The Washington herald., 1918-02-05
Mississippian Answers
Hitchcock, Of Nebraska,
So Who Indicts the
Administration.
GALLNGER VOICES
IMPEACHMENT HINT
Southern Senator, Wroth
Over Colleagues Crit
cism, Challenges 0ppo-
nent's Patriotism.

| Inc dominituduon Scut up one
OF its biggest guns yesterday 10 meet
another attack by the hackers of
the war cabinet bill.
John Sharp Williams. hero Of
many a sharp debate. took the Sen
ate floor to meet a general indici-
ment by Senator Hitchcock. Of Ne
braska. that neither the President
nor Secretary of War Baker knew
what went on. and that. therefore.
a great co-ordinatins body was
really Necessary.
The President cannot know
Hitchcock had said. He is sur
rounded like a king by his court.
and he hears practically only one
SIDE"
You say the President and the
Secretary of War do not know"
snapped Williams How can you
know better than they dOa In Cod.
name. ! ask you. You're not their.
superior in brains or intellect"
Alleges Pro-Germs. niss.
The brilliant Mississipian charged
the sponsors Of the bill with pro-
German tendencies. Once he advised
n they wished TO show where they
stood. 70 Telegraph to the Kaiser"
And he nung out a direct ehallengs
when he SAID:
IF were President. snd YOU pss~-
ed this bin. 1 would veto II. And N
you passed IL again by . tvo-fhirds
majority, i would refuse 20 obey ia
N. IN sss grounds OF unconsutD-
sDoat yua. shfBk.- Senator Cal
unger, the Republican leader, sslsed
lW1uams, "1f the President acted "a
fyou say You would. he would mate
himself liable TO possible impesch-
mentr-'
Administrotfon leaders had said
they would not reply TO me spsech
BY Senator Hitchcock yesterday 9 TO
that Of Senator Wadsvorth today.
Both these men are memers OF The
military committee and foremost adj
vocates OF the war cabinet bill.
williams Enters Arena.
| But the oeostou was evidently
changed. and williams was thrown
into the arena. II is said ollie James
of Kentucky, wiz answer Senator
/ Wadswor1h today.
The attitude OF the White House
forces was apparent an soon as Sena-
tor Hitchcock began to speak. Sena-
tors Martin. the Democratic floor
leader; Myers, Beckham and Kirby
all began to ask questions. These
continued for a time. but after a while
Hitchcock proceeded practically unln-
terrupted
Senator Hitchcock faced packeA gal
leries when he began, and the sight
seers remained all day.
In the audience were hundreds OF
the same spectators who attend the
debates regularly. A goodly proper
ton OF these are women who have
developed into political sharps. Many
army officers are present each day.
Senator wiIIisms followed Senator
Hitchcock. and Senator Reed, OF MIs-
sour, ended the day with a speech
in which he deplored impugning per
sonal motives. as he said Senator Will
Jams had done.
Its getting to be too much the
habit to insist that opponents or
sponsors Of measures are the friends
OF the Kaiser" said the Missouri Sen
ator.
Sounds strIdent Note.
The sweeping Indictment by Senate
Hitchcock had aroused Senator Will
Jams to high pitch. His tension evil
denced itself in the strident note his
soft voice takes when he is excited.
Jeremiah and his lamentations are
not in il with the Senator from Ne
braska," he said sarcastically "He
tells us we have no ships, nor this
nor that. nor the other things that
we need. and that every one OF us
knows we need.
He said that he might - accused
OF giving information useful 70 the
enemy il he disclosed all that he
knew. He has disclosed about all he
knew and he has given information
useful 10 the enemy.
My memory goes back TO the day
when men stood here wanting 10 stop
shipment Of food and munitions 10
Great Britain-something almost rs
foolish as this aulc council now pro-
posed. My memory goes back TO that
day.
THAT was the German game then.
But the German game now is mucic-
raking the administration. st
America whipped Already.
"If the Senator from Nebrasks q
right in what he has said. we are
whipped 2lresdy, we are out OF thts
war game right now Because l1e
has drawn and attempted 10 prove
an indictment against the Executive
authority OF the United States gov
eminent, that shows not only inefi-
cheney but proves stupidity. he
comes here with a measure to insesr
the President with more power IN
order 70 prove that the President
can become eficient with more power.
when he has been inefficient. In the
senator's opinion. with less power"
History was cited by the Southern
Senator.
Carthage" said he, "came nezr
running Hannibal. and II finally did
ruin him with a Carthaginian SEN
ate. The Continental Congress cane
near running George Washington with
committee on the conduct Of the