The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-19
MRELLAR SCORES
DILAT0RY TACTICS
OF REPUBLICANS
American People Demand Set
tlement Of Three Big Issues
Declares Senator From
Tennessee.
-eY cHAs. S. HAYDEN,
lStan Correspondent.0

q. Aug, 19-The dilatory
80 OF Republican leaders ii meet
" we three great issues which the
american people demand shall Ia
settled at the earliest possible moment
were roundly condemned by Senator
Mchellar when he depressed from the
repar text OF his speech before the
~ ~ iast wednesday on the question
THESE issues, as defined BY Senator
mcAeIlar, are: adoption OF a treaty OF
peace, restoration and regulation OF the
IaiIoads, and legislation which will
resuit IN a lowering Of living costs. He
VHtteu olt that Republicans were loud
Lor delay in drafting a treaty %,inyoly-
ns the destines OF the whole world. /"
ahd yet, although that treaty has now
peen before the senate for two months.
me only action taken by the Committee
~ |, l9reign relations has been to read
Mr.. President" said Senator Nickel
III, we must not deceive ourselves,
A. ls q plain question whether We are
gong 70 obey public sentiment. the
uenand for lower prices, the demand
Snat we n not bow down to the
packing interests of this country, to the
noarders Of food, to the monopolists of
Iooo, TO the profiteers, but that we
snaH give the people and all the peo-
PIE a FAIR deal. As between the packers.
the m~onopollsts, the hoarders, and the
protlteers on the one side and the
american people on the other, | declare
people.
The people of the United States are
expecting action on this question, They
are not expecting delay. We are de-
aging too many things in this body.
several months ago the president OF the
United States was pillorled here he
cause his opponents claimed II took
MIN so long to effect a treaty of peace
involving the destinies Of the whole
world, n yet after that treaty Of
peace had been entered into and sub
hmitteu % this body, with nothing to do
70 ratify, amend, or reject It, a
period of oyer two months has elapsed
ana no action has been taken, as | un-
derstand It, except the reading of the
treaty in the senate committee on for
eign relations. The whole country
b business men Of this country, the
plain people Of this country, want ac-
lion on the treaty. They want to be
restored to normal times. There is not
q senator here who does not know how
ne Is going to vote on that treaty.
Ihere is no reason for delaying the
vote there is no reason for keeping the
people OF the country In a state Of un-
rest. Business wants to know what is
going to happen. Financial men want
the matter settled. All people want to
know what they are going to do, and
they are .criticlzing the senate because
Of its delay. The delay has been too
long. 1t is time we should get rid of
the treaty. ! say we ought to vote on
Il, and then we ought to take UP these
domestic Questions-questions like the
high cost OF living. We all understand
the remedy. Let us kick out the profit
GERS and their agents from the capitol
and let US go boldly forward and do our
duty as legislators, and thus quiet the
unrest that must come unless action is
had.
THE American people want to put
these things behind them. Our boys
have won the greatest war that man
the matter settled. The fruits Of that
victory should be established. The peo-
pie OF this country should be permitted
to go about their usual ways, into their
usual vocations and a~vocations, and
an end put to all this unrest. We should
settle that peace question and we.
should settle the railroad question. We
are dilatory about that. There is no
report from any committee as to what
Is to be done with the railroads. No
wonder many plans are being intro
duced and talked about. No wonder
there is a spirit OF unrest over that
question, 1t is our duty to put the
railroads back into the hands Of the
owners like they were before the war,
and as quickly as possible, and when
we do It we will stop a lot Of unrest
about that subject.
I'VE are entirely too dilatory. We need
action upon this greatest of all domes-
tic questions, action upon this tremend-
Gus cost Of food to the people. 1t meets
every a woman and child In the
country face TO face every day, The
senate Is dilatory; the senate investi-
gates, and the senate debates, The
senate adiourns for a day or days at
a time. The house adjourns for days
at a time. No real business is being
done in either house, and the country
Is standing stu while we delay here. II
is an objectionable situation, Let US
put an end to talking. Let us put an
end to investigation, and let us get
down to business and pass these meas
ures that We know are going to be
passed, We ought to pass them In 30
DAYS and leave here. There is no rea-
son In the world why the peace treaty
should be delayed, There Is no reason
In the world why the railroad question
IN tile world why this cold -storage
question should be delayed. There is
Ino reason why we should not deal with
the hoarderS and profiteers. We know
the fact. We have investigated to our
fullest capacity to Investigate, and we
ought TO get busy and do something. |
am prepared to vote. and ] am for
voting on ali these measures. The best
way, II we have difference among our
selves, Is to vote them down or vote
them up. We can not settle them ex-
cept by voting, Let us get to the voting
stage and earn the praise and com.
m~endation OF the American people. and
we will do It II we will take active
steps, and II we do not take active
steps we are going to be held responsi-
bile for the conditions which must
necessarily arise by lack Of action or
by delay in action, by the continuous
story OF investigation, by the continu-
Gus story Of one side abusing the other
Democrats abusing Republicans for
this thing and that thing and the other
thing and Republicans abusing Demo-
Gratis for not having done this, that, or
the other. The people are not inter
ested in whether Republicans get the
advantage for next years election or
whether the Democrats get the adyan-
tage, These three questions are all inn
portant to them. They want this coun-
try put on a peace basis, They want
the railroads restored and regulated.
and, finally. they want the high cost
Of living reduced and the hoarders
and proflteers punished.
I'VE are all Americans. II we have
differences OF opinion let us get together
here In the senate and settle those diff
ferences of opinion. Let<us l~egislate for
the people awhile, II we have been
legislating or trying to leglslate for
party. Why, In this very debate before
the house committee and here In the
senate | nave been asked the question
II a law passed for war time only ought
not TO be enforced, with the evident
purpose Of trying to throw the blame
on the president OF the United States,
Senators, let us quit that kind OF quib-
bling. We all know there Is no law
In force, and our. quibbling about II
gives the greatest pleasure to our
packer friends, our monopolistlc friends.
our boarding friends. vi profiteering
friends, for they do not want anything
better than the trouble and discord
over remedies. They wan to fan the
flames of factional trouble and strife
Surely we ought to have sense enough
TO know that the only people that car
be benefited ny factional strife in the
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