Douma
there have been minorities all the
time during the war. Here an at
tempt is being made to suppress ev-
cry free expression of opinion before
a declaration Of war"