The Dolores star., 1918-05-31

every ether now and makes evsry
uehsr seem trivial and negligible, 10
the winning Of tho war. We are mot
only In the midst Of the war; We are
at the very peak and crisis Of II. Hun
dreds OF thousands Of our men. carry
ing our hearts with them and our for.
tunes are in the field and ships are
crovding faster and faster to the ports
Of France and England with rsgimeat
after regiment, thousand after thou
sand. to Join them until the enemy
shall be beaten and brought to Q
reckoning with mankind.
There can be no pause or intermis-
sion. The great enterprise must on
the contrary be pushed with greater
and greater energy. The volume OF
our might must steadily and rapidly
be augmented until there can be NO
question OF resistiAg It. II that IL to
be accomplished, gentlemen, money
must sustain It to the utmost.
Our financial program must NO
more be left in doubt or suffered to
lag than our ordnance program or our
ship program or our munitions pro-
gram or our program for making mil
lions Of men ready. These others are
not programs, indeed. but mere plans
upon paper, unless there IL to be an
unquestionable supply Of money.
That ID the situation and 1t is the
situation which creates the duty, no
choice or preference Of ours. There
Ii only one way to meet that duty. We
must meet II without selfishness or
fear Of consequence. Politics Is ad-
journed.
War Record to BE Best Endorsement.
The elections will 20 to those who
think least Of 1t; to those who go to
the constituencies without explanation
or excuses. with plain record of duty
faithfully and disinterestedly per-
formed.
Il, for one. am always confident
that the people Of this country will
give q just verdict upon the service
Of the men who act for them when
the facts are such that no man can
dtsguise or conceal them. There 10
no danger Of deceit now. An intense
and pitiless light beats upon every
man and every action In this tragic
plot OF war that 10 now upon the
stage.
III lobbyists hurry 10 Washington
to attempt to turn what you do In the
matter Of taxation to their protection
or advantage. the light win beat also
upon them. There u abundant fuel
for the light in the records Of the
treasury with regard to profits Of ev-
cry sort. The profiteering that cannot
be got At by the restraints Of con-
science aud love Of country can be
got at by taxation. There II such
profiteering now, and the information
with regard to It II available and in
disputable.
o. .nA,
matter Of taxation now, gentlemen.
not because / do not know that you
can SEE and interpret the facts and
with a. clear . perception OF the OBJ
legations involved ~ l can, but be-
cause there 10 Q certain solemn salts
faction in sharing with you the re-
sponsibilities Of such a time The
world never stood in such case before.
Men never before had 80 clear or 30
moving . vision Of duty. know that
you will begrudge the work to be done
here by us no more than the men be-
grudge us theirs who lie In the
trenches and sally forth to their
death. There 10 . stimulating COM
radeship knitting us all together.
And this task to which invite
your immediate consideration will be
performed under favorable influences
II We will look to what the country ls
thinking and expecting and care moth
ing at all for what Ii being said and
believed in the lobbies OF Warrington
hotels, where the atmosphere seems to
make 1t possible to believe what is be-
lieeed nowhere else.
People Ready TO Bear Burden Bravsly.
Have you not felt the spirit Of the
nation rise and its thought become a
single and common thought since
these eventful days came In which We
have been sending our boys to the
other side? think you must read
that thought, a. I do. to mean this,
that the people Of this country are
not only united in the resolute pur-
pose to win this war, but are ready
and willing to bear any burden and
undergo any sacrifice that 1t may be
necessary for them to bear in order
to win It.
I'VE need not be afraid to tax them
II We lay taxes Justly. They know
that the war must be paid for and that
It Il they who must pay for 1t. and II
the burden is Justly distributed and
the sacrifice made q common sacri-
flee from which none escape who can
bear 1t at all, they Will carry II cneef.
fully and with Q sort Of solemn pride.
have always been proud to be an
American. and was never more proud
than now. when all that we have said
and all that we have foreseen about
our people 10 coming true.
"The great days have come when
the only thing. that they ask for or
admire is duty. greatly and adequately
done; when the only wish for America
is that she may share the freedom
she enjoys: when q great. compelling
sympathy wells up in their hearts for
men everywhere, who suffer and are
oppressed, and when they see at last
the high uses for which their wealth
has been piled up and their mighty
power accumulated and. counting
neither blood nor treasure, now that
the final day Of opportunity has come.
rejoice to spend and to be spent
through long night Of suffering and