The sun., 1919-02-13
LONGWORTH ASSAILS
WILSON'S 'CZARISM'
Blames President for Failing
to Suppress BOlshevism
i'm Country.
SENATOR FRANCE SPEAKS
James NJ. Beck Also Attacks
Democratic War Record at
Lincoln Day Banquet.

Chareing President Wilson with fail
ure to suppress Bolshevian and arrogat-
Ing to himself powers that would have
made Congress pitiable and almost
useless branch OF the Government. Rep
determined attack upon President Will
son and his direction of this country's
war policies when he spoke last night at
the Lincoln dinner OF the Republican
Club at the waldorf-Astoria.
Brisling as was the speech OF Rep
resentative Longworth, those OF Sena-
tor Joseph I. France OF Maryland and
James Beck were. II anything, even more
denunciatory Of the Presidents methods,
both before and after the signing OF the
armlstice. They protested vehemently
against what they termed the Presidents
efforts 10 effect peace treaty single
handed and without the advice and con-
sent Of the Senate" They scored Mr..
Wilson's failure 10 take the American
people into his confidence.
Representative Longworth predicted
that II the principles OF the Republican
party. as enunciated by Lincoln, are ad-
hered to by the reorganized Consress
the result would be q Republican Pres'-
dent after the next election.
Think for a moment" began Mr..
Longworth, of the obstacles that stood
In the way OF Republican victory last
November A partisan Democrat in the
White House armed with powers pos
sessed by no other President in history.
| tt, a
OF the Russia of the old days would have
hesItated to WELD them; a partisan Cab
met whose members were In almost
every Case selected not because OF
ability or capacity but because they
were Democrats and because OF the
definite assurance that they would rem
der servile homage and Obedience to the
Executive in his every within.
Lincoln's Method Contrnsted.
Because he believed him to be the
selected for his Secretary OF War man
OF the opposite party. although he was
| at once his vigorous opponent and his
greatest foe. Wilson selected Baker.
'In the face OF all this. In the face OF
the prestige Of the Administration, fol-
lowing deservedly or not upon the splen-
d!d success of our armed forces and
| with the greatest Of victories almost
| won, in the face too OF the President s
appeal for a Congress OF his own party
| we won control of Congress.
why? Because the American people
had come 10 the definite conclusion that
| the Republican party in Congress during
the events that lead up TO the war and
during the war itself had stood more
than any other party for the American
ism Of Abraham Lincoln and Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt We won because we
played the game as Lincoln would have
counselled and as Roosevelt counselled
| almost daily.
| "In few days we will have the power
and responsibility that comes with the
control OF the legislative branch OF the
| Government. and Just so surely as we
meet adequately that responsibility. and
use that power wisely. just so surely
the next President will be a Repub-
| can.
| lone OF the last things Theodore
Roosevelt said. speaking az Repub-
lican. was that the result In November
ought to be considered not SO much a
victory as an opportunity. That oppor-
tunity lies before us. the greatest that
| any party long out OF power ever had.
silent on speakership.
!
port of his candidacy for the Speaker
ship. He said It was easier TO say who
ought not, than who ought TO be Speaker
and that in some cases 1t might be bet
| ter Judgment TO suspend the practice OF
naming heads of important committees
purely for reasons OF length OF service
He said that had exceptions 10 the
seniority rule been made by the past
Administration ADLER men might have
occupied the craftsmanship OF importan,
committees In both branches of Congress
Continuing, Mr. Longworth said:
From the beginning of this Admins
tration the executive branch of the Gov.
eminent has been attempting to AFRO
gate to itself legislative we'll as eX-
ecutive functions. During the last few
years a desire on the part Of the Exec
utive has been apparent that the Senate
and the House OF Representative:
| should be made mere registering ma
chimes of the Presidential will. Bill.
have been brought to us from the Exec
utive Offices and urged for passag,
which, II passed, would have made OF
Congress a pitiable and almost useles.
branch OF the Government
| II read recently what purports to bs
from the pen of one whom he only few
days ago appointed to an important mis-.
sion TO confer with the Bolshevik Gov,
eminent, the following;
Woodrow Wilson Is not only tho
greatest statesman that has appeared
in the world for many years. great in,
deed beyond comparison with any cave
Lincoln. He is also determined ant
tremendous radical. He is redeene,
Of democracy. He Is n revolutionary he
yond anything his words reveal, beyont
anything his contemporaries have dis
cerned'
"Of this screed have only this &c
say: That II were President, and any
one had written that Of me. instead o
rewardng him with high office, woult
have sent him TO jail"