The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-22
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Continued from Rage One,


! ministration of the war work, had not
even been brought to his attention in
conference, that they would delay
| progress rather than hasten it and
was based experience and there
fore better.
| Senator Chamberlain in reply stated
! today that he is willing abide by the
| expressed will of the people.
+ It's their war; he declared.
! Roosevelt, thru his writings, has
! been trying to swing. popular opinion
against the administrators conduct
of the war. Today he is prepared to
personally enter the lists in an effort
| to bring about a change.
Party Lines Taut Today.
| In the wake of the bitter partisan
outbreak in the senate yesterday, dur
ing which Senator Stone sharply criti-
cizeG the Republicans for injecting
politics in the war work and was
| heatedly answered by Lodge and Pen
/ rose, trying to stop criticism of the
president party lines were drawn
taut today. The appearance of Roose-
| welt only served to accentuate the bit
terness of the Democrats vast ma
| jority of them-at what they believe
a concerted plan to discredit the ad-
ministration previous to the opening
of the fall congressional campaigns.
! But few Democrats are standing
behind Cham berlain in his effort to
| improve what he believes to be a
faulty situation in the war depart
| ment- These, with the virtual solid
| Republican strength, will make the
fight for control of the senate-for or
against President Wilson-the most
dramatic in its history.
The battle will open when the SEN
ate meets Thursday. Senator Cham
| berlain will carrysShis issue to oppo-'
calling up the war cabinet. bill for
second reading and reference to COM
mittee. Administration forces are
i Tloaded" for Cham berlain. They will
demand roll call on Senator Swan
! sons motion to refer the bill to the
naval committee well as to the
military affairs committee. Swan
sons argument was that as the pro-
posed war cabinet would have con-
troll of naval as well as military plans,
the navy committee ought to pass on
the bill.
Talk of Compromise.
Senator'S standing with the admin
| istration against the bill made no Sc
cret today of the fact that Swanson's
move was merely the first in a series
designed to beat the bill.
Inc roll call on committee refer
ence will test senate sentiment on the
I DILL Cham berlain said today.
Already there is talk of compromis-
Ting the fight by accepting the director
of munitions in return forfthe defeat
of the war cabinet measure. The di-
rector of munitions would prove much
less Objectionable to the administra-
ton because he would have authority
only over purchasing and production
of supplies. Even that much upset.
ting by congress of the present plans
for the war department will not be
accepted, however. except to prevent
enactment of the war cabinet bill Re
publican leaders today were planning
caucus to decide how they will vote
on the war cabinet and munitions di-
rector bills. Democrats probably will
have a similar session. Some congress
sional leaders saw the danger of the
, majority party being forced to accept
one or both bills purely from the
standpoint of safety first
Penrose Will Answer Stone.
The political fires are now raging.
Senator Penrose has announced he
will make a speech showing up Dem
ocratic mistakes in the conduct of the
war Other Republican senators are
considering like speeches.
When Penrose does speak he will
get as vigorous an answer as he gives
stones attack. The partisan flames
are likely to spread to the house, many
of whose members listened to Stone
and Penrose.
There was no denying the fact today
that in both houses politics is no long"
er under control.
! After breakfast Roosevelt was in
better humor.
II am infinitely more interested in
what the president has said about Mr.
Chamberlain than what Mr.. Stone has
said about me- he said. The first
person 1 see today will be Senator
Chamberlain, and the next Senator
| Johnson-until I have seen both
don't care to make a statement.
To Boost Universal Training.
My purpose in coming DOWN is to
do everything 1 can to help speed up
the war so as to make our co-opera-
ton in it as effective as possible at the
earliest possible moment, and in the
second place to give all the support I
can to the bill championed by Senator
Chamberlain and Congressman Kahn
| for introduction at once as our perna-
nent policy the system of universal
obligatory military training for our
young men.
'@Of course, the most pressing imnle-
diate need is to speed up the war.
| This means that we must back up
every efficient measure for that pur-
pose. wholly without regard to party
and every man in so far as he eff
GENTLY does his duty.
Hold Lax Officials Responsible.
ut means that without regard to
party and as Americ.,n patriots We
i shall set our faces like flint against in
efficiency and delay and shall hold
those officials responsl5 le to strict ac-
count.
'One duty is as important as the
other. for the two go hand in hand. 1t
is the mark of the pro-German either
to oppose what is done to make our
participation in the war more speedy
and more efficient. to defend in
efficiency or lukeWarmness and delay
THE national motto at this time
should be. Tell the truth and speed
up the war"
he hat Naf
Because of its tonic and laxative effect
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE can be
| taken by anyone without causing nervous
| ness or ringing in the head. There is only
1 one ..Rromo Ouiuine'- E. W. GROYE,S