The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-01-22

with the Pennsylvania senator now"
 If it isn't treason. I might say.'' ven- ! tured Senator Penrose. that Mir. Wilson
 in his first election was under much
 obligation to MT. Roosevelt"
 SENATOR LODGE REPLIES l When Senator Stone concluded. after speaking an hour and three-quarters Senator Lodge made reply for the re- lpuhhcans and began by saying that the Missouri senator's speech was a most
 striking injection of partisanship into the
 war
 Senator Lodge declared that so far
 there had been no touch of political
 strife, but both branches of Congress have labored together with the common desire of prosecuting the war"
 ! To-day the Missouri senator greatly to my regret, made distinctly political speech. I do not propose to initiate his example but I must say a few words to lrepel his misrepresentations of the repub- lican party
 1 Senator Lodge reminded Senator Stone that republicans had voted for all the great war measures.
 Some of them would have failed
 without republican votes" said he "The
 republicans have cast no party vote since
 April 2, last, and will cast none during ! the war
 "The cnly fault I've ever found is that
 the administration has failed to take the l best from its own party, There have been
 many called from what has been called 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 in high l places"
 1 He added that too many were now ex-
 erting great powers who are character l lized by their insignificance" 1 Senator Lodge then took up the Mis- souri senator's reference to the many investigations being conducted by the Senate.
 l "Is this Congress to stand by in si- | Hence while blunders. delays and losses
 are allowed to pass by" demanded Sena- tor Lodge. And be accused of treason in trying to make it better? These in- 1 vestigations 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 he
 on the German minds when they read
 of the fuel orders?' he demanded l 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 I judge him and they will" PRAISES COL. ROOSEVELT | Mir Roosevelt offered himself to ser vice and was refused Senator Lodge
 continued. ''He supported the President 1 at least in trying to have American merchantmen armed and in declaration l of war. He is supporting the war in every way he can. His four sons are in the war-three on the Flanders front to- I day.
 "The senator says MT. Roosevelt is guilty of treason because of these articles criticizng the administration. Is it trea- son to say that our lack of preparation has already cost the allies 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 General Gorgas ought to be court -martialed, for he was the first to call attention to some of them.
 Men all over this country and Roose- welt is one, have one idea-to win this war But these men won't sit silent and accept mistakes and delays which they think may cause disaster in the war
 If it is thought that Mir. Roosevelt deserves prosecution as much as that
 man who Is affected with inertia why don't they prosecute him? The eye is visible and the ear also audible and print readable. The senator also under takes to put criticism and disloya1ty on the same basis. We allow to the Presi- dent all the support we can give. and we've given it. Our first allegiance Is to the country and the patriotic cause" And" Senator Lodge declared in con clusion, 'fas we see things going wrong we shall call attention of the country to them if we can. We shall vote all powers and money requisite to the Presi- dent, but if money is wasted. and powers Intellectually abused we would be traitors if we sat silent and let our country drift into disaster
 PENROSE REPLIES