The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-08
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS:
THE DIsGRACEFUL TWELVE.

II Is llard 10 ma words tnat would Dt
permitted i'm the mails with which to prop
crly characterize the action of the twlevC
United States Senators whose tilibustcr de
f,atcd the armed neutrality measure in the
closing hours of the siXty-fourth congress
What the motives were that impellcd
that action is hard to fathom. In the face
Uf the criticism which they must have known
would be visited upon them, it must be ac.
cepted that each and all of them are men OF
the Bryan type, of pcace-at-any- price advo.
Gates.
Whatever may have been their motives
l. can not now be denied that they misrcprc
scented the states from which they were
elected Their action, has, more than any
thing save the exposure of BcInStorif's du.
plicity, united the American people behind
the President.
BY thus crystalizing public sentiment
with the President these obstIWctionistS
ravc defeated their own object. They hay,
hut delayed the time when the power sought
and rightly sought will bc granted. They
have forced upon Congress and particularly
the Senate n revision of the rules whicl
made possible their action.
Many Of these men are now old in public
service. Their record has been made. II
the time they have left little opportunity
will be- given them To- regain the coufdcnc,
Of the people They can not Justify THEN
actions on amy reasonable ground. They
can not cry peace. peace. for there is II,
peace when women and children are being
murdered without warning ON the high seas
Having thus placed themselves rs those who
would deny the protection of the American
tlag to American citizens they have brought
down upon their doddcring heads the iglo-
uiny of mlaithful servants Whatever they
have done in the past for the good of the ha-
ton will soon bc forgotten, but the evil Of
their flihustcr will live after them. blot
upon thc cScutchcon of otherwise fairuamcs
Recall Lane.
The head of every loyal Orcgouiau
hangs m shame when ne thinks of the action
of Senator Harry Lane in hcng party Ia
the iynuminiouS action of the diSglWccful
twelve. In mo- uncertain terms the people of
this state thru the public press have regis
tered their dsupproval, II hc has one iota
of self respect he will at once resign. lie is
out of tune with the spirit of the people. His
presence in the senate of the United States
rs the representative of the people of Ore
gOn is Il disgrace to the state and 10 its peo-
Pile
Oregon has the recall. If there ever was
a time when il should be called upon To OuSt
nm incompetent official this is that time Let
the question be raised whether or not the
people of the state or the Senate have the
right to say who shall represent it in the
highest Legislative tribunal.
Even tho the Senate might rule that one
of it's hitherto accredited members could not
be replaced by the people who elected him,
yet it would serve as Il notice tO the nation
that the people of Oregon are behind the
President and it would serve aS lesson To
the Senator by serving to show him, how
low, in the estimation of the people he has
fallen.
In view of the fact that special elec-
ton is to be held in June to vote on the ref
erendum measures the recall of Senator
Lame could be had at that time without eX-
pense to the taxpayers, If it were placed
ON the ballot there is no doubt concerning
the outcome.