La Grande evening observer., March 30, 1917, Image 3

FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER.
PAGE THREE
The Athletic Carnival, L. H. S. Gym Tonight
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Central P. T. Asso
ciation Met Today
The Parent-Teachers' association of
the Central school met this afternoon
at 3 o'clock. A very good program
was prepared. '
Two songs were given by Miss
Switzer's room, the second grade. A
reading was given by Mrs. A. T.
Hill. Mrs. Hill discussed the first
six years of a child's life, including
the training of tho conscience, the
reason, physical habits and the effects
"a piper byMrs. George Gilbert was ' I AN f fl P N IFS THAT HE
on "Thfl r.hilH iinrf t.h Purontq' LllltL ULIIIL.U llllll IIU
Attitude Towards the School and the
Effect on the Child."
A reading was given by Miss
Mahaffey, "Like Grandma Used To
Do."
WIS m TIME PARTY
TO SENATE FILIBUSTER
GLEE CLUB GIVES
GOOD CONCERT i OREGON SENATOR SENDS LET
TER OF EXPLANATION TO
The concert of the Willamette Uni
versity Glee club in the high school
auditorium was appreciated. The
club ensemble numbers, solos and
skits, were done well.
, H'WJ
Special for Saturday Only
lbs. of Sugar
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With Every $1.00 or More of Groceries
CRITICS OF HOME STATE
HAD PEOPLE AT HEART
Not Opposed to Defense of ' Nation,
but Feared Danger of Relinquishing
the Rights of the Voters.
(The Observer wrote Senator Lane vere not entitled.
ate if it had been considered. Upon
the other hand, the senate bill, as it
was drawn, would has-e met with de
lay and obstruction if it had gone to
the house.
Delay Not Possible.
"It could not have passed both
houses until its terms had been agreed
by a conference committee of both
houses. Time did not permit the de
lay this made necessary.
"Tho appropriation of $100,000,000
carried with it a sort of joker upon
the p. I pie whereby the rate of inter
est upon the bonds was not a fixed
rate but was based upon a sliding
scale, which slid upward and not
down, land the rate of interest would
be automatically raised to meet the
price the people would have to pay
for other loans if it became necessary
during the coming war to borrow
more money. Ihese Bonus tnus re
ceived special privileges to which they
askinir for an explanation of his re-
: f nt vote in the United States senate.
'The Observer believes it is fair to
No Vote Taken on Bill.
"No vote was taken on the bill, so
no one voted either for or against it,
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Senator Lane to read his statement and in addition it may truthfully be
a no;,w it. in iiKlpincr his of- I said that at no tune did or could its
fici&l conduct as United States Sena- jianure to pass causouny uumy ... .
I going to war wiuu vhj. umuy, o wic
fw zinv. t w' who wrote to Senator I congress and secure its consent to de-
Hhr Tjinn rcpardinir his action oniclare war if it becomes necessary to
IRISH
MACKEREL FOR YOUR SUNDAY
BREAKFAST
the armed neutrality bill will receive
a letter fully defining his attitude.
The letters were mailed today. Sen
ator Lane resents the accusation that
he failed in his duty as a senator, giv
ing his position as follows:
"Inasmuch as the charge of filibus
tering against the armed neutrality on
armed ships bill, has been mlade
against me and wido circulation has
been given to the accusation, and
i much as I dislike to disappoint those
!who have criticised my supposed ac
tion so freely and frankly, candor
compels me to state that tl did not
filibuster on the bill. Not only did I
not do so, but I openly stated on the
floor of the senate that I was ready
at any and all times to vote upon the
bill. The records 9 the senate will
statement to be true, and I
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do so.
"I resent tho accusation that I in
any way failed in my duty and feel
that I met it fully. The charge orig
inated, as nearly as I can learn, with
some member of the committee which
had tho bill in charge, but inasmuch,
however, as one of them, I had been
informed, had but a few days before
unblushingly fought for and voted in
favor of a measure which added many
thousands of dollars to his own year
ly income, I confess that I did not and
do not hold his opinion of what con
stitutes either loyalty or patriotism in
very high esteem.
