The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-22
Republicans Come Back
HI Senator Stone With
Storm Of Denunciahjon

vote since April . last. and will cast
none during the war
The only fault l ever found is that
the administration has failed to take
the best from its own party. There have
been many called from what has been
termed the dwellers in the twilight
zone There has been great desire to
appoint men who have wandered from
one party to another. They have been
put I'm high places"
Lodge added that too many were now
eXerting great powers VINO are char
acterized by their "insignifcance"
Those Many Probes.
Senator Lodge then took up the Mis-
sovri senator's reference to the many
investigations being conducted by the
senate.
rs this congress to stand in silence
while blunders, delays and losses are
allowed TO pass by?' demanded Senator
Lodge "and he 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 Go you think the effect VIII lee
on the German minds when .hey read
Of the fuel orders?" he deman-ed
Senator Lodge praised Colonel Roose,
welt, declaring his life was an open
book
"One thing that can be said about
him is that he never had any secrets
from the American people They can
judge him, ami they will"
Mr.. Roosevelt offered himself to serv.
ice and was refused" Senator Lodge
continued. "He supported the president
at least in trying to have American
merchantmen armed and in the declara-
ton of war He is supporting the war
in every way he can. His founr sons
are i'm the war three on the Flanders
front today
What Is Treason?
"The senator says Mr.. Roosevelt is
| guilty Of treason because of the articles
criticsing the administration. Is it
treason to say that our lack Of prepara-
ton has already cost the allies thou
sands and thousands Of lives, cost hun
dreds Of our own and millions upon
millions of dollars2 That is the naked
truth Is it treason to point to condi-
tons in our camps? Then General Cor
gas ought to be court.martialed, for he
was the first to call attention to some
of hem.
Men all over this country, amt
Roosevelt is one, have one idea-to win
/ this war. They forgot party, they for
got everything but that purpose. But
these men won't sit silent 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 MIR. Roose
welt deserves prosecution as much a.
that man, why don't they prosecute
him? lie is visible also audible anC
also readable
Criticism vs.. nislCyalty.
THE senator undertakes TO put criti
cism and disloyalty on the same basis
We allow to the president all the sup
port we can give him, and we've giver
it. But our first allegiance is to the
country and the cause
"Aud," Senator Lodge earnestly de
elared, in conclusion, "as we see thing.
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 an(
powers ineffectiycly used we would be
traitors if We sat silent and let the coun
try drift into disaster because somebody
calls it reasonable"