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t "1 h it i 1 i TTv) R 1 E F R E E Z Y BITS OF NEWS SUFFRAGE PICKETS TO DEMAND EXTRA SESSION. New York, X. Y., March 3. Alice Paul, leader of the National Women's party, announced tonight that she will personally lead suf frage pickets with purple, gold and white banners, demanding that tiie president call an extra session of congress to pass the woman s-.if frage amendment, when the presi dent arrivej here on his way over , seas. The general Mooncy commit tee of the Central Federated unicn has anounced that they will have women workers before the building in which the president is to speak, demanding that lie act to brir.u about the release of Thomas Mooncy. The president will 'meet a com mittee of 20 Irishmen, who will ask him to bring the matter of self determination for Ireland before the peace conference, just prior to making his speech. MONSTER HYDROPLANE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. New York, March 3. A monster hydroplane with a wing spread oi 250 feet, the largest yet designed, is now under construction for the American navy at League Island, Philadelphia, it was revealed today by an aeronautic expert. The giant airship will ' be driven by five Lib erty motors of 400 horsepower each, and will develop a speed of 90 miles, with a cruising radius of 3,000 miles, it was declared render ing it capable df crossing the At lantic without stop. It will possess a carrying capacity of 75 passengers. Several months will be required for its completion, so it will not be among the first to compete in the trans-Atlantic flight planned for the spring. MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE HOLD LOVE FEAST. Washington, March 3. Demo crats and republicans of the house put aside business fpr an hour to night for a love feast on the eve of the adjournment of the long war congress. The occasion was the presenta tion of gifts from the membership of the house to Speaker Clark, Re publican Leader Mann, Democratic Leader Kitchin and Representative Shirley of Kentucky, chairman cf the appropriations committee. Speaker Clark was given a silver punch bowl and tea and coffee set. Speaker Clark said he did not know what use he was going to have for a punch bowl in these "dry days." though he might use it for lemonade. He added, however, that heaven alore knew how much longer the country would allow him to have that. The speaker presented Mr. Mann with a chest of silver, saying he well deserved it for his faithful service to the house. mm tries TO KILL BURNS: MAY PEJNSANE Shoots Twice at Head of De tective Agency; Mistook Him for Son of Late Hetty Green. . New York, March 3. Two shots were fired at William J. Buns, de tective agency head, by a woman as Hums was entering the waiting room of the Grand Central station this afttrnoon. Neither shot took effect. The woman, who gave her name as Gertrude Wormworthy 27 years of age, of Brooklyn, was arrested and later taken to Bellevue hospital lor observation of her mental con dition. Burns said he did not know her. The woman, a stenographer, mis took Burns for Col. Edward H. R. Green, son of the late Hetty Green, acco.ding to a statement which Dr Robinson said she had made to him it the hospital. "I was told in a dream to kill Hetty Green or someone connected with her," she declared. Her parents tonight declared she had been suffering from a religious mania, which followed the death of her fiance 18 months ago. Governor Withyccmbe of Oregon Dies After a Prolonged Illness Salem, Ore., March 3. James Withycombe, governor of Oregon, died at his home here tonight. He had been ill for many months, but had continued . to transact official business until a week ago. He was 65 years old. Wilson Names Successor to New Attorney General Washington. March 3. Francis P. Garvan of New York City, was ap pointed tonight by President Wilson as alien property custodian to suc ceed A. Mitchell Palmer, who be comes attorney general tomorrow Mr. Garvan has ben director of the bureau of investigation in the cus todian's office and has been largely instrumental in establishing enemy interest in corporations over the country. Victory loan Measure - Signed by President Wilson Washington. March 3. -President Wilson tonight signed the "Victory Loan" bill, authorizing the treasury to issue $7,000,000,000 in short Term notes and providing $1,000,000,000 for the use of the war finance cor poration in stimulating the coun try's foreign commerce. Democrats in Control. Juneau, Alaska, March 3. Alas ka's territorial legislature will con vene here tomorrow with democrats in control of both houses, , Th VOL. 48 No. 222. EMtrtd Omihl Deathblows Given Important Matters Pending in Con gress by Objection of Lack of Time. Washington. March 3. Renewed controversy Over the league of na tions and the long threatened re publican filibuster on legislation came tonight as the clocks were ticking off the hours ending the life of the Sixty-fifth congress. Un precedented crowds .watched the proceedings in both senate and house, which were expected to re main in continuous