Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1918-09-20
POLITICS BANNED
BY REPUBLICANS
\ oA1eIoTIc CHAIRMAN DEMANDS
THAT PARrisANSHlP BE
LAID ASIDE.

ING viii II. Hays, Chairman of the Re
,rblican National Committee, If he
hod made the statement that Demo
cratic leaders would not stop at any
hing and would even end the war by
any kind of a compromise if by SO
soing they could continue the Demo
cratic party in power, MIR. Hays sent
tho following answer to Mr.. Tumulty:
Washington, d. c., Sept. IL, 1918.
Hon. Joseph Tumulty, White House:
81 have your telegram. On Sept. q.
in Chicago, | attended a meeting Of
the Association of Republican State
chairmen called by its president and
attended by Is of such chairmen. At
that meeting / made remarks refer
ring in a general way to the length TO
which Democratic leaders are going in
their efforts to control the Senate and
House. and also to the i~rrevocable
stand of the Republican party for a
vigorous prosecution of the wal and
against an inconclusive peace.
Il did not use the words quoted in
YOUR telegram. What | said then,
which | now affirm, and which |
shalt continue to declare, was substan.
tially as follows:
First, as 10 the means reSorted to
hr certain Democratic leaders to get
votes [ said:
I'm The special election in Wiscon-
sin, the Democratic machine leaders
published advertisements, undenied
since by them, addressed to the sol
diers at Camp Grant, as follows.
ITO the Wisconsin soldiers at
Camp Grant: Tuesday. April 2. you
are entitled to vote for United States
Senator from Wisconsin to succeed
Senator Paul O. Husting. President
Wilson, your commander-in-chiet, de-.
sires all loyal Americans to vote for
Joseph E. Davies for United States
Senator. Davies election means JOY
at Washington and gloom at Berlin.
Davies defeat mean gloom at Wash
ing,on and joy at Berlin"
40 regard this as an Infamous pros
titution of all patriotic proprieties and
the grossest violation OF the plaii.est
civil duty, worthy of the %severest con.
demnation of all Americans. In this
crisis, when all patriots are striving to
bring to the aid of the country's cansa
every in men and material.
when thousands of Republican and
Democratic boys are dying, side by
side, when both political parties are
loyal, such conduct is UNNECESSARILY
re%prehensive. From such action it Is
evident, and I regret to say 1t, that
these Democratic leaders will go to
any length to carry the Senate and
House. Such unpatriotic efforts to
use the war for partisan purposes must
tail. Such inevitable failure was indi
Gated by the Wisconsin result, 1t was
further shown in the Michigan pri
mary and 1t will be conclusively
proved in the Maine election mex
week. The American people will no
tolerate it. This is the war Of no po
litical party. This is the peoples war
and we demand that the war be KEEP
out Of partisan politics and that parti
sanship be kept out of the war. ANT
Wual we dSh lIolu AZ Rotty a. Po"S
we irrevocably pledge for ourselves
Second, as to the imperative ne
cessity Of a vigorous prosecution o
the wal and a conclusive peace only
and the need Of a Republican Congress
TO that end, and in connection with
discussion of the candidacy Of Nj
Ford in the Republican primary
Michigan and his statement as to VIII
he became a candidate. and while RI
viewing the service Republicans
Congress rendered the major wa
measures which were opposed by tn
Democratic leade-s, Chairman Dent {
the Military Affairs Committee. Floo
Leader Kitchin, chairman OF the Way
and Means Committee, and others.
said:
1--WE demand the most vigorou
prosecution of the war and a peac
with victory. A Republican Congress
means a war Congress. and we pledg
our candidates to be men who are 81
premely pro-American, and who wi
stand irrevocably against any peac
based on a compromise Of principle
which would violate American right
interests and honor and make OF oil
sacrifice a sacrilege to be made aga
by our grandchildren. ! hope an
trust the Democratic party will VOL
by the same token
Recognizing. as we all do, tn;
there will always be politics. a
pleased to advise you what said
the Republican state chairmen, b
cause I insist that our politics be ope
and acknowledged and on a plan
character that needs no SUFFERING
and that there be 10 political partisa
ship in anything that touches the wa
Further, I TO- take the opportuni.
to appeal to you directly and to Il
Democratic organization, as | long
did in my reply to Col. George IA
vey's letter. to join with us in tn
effort to keep p%artisanship gu Of II
war and the war out of partisan po
tics. This is no time for little thing
The world is on fire. Our duty TO o.
soldiers, measured by their marveio'
accomplishments and their supren