New-York tribune., 1919-02-13

the power to favor whom 1t pleased
in the letting of billions upon billions
of dollars worth of contracts; control
of all the railroads of the United States
and of other public utilities with con-
sequent power over the wages of labor,
a publicity bureau whose efforts were
devoted solely to eXtolling the virtues
and accomplishments of, the Adminis-
tration and the suppression from publi-'
cation of its vices, its histakes and its
failures.
"Tn the face of all this. in the face
of the. prestige of the Administration
following deservedly or not. upon the
and with the greatest of victories al
most won, in the face, too, of the Pres
ident's appeal for Congress of his
own party, we won control of the Sem
ate of the United States by majority
of two and of House of Representatives
by majority of forty-five.
Republican President Forecast
ON few days we will have the
power and responsibility that comes
with control of the legislative branch
of the government, and just so surely
as we meet adequately that responsible
ity and use that power wisely, just so
United States will be a Republican.
power on the part of the Executive
ceased since the armistice was signed?
On the contrary, it goes on and eX
pands from day to day. Hostilities
were hardly over when the government
took over the cables in the most high
handed way possible. No sooner had
the President decided on his European
voyage than he asked us for 81 500 600
600 to scatter abroad as he might see
fit.
"Next, we were asked to authorize
construction of q fleet as large as Brit
aims 1t was not to be started under
any circumstances for a year, and its
beginning was left contingent upon
the decision of a nebulous tribunal to
be created at some time in the future.
1t was just another demand for power,
and this time power to be used as
club with which to threaten not our
enemies but our allies at the peace
abl~
Curb of Bolshevism Demanded
"The time has come to curb this in
satiate reaching after power; to re-
store in some degree the checks and
balances Of government contemplated
by the fathers of the Republic. Above
all, and more than all, America has no
place for any autocrat who, directly or
indirectly, is responsible for the spread
of at home Internal tionalism and Boil
shevism.
"Undcrstand me, do not assert that
the President, or any one connected
with the Administration, is responsible
for the doctrines of the Bolsheviki, but
have failed to observe that any def
mite and radical steps are being taken
to put a stop to it by any one in high
authority. I would not say-on the
ho fo don,
that Mr.. Wilson is anything but
lover Of Jaw and order, and yet | read
what purports to be from the pen of
one whom he only few days ago ap
pointed on an important mission to
confer with the Bolshevik government
the following:
Woodrow Wilson--after pronounce
ing him the last and greatest of politi-
cal pacifsts-,is not only the greatest
statesman that has appeared in the
world for many years, great indeed
coin; he is also determined and
tremendous radical. He is a redeemer
CT democracy. He is revolutionary be-
yond anything his words reveal, be-
yond anything his contemporaries have
discerncd.'
"America First" His Plea
"Of this creed [ have only this to
say, that if I were President and any
one had written that of me, instead of
rewarding him with high Office / would
have sent him to Jail. | hate Bolshe-
vism as do poisonous snake. 1t may
sound like selfshness to some parlor
Socialists, but I am for America first
I am for American business men and
American working men and working
women above all others, and I believe
in affording them an opportunity of
selling their commodities in the Amer
lcan market ahead of all others"