The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-03-19

four Republicans. The designations
of the five Democratic members we're
avowedly for one purpose and ons
purpose only, that Of lettering their
financial condition. Mr.. Adamson Is
now drawing a salary in a life Office
far larger than his congressional sal
airy. Mr.. Fitzgerald is, we are de-
lighted to hear, enjoying already a
very affluent law practice. Messrs.
Bruckner, Griffin and Hubert are
holding extremely profitable offices
under the Tammany administration of
the city of New York
"The reasons of the gentlemen for
withdrawing from Congress were
laudable. but 1t can hardly be said
that in their present sphere of action
they are contributing in any substan-
tial degree to the winning of the war.
Upon our side four men have left
Congress. Theirs was different pur-
pose, but will you say it was a less
laudable one?
All four of them left here to enter
the military service of the United
States. They were Gardner, La Guar
dia, Heintz and johnson. Heintz is in
camp at oMntgomery, Ala, hoping
soon to be ordered to France. John
son is private soldier in nearby
cantonment. Gardner/ has gone
West" A Colonel, he was denoted
to rank of Major at his own request,
hoping thereby to get more speedily
into the trenches. He died a victim
of his ambition to render actual fight
ing service to his country.
"The experience of those who are
left has been from a financial stand
point obviously unfortunate. Take
the Heintz, for instance. None too
abundantly endowed with the worlds
goods, his law practice gone to pieces,
he has drawn no salary since his en-
try into the army, either from the
legislative or the military establish
ment Although his name is still car
ried on the roll of the House, although
he would have the right to vote If he
came in here today, although his Of
fee is maintained in the House Office
Building, although the routine bust
ness of his district is being attended
to, he is not permitted to draw cent
of his allowance for clerk hire.
Comparisons are always odious,
and l make no assertion that the ac-
ton of one side or the other has been
the more patriotic, but on the facts as
| have stated them, and as you know
them, don't you think we are justified
in resenting the accusation that the
Republicans in this House have put
politics above patriotism"
Mr.. Longworth paid tribute to the
absence of partisanship Of Ways and
Means Committee, normally the most
intensely political committee of the
House, and then reviewed the recent
history of the Republican party in the
House.
ats support of the Administrations
war program" me said, has in every
case been at least as effectHe, and in
some cases it has furnished larger
proportion of supporters than has the
Presidents own party"
He declared the selective draft act
could not have been passed except for
the support given by Republicans, and
recalled that the President turned to
a Republican, Julius Kahn, to lead
the fight in the House.
Mr.. Longworth concluded his
speech with some very plain talking
to those Democrats who, in announc-
ing policies and parceling out jobs,
appear to- want to run the war on
party lines He referred to Henry
Watterson's editorial statement that
there appears to be in Washington an
organized effort to make a fetish of
the President; to glorify what is done
that is good and to conceal faults and
inefficiency.