The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-12-05

Official Returns Show Amendments Haze Coon
Walsh Of Montana, Democrats,
voted AGAINST dismissal. They

w dISu VI MOllLdIld, democrats,
voted against dismissal. They
are reported to be preparing a
minority report. Two votes out
of Ia was the best that Judge
McGee of Minnesota could get
for his attempt to brand La Foil
ette disloyal-and this in spite
of the expenditure of hundreds
of thousands of dollars spent by
various business groups in a
press campaign of hate against
the steadfast leader of Wiscon-
sin progressivism.
War Profits Tax Attacked.
One of the most striking con-
gressional activities now on is
that to reduce the taxes on the
war profits of the last year. Pre-
vious to the election plans were
made to raise over eight billions
by taxation. The country thot
that the tax bill was settled al
though the final action had not
been taken. But as soon as the
election smoke had cleared away
congress began to tear up it's
good intentions. The war profit
eers are very anxious to see
handsome returns on the huge
sums they spent in the last e.
lection putting over 100 per
cent loyap' candidates, in the
form of greatly reduced taxes
on their 1913 loot.
Wilson To Peace Conference
Following a speech to Con-
gress outlining his views on re-
construction, the president plans
to go to Europe to take part in
the preliminary peace negotia-
tions. His going is unprecedent-
ed except for visits former Pres
ident Roosevelt and Taft made
to Panama and the more reac-
tionary papers have had a great
deal to say against it. They are
not worried over the lack of pre-
cedent, however, but over the
possibility that the president
may be able to make good on the
IA war aims. They fear that with
the prestige he has with the
allied peoples, and with the allied
capitalists quarreling over pos
sible spoils, he may get out of
hand. A really democratic read
justment may be made. 1t has
been more than limited, for in
stance, that Wilson had agreed
to participate in the Russian in
tervention when he could not
prevent it so that he could say at
the psychological moment: "Let
us come out"
Progressives on the other
hand, who see the way the big
interests have been fighting a
democratic settlement all around
are almost Historically hoping
that Wilson will succeed. They
think there is a chance that Will
son may rise to his full possibil-
ties of proving to be a great dem
ocratic statesman. Even those
who admit that his past is pretty
clouded with political expedien.
cy and that with regard to do.
mestic reform he has been al
best IAN Intellectual angel" beat
| ing his wings against the citida
Of special privilege, think thai
now he will cast time-serving tt
the winds.
Within two months at least W.
shall know. The peace conferen
ces may drag on for two years
but Wilson will not be long II
showing his hand. We shall the1
know whether the man, who Of
all tne statesmen allu politicians
depending for part of their sup
port on anti-democratic interests
gave the most promise, car
really do anything for real de-
mocracy. If there were a strong
radical party in this country
such as the British labor party
in England, he would be much
more certain of success.