Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-08-21

West is already in process Of formation
and that the date suggested py MN
namely, October, will be adopted. Mr;
Randall stated also that the tour VIII
be completed PROBABLY with the nnai
date of the fourth Liberty Loan cam
paign, which has been fixed for Octo-
Der 10.
1T became known today that Post
master General Burleson has been in
strumental i'll having some members
of Congress write to the President eX-
tending to him an invitation to visit
their States during October Mr.. Ran-
dali is thus far the only one who has re-
ceived reply so tar as has been ascer-
tanned.
The fact that Mr.. Bureson is ensi
neering the scheme caused an lmne-
cans in Congress. They see in II a
carefully devised piece of political
strategy, to be staged as part of the
Democratic campaign for retaining con-
troll of House and Senate. 1t has been
whispered for a long time about the
corridors of the office buildings of the
members that the date of the Liberty
Loan campaign has been set for octo-
Der with an eye to political advantage.
1t is said that naturally during the
progress of a talking campaign having
for its object the sale of Liberty Bonds
for the support Of the war 1t would be
difficult to talk politics, especially the
particular brand of politics which has
in view the unseating of Democratic
members in Congress and putting Re
publicans in their places. Any retiec-
ton upon the Democratic majority. it is
said, would be attacked promptly by
Democratic spellbinders as pro-German
and anti-American and as tending to In
terfere with the sale of Liberty Bonds
"Republicans feel that their disad-
vantage would be Increased many times
over If the President were making u
personal tour Of the country. Natur-
ally they would not express any oppo-
sition to it today, but they are plainly
disturbed over the effect they antici-
pate such a tour will have upon the
/ Republican campaign for obtaining
control of Congress-
1t may interest kennebec Journal
readers to recall that Congressman
Randall OF California, voted against
tho declaration of war with Germany,
against the Consumption Of an army
to give force and effect to tho
declaration Of war, and against pro-
rcsals to increase the army and
Lazy.
The Presidents attitude toward
congressman Randall is in such
striking contrast to that toward Con-
gresham Slayden of Texas and 9th
ers who have been publicly denounced
as unworthy of denomination and
election because of their war rec
ora is Indicative that the Demo-
cratic political strategy board needs
some one in California in its next
Michigan.
Touching the Presidents attitude
toward pacifist candidates for Con-
Gress. the New York Times Demo
cratic) on Aug. II said:
One is more than little per
| picked to find the clue and kew to
! Mr. Wilson'S selections, Endorsement
and regulations of candidates. In
the Sixty-fourth Congress Mr.. Hud-
oleston and every other Alabama
representative voted against the
Kahn and the Brandegee amendments
to increase the army, against a volur-
teer army under Federal control,
| against an increase of the navy. One
member. Mr.. Abercrombie. didn't vote
/ On the Kahn amendment. Mr.
! ifurnett didn't vote on the provision
for a. volunteer reserve army. Mr.
| 1uddleston voted with the rest of the
Alabama delegation on these four
! matters. His divergence was ms
Vote, on March !. 1917, for the Sc
called Cooper amendment forbiddiuG
American ships to carry arms or am
nunition in their cargoes.
1T was a shameful pacifist and
German proposal. Mr. Huddleston
deserves to be beaten for having
| favored it. But this cannot be the
! reason of Mr.. Wilson'S declaration as
! 20 Mr.. Huddleston, for did not Mr..
/ Wilson support and vainly, the re-
! nomination of Mr.. Gray. of Indiana,
'rho likewise voted for the Cooper
amendment? In the Sixty fifth Con-
! 2ress Mr.. Huddleston voted against
the raising of an army by conscrip-
! ton, but so did four other Alabama
! Representatives, including Mr.. Dent,
Chairman of the Committee on Mill
| tary Affairs. Mr.. Burnett and Mr..
| Almon voted against the declaration
CT war. Mr.. Huddleston voted for it.
1 The test of opposition to or support
| of the Administration is elusive
ITO leave Alabama for Michigan.
| what was the peculiar record of
/ loyalty, what the remarkable patriot
ism and support of patriotic measures
shown by Mr.. Henry Ford that caused
| Mr.. Wilson to select him as the
Democratic candidate for United
| States Senator? Doubtless the rea
sons of all these selections and re-
iections are clear to Mr.. Wilson, but
they hafffe the public"