The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-11-02
SOLID REPUBLICAN
DELEGATION NEEDED
etfFT OF CONGRESS CONTROL
VITAL TO BEST INTERESTS
OF COUNTRY.
COTTON ABSOLUTE MONARCH
coufinusd Control By Democrats h
N Invitation 10 Nstionai
DLeasHor.

IL II tho soemn patriotic duty OF
the voters Of Michigan b sand sold
Rsuubftcan delegation 30 oongyes4s
declares the Detroit Free Press. TIN
ssnstprtaa contest, the cunAesas IN I'm
wG5ous representative diaficGs. shouhi
be- deosrmfrEd on tho prem1ss TIA a
shtn u party control IN tn national
legfsastrme n vial % the best weffws
OF me country. A perpetuaflnn OF CON
trua by riB Democrats win invite dis
aafar.
-Mr. Wilson dcclapad politics nd
jouned hua today politics rules In
government cfpcles. Controlling Dem
ocyaffc parthunshfp fras become q
unnacs 10 Tho puhISo good II IL using
the naf,unaA emergency as an oppor
tmtey for fnYtheIfng its own satfnzh
sndA n hsseven revived sectionAihzm
which six years ago vzas Dormant, Al
most dead The sofn south has been
phnd IN the saddle. rfs man control
IN DDusrnmenk Cotton II not only
king, n IN an absohuts Irresponsible
mnnpch We Bead % . cabinet ofncer
who IN o pubic addpess n,enttDned Jeff
Dcvfs 40 one or the savtoro % the ma
tipn-
"Membeyshfp I'm tho domfnant party
10 considered q prerequisite 20 states
manshdp The great men of former
administrations who might give ex-
pert council IN this time OF trouble are
| left TO cool their heals IN antecham-
bers: and to have been favored under
any former administration frequently
means condemnation To the fate OF
General Wood.
IF the men who are running the ma
ton and directing It's fate could be
considered able, wise, and Trustworthy
from One putnt of statssmanship, much
might be borne. But there ~ nothing
| either IN the past record or IN thu
presnnf policies of the party IN power
which gives promise nor the future.
"rfJe Demcrathc party was the pay-
~ Of obstructive paefflnm for thpee
years while WE sfonh fnve been nah
ing every efSnrt Co prepare For an In
evitahle conflict. Its header laughed
at preuaHffness; he sneered mt those
who wsrxd Mr. n. And who wa final
ly declared waI against Germany, we
found ourselves totally unready 30 do
any actual lighting. So we wasted
year and billions of dollaPs before
we finally became what we pretended
30 be. a oombatant m the world fright
frr froalom and civilization And
IN That year millions of people died
who might have lived N we had start.
ed getting peafy tor q flght as soon
as the Lusitnnia was sunk
Since we entered the war, the Re-
publican members OF congress have
been the members who have stood be
hind Mr.. Wilson and have given him
everything he has needed as comman
der4n-chief II the president had been
Obliged To depend upon the members
OF hts own party for supplies and sup
port he and the nation wouh Some
times have Jared badly.
THE economic situation during the
first years Of Democratic ascendancy
has its lesson and it's warning In
1914 the Underwood tariff bill. with It's
free trade provisions, was rapidly
bringing on the ruin Of all our com
mercial and financial prosperity. The
country was being flooded with foreign
goods, the public treasury was near
ing depletion. II was the war in Eu
rope, with it's large demand for what
was then contraband, that saved the
situation for us.
Since we have gone into the war. q
great deal has been done toward the
mobilization OF the nation for military
effort, but up to this day not one sin
gle constructive movement has beer
taken TO insure economic solidity az
ter peace comes. We are as unpre
pared for peace as we were for war
The president in the third OF his
fourteen conditions" TO the Teutons
stands committed 20 a continuance OF
free trade; and Mr.. McAdoo and his
friends are laboring continually Il
foist upon the country as an out
growth OF the vast war powers they
enjoy, a system of government social
. ism which once in effect would speed
, | lily become subversive of our national
. Institutions, would hepelessly cor
!, rupt our political life and would sub
/ stitute for our present form of govern
mont something closely approaching
, paternalism.
, The United States Of America re
!. Quires for its best welfare. for the
, insurance of a prosperous and fire,
!, future as a republic, and for its very
!. safety. n national Legislature in con
, I. troll OF the Republican party. AnC
|, Michigan must do its part toward tn,
election OF such congress.