Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-02

tive branch which shall be indepen-
dent and courageous in its proposals
and in its legislation and not sub
ject to the dictation of the executive.
Job Too Big for Wilson.
Fifth: The measures which have
been adopted to organize industry,
transportation and other great agen-
cies so as to concentrate industry
and transportation and these great
agencies to intensity production and
transportation of war necessities
have thrust on US many problems of
government ownership and opera
ton and stirred LIP so many CUES
tons as to relations of labor and
capital that the whole country is
reused to the need of constructive
measures of an economic, social and
political character to keep pace with
the progress of ideas generated by
the war.
these measures need the deliber-
alton of an independent and
courageous congress, not under the
control of the executive, and not
subject to academic ideals and
theories, except as they are modified
and made practical by considera-
ton Of existing conditions and a
practical knowledge of what can be
achieved in human natures daily
regime
1.-THE question of government
ownership of railroads and other
public utilities, and of the regula-
ton OF production from the earth
and Ia the factory to human neces-
sites, must all be considered with
progressive. but practical states
manship. These are questions which
were not rife when the president
was elected The president wa:
elected on the platform of peace
and on the ground that he had KEEP
us out of war. The war came or
notwithstanding, but we h. ',ae
no formal and electoral ex, or
from the people, since his mandate
OF power antedates the present
emergencies and the questions tina
force themselves upon us.
| 1T Is of the utmost importance
therefore, that we have in the legis.
lative branch of congress represen.
tatives who shall speak their will
unrestrained by the control of ar
executive elected on other is.
sues. For that reason, again, a re-
publican congress must be returned
| Would Avoid Restraint.
| IAN unmistakable postulate of thi,
appeal is that during the period o
the next congress, the present presi
dent must be the sole director ant
judge Of the proper course, not only
as the head of the army but as set
thing the terms of peace and al
civil matters. The war may enc
before the new congress begins it:
term. In any event it will end be
fore the first regular session of tina
congress. The military reasons TO
his unified leadership therefore hav,
little or no application. As to tn,
settlement of the terms of peace tn
constitution requires the co-ordinat,
action of the senates and refutes a
once his claim that he must be tn,
unembarrassed spokesman of TIL
country in settling finally wha
those terms of peace are.
"One important duty of the mex
congress is to demand account o
the presidents stewardship. Upoi
what theory of republican govern
ment can it be claimed that matter
of character and Importance shout,
be under the unrestrained contro
of the man whose stewardship is t
be examined.
Another important duty is tn
legislative provision for reconstruc
ton. Upon what view of Democrat
government is that to be entruste
, to the uncontrolled will of the ex
= ecutive. The remarkable characte
OF the appeal is its demand for
power during the next two year
Y equal to that of the Hohenzollern
in war and peace and accounting an
reconstruction. In assuming that h
$ will be embarrassed and will b
4 free from control if a republica
congress is not elected he demon
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