The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-05
REPUBLICANS AS
 AMERICANS HAD
 ID TAKE ACTION
Forced to Aid President Tn Recent Mine Question
 Patriotism Involved.

Washington, D. C., Nov. 5.-The Republicans are still maintaining, ex- blaming and declaring their position shown in their vote of Friday up- holding the arm and voice of the President in the mining crisis. They are probably conscience stricken, The actual vote shown in the Congression. al record shows 267 to in favor of the Presidents stand. Fortunately for the country in spite of their gross partsanshiD displayed the day before the vote was forced and taken, the majority saw the light of true Amer icanism in time to save their faces.
 From the report of the debate shown in the record there is no ques- ton now as to where the real snag occurred. The Republican side of the House were %lrCed as Americans to be in favor of the stand they took; it was only their blind partisanship that kept them from taking the action they finally took a few days earlier. Their first opportunity occurred sev- eral days earlier. on ROoseyelt's brith- day, October 27, in fact, when the first concurrent resolution was intro duced in the House by AIr. Connally of Texas Whipped on in the last days of this session to finish some Iegis- iatior that will save the RepubIica T party's face, the majority is now playing a shrewd and ca1cuIating game of politics. and the Republican leaders were afraid to endorse the Democratic head of the Governn ent or give dignity to a resolution Of such importance introduced in the House by a Democrat
 Twice before the vote was taken h on the floor of the House to put the members of Congress on record in support of the Governnle ents stand for law and order. Majority Leader MOndeII himself read into the Record the letter addressed by President Will son to the miners and the public. On being asked whether he endorsed the Presidents utterance he decisive1y de- sclared that he did. But when the COnnaIly resolution of endorseme ent came an objection was made on the Republican side to it's unanimous consideration and it was referred to the Judiciary Committee. If con- sidered at that time the effect of the House standing behind the President would have had greater force than it did coming at a late hour on the eve of the coal strike. In fact it might have been Ea warning to the miners that nlight have influenced them to call off the strike.
 The day before the vote was taken Majority Leader Monden declared it was unWise to express by formal resolution the approval of executive acts.
 T think it would be most unfortu- nate for the Congress to adopt any such policy, said Congressman Mon dell.
 That evening the Senate passed the Thomas resolution endorsing the President. This forced the Republi- can majority in the House into the open. Within five minutes of the opening of the session Friday morn- ing, (the next day), Majority Leader Mondeu was on his feet with the Senate resolution to explain.
 That resolution now being before US, it seems to me highly proper that it should be adopted by the House, and I hope that it will be adopted unanimously and without . d.ssenting voice."
 The Republican majority would have taken such action three or four days sooner had the resolution been in support of a Republican Admin istration, or had il been introduced by a Republican, but this time their blinded partisanship nearly left them pinioned as an un-American Con- gress.