Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1918 — FOILED AGAIN. [ARTICLE]

FOILED AGAIN.

From the day of the entrance of this nation into the war, it has been the effort of the administration to get some sort of grip upon the press of this country. By press censorship legislation, espionage laws, administrative censorship, and finally by government control of print paper, the administration sought to get power that would enable it to establish a press dictatorship. With that power in its hands, there would be clear sailing for the administration in the elections of this war. It is worth while to note that the latest effort to secure power over the press was defeated chiefly by Republican votes in the Senate. For the bill to give the administration control over print paper there were 28 Democrats and 4 Republicans, total, 32. Against it were 24 Republicans and 12 Democrats, total, 36. Of th? Democratic vote, 70 per cent was for the bill. Only 14 per cent of the Republican vote was for the bill. • .