Evening journal., 1918-11-01


All 'that requires cloarheaded states
manship with a high ideal nttcd 10 hu-
man nature. for We are not going 10
lose human nature even as result OF
this war.
Now the President was elected
before this war came on. Tic was
elected as a peace president because be
had kept ms out OF war. he was not
elected with a view OF settling these
questions. The issue OF free trade and
protection was not presented These
other social and economical changes
were not discussed in that campaign.
We should have a force i'm the gov
ernment charged with a knowledge
Of what The people ssire. That Is the
reason why we should have a Republi-
can Congress 10 assist the President In
such reconstruction measures. III the
| Democratic Congress goes back 10 will
be Ike this one and merely rcsigter the
will OF the President You ask me on
what authority / make that statement
I Well, the discipline that the President
has brought about for those who have
not voted as he wished Is known Of an
men. You, who live near Washington.
know that when a man was particular
/ Is recalcitrant his constituents were
advised IN a letter more clear than Mr.
/ Wilson wis IN the fourteen points that he
should not be returned. and he is not
returned. and that creates a wholesome
respect in Congress for administrative
discipline which makes the Presidents
word good for legislation. His viii hss
been supreme except for measures
D "a
I tiOn Of the war. There Is one eXcep-
tion. admit. in which he did not get
/ the support OF some OF the Democrats.
/ refer 90 the MOman's Suffrage amend
ment. lie said 10 Congress that 10 was
absolutely essential 10 the successful
prosecution Of the war that we have
woman suffrage ! did not agree with
him in this necessity. but that is where
he classed 10.
"Now ! would stop here II 70 had not
been for the issuance 0f a remarkable
document from the White House last
Friday. The truth Is, ! don't think ]
would have come here II that partisan
appeal had not been made by the presi-
dent. don't object 90 Presi-
dent asking the voters OF the country
10 return a particular Congress. and a
Congress Of a particular complexion.
don't agree with those who disagree
with the President for taking part In
| political discussion. In England the
l Premier, who exercises more power
Than does our President. more executive
and legislative power goes before the
country and makes his speeches In
/ favor OF returning members Of Parlla-
mont who are favorable 10 his policies.
| The President occupies q similar posi-
/ tiOn. and If he should go before the
country and make his appeal IL seems
/ to me TO be a perfectly legitimate func-
| tiOn. ] don't criticize him for making
such an appeal. What I object TO Is
the ground which he takes for making
that appeal for the return of the Demo-
| cratic Congress. His ground is-and
you can read 10 through, and forward
/ and backward. subject 10 20 the closest
analysis and this Is the purport and this
Is what IL Is written 10 convince the
American people of-that the will Of
Woodrow Wilson must be uncontrolled
not only in winning the war, but that
for two years the will OF Woodrow
Wilson. as President of the United
States. must be uncontrolled In execu-
tive functions. In legislative policy and
in civil action-f0r the whole two
years. Tie says: I must be the uncm-
| barrassedi spokesman at home and
abroad for you and your fellow-ciii-
zens ] want you TO go home and
read that over again. want you, 10
see how many times the ides Of undi-
vided control and undivided leadership
occurs i'm that appeal TO the American
people. lie says: I can't do this job
unless I am unembarrassed.' Tie says
The Republicans say they are going 10
support me- lie says: No. they are
not going TO support me, but they are
going 10 try 90 control my wilh i
Thought we were fighting in this coun-
try TO suppress the idea that undivided
leadership In civil affairs must always
control. President Wilson says; ~ you
put IN a Republican Congress, I viii not
get undivided support That Is resented
by Republicans everywhere. / am glau
OF it I have not seen IL yet. buA you
will see it later on, and that Is the
resentment Of the Democrats, when ne
makes the assertion. namely, IL you
return a Democratic Congress my
power and will will be undivided. ana
there will be nobody 10 interfere Why,
that Is as plain as the nose on your
face-that the viii OF a Democratic
Congress simply will register his will.
Re Is a strong character and he has
that kind Of strength that depends on
his own will and his own undivided
leadership.
Opposes One-Man Power.
"The President in time Of war should
have great power. We'voted II TO him.
The war IS at an end, or nearly so,
and he now is asking for power for
two years OF peace Those who framed
our constitution prided themselves that
it provided for a divided power. Now
the meaning, and the only meaning,
that YOU can attribute to this appeal
is that it Is essential to the safety or
the country that Woodrow Wilson be
clothed with uncontrolled power dur
/ ing the next two years, as arbitrary as
was that exercised by Wilhelm OF H0hen-
zollern in his best estate. / say That Il
un-republlcan. i am a lawyer and /
have been a Judge. IL is possible that
[ have attached too much importance
10 constitutional distinctions. When
read that appeal ! was shocked Dy
President Wilson's false conceptions as
TO what his constitutional powers /
were. The United States Senate Is an |
important part OF the United states
government: but / ask you. have you |
seen any reference In any Of President |
Wilson's notes in which he appeals to
action by the Senate or the necessity /
for action by the Senate2 Have you
seen anything Of his calling any com