Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1916-09-28
GERMANY'S REPUBLICAN ALLIES
l'rom the New York World)

The New York Tribune finds a melancholy satisfaction in the size
OF Mr.. Bacons vote at the primaries as "a reassuring evidence o. the *
tent to which Republicans repudate the German influence and the Ger
man intrigue
But the fact remains that such Republicans are in a minority and the
other Republicans are in the majority. Whenever the hyphenated Tissue is
raised lin the Republican party, the hyphens win, and the non-hyphens
meekly swallow their medicine.
Although the Tribune knows that Calders nomination is a German
victory, it intends to support Calder. The Germans are therefore justified
in the belief that their control of the Republican party is absolute. The
New-Yorker Staats-Zeiung triunphantly proclaims that
The victory OF Mr.. Calder vr Mr. Bacon spells the victory OF
Amerranism owe un-Amernanisn. The campaign which Mr. Bacon en-
tered upon W supported by un-Americanism.'
1t rightly declares that the credit for the defeat of this "represen-
tatve of Great Britain" a it describes Mr.. Bacon, is due to the German
VOTE The New-Yorker IIeold is not less joyful when it declares that the
primary proves that the loyal British are in a minority" meaning by
loyal British all Americans who are not pro-German.
With Mr.. Hughes crawling o his belly before the Kaiserbund, the
publican 'nt "1 Mr. rI fu stns;" do i" Er p'a Ame or nS po" fa u ,s c IN ne
American Alliances dominant Amcricanism. His Milwaukee speech might
have been translated from the editorial page of any German paper in the
country He used the identical cant terms that the German press habit
81 propose that W e shall protect and enforce American rights on
land and sea without fear and mi1inchingly with respect to American
lives, American property and American commerce."
That is what the German newspapers say when they assan the pres
ident, what Mr.. Hughes meant is thus enthusiastically interpreted by the
New-Yorker Herod:
This declaration of an uncomI roming Americanism by Mr.. Hughes
will capivate the hearts OF the German voters, and especially all voters to
dctation'
that partisanship has chloroformed their patriotism. Their benevolent
emotions are always held in leash by their party prejudices. They talk
eloquently about Americanism, but their first thought is of RepubIcansm.
That is why they tolerate the open Republican partnership with the
German vote. That is why they hold their peace when Mr.. Hughes plays
ior that vote and speaks for that vote and groves before that vote.
Mr.. Wilson said blunty in his speech of acceptance:
81 am the candidate OF a party, but am above all things else an
American citizen. neither seek the favor OF fear the dnpeasure of that
small alien element among us which puts loyalty to any foreign power
before loyalty to the United States"
No mar is a true American citizen in this world crisis who is not pre-
pared to stand by every word of that sentiment, be the political conse-
quences what they may. But hot irons would not draw such a declaration
OF uncompromisng Americanism from Mr.. Hughes. He dare not
utter it because he knows that his only chance of election lies in the Ger
man vote. Without that vote he is inevitably beaten, and 81 he is de-
enable Germany to boast that it has destroyed President Wilson poEhi-
'ahy or s"ppress'ng the German governments murderous submarine