The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-03-08
FILIBUSTERS

Those stal"warts" of the American
people LaFollette of Wisconsin, Cum
minis Of Iowa, Gronna of North Da-
kota, Clapp Of Minnesota, Kenyon Of
Iowa, Works of California, Kirby Of
Arkansas, Lane Of Oregon, 0'Gorman
Of New York, Vardaman of Mississ-
ippi and Norris Of Nebraska, under the
astute generalship Of "Gumshoe" Will
liam Stone, who mixes a sort of patri-
otto mud with which to bespatter his
e~scutcheon, have taken advantage of
the senate rule for unlimited discus
sion to kill the armed neutrality bill
asked by the president and which 30
per cent of the senators, irrespective
Of party a~filiation, favor. By the
same token, it may also be asserted
that these gentlemen propose to force
an extra session of congress IL such
a thing is possible, even though the
president hoped this might be averted
until nm exigency arose.
IL will be remembered that a num-
Der of these men were among those
who criticised the president for not
flogging Old Mexico. Now they show
a yellow streak from one end to the
other. They would bottle our mer-
chant ship in the harbors and wholly
depend upon England and other ma
tons to haul the freight. In other
words they want to remain neutral
by keeping out of the danger zone
which will have not limit. The record
of the senate in the sixty-fourth con-
gress, in the closing hours, will give
the people of the country the official
information as to who are fit to repre-
sent them in this important branch of
the national legislature, for the mani
festo of those men with the cause of
their native land truly at heart has
been read into that record and it will
place the responsibility Of the failure
Of the measure where it belongs.
These men, like cores of other So
called pacifists, insist on declaring
that the United States, under the pro-
posals of the president, was arming
for immediate war. That as soon a
measure became effective we
would throw this country into the vor-
tex and the blood of America would
drench the sands of the trenches and
with the cruel waters Of the
seas. 1t matters little how many
times it was reiterated to them that
might must meet might and that we
must be armed for u defense. They
refused to see the light, in the hope
that they may accomplish something
for their wi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, in what
QUAR- UNIV that te IN ha anpAvr, vlsgkaI
for certainly, at a time like this, OBJ
structionist tactics cannot be INDUCED
in for any other reason. There are
doubtless a few of the people Of the
country who believe as these men APP
pear to be believing; but they are a
mere s%prinkling over this great land.
No one of the hundred million people
of the country wants war. However,
no one, who loves their homes and
their native land wants to see them
trampled on by an invading host, nor
do they, if they are Americans, want
to cravenly their God-given
at the behest of a war-mad ma
ton.
When this proposition was under
SoiSiucf MUM III Tie HOuse Vi repre-
sentatives, discussion was brief and
the vote showed that only thirteen of
the popular branch of our national
saw fit to register their
opinion against its wisdom. In the
senate a similar sentiment is preva-
.%ent--not nor than 10 per cent of
members being opposed to grant
ing the request Of the president, who
asked that he be allowed to
enforce our rights and privilege should
the occasion demand it. Even though
president can arm our merchant
men in case of a defeat of this mea-
sure. che blot would not thereby be re-
In interested sections of the
world busybodies will jeer at US and
contend that we are a divided country
we lack backbone and that we
are soft and indolent and should be
spat upon a few more times.