Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-24
Sherman Criticises
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arc efficient and put them to work al
rea sonable salaries. II this govern
ment had centralized system for
1.-THE purchase of supplies he declaf-
ed s., 600, 00G, 900 could be saved snnu-
ally during the war
| Frank distrust Of President VIII
sons use Of power was expressed oy
senator Sherman. Reviewing the con-
| duct Of affairs between the niteo
States and Russia. the senator saio
through it 1.-The President carried IN
his had a blazing brand and didn
know IT.
..Sow there is some company the
President associates with himself,
Senator Sherman continued, "hich
gives me more reason for distfus..
His secretary of war. Mr.. Baker. IS
half a Socialist and the other han
pacif1st He went into office. con-
WINGED that he could help emu
war, not by making war. nut oE
moral persuasion by argument.
"Tlen there's Secretary OF LABOR
Wilson. who made his debut into puo-
lie life by getting into Jail in Cum
berland. Md, by violating his couu-
try's laws.
senator Sherman charged the Pres
ident was surrounded by Socialists
End demanded that he get rid OF them
before he would be willing TO grant
the Chief Executive more power.
Secretary Wilson and Postmaster
caneral Rurleson, the senator Ge-
c,ared were state Socialists. Mr..
Rurleson. he said. was carrying
around with him the earnings 81 con-
victs employed on his farm IN leNaS
Louis F. Post. assistant secretary
Of labor, Senator Sherman contihue"'
thinks as does Leon TrotZzky. th'.'
tho middle class should be EXTERN
rated and he declared that d ouph-
cation in which Mr.. Posts FAMILY Is
interested, defends the /. w. w.
John II. Walker. president OF inc
Illinois State Federation OF Labor
and now a member OF the adFlsoiy
committee Of the Council OF Natonai
Defense is n socialist OF the mos.
radical type" who is instlga'lhs
str;ke and the murder OF peaceIui
men" in the Illinois coal fields, ac-
cording to the senator
Senator Sherman referred 10
yrooman. assistant secretary OF agri-
culture. as a "parlor Socialist.
Senator Sherman charged that A. Y.
Townley. president Of the Non-Par'lsah
League. represents pro-German inhu-
ence.
Senator sherman said that he advo-
Gated the same principles in Minneapo-
lis that Frank Little did IN Butte pu'
they hanged Frank Little while MT
Townley got railroad ticket QUICK
enough so that he is still head OF the
league"
well. maybe I've hung up more
snakes than I can kill now Senator
Sherman resumed when Senator WAT
son Of Indiana interrupted:
Does the senator remember Mr..
Creel, and remember that Mr.. Greer
took Townley TO the White House and
to make a speech at New York;? Sem
ator Watson asked.
I've paid my respects to Mr.. Creel."
Senator Sherman responded. HE ought
to- be where Lenine and Trotzky are
now. He's a Red, a destroyer of civil
rights
"Presdent Wilson wrote to the New
Jersey Democrats a few weeks ago that
economic serfdom' could not continue
in this country. Now there's no eco
nomic serfdom in this country except
for people who see things like Trot-
zky." said the Illinois senator, THE
President is SO tolerant of economic
freaks. so surrounded by men who ride
persistently on hobbies that never get
anywhere. so invested with vagaries,
that the Internal din in the executive
ears will get him to talking about revo-
luton after a while. too
The Overman bill. Senator Sherman
said. would enable the secretary of the
treasury to seize all activities of the
government.
Thus" the Illinois senator shouted
/ public office would become a family
trust"
II want the President to scatter this
bunch of economic fal1irs and bowling
dervishes he has around him now-fre-
brands and pestilential fiends of sedition
themselves.
This bill with its vast potential mis-
chief. if administered by appointment
Of men such az have been appointed
could only aggravate evils that already
system"