session until sine die adjournment at noon to morrow. ' In the senate, the minority fili buster was in headway on tire gen eral deficiency bill, an appropria tion of $750,000,000 for the railroad administration, while the house niaVted time considering minor matters and holding for the last con ference report on the $1,000,000,000 wheat guarantee bill. . Republican senators said their obstructive tac tics were directed not at the rail road fund, which they predicted finally would be voted, but as a means of holding off other legisla tion. While believing that the de ficiency measure would be enacted democratic leaders said they feared the bill was in great jeopardy. Adds to Tension. A movement by republican sena tors for a resolution formally dis approving the league of nations con stitution as now drafted and de claring for an early peace treaty added to the tension. Republican Leader Lodge prepared the resolu tion, planning its introduction at a favorable opportunity but he had in reserve the signed pledges of many republican senators who will sit in the next senate announcing their 'opposition to the proposed league constitution. With the railroad appropriation and the wheat measures as the two major Lills remaining, the formal deathiilows were given today to many other important bills. Formal efforts were made late to day to secure agreements for votes on the army, navy and agricultural appropriation bills, but republicans objected and failure of these was regarded as certain. The $850,000. 1)00 sundry civil bill was another measure marked lor failure, leaders declaring it would not even be taken up by the committee. Bills Shut Out. Rills shut out in the "senate in cluded those providing for enforce ment of the wartime prohibition law and Secretary Lane's measure to reclaim waste lands for settle ment by discharged soldiers. Three more regular appropriation bills, however, the Indian, diplomatic and military academy measures were completed and sent to Presi dent Wilson. Final legislative ac tion also was taken on"the measure appropriating funds for hospital construction. A controversy as to responsibility (Continued on face Two. Column Four.) Minimum Prices on Hogs to Remain Until President Acts Washington, March 3. It was said at the food administration to day that no action was expected for a day or two in the matter of fixing a minimum price for hogs. The present minimum of $17.50 a hun dred pounds, which expired Febru ary 28 at midnight, will be contin ued, it was explained, until an nouncement of a decision by Presi dent Wilson regarding existing em bargoes on pork affecting neutral and other countries. Flood Will Call for Vote on Resolution for Irish Washington, March 3. An effort by Chairman Flood of the House Foreign Affairs commitjee to bring the resolution for Irish independ ence to a vote in the house was made at 2 a. m. today. Several speeches were in prospect, and Chairman Flood announced that he would endeavor to suspend thej-ules to bring the measure to a vote. Chairman Flood announced that he would endeavor to get a vote on the Irish resolution in both houses be fore adjournment at noon today. - --I L . v,.,S VfJ L .r j L..J fmmd ttii,.i tJi Nn,r L. m LtJ W i X. .. .mT VhJ f -- w,.- -- fc, ,., J . I . . ,.,. J L !,,, . J LiLaW VawJ irn.ii.nni imj . . r L-J S, YtmLrtS t. .... a..i LmJ Ll ILaJ lir 1.1.11 n, J mmmkK,m,i LJ - , X-J J . ' ? - - ARE LOST 4 THE ONLY NEBRASKA PAPER WITH A ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE u Mcoid'diM mitttf May 28. 1906. at P. 0. ulr act, Ot March 3. IS7S Which Party is Responsible For Defeat of Legislation? Senate Doesn't Know . Washington, March 3. During the night hours, republicans and democrats of the senate disputed responsibility for prospective failure of the many bills which both conceded would not be passed. The democrats asserted that without republican opposition the measures could not be passed before congress adjourns while the re publicans declared that the legislation should not be passed so hastily, involving such enormous sums of money, apd urged that an extra ses sion be called immediately. ' They declared President Wjlson and the democratic administra tion must be charged with delay in passage of vitally necessary mea sures which could be accomplished at an extra session. Congress and President At Daggers' Points At Finish Prominent Democrat Admits Administration Should Not Have Attempted to Cany Out Great Construc tion Program on Such Short Notice; Next Congress and Committee Places. Washington Bureau Omaha Bee. Washington, March 3. With the president and congress at dagger's points and calling one another names not found in Webster's una bridged, the Sixty-fifth congress, the War congress, will expire at noon tomorrow with the army, the navy ,the agriculture, the sundry and possibly the general deficiency bills, carrying upwards of $5,000, 000,000 lost because of lack of time for their consideration. With this log jam goes the oil leasing bill, the water power bill and Secretary Lane's pet measure, ap propriating $100,000,000 to start put