Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-11-01

or not, your vote this year will be
viewed by the nations of Europe from
one standpoint only. They will draw
no fine distinctions. A refusal to sus-
tain the President this year will, in
their eyes, be read as a refusal to
sustain the war and to sustain the
efforts of our peace commission to Sc
cure the fruits of war"
Do you recall who made this public
statement? 1t was not President
Wilson, although of course those are
his sentiments. They are the exact
words uttered by Theodore Roosevelt
in a speech delivered in New York.
The Republicans OF Idaho know now
just where they stand. II they follow
the advice OF Roosevelt they will cast
their votes for John F. Nugent and
Frank l.. Moore.
This is a critical time in the history
of the nation and the President must
be sustained, and the way to sustain
him is to elect a senate which will
uphold him. Senator Nugent 10 one
of the strongest supporters President
Wilson has, and the President has
publicly asked the voters of Idaho to
re-eiect him next Tuesday, and has
also appealed for the election of Hon.
Frank l.. Moore. Roosevelt says IL Is
your duty to vote for Nugent and
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publican and Senator Nugent and Mr..
Moore are Democrats, but the ex-
president was SO positive in the state
ment quoted above that there can be
no doub where he stands.
The speech was made to a great
gathering of Republicans who cheer
ed the sentiment wildly, showing that
they believed in It thoroughly. There
is no doubt that the Democrats feel
the same way about 1t, so the cleo
ton of Democratic senators this year
should be practically unanimous all
over the country. This speech by
Roosevelt was made 20 years ago
during the SpRnish-American war
when Mckinley was president and
New York was voting for a United
States senator, but Roosevelt was ad-
vising the people well then and the
advice is still good now.
Benjamin Harrison, one of the
brainiest leaders OF the Republican
party ever elected to the presidency,
said that during a foreign war, or
during the peace negotiations after
the war, to defeat men of the same
political faith as the president and
elect those of the party opposed to the
president, will make difficult the
work OF peace commissioners and
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enemy, necessitating a longer war
and further sacrifice to secure what
we have already won"
In the light of these warning s,
what right have Republicans to ask
the people OF Idaho to elect either
Senator Borah or Frank Gooding at
this critical time of the nations life
TO seats In the senate at Washington?
The rank and file OF the people of this
n.
abandon the President. 1t is perfect
.ly clear that a vote for Borah or
Gooding Is in opposition to the pres
ident, while a vote for Nugent and
Moore Is q vote OF confidence in the
president. No man who observes the
drift OF public affairs can come to
amy other conclusion.
The European democracies with
which we are allied have government
tai organizations In which parliament
tary bodies are considered the gov
control of the legislative branch
changes, the government falls. Re-
versal at the polls OF the party in
control Of the government is inter
preted as popular disapproval OF the
party'a policies and the government
is speedily changed that II may be in
harmony with the law-making power.
IN the United States, 1t is possible
for congressional majorities to be
changed In the middle OF presidents
terra. Invariably, however, the de-
feat OF the presidents party in con-
greasional elections even in peace
times ia regarded as evidence of pop
ular dissatisfaction with the PreBi-
dent. In time of war such changes
are exceedingly serious, especially in
the present 5pncture, when we are
fighting with European democracies
to whom parliamentary changes mean
the downfall of the government.
It is plain to the American people
that the aim of the propagaudists is
TO control Congress with q view of
taking the power out Of the hands of
President Wilson and reduce this
war to the same plane az former wars,
namely, commercial greed, financial
gain and, IL possible, territorial ag-
grandisement.. This htey Will attempt
to do next Tuesday by electing Re-
pubiicans to congress.
No one can doubt the view that, If
President Wilson's party sufferd de-
feat next Tuesday 1t would most GER
tainly be regarded as the Presidents
defeat and impair confidence in the
quality of his support at home. The
American thing to do, then, Is TO
stand by the President Of the United
States.
As was to be expected, the appeal
of the President has been the result
of a hyenaic howl by Republicans,
but this Is only characteristic of their
party They are merely returning 70
their own vomit. But amidst their
howl let every Idahoan who loves his
country read the Presidents appeal.
1t brings into the open men In high
places who have been sending instruc-
tions to senators and representatives
in congress interfering with peace ne
gotiations In which eight other ma
tions are vitality concerned advising
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