Baxter Springs news., 1918-09-06

meant war anu IIldI HIS ONh iS-SiSS
ton meant peace. Why, the Demo
cratic candidate told the people O
the Third district that a vote for vii
son meant peace, while a vote fol
Hughes meant war and, Of course
he knows that Wilson knew when HI
delivered the Shadow Lawn speecl
that war was inevitable. The speech
deceived the people; it got the votes
That was what it was made for.
Wilson knew all through that cam
paign that Prussian autocracy hat
been threatening the existence o1
democracy since August 1914. The
President now says that we are in the
war to save democracy from Prus'
sian autocracy. 1t is just as well moi
to forget some of these things as we
90 along.
Now, as to some of the Democratic
candidates material: Neither l mol
any other member of Congress voted
for the McLemore resolution. / voted
against laying it on the table.
would not have voted for the resolu-
tion, and, as the Record shows, / had
substitute which l would have Of
fered for that resolution, if it had not
been laid on the table.
But why did the Democratic candi-
date mention the McLemOre resolu-
tion? That was long before the cleo
tion of 1916; long before Wilson made
his campaign on the issue that che
had kept US out of war;; it was long
before he made his celebrated plea
fol peace without Victory" on Jan
uary 22, 1917 and while Germany was
IN one of the most advantageous po-
sitions she had been in since the be-
ginning of the war; but that resolu-
ti0n was up for consideration after
July 4, 1915, when President Wilson
at Philadelphia, said tive were too
proud to fight; it was after he said
those who wanted to prepare the
country for war were nervous and
excited" Preparations for war would
have spoiled the "he kept US out Of
war" campaign issue.
Complaint is made by the Demo-
cratic candidate about other matters
| voted for or against. He mentions
the Shipping Board. The creation of
the Shipping Board enabled the Pres
ident to pay q number of political
debts at the expense of millions Of
money and the loss of much valuable
time. After the country became dis
gusted with the mess the Shipping
Board got into, the President finally
turned the whole business over to
Schwab-a thing he should have done
in the first place, instead of asking
for the creation of the Shipping
Board. l have never regretted my
vote against that folly of the Admin
istration. The Democratic candidate
could have named other similar
boards and commissions that made
jobs for the friends of the Administra-
tion, but served no other useful pur-
pose, that / voted against. He men,
tions the Cooper amendment or So
called embargo"
On the first of March, 1917, and be-
fore war was declared, the President
asked for authority to arm the mer-
chant ships of the United States with
guns from our fleet and man them
with officers and men from our Navy
our merchant vessels into
armed cruisers of the Government.
The Cooper amendment was as fol-
lows: -.
provided, That no ship Of Am
erican register armed in the man.
ner aforesaid shall carry cargo
consisting in whole or in part Of /,
arms or ammunition consigned TO-.
a belligerent country or a citi-
zen hereof"
II is necessary to bear in mind the