ting soldiers on the land. "The administration should not have attempted these constructive measures in the short session of congress," said, a prominent demo cratic senator today. "They are big enough problems for a long session and then some." Committees Decided Upon. With the aproaching demise of the Sixty-fifth congress comes the question, "What will the republican committte on committees of the house do for the newly-elected members from Nebraska to the Sixty-sixth congress?" In a talk with one of the leaders on that committee today, it was said that a tacit understanding had been reached not to take up the entire list of committee member TOO KILLED AND TWO IIIJURED III AUTOACCIDENT Car Sa:d to Be Going 40 Miles an Hour Strikes Bridge in Council Bluffs Roadway. James Allen, and Edgar A. Hut chins, a switchman, living at 2445 Avenue D., Council Bluffs, were in stantly killed, and J. F. Shank, 915 Avenue D., and Mrs. J. C. Brock, 3340 West Broadway, are both in Mercy hospital, Council Bluffs, not expected to live as the result of an acident which occurred about mid night last night when the car which they were driving ran--in the center piece of the bridge at Thirteenth and Broadway. J. C. Brock, the husband of the woman, escaped without injury. Saw Accident. W. H. Losey, 902 Avenue F., who witnessed,, the accident, said: "I was coming down Broadway going west, when I saw a car com ing on Broadway from the west. It was going at a high rate of speed probably 40 miles per hour. The car struck the side of the dividing piece in the bridge on Thirteenth street, and it looked as if it went on two wheels for about 50 feet, spun around and turned completely over twice. It was headed northwest when it stopped. I went to call up and when I returned the injured persons had been taken to the hos pital." . On Way Home. Desk Sergeant J. C. Nicoll of the Council Bluffs police force stated that the , man Allen resembled the man who had been arrested in, a bootlegging raid in February. ' tie stated that a man who claimed to be talking from the Henshaw hotel in Omaha, called up the police sta tion shortly after the accident, and said that the party had been spend ing the evening there, and had started home but a short time be fore. All knowledge of such a call was denied at the Henshaw hotel. The bodies of Allen and Hudson were taken in charge by the coroner. Omaha OMAHA, TUESDAY, ships until later and that tlie meet ing Wednesday would probably de cide upon the majority members of the committees on ways and means, rules, appropriations, and inter state and foreign commerce, as it has to do with the railroad situa tion, leaving the composition of the other committees to a later meet ing of the committee charged with selecting committeemen. He also said the committee at the meeting Wednesday might determine the ra tio the democratic representation should bear to the republican on each committee, in view of the latter being in the majority. Beyond this he did not expect any decisive action on who should be majority leader or .who should con stitute thi steering committee. Protests Seniority Plans. "I expect to offer my protest to senior members succeeding to house committeeships in the meeting of the committee on committees," id Representative Reavis tonight. "It is unthinkable that men charged with the conduct of a great nation will adhere to such an archaic thing as seniority rule when worth should govern the selection of committee chairmen. "Whether a minority report is filed with the caucus I am not ad vised. But I shall make my posi tion clear in the caucus." OVERNORS SAY FEW IEN OUT OF WORK ATPRESENT Little Difficulty Inducing Lo cal Authorities to Go Ahead w;th Road Work; Pre dicts Labor Shortage. Washington, March 3. Gover nors of states and mayors of muni cipalities meeting today in the White House to discuss alleviation of unemployment heard President Wilson in a brief address em phasize the principle that govern ments should serve in the interests of the common people. In this spirit he urged that the federal, state and local governments work together "steadying and easing and facilitating the whole labor proc esses of the United States." After listening to addresses by Secretaries-Wilson, Baker and Dan ,iels, the governors undertook to report in turn on unemployment within their resoective states. A majority declared that there were not enough men out of work in their communities to justify serious apprehension, although all advo cated immediate action by state, county "and . city governments to promote road building and other public works, thus furnishing a buffer reservoir of employment dur ing the period when soldiers ' arc being discharged and war industries are converting. Most states already have adopted program of road building, it ap peared, but several governors re ported they had difficulty in con vincing local authorities and pri vate industries to go ahead with improvements now, without await ing an expected reduction in wages and material costs. Governors Optimistic. The governors echoed the opii mistic notes . sounded by