The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-11-20
DEMOCRATS AGAIN
REFUSE TO STAND
BY THE PRESIDENT
Southern Members Defeat Equal
Suffrage Despite Presi-
dents Appeal.

Although the Democratic leader
are attempting to make It appear the.
are not to blame for the defeat Of tn,
Suffrage resolution in this session O.
congress, there Is no way they car
twist the figures so as to escape tht
responsibility Of this action. Demo
Gratis are the majority party in the
Senate and as such have 1t In theil
power to pass any legislation. Instead
of their party standing by the Presi.
dent" 81 of their number opposed him.
and OF these 10 came from south OF
the Mason and Dixon Line. They rep
resented Democratic leadership In the
Senate. They included Senator Mar
tin Of Virginia, floor leader of the
Democrats in the Senate; Simmons OF
North Carolina, chairman OF the Com
mittee on Finance; Smith Of South
Carolina, chairman Of the Committee
on Interstate Commerce Overman Of
North Carolina, who has been the pres
ident's spokesman on the floor Of the
Senate; Underwood Of Alabama, one
OF President Wilson's opponents for
nomination In 1912; williams of Mis-
sissippi, Bankhead Of Alabama, Benet
Of South Carolina, Hardwick OF Geor-
gia, Shields Of Tennessee, Trammell
of Florida, Guion Of Louisiana.
There is no way to escape the con-
clusion that the South was in the sad
die driving an offensive attack against
a resolution which the President had
asked as a war measure The Repub-
licans, although in the minority in the
{cho tn, -
of this measure than did the Demo
Gratis, and they contributed less than
one-half as many votes against it, the
opposition vote being: Democrats,
81 Republicans, 10.
Democrats Against President.
II this were not enough to show that
the Democratic party cannot be relied
upon to STAND by the President" on
measures which he regards as neces
sary for winning the war, the vote In
the House would conclusively prove it.
When the Suffrage resolution came to
a vote in the House there was a clear
of Democrats against it and
an overwhelming majority of Repub-
icans for it. The lineup stood:
Democrats-For, 90; against, 1O3.
Republicans-For,1 72; against, 49,
These figures give some idea Of the
opposition to the President which ex-
SITS within his own party, an opposi-
ion that is solid In the dominant
Southern wing of his party and which
therefore, can never be eliminated. 1t
s the handicap of the Southern Bour-
ION under which the Democratic party
must forever labor 1t is the repetition
f what happened when Democratic
eaders like Dent Of Alabama, Kitchin
4 North Carolina and others refused
0 support the President on the meas
res which were necessary to raise
nd maintain an army. 1t is the repe-
Ition Of what has happened on many
revfous occasions when the President
an contrary to the sectional preju-
ices of that part Of the United States
hitch is hopelessly Democratic.
It now remains to see whether the
leaders who have thus re-
udiated the President upon what he
agards as very important war meas
re can 60 before the country and
AXE successful appeal for their re-
eetion upon the ground their re-elec-
on IS necessary In order to have a
ongress which will "Stand by the
resident"