The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-19
"MtkE THE KAISER HAND mis-
SWORD TO WOODROW WILSON
AND .ALLIES-OLLIE JAMES.
kentuckian Defends the President
In Ringing Speech Chamberlain
and Other Critics Are Ans
Wered in Senate.

WILSON is WdlhlIS d tight IoPo. oOiA
shake the rope!' cried Senator Ollie
lanes, Of Kentucky this afternoon in
the senate.
He had been selected by the admin
istration as its ACE" to answer the
charge made by Senator Chamberlain
of Oregon, that the militay establish
ment had fallen down"
His speech recited the achievements
of the war and navy departments in
preparing the national defense, and
proclaimed that all who attacked the
commander-in in-chief gave Joy and
comfort to the enemy. Senator Cham
berlain, he broadly intimated, had
been one of these.
At the end of his speech the CALLER
les broke into applause.
The president walks tight rope,'
declared the Kentuckian. at stetches
across sea with its wreck and dead.
He holds in his hands the richest
treasure ever lodged in the keeping OF
one man. The treasure is our very
life, our liberty, our institutions, oar
homes, our fresides, our all.
Gentlemen, let me plead with you;
do not shake the rope On which the
president treads. Do not badger him.
Do not heckle him. Do not annoy him
He will make the journey safely over
this ocean of blood and peril. Keep
silent. Hold your tongue"
without delay Senator James
launched into rebuke of Senator
Chamberlain.
Chamberlain Forgot Wilson,.
SIN time of war;" said he, "those
in high positions should be careful of
their utterances. No matter how good
their intention, some utterances not
properly weighed may be of far-reach
ing and disastrous in effect. The SEN
ator from Oregon spoke not only to
those gathered about him, but to the
world.
He paid tribute to Elihu Root and
to Theodore Roosevelt, but not one
word to Woodrow Wilson. OF course.
I recognize the surroundings. The
king of the jungle. the discoxerer Of
the Rive. Of DOUBT, was there, and
although the senator has told us on
the floor that he fears not God, man
nor the devil. he must at least have
been given aphasia by Colonel Roose-
velt, and was unable to remember the
name of the president of the United
States"
The galleries were well filled to
hear Senator James speak. The presi-.
dents secretary, Joseph P. Tumulty,
was present, accompanied by friends
president Wilson sent Mr. Root
abroad" continued Senator James. eff
he had sent Mr.. Bryan this chamber
would reverberate now with criticisms
that he had sent an orator and not a
nation-builder.
eve must look to measure the ef-
feet of the speech by the senator from
Oregon. At that time the fire of rev.
olution began to blaze in Austria,
half million men walked German
streets crying for peace without an
nexations. We can measure the force
of the senator's utterances in the
hands of the kaiser-red lined upon
every newspaper. Who said it? The
chairman of the senate military af-
fairs committee. Who can say wha.
might Influence this utterance had in
quieting the revolution. stopping the
strike. I can hear the kaiser say.
Trust me little longer, and Ger
many will triumph over the world"
Senator James cited the achieve
ments of the draft, and then passed
to the historic letters read by Senator
Chamberlain. telling of abuses to dead
and dying soldiers.
81 don't believe that was the way
to handle question like that" said
he. "The names should have been Civ
en- to the secretary of war. So far as
know he has never been able to Sc
cure the name. The letter created an
impression that that was the rule in
cantonments rather than the excep-
ion. 1t distracted mothers: It damp
ened the ardor of fathers. 7 received
such letter. did not read it on
the floor. took it to the secretary
and said that demanded a court
martial"