cabinet members who spoke. Secretary Wilson, who presided at the con ference vi the east room, predicted an actual labcr shortage within the next year, instead of a surplus. To combat social unrest, he urged in dustrial leaders to eliminate rapidly the extra profits of war times. Sec retary Daniels said he d;d not be (CoQtlnued on Page Two. Column Five.) Da ELY MARCH 4, 1919. Will Leave Washington Imme diately After Congress Adjourns; to Speak in New York Citiy; Washington, March 3. President Wilson tonight v.'as ready to begin the return journey to the peace con- terence, having transacted in the seven days 6f his stay in Washing ton all pending public business ex cept such as will engage his at tention at the capitol in the final hours tomorrow of this congress. Immediately after adjournment he will leave for New York on his vay to Paris. v- Working at top speed on the last full day available to him in the capitol, the president cleared his desk sufficiently to get out for a walk this afternoon with Mrs. Wil son, tramping briskly though mat inee crowds and home-going war workers. Large crowds followed them and finally the police had to intervene as traffic became impeded. Several times the president stopped to speak to wounded soldiers. Receives Ambassador. After opening the conference of governors and mayors this mo'rrting in the east room of the White House, President Wilson had his time clear for correspondence and the signing of bills until shortly af ter noon, when he received the new ambassador from Argentina, Dr. i nomas A. Lebreton, who presented his credentials. Later he received a delegation representing farmer or ganizations, who promised support to the league of nations and suggest ed amendments to the constitution Secretaries Baker, Daniels and Houston called at the executive of fice this afternoon and tonight A. Mitchell Palmer, who becomes at torney general tomorrow, conferred with the president. In welcoming the new Argentine envoy. Mr. Wilson expressed appre ciation for the friendship of the great South American republic and promised all possible assistance for the maintenance of harmonious re lations between the two countries. "It is a cause for congratulation," Mr. Wilson said, "that notwithstand ing the confusion and dislocation of interests inevitable in such a criti cal period, the relations between our two countries have shown no strain and the friendship between our peo ples has remained unimpared. With the return, ot more stanie conditions many difficulties which still hamper us will gradually de crease so that we can even now look forward with hone to the full re- (nmntinn ri oil nnrmal nrtivitipK. Better Understanding. "It is therefore a propitious mo ment for us to strengthen further the friendly ties that unite our na tions and our peoples more closely together. By promoting closer re lations between them greater know ledge and a more just appreciation of each other will ensue and the danger of misunderstanding will be minimized. "You can rely on the cordial co operation of this government in all your efforts to attain this object." Among the bills signed today by the president were the rivers and harbors appropriation bill and the measure validating $2,700,000,000 worth of informal war contracts. Plans for the president's de parture tonight remained un changed. He will go from the cap itol to the train, arriving in New York about 8:30 p. m. He will ?o direct to the Metropolitan Opera house to speak on the league of na tions. Speaks With Taft. New York, March 3. Plans were completed here late today for re ception of President Wilson tomor row night when he will speak from the same ' platform with former President Taft in' advocacy of the league of nations, before sailing again to take up his work at the peace conference. : The president, it was announced, will arrive at the Pennsylvania sta tion at 8:15 p. m., and escorted by the most elaborate police guard ever arranged in this city, will pro ceed to the Metropo'itan opera house, where he is to speak. The president will be met at the station by Cleveland H. Dodge and Abram I. Elkus, former ambassador to Turkey. At least two sets of women pick ets are planning to be on duty outside the Metropolitan when the president arrives, , UIJLVIIIL i . i ilLySUIII U TURPI SECTION EACH SUNDAY By Mall (I aarl. Daily. M.SO Sundn. Dally and Sua.. M.50: oytilda Nik. aotlaa atr REPUBLICAN LEADER NAMES OF 37 SENATORS WHO WILL OPPOSE PRESENT FORM Members of Next Senate Who Oppose League Charter; Text of Lodge Resolution Thirty-seven Senators Who Will Act on Peace Treaty . Signify by Signatures That They Will Be Opposed to Constitution of League In Its Present Form. Washington, March 3. The republican senators and senators-elect whose names were on the list read by Mr. Lodge as opposed to the constitution of the league of na tions in its present form were : Senators. Lodge, Mass. Calder, N. Y. Knox, Penn. Penrose, Pa. Sherman, 