Arizona republican., 1918-03-28
SENATE ATTACKS START PARTISAN
 CHARGES FLYING
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Wilson to task for permitting the con tinued use of grain and foodstuffs Tn the manufacture of wine and beer ana the use of transportation facilities TOT the shipment for beer and wines to the E deteriment of the movement of food detriment of the movement of food
 Says All Are Doing Best
 After Senator Shafroth of Colorado. democrat, had deplored what he termed | unfair criticism of war operations and said all government officials were i doing their best, Senator Williams took the floor. He referred to the demand of Senator Johnson of California, re- | publican, yesterday, for ''pitiless pub- .icity," regarding lack of American air planes and to the assertion of Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, republican, that the people should be told the truth about war conditions, remarking that these speeches were made on the most 'ritical day of the German offensive.
 While in Wisconsin election inn pends between loyalists and disloyal- ists, this poisonous gas attack in the senate was made,' said the Mississippi senator, mot only on the republican side, but followed up on the democratic side. and just about the time we are going to determine whether a man of lukewarm support of America and the allies or man always patriotic is to be elected to the senate.'' Is Criticism Accidental | Asking if the coincidence of the sen ate criticism was accidental" Senator | Williams said the democratic criticism came from those who also have been somewhat lukewarm" on American | questions.
 Senator McCumber, North Dakota, asked If Senator Williams was not un- fair regarding his reference to Rep resentative Lenroot as being luke warm stating he understood both Mir. Lenroot and MT. Davies, the demo- cratic candidate, stand upon loyalty platforms of Americanism and that | both are patriotic.
 Sen>tor Williams replied that if he was correctly informed Representative Lenroot supported the embargo pro- posal, the McLemore resolution and voted against war with Germany. Sen ator Shoot said that as a matter of fact Mir. Lenroot voted for the war re- solution and observed that several democrats alse voted for the McLemore proposal.
 Senator Villains deplored partisan ship in the war and said, the repub- lican party as a whole has been pa triotic and true to the country
 Republican Leader Gallinger inter- rupted to suggest that as Dr. Davies was not member of congress his at- titude could not be recorded on the | McLemore resolution. He intimated that Senator Williams would vote for any candidate provided he was a demo- crat.
 On Stump Because Democrat
 Il assume the vice president is on the stump fh Wisconsin," said MT. Gal- finger, because MT. Davies is a demo- l crat''
 Deploring petty criticism of isolated cases in war conditions, Senator Will Hams said there is 'too much pessim- ism Ill the country and that even if Paris were captured and the British army driven back to England, the two English speaking races would finally | win.
 Why can't we hold up our hearts," he asked instead of coming in about once a week in apparently prepared and preconceived way for the purpose of throwing doubt on the efficiency of our government machinery.
 It's bad day when we ought to be pralslng success of our allies and American boys and instead the nation IS presented the spectacle of a debate about how many airplanes we have"
 Senator Fall of New Mexico. repub- hcan, interrupted with:
 The only politics that has been in lected has been by the senator this af- ternoon. His entire speech is of politics."
 Williams Denies Charge
 That is absolutely incorrect" Sen- ator Williams replied q have att tempted to avoid partisan politics since the war began. Today I spoke only in I defense of the attacks which largely ] have sbeen induced, by partisan mo- 7 tives"
 Senator Curtis, republican whip followed with a defense of Representa- tive Lenroot. He declared that the bu- , reau of public informat ton has cir culated the Wisconsin representative's speech as documents of patriotism and
 loyalty and that congressional records show war measures have been SUD-
 ported by 76 per cent of the total re- | publican membership and that 75 per , cent minus of the democrats had voted , for them.
 Senator Shoot declared that the re- , publicans had supported legislation asked by the president, although some of it has been revolutionary and so-