The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-09-29
Jefferson City Writer Shows
Attacks are Not Approved
by Party.
HAS OFTEN OPPOSED
VIEWS OF PRESIDENT
His Fight on Reserve Bill Also
Displeased Missouri
Politicians.

jefferson City, Mo-, Sept. 24.-Th
anonymous fight that has been wage
from this city in the St. Louis an
Kansas City newspapers, has caused
wave Of Indignation to sweep over thi
section of the State.
Democratic leaders, who are fam
liar with the records of the two Sena
tors, are recounting the good worl
rendered by these two statesmen dur
ing their years in Washington, and i
is believed they compare favorabl.
with the achievements of any mem
bers of Congress.
Senator Reed, while one of the
youngest members of the Senate, ha:
made an unparalleled record.
So'ne three years ago, when the
ankiag and Currency Bill was before
the Senate, the cry was laised that
Senator Reed IVES fighting the Pres
dent ;,.d blocking Legislation. This
Uews was spread throughout the State.
Many newspapers and politicians crit
exc, Reed. 1t was afterwards dis
covered that he had only been endeav-
oring to make a bad bill into a good
bill, and that as result very largely
of his work an unsound and danger
Gus measure was transformed into one
of the greatest bills ever passed by
Congress. His services in this respect
were afterwards recognized by the
President, who promptly wrote him
letter admitting the correctness Of his
position.
At later period Reed opposed the
confirmation of T. D. Jones for men,
Der of the Federal Reserve Board upon
the ground that Jones was director
in the Harvester Trust and the pro-
prietor of the Zinc Oxide Trust. Again
the report was sent over Missouri that
Reed was fighting the President. Sew
eral newspapers took up the hue and
cry. Finally a lot of politicians ut
Jefferson City and elsewhere had the
State Committee pass resolutions con-
demning Reeds attitude. 1t, however,
transpired that at the very time a
Democratic State Committee in Jeffer-
son City was conspiring against a
Democratic Senator and passing reso-
buttons condemning him for opposing
the confirmation of Mr.. Jones, the
President was hurrying a messenger
over to the Senate to withdraw Mr..
Jones' name
Notwithstanding these two examples
VIC again hear the cry raised that Reed
is opposing the President in his war
policies. Some papers have gone to
the Infamous length of asserting or
intimatinr that Reed is really trying
to play into the hands Of Germany.
Now what are the facts?
First. Reed was one Of the rs men,
hers of the Senate who signed the
"round-robin" during the last days of
The last Congress declaring that if the
bill to arm merchants ships could have
been brought to vote they would
have supported the measure.
Second. Because of the filibuster
which prevented a vote upon the arm
cd Workmanship bill and because of
other filibusters, the rules Of the Sen
ate were amended to provide for clo-
tire to prevent a filibuster. Reed was
one of the most earnest advocates of
this rule and did as much as any other
man in the Senate to cause its adop-
ton. 1t was the passage of this
amended rule which has given a free
way to the entire administration war
legislative program. But for the
amendment to the rule, any of the
great war bills offered by the admins
tration could have been indefinitely
held up.
Third. Reed supported the declara-
ton for war upon the ground that the
time had arrived when the United
States could no longer in honor SUBJ
nit to the wrongs and outrages Of the
German Government. Reed has often
said he voted for this war with a
heavy heart but so, too, did every de-
cent man who had regard for the lives
of the boys of our land.
Fourth. Reed has voted for and ar
IDENTIFY supported every proposition
which may be included in the proper
list of war preparation bills. As a
member of the Military Committee
and as member of the Senate he was
voted
To give the President every soldier
he has asked
To give the President every ship-of-
war he has asked
To give the President every mer-
chant ship he has asked