Evening star., 1918-06-19


Declaring that "the exieen-
cfes of the times call for the
denomination and election in
1870 of Woodrow wilson, SAM
uei &. Ralston, former Governor
OF Indiana. permanent chairman
OF the Indiana state democratic
convention, here today fired the
delegates and audience with en-
thusiasm that brought them to
their feet waving nags and
cheering. The demonstration
lasted for several minutes.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. June ia
ringing appeal to the country to
support Woodrow Wilson. the COM
mander-in-chief,w was made today by
Vice President Marshall. addressing
the democratic state convention here.
In the coming political campaign this
year. he said. the people have made
the great issue the winning of the
war.
They are going to stand by the
party which seemingly presents the
best hope for the wars speedy and
successful termination" said the Vice
President.
Make no mistake about II, there
is but one vital issue in the mind of
the American people, and that is the
winning of the war 1t is not a DEM
ocratic war, not a republican war but
is being fought under a democratic
administration, and that administra-
ttOn will In do
toric mind Of the republic, be sup
ported for many reasons by democrat
and republican alike.
Answers Republican Challenge.
Answering the challenge of the re-
publicans at their Indiana state con-
vention the Vice President said:
yes; we are to have politics this
year in Indiana, but politics this
year must be patriotic as well as par
tisan in character. 1t must be the
kind of politics which whole-hearted-
ly gets behind that colossal figure of
these stormy hours: the man whom
peak of duty, desire and endeavor:
with whom we can win, without
whom the worlds hope must perish
woodrow Wilson. captain general Of
the armies OF freedom. admiral Of the
our promise to his ear and break il
to his hope"
The vics President made no charge
that the political contest this year is
beswsen rss patriotism 1,s,,a. and treason: n :.
patriotic as the average democrat" !"
he said The partisan character Of
the contest has to do with the sue
cessful and as-speedily- as possible
to get me mad over this contest. I
am not going to charge anybody with
treason"
He did not fail, however to pay
his respects to the republicans of In
diana. He admitted that he himself
he has IAN intense compassion for
those who are seeking the weak Joint
in Wilson's armoS. Iknow how many
Of them are tossed about between
non-partisan patriotism. and at the
same time long for the fruits of
partisan triumph, who can appreciate
the Presbyterian elders lament that
he wished he had gone to New York
before he was converted.
Now is the time when men must
answer the question as to whether
they are wholeheartedly with the
commander-in-chiefo of the Army and
Navy of the United States or whether
they are with the party that is seek
ing mainly political preferment."
w III nays, lhS hC" Shoh~
man of the republican national COM
mittee, as Young Lochinvar" and Col.
Roosevelt as Lady Theodora," the
Vice President related the following
fable:
This young Lochinvar ambled out
of the west upon the G. o. P-the
grand old palfry-and with force and
arms seized the Lady Theodore and
carried her OF to that medieval cas-
tie called republican headquarters.
where he set her above the salt and
hei as a republican vestal'
virgin. But our young Lochinvar
that there were large num-
bers of his retafners who did not be-
lieve that she was the coy maiden
she said she was and who strongly
insisted that they had seen her walk
ing the political streets in 1912 and
1916.
Letters to Newspaper.
while he was busy. running from
one end of his domain to the other. try
ing to convince the faithful that their
were not true. the Lady
Theodore, being left at home. con-
cluded to take a hand in the war by
criticism of it's management to a
which newspaper had as
its general manager a man who was.
at the declaration Of hostilities against
the imperial German government, an
alien enemy Of the United states, and
which newspaper had published the
Rose Pastor Stokes letter and other
seditious documents.
Some men at least are going to OBJ
ject II she is the republican party
and If she is going to fight the war in
this way--through the columns of the
City Star-and notwithstand-
ing her great desire to take charge of
they are going TO insist
that she shall not be permitted to do
so earlier than March 4, 1881. and not
then. If God and the right shall pre-
VAIL
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 1s.-The
Kansas City Star today submitted to
The Associated Press a brief biography.
Of its general manager. A. F. Seested,
to show his status as a citizen. 1t
follows:
THE Kansas City Star makes this
statement concerning Vice President
attack on the loyalty Of
It's general manager, A. F. Seested.
'eMr, Seested was born in the town
If Tondern in Denmark 1854. AZ
he time his father was fighting. in
he Danish army against Prussia.
With the Prussian occupation OF that
part of Denmark. Seested. ST., became
German subject. In 1880 he and
lis large family Of boys came to-
America. seested. ST.. at once took
4. F. Seested always believed that
.ct made him an American citizen
FOR more than thirty years he acted.
Is such. At the election Of 1916 he.
discovered that technically he was
rot. The failure Of Seested, ST.. to