The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1918-07-26

r take inc Stahlman case. and he shall MOI
e saddle ot1hlman's debt on the father.
r ana mothers OF our boys who have MOI
S been exempted but who are standing on
q the biood-stained soil OF France to main.
r tam the government that Stahtmau ha.
r. slandered and that Shields has used fol
{ his own selfish purpose
U When President Wilson appeared il
3 person before Congress and asked for
I the repeal of the Panama Tolls Bill which
4 he said was necessary to Keep from
e violating q solemn treaty with Great
2 britain, and because Of our c0astwisC
{ shipping trade under its terms was un-
justly exempted flom paying tolls, the
. distinguished constitutional lawyer, in
] innate adviser Of the President ana our
! senior senator, voted contrary to the
FEesldeuts earnest appeal and in favor
ol the shipping corporation, whose inter-
ests We're paramount 10 the question Of
good faith involved in the solemn treaty
Notwithstanding, in concluding his adj
dress, the President in person, said to
Congress:
u ask this OF you In support of the
foreign policy of the administration.
shall not know how to deal With other
matters Of even greater delicacy and
nearer consequence II you DO not grant
i 70 me in ungrudging measure"
Senator Shields, on this measure, ar
rayed himself against the President,
along with OGOrman, Chamberlain, La
Toilette, Reed and Nardaman. Stahlman,
IN his Banner, said. after the vote Of the
House and before the bill was voted on
in the Senate:
1.-The special interests have always
been more potent in the Senate than in
the House, and there Is no doubt of the
strong influence Of the shipping interests,
the same old interests that have long
hungered for subsidy being behind this
exception law"
Pernicious Measure Urged by Shields
Many Of the United States Senators
/ have been jealous Of the President, in
( whom the people would Contide all the
/ power necessary to win the war" Sem
! ators desired to create a committee Of
/ Congress to supervise the conduct Of The
! war The President made known to
/ them his serious opposition to q measure
! llaught with so much disaster, This
4 was IN July, 1917, but, Notwithstanding
/ the Presidents earnest protest, Senator
/ Shields championed the measure, and
voted for it.
/ This measure was defeated. as it
should have been, but the Chamberlain
/ bill, a less vicious measure. was later
! introduced with the same ends in view.
! The Senator had heard from the people
/ at home meanwhile, and bad learned
/ that the people on whose votes he must
rely for reelection, We're standing behind
/ the President The Senator is not always
so deaf that he cannot hear the voice
Of the people when an election APP
/ proaches.
Another Blow Against President
When the Fuel Administrator with the
Presidents approval, issued an order for
business of certain kinds to close during
the severe weather of last winter, in
/ order to save coal needed by ships to
carry supplies to our soldiers and our
| Allies, and to keep the people Of the
| country from freezing. a resolution was
introduced to suspend and set aside this
order, and the record disclOses that the
senior Senator supported that resolution,
Not only that, but he afterwards gave
voluntary opinion, great constitu
tional lawyer, that this order was UNI
authorized and Illegal thereby striking
another blow against the President and
his own people Not only did he vote
for the resolution above referred to, but
Mr. Garfield the Fuel Administration was
compelled. because of the resolution, to
disclose the causes that made the order
imperative, and thereby served notice on
the enemy that these ships loaded with
supplies for our soldiers and our Allies
had not put out to sea; -, -
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DeeePtlon Attempted
On February &c. 1918, most impor-
tant bill relating to the United States
shipping was under consideration and
junior Senator from Tennessee an
the absence of his colleague
ION public business, Letters of that
very date written from his office in
Washington, bearing his own signature,
were sent out over the State, appealing
to voters to take care of him politically
while he was remaining valiantly at his
post in the Senate looking after the
peoples interest and standing by the
President.
Upon this record Of doubtful loyalty
10 the Government and it's Democratic I
President he comes before the people for
the first time asking them to send him
back to the United States Senate
IA Serotorts friends CRYING loudly of
MS loyalty to the President How cheap