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Show 1 1 Republican Record of Obstructing in I Congress Exposed I . s i ' Analysis of Votea on Wax Measures Shows That President Wilson ; and His Policies Have Not Received Support From I Minority Party in Past Sessions. If - . I i When Republican offlccseekers proclaim their willingness to stand by jj ' the policies of a President of another political denomination, they proclaim 1 1 something so contrary to the past actions of Uieir party's representatives in I Congress as to demand some hesitation on the part of the voter to whoso i credulity they appeal. Patrick Henry declared in his famous "Liberty or I : Death" address that there vas but one way to judge the future, and that by I : the past. And judging by the past, what may we expect from a Republican j . Congress in 1919? The greatest preparedness measure put forward prior (o entry into the I : war was the shipping bill. Without bottoms to carry our men and supplies, i America could not make her weight felt. She did not have them. The obvious ob-vious thing, in preparation for the possibility of war. was to provide for them. This the Democrats realized, and long before the scent of conflict actually grew strong In American nostrils, had introduced a bill to lay the groundwork for the splendid work now being dope by the shipping board. ; FOUGHT MEASURE NEARLY TWO YEARS. For two years lacking just twenty-one days the minority, composed of Republicans in Congress, opposed this necessary measure. The record shows that in the House, .ONE Democrat joined with ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY Republicans, while in the Senate, TWENTY-ONE Republicans voted against the measure and not a Democrat. With good reason have the Republicans been silent on the question of the exact figures showing their support of the war. For those figures are indisputable evidence that the claim that an opposition party can be thorough-going in its support, even in war times, is not correct. It is not any imputation against the patriotism of those who fail to give that support In many cases, but is proof that, with a Republican Congress and a Dmeo-cratic Dmeo-cratic President, divided councils will rule the nation. Here is the score: 1 WHO OPPOSED PRESIDENT'S WAR MEASURES. WAR RESOLUTION In the House, Republicans, THIRTY-TWO; Democrats, Demo-crats, SIXTEEN. In the Senate, Republicans and Democrats, three each. Total, Republicans, THIRTY-FIVE; Democrats, NINETEEN. McLEMORE RESOLUTION (Warning Americans off the high seas): In the House, ONE HUNDRED and THREE Republicans and THIRTY-TWO Democrats voted against tabling this resolution. GORE RESOLUTION, (same as McLemore Resolution but introduced in Senate) : TWELVE Republicans and TWO Democrats voted against tabling this resolution. ARMED' NEUTRALITY BILL, (Authorizing Arming of American Ships for Defense Against Submarines) : In the House, SEVENTY-SIX Republicans Repub-licans and FORTY-SEVEN DEMOCRATS voted for the Cooper Amendment to prevent the arming of American ships carrying war supplies. There was no vote taken in the Senate, as LaFollettc, a Republican..Senatork. led- a filibuster fili-buster which killed the measure in the last days of the session despite the President's vigorous disapproval. AGAINST ARMOR PLATE BILL. ARMOR PLATE PLANT AMENDMENT TO NAVAL BILL: ONE HUNDRED HUN-DRED AND THIRTY-THREE Republicans and TWO Democratic Representatives Represen-tatives opposed this, while in the Senate, TWENTY-THREE Republicans and NO Democrats voted against it. This bill -was proposed in an effort to keep the price of armor plate for the, navy within a reasonable figure. ESPIONAGE ACT, (Held up for weeks by Republican opposition) : In Ihe House, NINETY-SEVEN Republicans joined with NINE Democrats in opposing op-posing this measure, while in the Senate, FIVE Republican and ONE Democratic Demo-cratic Senator opposed it. FOOD SURVEY BILL: SIXTY-FIVE Republicans and SIXTEEN Democrats Demo-crats in the House voted to send this back to committee in an effort to kill IL RAILROAD CONTROL BILL: Four Republicans and TWO Democrats opposed this in the House, while in the Senate, THIRTEEN Republicans and ONE Democrat voted for the Townsend amendment which sought to block the Administration measure. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CONTROL BILL: Four REPUBLICAN REPUB-LICAN Senators, and SIXTEEN Republican Congressmen' opposed this measure. meas-ure. No Democrats. OPPOSITION TO WAR REVENUE BILLS. ' WAR REVENUE BILL, Fiscal Year 1916: Opposed by, ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO Republican Representatives, and SIXTEEN "Republican Senators. No Democratic opposition. WAR REVENUE BILL, Fiscal Year, 1917: ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO Republican Representatives and THIRTY-THREE Republican Senators Sena-tors opposed this measure. No Democratic opposition. WAR REVENUE BILL, Fiscal Year, 1918: SEVENTY-SIX Republican Representatives and FOUR Republican Senators opposed this measure. No Democratic opposition. c UNITY OF ACTION CAN BE HAD, BUT ONLY ONE WAY. If the American people desire.no divided councils while the nation's future and that of the world hangs at stake, if they wish to see America present a united faco to all demands for action, and if they would meet promptly the war and Its emergencies, to say nothing of the no less important impor-tant questions of that peace which all hope will come before the next Congress Con-gress passes out of existence, they must see to It that the President does not find himself faced In Congress with a majority of Republican votes. J, Not only the prestige of America among its sister nations, not only the discouragement of Germany by the spectacle of a united nation behind its treat leader, Woodrow Wilson, but also the no less important matter of decisive de-cisive and prompt action in emergencies in accordance with the leadership of the man whom the great mass of Americans are willing to follow depends on the coming election. MILTON H. WELLING and JAMES H. MAYS have supported that President Presi-dent In his policies. They have proven disinterested, faithful public servants. The worst thing that the Republican press can say against them is that they vlaltcd the battlefields of Europe under the sanction of the department of i frar, in order to better qualify themselves to meet the problems which would i come before them in Congress, a course which scores of their colleagues, Democratic and Republican alike, had pursued. If they nre elected, Utah can count on their loyalty, and their intelligence, and In addition will have Ihe benefit of being served by men whose experience will help them to" cope ' ' with problems their opponents have nevermet. Why change horses in the middle of the stream? The, bank. Is not yet reached. Democratic Central Committee of Weber County ' J. PARKER, Chairman ERNEST SPENCER, Secretary (Paid Political Advertisement If' ' Applying the Words of Harrison and Roosevelt I : ; A vote aganist Congressmen Mays and Welling, who have been un- I swervingly loyal in this world crisis, cannot be construed other than a wil- 1 ful repudiation of President Wilson. ' J . ;-. - Remember, Fellow Citizens, it is the Republicans themselves who J , T have urged a united congress behind a war president. . . R It is not the rank and file of the Republican Party in Utah that 'desire If ' to embarrass the President before the world. It is only a small coterie of If ' office-hungry politicians who would impugn the President of the United I I States for political profit. l No one can read the letters now being sent out by the Chairman of the j Republican State Committee soliciting campaign funds the Republican I m I platform or the paid advertising in print or poster without knowing that if . if the opportunity is provided they will oppose the President tooth and claw. What comfort that would bring to the War Lords in Wilhelmstrasse! Do you think that Pershing, and Foch, and Haig, or the two million M brave scrapping Yanks would' care to see President Wilson repudiated be- m ... ' fore the mocking Huns? ' : , ' i-. In the words of Harrison and Roosevelt themselves, that is precisely the j thing that will happen if a Republican Congress is returned at this elec- 11 tion. ' m . 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