Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-22

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san organisation In England has fAilstE
/ am entirely wiling thai the dcmocFa-
tic party should so on with the war
but am determined that the republic
can party shall retain LIS organization
and support the administration Ia
every laudable way going on VITA crl.
ticism.
ITO criticize Is q public duty ~
conceive it. How also would we remedy
deefcts unless attention Is called tn
them? 1t is not likely that the cabinet
heads guilty Of inefficiency will call
attention to 1t. OF course, favor re-
storation Of the republican party to
power. am sufficiently impressed with
the inefficiency Of the present admin
istration to think that O better admin
istration having moro confidence OF
business interests and the people could
be given under republican regime.
Senator Penrose added he HAD never
heard of any divine ointment on Mr..
Wilson's head The Missouri senator
he thought spoke Of the president as II
he were the whole government.
rs Mr.. Wilson to remain In power
forever" Penrose inquired.
rs there no one to succeed him2'
while it was not necessary for the
senate to confirm Colonel House, 1t
was necessary to confirm all explosive
inspectors" he continued. U was told
in cold blood by the bureau Of mines
that they would be appointed by demo-
cratic senators or democratic state
chairmen. That doesn't chime in with
the views about nonpartisanship In the
war In Pennsylvania the Wilson gov
eminent, I think that is the proper
term, not the American government.
gentleman engaged in selling root beer.
He admitted that he didn't want It II
there was any work about it,
In Arizona, Penrose added, "the in
spector was a cigarmaker, and in Con-
necticut former saloonkeeper
Can the senator blame me for par
tsanship in the war;" he asked, when
I learned Of all these inspectors being
cheap. small. democratic workers.
without qualifications? I intend later
to address the senate on mistakes and
inefficiencies in the war; but can not
this afternoon. The subject is too vast.
Garfield Attacked.
while millions Of dollars was being
spent. the secretary Of the navy de.
layed for three months important
questions about pettifogging economy.
That Is one OF the causes Of unpre-
paredness. Why not show 1t up in
detail with a view to correction?
'Inefficiency In the war department
is equally notable. l. am told that tho
outbreak Of pneumonia Is because
those in charge will not use ordinary
methods Of preventing the disease"
Senator Penrose then turned to the
coal situation. declaring Fuel Admin.
istrator Garfield college president
who probably never saw a coal mine"
Men wonder to what deplorable
depths OF inefficiency the government
has dropped" he said.
In my opinion there has been no
necessity for a shortage Of coal any
place." said Senator Penrose.
Il don't think that in a few months
that we have been in the war. we have
reached the point where we need to
interrupt the currents Of commerce. We
are possessed with fads and everything
we read about from foreign Countries
Is brought to congress by bureau clerks
anu IL IL pdSncu \ lulIlh Tic lAllc llS
come when that should stop"
Senator Lewis followed Senator PEN
rose saying nothing could do more TO
Illustrate the work Of Colonel House
than criticism from the floor OF the
senate giving the impression that lie
was man not entitled to the cons
fdence Of the country.
Colonel House is not such a deli
cate piece of bric-a- brac." interrupted
Senator Penrose. that he must bs
kept under a glass case In order to
avoid criticism" -
He added that Colonel House went
to Paris without even being under. an
oath OF Office.
Senator Lewis resented the Pennsyl-
vania senator's references to Colonel
House as Texas lobbyist and de-
manded what proof Senator Penroso
had that would permit him to mako
such a charge.