The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-10-04
HAYDEN ANSWERS SECURITY
 LEAGUE FALSE CHARGES
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 to the discussion or when the welfare of our State was involved, but I recog- nize the fact that the legislative rec ord of Congressman can better be judged by his votes on important bills than ty his oratorical efforts.
 That statement is truer than ever today, and I am more than willing that the people of Arizona shall pass judgment upon my votes on the inn portant bills passed during my ser vice in Congress. The more thorough ly my war record is inspected the bot ter satisfied I shall be.
 Following are six important war measures, according to the National Security League. Hayden voted wrong five times out of six.
 Here is a cheap and f1imsy effort to disparage my voting record. The Security League lists eight measures as of importance, two of which are carefully eliminated from the adver- tisement, because the league approves of my votes on both of them. The first is the McLemore resolution, to the effect that American citizens should forego their natural, legal, and constitutional rights to travel on the high seas. On March ', 1916, I voted to kill this resolution by laying it on the table Congressional Rec ord, 37200 The seconl is the Coop CT embargo amendment to the armed neutrality bill, which was designed to I,.4 k0 zl. right to carry arms or ammunition in their cargoes On March 1, 1917, voted against the Cooper amendment and then voted in favor of the armed neutrality bill. Congressional Record, pp- 4691-4692.)
 The vote on the McLemore resolu tion was Yeas-Democrats 1S1; Re publicans 93; nays-Democrats 31, Re publicans 1O5 On this vote I sup ported the President and voted with the Democratic majority. The vote on the Copper embargo amendment was: Yeas-Democrats, AS, Republicans "A: nays-Democrats 169, Republicans 121 My nav" vote was again in support of the President and with the Demo- cratic majority.
 He voted against the Kahn amend ment to the Hay Army bill March g, 1916. This amendment sought to in- crease the Regular Army to ITS, ,000, or more nearly approaching the rec ommenda tions of the General Stan of the Army.
 The Kahn amendment proposed, over year before the declaration of war. to increase the number of. men in the Regular Army from 140 ,000, as provided in the bill, to 220,000-not 17s.00O. as stated by the Security League.
 The vote on this amendment was: Yeas-Democrats 32, Republicans 154 Nays-Democrats 176, Republicans 34. Congressional Record. p 4729). vot- ed with the Democratic majority against the Kahn amendment because I knew that in time of peace it had never been possible to recruit by vol uptarv enlistments 220,000 men for the Regular Army. A maximum of 100000 men had been authorized since 1901. but 87,000 was the largest number that ever could be obtained. Neither the President nor the Secre- tary- of War had asked for such an increase in the Regular Army, and at the time a vote for the Kahn amend ment was considered to be an anti administration vote.
 He voted against. the Bandegee amendment to the Hay-Chamberlain Army bill April IS, 1916. This am- endment provided for an army of 250,- 900 as against 10000.
 The vote was taken in the House on May 8, 1916, and not on April IS, as the league states. The motion was to concur in the Senate amend ment, raising. the Regular Army from .140,000 to 25O,0O0. men. Twenty-nine Democrats and 10S Republicans voted yea; ITO Democrats and 50 Repub- licans voted nay Congressional Record p 7599.) For the same reasons that I voted against the Kahn amend ment I again voted with the Demo- cratic majority against the Brandegee amendment. Even if the men could have been obtained the increases pro- posed in the Kahn and Brandegee amendments would have been negligi- ble when compared with the 100000 soldiers that will be sent to France.
 He voted against section 56, provid ing for a volunteer reserve army wholly under Federal control, April IS, 1916.
 This was a motion to concur in a Senate amendment which authorized the organization of a volunteer force of not exceeding 600 men in each con- gressional district The vote was also taken on May 8, 1916, and not on April IS. This amendment was designed to destroy the National Guard, and I re-