111. New, Ind. Page, Vt. McLean, Conn. Moses, N. H. rranct, Md. Wadsworth, N. Y.Curtis, Kan. rernald, Me. Spencer, Mo. Cummins. Ia, Townsend, Mich. Johnson, Cal. Dillingham, Vt. Lenroot, Wis. Poindexter, Wash. Sutherland, W. Va. Smoot, Utah. Gronna, N. D. Warren, Wyo. Watson, Ind. Sterling, S. D. Frelinghuysen, N. J. Harding, Ohio. Hale, Me. Rorah, Idaho. Brandegee, Conn Senators-elect. Edge, N. J. Phipps, Colo. Kayes, N. H. Newberry, Mich. McCormick, 111. v Ball, Del. The 12 republicans of the new senate whose names -were not on the list are: Senators Colt, Rhode Is land; Fall, New Mexico; Jones, Washington; Kellogg, Minnesota; Kenyon, Iowa; La Follette, Wiscon sin; McCumber, North Dakota; McNary, Oregon; Nelson, Minne sota and Norris, Nebraska, and Senators-elect, Capper, Kansas and Elkins, West Virginia. Senator Lodge, in reading the list, said that "in justice to three or four others,' I ought to say that we have been unable to reach them, but if they give their approval their names will be added." Several republican senators re fused to sign the list, it was said, some because they did not believe the resolution went far ' enough. The statement to which the sena tors names w'cre appended follows: "The undersigned senators of the United States, members-elect of the Sixty-sixth congress, hereby declare that if they had the oportunity they .1 A Y 0 R SMITH AT WHITE HOUSE FOR CONFEREMOE Omaha Executive With Miller of Lincoln Among Municipal Executives Attending the Meeting in Washington. Washington. March 3. (Special Telegram.) Mayor Ed. P. Smith of Omaha and Mayor J. E. Miller of Lincoln, who is accompanied by State Labor Commissioner Kennedy of Nebraska are in Washington in attendance upon the conference of governors and mayors of the coun try, called by the president at the White House, but in which the na tion's executive said he regretted he could not participate because of im perative duties which would take him to Europe Wednesday. As one governor expressed it after the meeting, "If the president had spent more time at Brest and less at Buckingham, he probably could have remained in Washington longer." Congressman Reavis, who has had a busy congressional season with investigations, conferences and com mittee work, will sail for Panama Wednesday from New York, ac companied by Mrs. Reavis. The congressman will be one of a large party of representatives and their wives who will go to the canal zone for recuperation and observa tion. While away. Mr. Reavis has asked Judge Kinkaid to represent him 'jii the committee -on committees, ap pointed by the republican caucus of the house. Clemenceau Boy Scout. Paris, March 3. Premier Clemen ceau has accepted the presidency of the Boy Scouts of France, TWO CENTS. would have voted for the following resolution: "Whereas, Under the constitution it is a function of the senate to ad vise and consent to, or dissent from, the ratification of any treaty of the United States and no such treaty can become operative 'without the consent of the senate expressed by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the senators present; and "Whereas. Owing to the victory ot the arms of the LTnited States and of the nations with whom it is as sociated, a peace conference was convened and is now in session at Paris for the purpose of settling the terms of peace; and "Whereas, A committee of the conference has proposed a consti tution for a league of nations and the proposal is now beTore the peace conference for its considera tion, now, therefore, be it . "Resolved, By the senate of the United States. in the discharging of its constitutional duty of advice in regard to treaties, that it is the sense of the senate that while it is their desire that the nations of the world jshould unite to promote peace and general disarmament, the constitu tion of the league of nations in the form now proposed to the peace conference should not be accented by the United States; and be it further "Resolved, That it is the sense of the senate that negotiations on the part of the United States should be directed to the utmost expedition of the urgent business of negotiat ing peace terms with Germany satis factory to the United States and the nations with whom the United States is associated in the war against the German government, and the proposal for the league of nations to insure the permanent peace of the world should be then taken up for careful and serious consideration. HEW MAP OF BORDER ALMOST READY III PARIS V Lines of Old States to Be Defined as They Will Appear jn Peace Treaty. Paris, March 3. (By Associated Press.) A new map of Europe is rapidly taking form, and within a week the frontiers of the old states will largely be defined as they are to appear in the peace treaty and the successive documents fixing ter ritorial limits. First in importance is Germany's western frontier bordering on France, which assumes international significance as a barrier against re newal of the present war. Owing to the issues involved final determi nation of this question is left to the council of the great powers, but in the meantime the tentative plans have been well advat ced by the commission, which cc-ordinates re ports on all frontier questions. Three Heads. As it now