The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-06-14
REPUBLICANS
Who SUPPORT WILSON


President Wilson's remark
! that politics is adjourned" in
! his recent address to Congress
on the revenue situation, did not
! find response among Republi
can leaders, Judging by the in
terview given the following day
by Senator Penrose of Pennsyl-
vania to the Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
In discussing a conference he
and Chairman Hays of the Re-
publican National Committee
we're to have with Pennsylvania
Republican chieftains, the boss
of the keystone State said;
"The judgment of Republican
leaders generally is that the
party should wage a vigorous
campaign for the election of a
majority of the House in the
next Congress. 1t is felt that
Congress should assume its full
share of the responsibility in
the direction of the work of the
war. OF course, there will be
no disposition to hamper or en-
barrass the President in any
way, but with the Republicans
in the majority of the House, a
searching investigation of every
bureau that needs investigation
would be assured. "
Just what Senator Penrose
means may be gathered by read
ing the following comment in
the New York World on an edi-
torial in the New York Tribune:
Plans Are Revealed
"We had never realized what
the great advantages to the
country would be in a Congress
with 100 Republican majority as
Senator Penrose desires, until
the Tribune explained the great
work that such a Congress
could do:
Congress could, by a single.
vote, practically take from the.
President any power whatso-
ever as to the preparation and
organization for the war. ltI
could abolish Secretary Baker.
1t could create a War Board,
with practically absolute author
ity.
8" 1t could take the whole con
duct of the war into it's own
hands.
Or delegate it to the Su-
preme Court or any other body
it chose to designate or author
ize.
" 'Conceivably, some time
Congress may be compelled toI
exercise the constitut Onal au
thority which it possesses. It'll
cannot now.
"'For this a full two-thirds
in both houses would
be necessary in order to pass
any such measure over the Pres
dent veto and if it were neces
sary. to impeach any judge or
anv other official who attempted |
to question this clear constitu-
tional right.
Under present conditions
this two-thirds majority is lack
inc, and so long as the Demo
cratic party retains its present
in the two houses this
will remain.
This Congress- can not strip
the President of all his war
powers, abolish the Cabinet, i'm
peach the Supreme Court for
declaring such an act invalid or
.mpeach the President for refus-
.ng to permit the destruction OF
.he United States government,
because the Democrats are In
control. Under present condi-
ions the necessary anti-Wilson
majority is lacking, and so long
As the Democratic party retains
is present holdings in the two
Houses this situation Will re-
main But it may be different
leXt year.
rs the Tribune speaking for
lie leaders of the Republican
1arty when it insists that the
way to win the war is to wreck
he Constitution and the Gov
.rnment of the United States?
S this to be the Republican
Program in the campaign of
918?
WickerSham Is Frank
Further explanation Of the
Of ublican machine
eaders in the event of the over
hrow Of the present control OF
congress is found in the sur
frank speech of Geo.
v. Wickersham, former United
states Attorney General, recent
y at a Republican banquet at
Pa.
Speaking to young Republi-
ans of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Wick
rsham, according to the Ian
aster Intelligencer, threw aside
oe4,o;pt and 1ounchad into q