The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-03-21
TUNUL TY SPEAKS
FOR PRESIDENT
IN URGING UNITY

ENbiNiNd soNAA
fee her last dollar and every drop OF
her precious blood.
You have listened to the reading
OF a.letter which in my opinion EN-
bodies the gospel of democracy of this
new day. a gospel which comprehends
those things which intimately concern
the life, the fortunes, and the best
interests OF those whom the leader OF
our party has been pleased to call
the surging mass OF men, women,
and children
He has raised a standard to which
all forward-looking men may rally.
These principles represent the out-pour.
ings OF the heart OF one of the greatest
leaders OF democratic forces in the
world at this time-a leader whose
moral weight and influence is as dom!-
nant in the councils OF Europe as IL is
in the councils OF the democratic hosts
in our own country. In these doctrines
80 eloquently expounded. there is heart.
there Is sentiment. there is soul. lie has
Civ en- expression TO the yeArnIngs that
come from the hearts OF common men.
What n mighty difference there Is when
you contrast those stirring doctrines
with that much-vaunted. over-advertised
program OF efficiency whose wrecks and
ruins are strewn along the legislative
pathway Of New Jersey. In tho one.
you hear the cry OF humanity; in the
other. you hear the demands Of the
counting house, the vocife-ous urgings
OF special privilege.
Must BE Efficient.
As representatives Of great party.
we must be more than efficient. We
inust be humane and show sympathies
that run parallel with the sympathies
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our policies to comprehend the interests
of the mass OF men. women AMI chi
dIea OF this State and so shape the
course and destiny OF our party that
their interests shall be our chief thought
and our first consideration. II W. win
keep those interests before our eyes as
a standard, We will know how to guide
ourselves in the crisis that viii soon face
US. Any attempt TO accommodate those
interests to the oC?ir:I III veal reGLIr IS 70
policy OF .antagonism or injustice 10
anyone.
And so with reference to the grave
questions that are now pending for
solution in our State. whether 1t be
the question of public utilities con-
troll. electoral reform, labor legisla-
ton, or those principles OF social
justice which appeal strongly to our
imagination and our sympathies-
the common interest OF all should
be our standard. With this standard
before our eyes, we shall know how
to guide ourselves with reference to
those questions that will press upon
, us for solution when the day OF re-
construction comes.
Therefore, the supreme duty of this
! hour-one which calls for the patri-
otism OF everyone within our ranks
is to win this war and to end in fine
fashion this terrible tragedy which
has drawn the whole world into the
, maelstrom OF blood and tears. This
is the supreme test This is the hour
OF splendid sacrifice, an hour which
shall determine whether democracy
| shall triumph throughout the world
OF whether the rule OF the Hun shall
be the dominant influence. In the
presence Of this crisis. the man who
would be a partisan Is a bastard.
The American who would not sustain
with every energy and every drop or
blood the Government and the COM
mander-in-chief OF the forces OF the
United States. will fail to sustain
those principles which are the web
and woof OF the life of America.
There is a great wind blowing
| through the trees OF humanity and
tndl Nlnu can pc nedrQ ABOVE the DIN
and roar of the cannon. 1t comes to
us tenderly freighted with the hopes,
the wishes. and the prayers OF the
free men, women and children OF all
lands, and from those upon foreign
| battlefelds who are suffering and
dying to sustain those spiritual con-
| ceptions of liberty and freedom
which distinguish America among all
: the nations OF the world.
Day of Hope Mt Hand.
| may God that the militant hosts