The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-22
investigations being conducted by the

investigations being conducted by the
| senate
rs this congress to stand on silence
While blunders, delays and losses are
| allowed to pass by?" demanded Sen
ator Lodge, land be accused of treason
IN trying to make it better?"
! These Investigations have revealed
many things to the people which. cry
| for remedy and there is little revealed
| but what the enemy does not already
| know.
What do you think the effect will
| be on the German minds when they
! read Of the fuel orders?" he demand
! ed.
Senator Lodge praised Col. Roose-
welt declaring his life was an open
book"
'One thing that can be said about
him is5that he never had any secrets
from the American people. They can
Judge him and they will
Mr.. Roosevelt offered himself to
service and was refused" Senator
Lodge continued. HE supported the
President at least in trying to have
American merchantmen armed and in
porting the war in every way he can.
His four sons are in the war, three on
the Flanders front today.
Pointers on Treason.
THE senator says Mr.. Roosevelt is
guilty of treason because of those ar
ticles criticising the administration.
Is it treason to say that our lack of
preparation has already cost the al
lies thousands and thousands Of lives.
cost hundreds of our own and millions
upon millions of dollars? That is the
naked truth. Is it treason to point to
conditions in Our camps? Then Gen.
Grogas ought to be court-martialed, for
he was the first to call attention to
some of them. Men all over the coun-
try, and Roosevelt is one, have one
ldea-to win this war. They forget
party, they forget everything but that
purpose. But these men won't sit sill
ent and accept mistakes and delays
which they think may cause disaster
in the war.
The arrest of a man in st. Louis
was cited. If it is thought that Mr.
Roosevelt deserves prosecution as
much as that man why don't they
prosecute him? He is visible, also
audible and also readable
THE senator undertakes to put criti-
ciSm and disloyalty on the same basis.
We all owe to the President all the
support we can give him and we've
given it. But our first allegiance is to
the country and the cause.
And" Senator Lodge earnestly de-
clared, in conclusion, "as we see things
going wrong, we shall call attention
OF the country to them if we can. We
shall vote all powers and money to
the President, but if money is wasted |
and powers ineffectively used, we
would be traitors if we sat silent and !
let the country drift into disaster be- |
cause somebody calls it reasonable. - !
Senator Penrose who followed. said |
he was surprised that Senator Stones |
statement was not Formidable
Realizing what dtsinterested !
political character the senator has al I
ways been" Senator Penrose contin- |
ued, I plead guilty to everything he |
has said about me- But do not think
political parties be abolished simply |
because the country is at war. The |
bipartisan organization in England has |
LoiASb. cl4Il tliI4LS4y NlA1IHS lIlGL the |
Democratic party should go on with |
the war, but am determined that the
Republican party shall retain its or
ganization and support the administra. |
ton in every laudable way, going on |
with criticism
'To criticise is a public duty, as 7 !
it. How also would we rem
edy defects unless attention is called |
to them? IT is not likely that the
Cabinet heads guilty of inefficiency
will call attention TO it OF course,
favor restitution of the Republican
party to power. / am sufficiently i'm
pressed with the inefficiency of the
present administration to think that
4 better administration having more
confidence of business interests and
he people, could be given under a
regime"
Wilson Not Government. {
Senator Penrose added he had never