The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-12-04
Republicans In
Doubt of Wilson
Writing Message
By DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright, 1919, by The
Intelligencer.)

WASHINGTON, y. C.. Dec. 3.--Con,
Eress took the Wilson message as uSuai
with an outward show OF scorn. null
erencc and oven captiouS doubt as the
true authorship OF the document but
with an inward recognition or certain
Fundamental, ISSUES which the l'reSidcn'
had raised that could not very well Dc
side stepped
No better illustration perhaps could
have been given Of tho conception which
the two rival parties have nowadays "l
the nature uf their public uttcran'"s
than the comment that was heard on thc
message InStrad OF giving p carelul
ANALYSIS Of the communication ana crItl-
cisinS il constructiScly or d"stru'iNtlE
in the sense vf offering an oppoSit" point
Of view. n" approach OF tn" i?I"
political campaign makes Il th""rercal-
H. necessary for the Republicans to loss
off the whole thing AS OF d"uhiluI
authcntict,y. while the Democrats issue
simultaneously ec"niumS OF praise tos
the phrases uf their White House leader.
Many Republicans referred 10 cH-
press wonder whether Mr.. wilson wrote
his own message. Others thought The
message altogether too WiiSoninn.
They r"cognizcd TOO well the familiar
phrases th. ''glitt"ring g"neralitIcS ana
the excessive fondncsS for the View
point Of labor THAI has 50 often cnaf-
acter zcd the Wilson STATE papers. Nor
"a crr.a.T7 :. he thougE'sS' HHpAe!i-
~ans doubt fOH " minute that the ten
iency toward free trade exhibited by me
President woS induhitahly a product OF
She Wilson mind. These evidences et
Wilson that have bccouc altogether We'll
known on Capitol Hill during the last
seven years to become suddenly noEc'
and surprising whom .SSlcd under tHc
signature Nf IN" Democratic ihSUihhe"'
Il the pres. deny.
Tho Natural Unrest
Sc while On th.. surface the statements
given niu followed III" usual campaign
rtyIr { ku"rkinc what th, other lei
low : - 10 matter 4 II happens 10 h,,
quotation from the Scriptures tSrit' thS
,IILercurrcrt OF sentiment - expressed
n Congress after reading the NlIsoh
message WAS one "t serious considSr-
alton cf what could hc done hE the isEis-
latiyc body = correct the unrest OF tA'
country and bring about 4 recVnstruc-
tjon uf The nations affairs. Republicans
MAY have publicly prufcSSrd I" ignore
what the President shad SAID out prl-
vately th.y knew that ne had laid biS
rackagc on tho doorstep Of Congress ana
hat Democratic campaign orators were
unuu, stiCnably going to use the recon-
mendatton Of the President as basis
for their criticism of the Ecpuhllcan
management Of Congress II the present
session failed TO do any moro than the
last :, sSinn toward r"medyins the
domestic ills Of thc country.
Playing Politics.
Nor can L d.. said that the l'res'dent
himself was too i'll I" forSei the poilticai
,,nmC in which Washington IS "nHei"ped
Not a word did he say about III" peace
treaty. This was studied omission.
only a few days ago il VIII be remrtn-
hercd that senator Borah came back TO
the national capital with public stale
ment that he was through with the
peace treaty and hoped Congress would
i;et down to domestic affairs Sim,tarly
thr Republicans have been criAcizinS
the President for absorption IN rorclEn
policy 10 the neglect Of domestic prob
iems. Mr. Wilson concentrated his en-
tire attention on domestic poEcieS.
rolitciy reminding Congress or wnat II
had failed 10 do for the returned soldier.
what i had not done on the railroad
problem what il had not done ABOUT
curbing radicals and what il had not
lone about the various measures pro-
noscJ by him 10 help reduce the cost Of
living. When these Views on c"nest'c
questions have had 4 chance 10 SINK IN.
L il apparently part Of IN" wilson
strategy - Civ" particular attention III
another message not merely to the fail
ure OF congress :" pass the Peace Treaty
but tn" :u-rrvrtS which the United
states IS suffering and viii suTer from
policy Of political and economical
Clash Of Parties.
Congress on the other hand. while
credited with 4 desire Ia tackle domestic
problems IS hardly in shape 10 do be-
cause Of the political atmosphere that
enyclopS nearly every problem. II
sponsihle for the management Of the
legislative branch OF the Govcrnment
and another party * in control Of the
executive branch. II was the same
when Mr.. Taft was in the White House
and the Democrats controlled Congress.
only Mr.. Wilson has taken the offensive.
II will not be forgotten that the Demo-
Gratis used 20 lombard the White house
with tariff bills and other legislation
which had for their object only The em-
barrassmcnt Of the "SeCutive--they were
called shot gun bills"-intenGcd only
ial NnHn Nnu hnII..A.nr