Arizona republican., 1916-06-09
Different Brands of Americanism

We surprised learn that the platform committee of the national republican convention en- eountered some difficulty in the framing of the "Amercanism" plank of the national platform; that its difficulties illustrated by the fact that four blanks that subject presented in the committee. We not informed to the character of these presentations but may guess that they ranged from the pacfst notion the preparedness notion. The difficulty of the committee therefore, would lie in forming, from them plank which the dove-like pacifist and the ardent ad of preparedness may stand in perfect harmony That is slight task It is difficult it is for a bareback rider remain horses travelling rapidly in opposite directions.
 If the convention should adopt such plank and call it Americanism it would be ground between the millsones of pacifism and preparedness It would deserve November the certain defrat that would be administered it. If it has nothing better to offer than such impossible compromise it has all offer why the republican party be power throughout the campaign.
 It is useless to prolong the keynote of Chairman Harding Wednesday in which he declared that prosperity temporary" sectional" abnormal, fictitious" and "perverting" The main and unds- puable fact is that it is here and that it is certain to remain until time after the election. It is gift house in whose mouth the voters will not be dis posed look. If it has not come result of the democratic national administration it is at least CO., incident with the administration. republicans have not only had nothing do with but by their denunciation of the character of it. dsclaimed any part n and inferentally may be supposed that if the party should be put into power it would put stop, somehow to this kind of prosperity
 The democratic party cannot be successfully at tackled by these old time weapons which have been employed so successfully in the past. The assault must be made at a more vulnerable paint, the foreign policy of the administration and the menace that the exercise of that policy holds against national peace. That introduces the issue of Amercanism, the other part which be a degree prepared back up decent and adequate foreign policy.
 No republican has stated dared to just the foreign policy of the should be, the degree kind of preparedness the in which be attained It been definitely stated by Colonel Roosevelt alone The republican leaders have fallen into the of the word "Americanism' but none of them has defined it's meaning. They did not accept the word itself until they foresaw what a figure it must cut in the campaign And now they are disposed trim carefully with they lop off pacifist support.
 The weapon used this way will avail them ing The democrats will have good American ism. One kind of compromise Amer'can:sm is as the people are awake and capable detecting counter felt Americansm If they cannot have the Roosevelt brand of Americanism they will be indifferent a choice between the two commercials and will then weigh other claims of the parties against one another In such comparison the time and circum- stances give the democrats advantage