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Show Courtesy and Politics n the last paragraph of the Associated Press dispatch telling f of President Wilson's address to congress appears this sentence: j "Th president concluded after speaking forty-ttvo I minutes and left the chamber amidst applause limited to the Democratic side.9 The president had extolled the heroism of America's young men who offered their lives for the liberty of the world, and only Democrats applauded. The president had praised the American men and women, who in industry and home made possible the victory on the field of battle, and only Democrats applauded. s The president had pictured the great accomplishment, of a j ' united American people, and only Democrats applauded. I ' : The president had called the attention of congress to matters j ... f grct national importance, outlined the necessary steps to be ; taken in these days of readjustment, but only Democrats applauded. Shame on you Republican senators and congressmen, and j ' more shame to the partisanship that permits of such shallowness, f Do you forget that VVoodrow Wilson is the president of the United ! ' States, the chief executive of the American people? Do you for- get that under his guiding hand, albeit with your assistance, Amer-: Amer-: ica has achieved its greatest triumph and gained a new and greater : standing among the nations of the world? Yes, the American people have a ight to demand an answer I - to these questions and to know whether you senators and congress-: congress-: . men represent the whole people, or whether you represent only j one political faction. You would applaud a show, girl, whose dancing pleased your fancy. Then why do you withhold applause from the president of the United States, whose statesmanship has been recognized throughout through-out the world? |