Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-22
have. republicans restored to power,
believing more efficient administra-
ton would thus be secured.


i G. o. p. SUPPORTS POLICIES.
Senator Lodge reminded Stone that
republicans had voted for all the great
war measures.
"Some of them would have failed
with out republican votes" said he.
"The republicans have cast no party
vote since April last and will cast
none during the war.
1.-THE only fault that l ever found is
that the administration has failed to
take the best from its party. 1t has
many times summoned men from what
has been called the jewellers in the
twilight zone There has been great
desire to appoint men who have wan
dered from one party to another. They
have been put in high places"
He added, too, that many are now
exerting great powers who are char
acterized by their "insignificance."
SCORES INVESTIGATIONS.
Senator Stones address. carefully
prepared, the first of political signifi-
canoe made in congress since the
United States entered the war and re-
garded as the forerunner of bitter par
tisan strife, excoriated partisanship in
the war.
WILCOX AND PENROSE.
Investigations by congress of war
operations, Senator Stone declared.
have almost entirely been launched
by republicans and adroitly exploited
for partisan purposes.
Citing statements of the republican
leaders regarding the political plans
and editorials of Colonel Roosevelt
which, he said, are "villainous
screeds, published for money" Sena-
tor Stone declared.
BITTER TOWARD T. r.
ION my responsibility as senator
charge that since our entrance into the
war, Roosevelt by his attacks on the
government has been a menace and
obstruction to the successful prosecu-
ton Of the war"
"The only possible effect of these
widely published, utterances of this
man." said Senator Stone, has been,
rs they were designed to be, to dis
credit and bring the present govern.
ment into public disfavor and weaken
its hold on popular confidence. That
seems to be the Rooseveltian standard
Of patriotism"
Similar utterances made by less
powerful citizens, Senator Stone as
serted, would subject them to prosecu-
ton for disloyalty.
"FRIEND OF KAIsER's."
"Of all men," the Missouri senator
continued, Roosevelt is most respon-
sible for what he denounces. He does
his work cunningly. In the front of his
propaganda he throws deceptive
political camouflage. I charge that
Theodore Roosevelt is the most potent
agent the kaiser has in America. / can
not escape the belief that this excep.
tional colonel, who has played so many
games of questionable politics, is now
playing another game Of his particular
brand for a very great stake"
The republican plans, Senator Stone
said. have been "adroitly directed" He
declared that congressional investiga-
lions of the war proposed by republi-
cans are significant.
ELECTION EFFECT.
Calling attention to the elections
next fall of the entire house member
ship and many senators, Senator Stone
said that two years later the preslden-
tial election will follow.
Here is a chance" he proceeded.
.for the dominating republicans of the
of them, perhaps more
than one of them, seeking to promote
his immediate personal Qualification,
and others, acting on larger scale,
to promote a party advantage-to|
strike hard to turn down this admins
tration and take the government into
their own hands. That fight is on. 1t,
is being played before our very eyes.
There are various elements of dis
content in the country. Their poten-
TALLY as political equations is recog-
nized by all The natural disposition
Of these disconnected elements will be,
10 strike blindly at the party in power.
Therefore, in a way, republicans ally
themselves with these discordant ele-
ments of unrest.
SAYS CONFIDENCE is IMPAIRED.
"But 1 especially protest and de-
nounce the effort put forward under
the guise of patriotism to disparage
this congress and the present admins
tration, to excite wider feeling of dis
content and lack OF confidence and to
spread the poison of this impression
broadcast. Plainly this sort Of move
ment is afoot."
After speaking of Senator Boise
Penrose and Chairman Wilcox, Sen
ator Stone continued:
II now introduce my star witness,
Theodore Roosevelt himself-whom
characterize as the most seditious man
Of consequence in America. The heart
Of this man is aflame with inordinate
ambition and he runs amuck. His
chief thought is not to help the govern
ment. But always of Roosevelt. This
very day this man speaks in bitter and
contemptuous disparagement of the
president and the majority members of
this congress. Every week for long
time he has been and still is publish
Ing under contract for a money consid-
eration-think of it, for money-vil-
famous screeds in the Kansas City
Etar-attacking the president and the
government. These Roosevelt contri-
buttons are reproduced in numerous
important newspapers
OBJECTS TO EXPOSURES.
'For example, Roosevelt denounces