The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-25
SENATOR'S FIND DEBATING SUBJECT
 IN THIRD POINT
One of Presidents II Peace Terms Is Held by Repub- lican Senators to Be a
 Free Trade Plank"

Washington, october 24 Republican colttentions Eha5 the tnifd riaose in President Wilson's IA peace terms pro- viding for the removal of economic bar riers, is a free trade plank, furnished the vehicle of political debate in the Senate today.
 that the President merely meant there should be no prohiptive or irritating tariffs. Senator Watson of Indiana, ana other republicans declared the republican party objected to fixing by peace treaty or any other treaty the domestic policy of the United States
 Senator Thomas referred to protests by Chairman Hayes of the national re- publican committee and others against contentious made by democratic leaders that a republican victory would be in terpreted by the Kaiser and our enemies abroad as repudiation of President Wilson.
 HAD NO INFLUENCE
 Asked by Senator McCumber, repun>l lican, of North Dakota, if the last Sena- torial election in Wisconsin when Sena- tor Lenroot, republican, was elected had any influence one way or the other on German people, Senator Thomas said he did not think so, but added there is a vast difference between solitary con test and a general election. He read ex- tensive abstracts from speeches made by Col. Roosevelt, former President Harri- son and Senator Lodge in 1898, in which they urged the reelection of republican Congress to support President Mckinley on the grounds that not to do so would give cheer and comfort to Spain and would in effect be a repudiation of his conduct of the war.
 Senator Smith of Michigan, republican. referred to conditions antedating the Spanish war and declared that President Cleveland had refused to permit this country to declare war on Spain.
 FAILED TO INTERFERE
 Senator King of Utah, democrat, said President Mckinley after his election, failed to interfere, and that S7 republt- cans organized in the House and threat ened to act exparte with the democrats favoring war with Spain unless the Pres- ident should change his attitude. That. he added was after the Maine had been sunk.
 senator Smith declared the Utah senator was partly wrong in his facts, adding there never was any question about going to war aIter the Mdine was destroyed.
 Senator Williams of Mississippi alEo charged that Stand by the President was the republican slogan in 1893 of which every advantage was taken.
 Senator Smith said that President Wilson has earned the gratitude of the American people but that he is not entitled to dictate to the Michigan Electorate who should be elected sena- tor. Senator Williams pointed ont that the President has not confined his efforts to republican states and candidates but went into Georgia ant i Mississippi where, he said, democratic were not regarded as de- siratle, and opposed their nomination.
 Tn Kansas, Senator Thomas said, Governor Capper. the republican candi- date for senator. is notorious for his pa cifism." while Representative Rob- erts the republican candidate for scn- ator in Nevada, the senator continued, voted against war with Germany.
 If pacifism is the test, why inter- fere in Michigan" Senator Smith asked.
 SPEECH HELD DISGRACEFUL
 Senator William in his reply said the speech in the Senate in which the doI- lar mark was placed on the American flag. was "disgracefur' and at least had not been made by Henry Ford, the candidate in Michigan.
 While denying that he had any in- tention of saying anything against Mir. Ford, or Truman IT. Newberry. the re- publican senatorial candidate in Mich igan Senator Smith said. the demo- cratic party was guilty of kleptomania when it took a man out of "the neu- tral zone, and made him its exclusive candidate.
 Senator Williams charged that New-| berry spent "a whole lot of money,' in his campaign. Senator Smith ds-