Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-31
HOW THE DEMOCRATS
HELPED THE PRESIDENT

Isaac Peart, of Portland, has the
following to say in one of the Port
land papers:
Mr.. Wilson has sent out call to
the people of the United States to re-
turn only democrats to congress.
This is based on the ground that he
wants unity of command" or dnan-
imous support OF his measures.
Some persons who are more pro-
Wilson than pro-just will heed the
call. Personally hope that the call
will be positively ignored. for 1t is
a rank injustice to those whom he
wishes turned out and who have be-
yond the shadow of doubt proved
themselves to be 100 per cent loyal.
He wishes a democratic congress. He
has a democratic congress, but the
republicans have furnished, seeming
ly so, the unity of command"
When Wilson measure was in
troduced in the senate calling for
armed neutrality, the right honor
able Bill Stone, a star in the demo-
cratic armament, was chairman Oh
the military committee for foreign
affairs, and it fell upon him to steer
this measure through the senate
but he said that he could not sup
port the measure, and, therefore,
handed his job over to Senator
Hitchcock, of Nebraska. Democratic
support of the president No. l.
A little later Mr., Wilson appeared
before the joint session Of congress
and asked 1t to declare that a state
of war exists between the United
States and Germany. The right
honorable Claude Kitchen, demo-
crat, who was, and is. chairman OF
the ways and means committee" in
the house, opposed the resolution
and voted against it. Democratic
support of the president No. 2.
A little farther down another Will
son measure went to congress. ask
ing for conscription. Champ Clark
another star in the democratic firm
ament and speaker of the house Of
representatives took the floor in op-
position to the measure, and among
other things said: 81 see but little
difference between a conscript and
a convict" and voted against the
measure. Democratic support of the
president No. 3.
Mr.. Dent was chairman OF the
committee on foreign affairs in the
house, and to him fell the duty to
guide the draft measure through,
but he baked, and Mr.. Kahn. a re-
publican, took his place and carried
the bill through. Democratic sup
port of the president No. 4.
About two weeks ago Mr.. Wilson
made a plea to congress to pass the
bill for woman's suffrage on the
ground that it was war measure
taking the stand, in substance, tnat
we could not talk about democracy
abroad and not have it at home. The
measure was defeated, though ne
had a democratic congress behind
him, II democrats voting against 1t.
Democratic support of the president
No. 5.
Seven great war measures have
been carried through congress.
These have been supported by 10
Der cent of the republicans and 81
per cent OF the democrats. Demo-
cratic support of the president No. 3.
In closing, let me say that IL Mr..
Wilson and the democrats can fur
nish alone all the soldiers and sail
ors and officers and money to con-
duct the war; If they can furnish
alone the munitions and guns and
all the various war boards, stenog-
raphers, clerks, Red Cross workers,
Y. M. C. A, Y. w. C. A. workers, the
metal workers, steel workers and
coal miners and chemists, then, OF
course, the republicans might sit
back and watch the big show. If
they cannot do this, why deny them
seat and a place in the councils OF
Tho paffap9