The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-08
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS
IN SHARP RtBUKt
CritiCisc Those Who Obstruct and En-
barrass Administrations War
Measures.
WADSWORTH IN ATTACK.
Declares Committee on War F.xpendl-
ture is Necessary in Order to Keep
Public Advised on way Money Is
spent.

Washington. Aug. by agreement
the senate VIII vote tomorrow after
noon al o'clock upon the conference
report on the food control bill. No
one doubts that the bill will be &C
cepted in its present shape
Despite this realization. opposition
to the bill developed anew among GER
tain senators today.
The best speech of the day was an
appeal by Senator Wadsworth, of New
York, for the retention in the bill of
the committee on war expenditure
This Is a peoples war" said Wads-
worth Don't keep The people in the
I dark. The management of such
war must not be remote from the peo-
pie, our effectiveness Will be increas-
ed If congress is given an opportu.
nifty to cooperate with the president
and the army and navy--not a mill
tary sense, but as a link. so the peo-
pie may understand through congress
how the millions taken from their
pockets are to he spent
Seeking TO dam the oratorv direct
cd against the bill John Sharp Will
hams stood out alone. He made a
speech, saying this was no time for
group of men on each side" OF the
chamber.
We not only know how we want
to vote and know why we want to
vote" he said but each one of us
In true senatorial dignity and egotism,
thinks he knows it better than anybody
else in this chamber
; SO why use up the time of the
American people in this gahbIe-fest-
in~1 ENhv COZ r.
ing at one another in a pond in order
TO show off before the geese"
Wadsworth Attack.
! An atmosphere of suspicion, an I'M
healthy veil hangs about the senate
chamber, Wadsworth contended.
There is tendency to think there's
something wrong; there are outbursts
Of criticism most of which. | think
are not entirely based on facts" he
said
J This comes, however" he continu-
ed because congress and the People
'aIe IN the ttHrk>for ei4e ex pcntfitareD OF
$4,000 600. 900 for war work The
people are in the dark; the senate
is in the dark. and the men in the
wheatfelds of the Dakotas are in the
dark Thus they are bound TO be
suspicious and often hostile This
may not be intelligent but IL is hui
man, and you have got to face the
fact
"One hears" argued the young sena-
tor. that the military gentlemen of
the war is commended. but no one
knows how much the cantonments
cost, and there is no way to find out
Wants n Connecting link
This is an Impossible way to wage
this war. This is a peoples war; not
government or an administration
var. And it cannot he a peoples war
unless the people are taken into the
confidence Of the administration.
Instead OF handcapping the admin
, istration, a committee would help 1t.
! said Wadsworth 1t would help it
/ against the day" he cried. when fur
misapprehension. rears its head in this
/ chamber. 'and Is sent out over the
press wires
we should have a connecting link
so can work shoulder to shoulder.
! Great Britain and France have
such committees. in lesser or greater
degree. so why not we? Why should
we be afraid to tell how many sold
iers we have in France? Ande ardieu,
! high commissioner OF France. was not
afraid TO say how many men France
has 1ghtine.
What harm would il do TO say how
many men are Thereafter they have
safely arrivedp"
ct know such q cor,r,{++aa cs,ro+
en- hack into This Min g" concluded
Wadsworth, but I hope congress, the
president and his assistants--who have
done exceedingly we'll indeed and I
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ness and y,oo,,--p,iu realiza ,bat tbe
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