Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-22
Teddy the Terrible Comes to
Aid Of ChamberIain's 'War
Cabinet Bill
DEMOCRATS UNITED
BY G. 0. P. CAMP PAIGN
Attacks On All Branches Of
Government Have Been
Most Persistent
By O. A. Martin
United Press Staff Correspondent)

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
| Washington, Jan. 22.-The dramatic
fight developing between President
Wilson and congress over the Chamber
lain Ffwar cabinet" bill advanced rap
idly today.
Senator Chamberlain, charged by the
president last night with distorting
the truth y about the war situation, de-
clared today he will reply.
1.-THE president has challenged the
accuracy OIL my words, said Chamber
lain, and | owe it to the country and
myself to answer. -
Meantime, Colonel Roosevelt plunged
into the melee Immediately upon ar
irving in Washington. He asked con-
ference with Chamberlain and in brief
interview assailed those ''who defend
inefficiency and lukewarmmess and de-
lay.'
He is here, he said, to boom war
measures.
Chamberlain q speech answering the
president may come Thursday when the
senate reconvenes to hear Chamberlain Is
plea for action on his measure.
In reply to the president s charge
that he was not consulted on the bills
before their introduction, Chamberlain
said today that at least one of them
was laid before the president who read
it and wrote letter saying he disap
proved it.
Chamberlain IS determination to fight
to the last ditch for the director Of mu-
nitions and the war cabinet was un-
shaken today in the face of the White
House opposition.
Half dozen democratic senators call
ed to the White House last night were
busy today lining up other democrats
against the two bills.
Senator Wadsworth, republican mem
Der of the military affairs committee,
said senate republicans probably will
take a definite stand on both measures
at meeting to be held soon.
House republicans caucus tomorrow
night and the two bills will be dis
cussed then. 1t is realized that though
the senate might be won to the direc
tor of munitions bill at least, the house
probably would not pass it without a
terrific struggle.
There is little hope, even among its
will pass either house in the face of the
bitter and unqualified hostility of the
administration.
While the lines were being drawn for
the fight today, Chamberlain arranged
for resumption of the military investi-
cation Saturday when Surgeon General
Gorgas will testify.
To add zest to the battle, Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt arrived to-
day to take up the eudgels for the
measure. An editorial IN
the morning papers under his sigma
ture preceded arrival of his snow
blocked train. It conveyed his deter
mination to throw his influence
against the president.
1T insisted upon passage of the
bill so that we may
never again be caught utterly and
unprepared. :"
All factors in the pending struggle
have gone before the people for sup
port. President Wilson in a statement l.
last night declared the legislative /
measures proposed to wrest from him
and Secretary Baker direct administra-
ion of the war work had not even
,een brought to his attention in con-
ference, that they would delay pro-
yress, not hasten it, and that Baker s
Jan of reorganization was based on
experience and therefore better. J.
Senator Chamberlain in reply stat
d today that he is willing to abide
" the expressed will of the people.
s"It 5 their war" he declared.
Roosevelt, through his writings for
months, has been trying to swing pop
liar opinion against the administra-
ion s conduct of the war. Today he
> prepared to personally enter the
lists in an effort to bring about
.hange.
Tn the wake of the bitter partisan
outbreak in the senate yesterday, dur
no which Senator Stone sharply erlt-
cized the republicans for injecting
politics in the war work and was neat I
div answered by Lodge and Penrose,
trying to stop criticism of the pres I
dent, y party lines were drawn taut
-oday The appearance of Roosevelt
,nly served to aeeentuate the bitter.
tss icf the demoerats-a vast ma
ority of tkem-at what they believe 4
concerted plan to diseredit the admin {
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