Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-22


Tor remedy aud there Is little reveaIe,
but what the enemy does not alread,
know
What DO you think the effect will
DO on the German minds when they
read OF the fuel orders2" he de-
slandcd. @"
Senator Lodge praised Colonel
Roosevelt. declaring his life was an
! open book
'One thing that can be said about
! MN IN mat he never held any secrets
from me American people They can
I Judge HIM, and they Will"
"Mr Roosevelt offered himself TO
! aervice and was rSfusod." senator
Lodge continued "lIe supported the
! president at least In trying 10 have
American merchantmen armed. ana
{ IN declaring war, lie is trying to
help In any way hc cnu.' His four sons
ire IN the war, three on the Fl6,-
ders front today.
Winning Of War Motive.
THE senator says Mir. Roosevelt II
guilty OF treason because OF the ar
4, ticlcs crltici2inK the administration.
~ II treason to say that our lack oJ
preparation has already cost the allies
thousands and thousands OF lives; cost
iiuUuIfNN Ni our OVID men ana nlllllOnA
and millions OF dollarsP II Is the
naked truth. Is 1t treason TO point To
conditions in our campsY Then Gen
cral Gorgas ought To be court-mar-
tialed for he was the first to call at
tcntion to some OF them. Men all over
the country. and Roosevelt is one,
have one idea--to win the war They
forget party. they forget everything
but that purpose. But these men won't
sit silent and accept mistakes and
delays which they think may cause
disaster In the war.
''rhe arrest OF man m 81. Lops
was cited. II Il Is thot that MIR
Roosevelt deserves prosecution ms
rnuoh as that man, why don't they
prosecute him7 He Is visible. also
audible. and also readable.
The senator undertakes TO put
criticism and disloyalty on the same
basis We allow 10 the president all
"upport we can give him and we've
given H. But our first allegiance Is 10
the country and the cause
And" Senator Lodge earnestly
declared In conclusion. "as we see
things going wrong we shall call at
tentIon Of the country to them IL we
can. We shall vote all powers and
money TO the president. but n money
is wasted aud powers incffcctiVeiy
used we would be traitors IL we kent
silent and let the country drift into
disaster because somebody calls Il
reasonable.
Senator PcnrQse. who followed, said
he was surprised that Senator Stone
statement was not more formidable.
Pcnrosc Pleads Guilty.
"RealIzlng what disinterested po-
liticH character the senator has al
ways been Senator Penrose contln-
ued. 81 plead guilty to everything he
has said about me But Iae do not
think political parties should be aban-
doncd simply because the country In
az war. Bipartisan organization In |
England has failed! | am entirely |
willing that the Democratic party |
should go on with the war. but am |
determined that the Republican party |
shall retain Its ornaf i1a ton and sup |
port the administration In every laud- |
able way going on with criticisms |
To critlcise Is n public duty as | CON
ceive II. How also would we remedy
defects unless attention tx called tS
them? II Is not likely that the cabinet
heads guilty Of inefficiency will call
attention to It, or course. I favor
restoration OF the Hepnblican party
TO power. am sufficiently impressed
with the inefficiency or the present
administration To think that better
having more conf
dence Of these interests and the peo.
pie, could he given under a Republi-
can regime"
Senator Penrose added he had never
heard OF any "divine ointment on Mr.
head" The Missouri senator,
he thought spoke OF the president as
Il he were the whole government
rs Mr.. Wilson 10 remain In power