Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1917-07-07
SENATOR LEWIS SAVES THE DAY.

SENATOR LEWIS SAVES THE DAY.
Senator Lewis of Illinois. addressing
the Senate on the food bill, advocated
confidence in the President and EN-.
powering him with full authority nee
essary to win the war.
us the United States government
or are we collection of children,
crying for what we want and too weak
to get what we need?" Senator
Lewis asked. IF this is government
of men. then let us do things instead
of talking things. The only thing to
do now and at once is for Congress to
put into the hands of the commander
of the war-the President of the
United States-every power neces.
sary for him to win the war of the
people.
'If Woodrow Wilson, the president
of the United States, is to be held re-
sponsible for the result of the war,
then give him authority to conduct
the war. II Congress Is to assume the
authority, then let us take the re.
sponsibility. We cannot charge the
President with the responsibility and
at the same time withhold from him
the authority necessary for him to ex.
ecute the responsibility.
THE army needs food for blood
the people need food for life. Those
who would take it from them would
be willing to starve them. The Presi.
dent ought to be put in the position
TO take away the business or the lib.
erty of action of any man who would
use authority to take the life of the
soldier by starvation. There need be
no fear OF trusting the President. In
this crisis he must be accepted by all.
He will not debase or debauch his
powers-if there were no other rea.
sons to assure us of his fidelity, the
selfish one is sufficient
"As Woodrow Wilson wishes to de.
serve the praise of men while he lives
and the blessing of his country when
he Is gone he will not do the thing
that would bring down on his head
the curses of his people and the exc
crations OF his nation.
whatever restraint upon the con.
version OF foodstuffs into beverages
shall be necessary as time shall dis.
close, the President, as commander
in chief, will be best able TO Judge,
and in his position, with the aid of his
selected staff, he will know when and
in what way to enforce these limita.
tions.
las we are giving the president full
power TO control the food, let him con.
troll the drink also. Let Congress re.
frain from administering either. At
least, let a food measure be a food
measure, not a drink measure. Then
let the drink measure be a drink
measure, not a food measure. Let
there be no further movements of POI
ltical strategy
This Is no time for sentimental
morality II is the hour for sensible
economics, / commend the scrptural
admonlrIon Of a time and place for
all things,
1T viii not serve TO excuse our in.
activity or defeat proposed methods
because Of the cry unconstitutional
The people are not so much concerned
about our constitution as they are
about our institutions. The American
people are III no lLDDu 10 dllON an
obsolete paper constitution to defeat
the preservation OF the human consti.
tuition. Under the war powers OF our
government the President commands
and the Congress directs the methods
Of It's performance. The citizen who
obstructs this exercise of power on
any ground at this time will be re-
garded by his nation as one who de.
gerts his duty or betrays his country"
Charles II. Weaver, the we'll known
and highly respected South Water
street merchant, is the leader OF the
fruit and vegetable trade OF Chicago.
Honest, upright, patriotic and pains
taking his popularity grows greater
every year that he lives.
Charles MOlitor, recognized leader
IN the machinery trade, is one OF Chi.
cago's leading and most reliable bust.