The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
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THE ROLL OF DISHONOR

Moses E. Clapp, Minnesota; Albert
B. Cummins, Iowa; AISLE j. Gronna
North Dakota; VIM. S. Kenyon, Iowa;
Geo. w. Norris, Nebraska; Jno. D.
Works, California; VIM. F. Kirby, Ar
kansas; Harry Lane, Oregon; Jas. A.
O'Gorman, New York; Jas. K. Yard
aman, Mississippi.
Look at the names so you will
know them when you see them again.
That is the bunch Of sweet-scented
geraniums that thinks it knows more
than the President and the vast ma
jority of the people of the United
States and working under a fool rule
of the Senate was able to defy the
will of the President and the coun-
try by denying the President power
to put the country on basis of arm
ed neutrality-were able to do it
when large majority of the Senate
wanted to pass the bill.
With the present lights before US
we'd rather be a dog and bay the
moon" than such an American.
President Wilson in a statement is
sued after they put over their in
famous stunt referred to them as a
"ittle group of wilful men" who
shave rendered the great government
of the United States helpless and
contemplate" and as Representing
no opinion but their own.
These men have brought about a
situation which the President describ-
ed as unprecedented in the history of
the country, perhaps unparalleled in
the history of any modern govern
ment". And the President said fur
Their:
"In the immediate presence of a
crisis fraught with more subtle and
far reaching possibilities of nation
al danger than any other the govern
ment has known within the whole his
tory of Its international relations,
the Congress has been unable to act
either to safeguard the country or
to vindicate the elementary rights of
its citizens. More than 500 of the
531 members of the two houses were
ready and anxious to act; the House
of Representatives had acted, by an
overwhelming majority, but the Sen
ate was unable to act because lit
Vie SlOup VI IL SGudIOIS deter
mined that it should not"
"In the midst of a crisis of extra
ordinary peril, when only definite and
decided action can make the nation
safe or shield it from war itself by
the aggression of others, action is
impossible.
although as a matter of fact, the
nation and the representatives of the
nation stand back of the executive
with unprecedented unanimity and
sr'~it. the impression made abroad
will, of course, be that it is not so,
and that other governments may act
as they please without fear that this
government can do anything at all.
I'VE cannot explain. The explana-
ton is incredible.
"The Senate of the United States
is the only Legislative body in the
world which cannot act when it's ma
jority is ready for action.
"A little group of wilful men, rep
resenting no opinion but their own
have rendered the great government
of the United States helpless and
contemplate"
Senators are working now tc
change the rule which enabled this
group of men to disgrace themselves
and the country.
Maybe these men think they are
patriots. But the country has more
confidence in the Presidents little
finger than in them.
In an informal talk at a White
House luncheon Monday to mem
bers of the Democratic national com.
mittee, President Wilson admitted
that he was mad over the attitude
OF this group of Senators. Anc
they have been hearing from back
home. Waves of Indignation have
been sweeping up to Washington
from all over the country, together
with assurances of confidence in the
President. Some of the messages
told of certain members of the grout
of Senators having been hanged il
effigy by their constituents. Accord
ing, to press report mob at Boise
Idaho, burned effigies of Cummins
LaFollette and Kenyon. Students Of
the university of Illinois hanged La
Toilette in effigy. The Wisconsin
Senator was to have addressed ;