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Show HI SMOKE OUT THE H8; TRAITORS. Hj'.j What is wrong with congress? We Hjl have asked this question, others have m put the same interrogation to us, and W we note many of the other papers of Hj the country arc beginning to ask: H What is the trouble? 1 Our form of government offers op- H i portunily for the enemies of the coun- H f try to block legislation necessary to M I our defense, and, seemingly that is M '' being done today in congress. Our contemporary, tho Tribune of Salt Lake, is not a radical, and, therefore. there-fore. Its view may be accepted as conservative. con-servative. It says: "For nearly six weeks congress has haggled over tho army bill. It begins to seem as if sinister forces in congress con-gress were trying to prevent the United Unit-ed States from getting an army this year. One would imagine from the tactics of certain senators and representatives repre-sentatives that the United States was engaged in a law suit instead of a war. They act as if the raising of an army was nn issue at law which might be argued indefinitely. A bill which should havo been stripped of all extraneous ex-traneous matters has been burdened with unnecessary amendments. And other bills which could havo Availed until action had been taken on tho army bill have been constantly projected pro-jected into the foreground. Amendment Amend-ment is piled on amendment and speech on speech. The attempt of this country to get ready for war is being obstructed by politicians, pacifists and pro-Germans In congress The inter ests of the country arc ignored while these men Invent specious devices for delay." The American press must once more smoke out thetraltors, before legislation legis-lation Is allowed to prepare the country coun-try for war. oo |