stands the western frontier comes under three main heads first, Alsace-Lorraine; sec ond, the great iron and coal regions of Briey and theSaar valley, and third, the extensive strip of German territory lying on the west bank of the Rhine from Palatinate north ward. With respect to Alsace-Lorraine the present tendency is to make re cession of this section to France without any condition of a plebes cite or otherwise. It is now occu pied by military forces under the armistice, and there is every indi cation that the occupation will te- Icoine permanent. THE WEATHERS Generally fair and much colder Tuesday; Wednesday fair with rising temperature. Knurl? Trniprrnriirra: llmir. l-x. Hour. lnc. S a. in I (a. in M u. n SI i! . in i4 7 . ni .... ii S . m M H a. m.... 7 4 i. in 43 It u. 11 S'li ft . in. ,3t 10 a. m 4. i. m..... Xtt 11 a. ni 4.v 7 i. m.. HA in 64 1 8 p. ni READS Proposes Resolution Calling for Immediate Peace With Germany, But Not Consid ered Under Objection. By Associated Press. Washington, March 3. Names ot 37 republican members of the new senate, a number sufficient to block ratification of a treaty were read in the senate tonight by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, who said they had approved a resolution set ting forth that "the constitution of the league of nations in the fortn now proposed to the peace confer ence should not be accepted by the United States." The list was inserted in the record by the republican leaders after Democratic Leader Martin and'Sen ator Swanson of Virginia had raised simultaneous objection to consider ation of the resolution which he had introduced after long conferences with minority members and com municated by telegraph and tele phone with republican senators and senators-elect who were not in Washington. Want Immediate Peace. While opposing the constitution ' as now drafted, the resolution set forth that it was the desire of the senate that the nations of the world should unite to promote peace and general dirarmament. It also said it was the sense of the senate that "the negotiations on the part of the United States should immediately be directed to the ut most expedition of the urgent busi ness of negotiating peace terms with Germany," and that then the leagut proposal should be - taken un for careful and serious consideration. Although not specifically declared in the resolution. Senator Lodge and other republican leaders ex plained privately that the prime purpose of tonight's action was to ' serve notice upon President Wil son, the American peace commis sioners and especially the peace delegations of foreign countries that " enough senators of the next senate are now formally pledged, by signa ture, against the league of nations constitution- as now drafted. Seek Revision of Charter. They expressed hope and confi dence that their action would com pel fundamental revision of the league charter. They also pointed with emphasis to the declaration in . the resolution that those favoring the Lodgje resolution also were - in sympathy with a movement for an agreement between nations to pro mote peace and disarmament. Democratic . leaders considered some action in the nature of a re ply to the republican move. Chair man Hitchcock of the foreign rela tions committee, it was stated, was considering addressing the senate on the subject. He pointed out privately, that the resolution re cited that the present league charter "should" not be accepted by the United States. Not Flat Declaration. Senator Hitchcock said that while the republicans' effort was to pre sent a "flat" declaration of opposi tion to the present league Constitu tion, the term used did not neces sarily imply that they would ot against the present draft. Pointing out the constitution op posed is a committee report tc the peace congress, Senator Swan son said: "The resolution and the republicans endorsing it do not say that they would defeat a final peace treaty containing the present league-constitution." Without specifically endorsing the league of nations plan. Republi can Leader Mann, speaking today in the house, declared that the war would have been fought in vain if something was not jjone to prevent future wars. Democratic members of the house vigorously applauded this statement. Senator Sherman sharply criti cized President Wilson, asking who authori?cd him 'to rear above the republican autocratic power." He added that the president had been acting either as "a usurper or a dic tator." Compared to Caesar. "Shall we not ask with the dramat ist," the senator said, "Now in the -name of all the gods at once, upon what docs this Caesar feed that he . has grown so great.' "He adroitly maneuvers himself into the spotlight as the fountain of peace perpetual and the guardian of mankind," Senator Sherman con tinued. "As he kept us out of war in 1916, so he will keep us out of impending war conjured up to serve the issues of 1')'0 and keep us at peace forever if we but accept hiin again. Like his neutrality device was the prelude to unprepared war, his peace league engages not in on (Continued on I'u( Two, Colama "