Feared Possible Diaz.
'In tho first place, I feared the pro
vision which took away from tho peo
ple their sole r.nd constitutional right
and power .(acting through congress)
while the ships r.nd cargoes were also
to be insured against loss by the peo
ple, s
Bargain Was One-Sided.
"That is not all. .The gunners and
crow were to receive no insurance on
their lives, but were to go at their
own risk. Could you believe it? It
was the limit of petty meanness. It
wins the last straw, and I wanted it
to be stricken out.
"The bargain was one-sided. The
people had nothing to gain and every
thing to lose from that kind of a deal.
On the other hand, it was all clear
gain to the shippers without any risk
attached of losing either their money
or their precious lives. It seemed to
me, also, that vast good might come
to all of us if these same ships might
be sent unarmed to the Pacific coast
on the peaceful mission of carrying
lumber and food through the Panama
canal to this coast, where they need it
and where so many are going home
less and hungry.
True to People s Interests.
"I spoke also for those who profit
not and hate not, and of our own huni
gry people, our women and children
who are now going without sufficient
clothing, and those others across the
waters, our ancestors, whose women
and children starve and die and whose
misery is not to be matched1 outside
of 'hell, and awoke the next morning
to learn that I was being denounced
by some for having kept my pledge to
the people of Oregon that 'I would
not willingly permit their rights to
be invaded.
"If you will kindly end without
prejudice based upon false (reports let
me know how under the circumstances
I could have acted differently than
did and remain true to your interests,
'I would esteem it a favor."
Court House News
A Marriage license has been issued
to Ammiel Herman and Etta Ward,
of La Grande.
Foreclosure of a small mortgage is
the cause of the suit of Stanchfield vs.
Clifford.
Spring
Fever P
prove my statement w u uuc, m " r .
shall leave it to rest there without J to declare war and surrender it into
further comment. the hands of the executive depart-
Bill Was Changed. ,ment. I feared that some day there
"There was some features of the j might come a Diaz, in which event it
bill of vital importance which I hoped
mii'ht be chanced.
"At the risk of being tiresome, I
feel it due to you to state that all ap
propriation bills must and do, as a rule,
originate in the house and not in the
senate, and in accordance with this
custom, the 'armed ships bill,' carry
ing an appropriation of $100,000,000,
did originate in and was first passed
by that body. 'It was a different and
a better bill than the senate bill and
no doubt would have passed the sen-
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would be quite possible for the people
to lose their independence and their
liberty as well. When the right was
once parted with I feared it would
never be .regained, and I objected and
still do to that feature of tho bill. I
also felt that I had no authority vest
ed in me to surrender that right of the
people, it being theirs and theirn only.
"Draft" Bill Denounced.
"I was at tho 4nmo time deeply im
pressed with the fact that at the pre
vious session of congress, without the
people of this country and without
either .branch of congress having a
word to say about it, there had been
slipped over on us by the conference
committee uion tho military bill a
nrovision which gives the executive
brianch of the government tne power
to break down tho doors of every
home in the land with the butt end of
a musket and forcibly 'draft' into the
trenches every male from tho ages of
18 to 45 years. How many people
know that? Here, then, was granted
the additional power to declare war
without the consent of the people add
ed to the grant of forcible draft with
which to carry on war.
Owes Duty to Oregon.
"To me it seemed that it wore best
to look about U3 a bit. With me it
,was not a question of disappointing
! or displeasing the president, for whom
i I have the irreatcst respect an; whom
I will support in the event of wit, but
i my higher duty to the people ot Jre
gon and others.
"There was another feature of the
bill which in fairness it seemed to
me needed changing. The bill author
ized the arming of morchant vessels,
and I would offer r.o serious objection
to that if the ownors of the vessels
and the cargoes would furnish their
own guns land gunners at their own
cost, and send them to sea at their
own risk, but that was not tho pro
gram. No. Tho guna and gunners
1 and the ammunition were to bo fur-
tii.hvl from thn nnvv vnrds at the
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