TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1916-11-21
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voted against Wilson because they believed that Wilson stood for var.
They repudiated at the same time in no uncertain manner tho miltariste
faction Of the Republican Party. Edge and FrehnghuyFen IN New Jersey
Whitman and Calder in New York, represent the wing Of the Republican
Party hereely antogonisue 10 the belicose doctrines Of 7. Il. Significant
in this connection is the fact that Calder who won the nomination aor
the candidate Of the munitions ring in New York ran far ahead Of his
ticket Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota tell a similar tale. These states
were carried for Hughes by a combination Of German Americans, Irish and
swedes' opposed equally to Wilson to Roosevelt and to war Han Of the
people Of the United States voted for Wilson because "he has kept as out
Of war. But the mandate Of those who expressed a preference for Hughes
spells no less Enthusiastically peace So long as President Wilson stands foi
peace, he represents not a divided country, but the entire nation. II
President Wilson, in accordance with his speech at Charlotte, should at
tempt to Bring peace to Europe he viii find a united people behind MN
always excepting the orphan makers Of Wall Street
Between Roosevelt and Hughes we were for Hughes. But We fount
ourselves unable to evmee enthusiasm for Mr. Hughes when Mr. Hughes
failed to cast off Mr.. Roosevelt The Fatheriand repeatedly warned Mr.
dorsement Of Mr. Roosevelt had gone down to defeat The catastrophe Of
Charles Evans Hughes verihes our prediction. Mr. Hughes gaze certain.
assurances 70 Mr. Carl Schmidt and three other gentlemen, but he did NIT
publicly repudate his notorious telegram 81 CONTAMINATION g Theodore
Roosevelt We were also aware Of the fact that Mr. Hughes received not
merely the enissaries Of the American independence Conference. but that
ne was equally hosptabie 70 a delegation o. Inc soealea American
Rights Committee, headed by George Haven Putnam Of London. Bot
delegations seem to have left Mr.. Hughes satisfied. Perhaps the satsfac7
ton was mutual It was not shared by us. Mr. Hughes It IS true, man.
fully answered the question addressed to him by US, bat he disposed Of tho
entire subject Of American Rights in three sentences He talked for hour
on every conceivable subject under the sun. He talked himself out Of thu
Presidency. But he never uttered more than ghttering generaites o.
the vital issues Of the campaign. Soon silence ceased to be golden
Shortly before the close Of the campaign, Mr. Hughes frankly declared
himself against an embargo on arms and asserted the right Of American
passengers to travel o. munhion carriers without insisting in the same
breath upon the right to ship food. By a pquant coincidence, Senator Ii
Toilette o. the same day quoted, George Washington IS saying that al
American citizen travelling on a vessel bearing arms did so at his owl
peril. Thus Charles Evans Hughes denied the doctrine Of the Father o.
the Republic. Meanwhile Mr. Roosevelt continued his war-mongernf
speeches insulting American citizens Of German descent nnrebuked b.
Mr.. Hughes. The Republican campaign committee in it's literature and il
of Belgium were cited in eloquent terms. Wilson's was attacked Cor no.
declaring war simultaneously On the Kaiser and j carranza. Tough ii
this, Mr. Hughes kept his silence on the paramount issue. The silent can
ddate was defeated BY the silent vote.
We urged cur readers 10 concentrate their attention or the two hoasa
of Congress. Almost without exception the men who stood for fair play
were returned, irrespective Of party. We welcome the fact TINT the House
is almost evenly divided, because this division ADDS to its power. Congress
is intended as a check on the Executive; it was not intended to be hf
tool We hail the reelection of such men as JET. McLemore. jim Mann
Walter NJ Chandler, Champ Clark, Claude Kitehin, and Henry H. Cooper
Wn ae rIaaea4 70 ea To Taungn 49, 49, cI4LT MI
the Senate. We are pleased most Of all to see Senator Stone again at Ii,
head Of the Committee on Foreign Relations. A Republican Senate Will
Senator Lodge, whom some caprice Of fate translated from his rigntfa
place in the House Of Lords to Capitol Hill, as Chairman Of this Committed
would have been q national calamity In Missouri, according to returns SC
far received, the German vote was divided. Many German Americans ex
pressed their resentment against the iunatured attack on Senator Stone ii
connection with the now almost historical conference at Terrace Garden, b.
voting for Woodrow Wilson. For the same reason the German Americans
of Missouri reelected his colleague, Senator Reed In fact, nothing served
more to aid the cause Of Woodrow Wilson than the revelation that Senator
Stone and Postmaster Buleson, far from attacking the German Americans
II the fashion Of Roosevelt and Bacon, had sought their friendship.
The Fatherland in the past has often attacked Woodrow Wilson. But
IYo have never been blind to his virtues. We have disagreed with him;
I'VE may disagree with him again but being shackled by no consideration
of private interest or party we have aimed to cooperate with him to the
extent Of or ability wherever in our opinion his course was Enthusiastically
right AS early IS June we believed that we had discovered the first
glimpse Of a new Woodrow Wilson, a Woodrow Wilson who, freeing himself
from evil advisers and inherited prejudice, realized that the right ane
wrong Of the great war is not for us to Judge, that its causes re obscure
and that Europes quarrels concern US not. We saw a Woodrow Wilson
with q vision rot Of war but Of peace, peace for America, peace for the
Administration; in spite Of insidous resistance within the State Depart
ment, there was at least an approach to impariaIty
If It were not for the tacaess message to Mexico o the subbet Of
submarine bases, where our Secretary of State acted as the messenger bog
of Sir Cecil sping-Rice, only to be repudiated BY the latter, and held t.
seon By Caranza, we would be convinced that or neutrality has at last
ceased to be lopsided. The quick recognition of the status Of the submarine
merchantmen, The proper attitude shown in the case Of the u58, thu
prompt suppression Of the abuse Of the wireless BY the New York Herald
end the decision that an American citizen taking the oath Of allegiance t.
IA foreign sovereign, forfets his cjtzenship-a principle for which we have
long contended-are straws il the wind proving that the sail Of our shin Of
state Isl at last turning toward the port Of Fair Play. The wind may shift
again. NE may have e 1eeanf Tomorrow ouf praise IT to-day We car
ioni7 ret down the facts ~ we see them il the light that i u rs II
these reforms lad been hnauguFated earlier, the political atmosphere DC The
last two years would have been more wholesome
All the steps enumerated By Us were taken qaieiy, unostentadousy
They were not a bid for the German American vt. AS 4 matter Of fact
Woodrow Wilson made it perfectly clear that his attitude was not deter
i1ained by the approaching election. But the Americans oil German
descent, not counting those who We're too deeply committed to The other
side and those who failed TO note these matters in the tlnult Of the cleo.
ton, anquesuonsby took his apparent change Of policy into account when
they cast their vote If the President had ostentaiously announced a
reversal Of stategear at the last moment, he would have only aroused the
dstrst Of that element As it was not sensahonany exploited. we are led
to believe that the changes are due not to a transient shift of policy for
TIN benefit Of Mr.. Wilson's political fortune but to a gradual yet sincere
change of conviction.