Arizona republican., 1918-07-19
The Adjournment of Politics


 We are on the eve of the hottest congressional campaign in many years, notwithstanding both the great parties in full accord profess to be in full accord the great, overwhelming issue the most momentous in the history of the country the war They are in accord completely to the war aims of the United States they have been stated by the president. Yet there has never been a bitter struggle for the party control of gress than that which is about to take place.
 Some time ago President Wilson declared that politics had been adjourned. Two things appear to be by the ajournment politics. By the president it to be understood to mean that since the administration happens be democratic country should be partisan democratic and that to elect republican to congress smacks of dsloyaty to the nation that all policies whether relating to the or not should be democratic that for the period of the there should be only party-the demo- cratic party That, in the opinion of the president constitutes the adjournment elimination of party politics. In order that this adjournment should be complete only democrats should elected to office To the republican leaders, the adjournment of poli- tics means something quite different. It means the whole-h hearted helpful support a great party the majority party of the country, the nations plans to bring the war to complete, successful and compromised conclusion, a peace with victory such the president says we must have though two years he declared that there could be no such thing a peace with victory The republican party months before entered the war, believed that a permanent world peace could be secured only by the total overthrow of Germany and imposition upon hat country of terms of peace.
 When, finally, the president found war to be inev- table he had the almost solid support of the repub- hcan party in congress; only republican of promi- hence was in opposition, Senator L9Follete. The foremost leaders of the democratic party against he of he of chairman of the ways and means committee, and the most prominent democratic senators.
 The republican party, far as it was represented in congress. the party; the democratic party far as it represented in congress and by such powerful spokesmen Mir Bryan, was the anti-war party.
 The republican party that April day, "adjourned politics months before the president coined the ex- pression. The president. however appears not for a moment to have "adjourned politics." throughout the he has been steadily, though so far with uniform ill-success, working at party politics. He sought the election of democratic senator in Wis consin against tried and proved oyalist He also intervened in a congressional district in Indiana offered for his interference in Wisconsin that the republican candidate, though loyal supporter of his war policies had voted for the McLemore resolution long before to war; at time when the president believed would go o Yet the presidents defeated Indiana candidate had also voted for the McLemore resolution.
 To make matters worse the president has infected himself into the Michigan situation by urging the democrats of that state to nominate Henry Ford for the senate. The republican papers have not had much 10 about it. but the interference of the president has been criticised by such friendly administration papers the New York World and the New York Times. They point in the first place. the danger of flaming partisan embers into flames throughout the whole country Both further characterize the proposed selection by the Michigan democrats of republican out of tune with his party in hopelessly republican state small and cheap political trick. Both papers further agree that MT Ford none of the qualities of a statesman; the caber of the shown by his opposition to American loans to the allies before to war; his threat of withdrawing his great funds from those banks which should become interested in such loans and his wild peace-shp scheme
 The papers also recall that MT. Ford was held in such estimation by allies that his cars were barred from Canada and stoned in the streets of Paris Altogether. Mir. Ford's the-war record could not have been worse.
 And those papers ask what the president ex- pect to gain by the election of the republican, Mr. Ford. rubber stamp? The price, they think, would be too high for a rubber stamp.
 If the fire which the president stirring throughout the country should blaze would interpreted by the Germans revolt against the administration and if the presidents party should lose the house. as ir certainly will, the German leaders. who would know better would inform their people on the war issue he Washington government had been overthrown
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 That the present German offensive. if it yet