The Washington times., 1923-03-12
BY GEORGE FRANKLIN.

on the Cn1C0g0 ana NORTHWESTERN
Railroad TO . seat In Congress Is
the record made by John q.
Schafer, Of Milwaukee, who ar
rived in Washington yesterday
preparatory to taking his seat
when Congress il organized III
December.
Congressman Scfafer is the
youngest man who will sit In the
next House. He ii twenty.nine
years old, unmarried. labor can.
didate in the last election on the
progressive Republican ticket, fol.
lower of Senator La Toilette, who
sees III his coming experiences iii
Congress another adventure added
to b string OF experiences extending
through the past ten years
a term In the Wisconsin legisIa-
ture has 81 IN him an inkIing Of
parliamenta tactics. That he win
prove fighter may be- accepted
AZ certain, for he has in his make
up the qualities which 60 to make
q man force in any circle IN
which he mixes.
II won my election through the
labor vote, he said today. II won
out against hard field to beat. Ny
campaign was made on the general
principle that labor needed greater
repre sentation in Congress, and that
II elected would represent II prop.
erly. ! come from q section strong
~ socialistic In Its vote. but am
communism and various other isrns
popularity identified with sOcialistic
theories First of all I am an
American with the fomeIyl idea that
American interests are worth serv-
ing. and that bound up with them
at all times and under all circunl.
stances are the interests Of the la
boring classes
Majority Are Workers.
'.Tn reality. the vast majority Of
Americans are workers. and they
al. have common interest Amer.
lea. Business men are entering
Congress I'm increasing numbers
each session, so my coming as a.
representative of labor Is nothing
unusual. As see the situation,
there will be an increasing number
OF labor candidates elected to each
future Congress, and this will result
from the public learning that the
labor representative is nothing more
than g. man bent on preserving
American institutions in fairness to
all without favor or prejudice. It's
a very simple political creed which
every true American can adopt"
Schafer attracted statewide atten.
ton during his term in the Wiscon.
sin legislature when he introduced
q resolution memorializing Congress
to pass a selective draft act applit:a.
BILE to capitalists and consolidated
cApitalistic interests which would
give them the opportunity to con.
tribute their proper quota In cash
TO meet the obligations created by
the European war. In discussing it.
he said:
1.-THE resolution came within. two
votes of passing, and I believe had
have passed. The whole idea was
this: We drafted and enlisted few
millions OF our boys to go over TO
Europe and make the world safe
for democracy Many OF them
never returned. others are crippled
for life. Whatever the results In
Europe may be, 1t was the Ameri-
can army that snatched France and
England out of the worst mess they
ever got into. The draft that sent
thousands of our boys to death and
into the ranks Of crippIes was Of
the selective type. It took the Fit.
test. those best able to undergo
wars privations and narrowing ex-
periences.
Sauce for the Gander."
1T was pretty good sauce for
the goose and should prove equally
satisfying in flavoring the gander.
The gander, in this instance, is the
capitalist. Many Of those so listed
today trace their origin to the
selective draft. They were obvious.
ly unfit, according to draft boards,
to undertake active field service
and so they remained at home and
made their fortunes. Why not 20
over this little group. made UP Of
our capitalists and capitalistic COM
bines, and let them perform in dol
lars and cents an equivalent Of the
patriotism displayed by the dough
boys who took their lives in their
hands to win the world war? The
Wisconsin legislature came within
two votes Of seeing the situation
as / saw it."
According to Schafer the Presi-
QentlaI OUTLOOK presents SeVer0l IN
teresting possibilities. For one
thing. he believes Senator La Fol.
Iette IL the logical candidate for
the Republican nomination. Among
the possibilities on the Democratic
side according to Schafer, McAdoo,
Bryan and Edwards, of New Jer.
sey. Any one of the trio securing
the nomination, he believes, means
q split democracy. Bryan, he in
sists, can be depended on to run
true to form and swamp himself
in the election. McAdoo, he de.
clares will inherit the hostility Of
those opposing Ex-President Will
son, while Edwards, with his an
nounced antagonism to the Vol
stead Act and the Eighteenth
Amendment is assured the hostility
of the dry followers.
Would Have Labor Vote.
II believe Senator La Toilette is
the logical Republican candidate, be-
cause no one but a progressive can
win on the Republican ticket" said
Schafer. while there are other
strong progressive candidates, fail
to see among them one who can
secure the great labor vote al
readily as La Toilette. In the in.
dustrial sections Of the West he Is