The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-03-23
WILSON'S BIASED
. STAND in BADGER
CAMPAIGN S7lRs ! $!
G,o.P.REsEN7MEN7 81:
First to Inject Political Partisan
i, Politics Into War Issues During
~ the Campaign.
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sHAD STRONGLY URGED THAT
'1 POLITICS BE ELIMINATED
Lenroot Had Rallied His Support to-
Presidents Program; Wilson's
II Tactics Revealed.


letter espousing the candidacy of Jo-
seph E. Davies, democrat, and in
ferentially fmpugning the loyalty
and Americanism of Irvine E. Len
root, republican,, President Wilson
has fired the first gun in the cam
paign to elect a United States sena-
tor from Wisconsin.
Although Mr.. Lenroot has demon
strated his loyalty by actual per-
formance in congress and has mar
shalled republican support for ad-
ministration measures that otherwise
would have failed, the president will
do all in his power to help the
democratic national committee carry
this normally republican state for the
democratic nominee.
The decision of the president to
take a partisan stand in this contest
between two loyalists has angered
the republican leaders, who feel that
Mr.. Wilson has been the first to in
ject political partisanship in the war
issues. It will doubtless make still
more spectacular this first war elec-
tion- of Importance. XVII.
.,;ss On March &12: Mr.. Davies wrote the
letter resigning from the
Federal Trade commission. Mr.. Will
son did not accept the resignation
until the nomination of Mr. Davies
had been established beyond doubt.
Shot Aimed at Lenroot.
President Wilson's reference to the
McLemore resolution, the embargo
issue and the armed neutrality legls-
lation is shot at Mr.. Lenroot, who
voted for the McLemore resolution
to keep Americans off armed mer-
chantmen and for the Cooper amend
ment to the armed neutrality bill
providing that ships carrying, muni-
lions of war should not be armed.
In supporting the McLemore reso-
luton, Mr. Lenroot maintained "a
position which the president sudden
ly abandoned when the issue arose in
congress in February, 1916. Only
the month before, the president had
caused Secretary of State Robert
Lansing to send to the Allies a note
proposing to declare armed mer-
chantmen warships and not immune
from being sunk without warming.
Secretary Lansing said at the time
that if this policy were adopted Am
ericans would be warned to shun
armed ships. When the McLemore
resolution came up few weeks Ia
ter, however, the president changed
front and demanded it's defeat.
Voted for War.
Although supporting the Cooper
amendment, which was defeated, Mr..
Lenroot voted for the armed neut-
rality bill He voted for the dec
laration of war and made one of the
strongest speeches thereon.
DR.. Davies record in national af-:
fairs is confined to his service on the
federal trade commission, of which
he was the first president. The
president has high opinion OF his
ability. -,
The executive committee of the
democratic. national committee has
perfected plans for the campaign for
Mr. Davies and announced that the
following speakers would be sent 70
Wisconsin: Vice President T. Il.
Marshall, Assistant Secretary of Ag-
riculture Carl Vrooman, Governor j.
NJ. Cox of Ohio, Timothy S. Hogan,
former attorney general OF ONO;
Henry Morgenthau. former ambas-
sador to Turkey; Bainbridge Colby
of the shipping board; United States
Senators ]. Hamilton Lewis OF ILL
nois, H. F. Ashhurst of Arizona, Key
Pittman of Nevada, A. A. Jones OF
New Mexico and J. B. Kendrick OF
Wyoming. Representatives H. T.:
Rainey of Illinois, Warner Gard OF
Ohio and A. w. Overmyer of Ohio;
Matthew Hale of Massachusetts,, for
mer chairman of the progressive ma
tional. committee; Judge Albert D.
Nortoni of St. Louis, and Hans R1eg
of Chicago.
G. O. P. CONGRESSMAN Jubiliant.
Republican members of congress
were jubilant over the nomination
of Mr.. Lenroot and the special sena-
torial committee, of which Senator
J. H. Gallinger, minority leader, IS
the chairman. will meet at once to
cShsider plans for aiding his cam
s9aign.
"I am profoundly grateful that
Mr.. Lenroot has won,' said Senator
Gallinger. 'T know him to be an
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