Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-27
c. CONGRESS
WOULD WARNF
SAYS CUMM|NS
Iowa Senator Says Election of
Republicans Demand for
an Unconditional
Surrender.


quarantine against meetings on &C
count of the influenza. While here
the senator made this statement:
The entry of the president into
the congressional campaign would
be- of doubtful propriety under any
circumstances So far as | can re-
/call, no other president in all our
4 history has ventured upon course
\ so partisan.
Il do not. however, so much OBJ
iect to the fact of interference as
! do to the basis of interference.
Huns Fear Republicans.
1T is an insult to every loyal
republican to >even suggest that
republican congress would not
prosecute the war earnestly and eff
fciently. or that such an event
would be Interpreted abroad as in
dicating a desire in the United
States to go easy in the fight against
Germany.
"On the contrary, the president
knows. and everybody else knows,
that the election of a republican
congress, would be construed at
home and abroad as an imperative
demand for unconditional surrender.
"The people will deal with this
extraordinary appeal just as they
did in Wisconsin when it was made
for the defeat Of Senator Lenroot.
Republicans or democrats agree
upon one thing at least-our chief
concern is the war and the manner
in which it shalt be brought to an
end.
People Behind President.
AS commander7in-chief and for
the, purpose of making this country
strong in war and for the complete
overthrow of Germany and her CO.
conspirators, republicans and demo-
Gratis alike will stand by the presi-
dent and give him every man who
can fight and every dollar in the
land, and if there be degrees in the
earnestness and enthusiasm with
which they do it, the comparison
wilL>not be to the discredit of the
republicans.
1T may be that when it comes to
the general reorganization of the
world and the agreements which it
is proposed the United States shall
undertake, there will arise differ
ences of opinion, but these differ
ences have nothing to do with whip
ping Germany, and that is our bust
ness just now.
Republicans Needed.
Assuming that the war will be
prosecuted quite as vigorously with
a republican senate and house of
representatives as under democrat
ic control, it seems to me that there
never was a time at which it was
SO important to restore and main
tain republican supremacy in con-
gress, as it is now The war can
not continue more than a-year and
then will come for this country the
work Of legislative reconstruction,
not only Of our foreign affairs, but
of our domestic affairs. The prob
lens which will confront congress
will be of supreme Importance and
of unparalleled difficulty.
Every phase of social, industrial,
commercial and economic life dur
ing the war must be abnormal. When
peace comes our way forward or
back to normal conditions will be
the most perilous path ever pursued
: by mankind. We must prepare for
the transition. without unduly
disparaging my democratic friends.
it can be said that this vital and
gigantic work will be safer in re-
publican than in democratic hands.
The history of the country proves
very clearly that the republican par
ty has capacity for constructive
legislation which the democratic
party has never been able to &C
quire. The unscrambling of the
eggs WHICH, on account of the war.
have been thrown into the platter
is bayong the ability of a. party
which is controlled by one section
of the country. and that the least
important part.
Power Needs Limiting.
THE immense powers with which
we have invested the president,
most OF which were necessary for
the successful prosecution of the
war, must in large measure be with
4. drawn or readjusted. and it is mani
testify unwise to commit this task
to democratic administration that,
in the very nature of things, will be
exceedingly reluctant to surrender
the vast authority which has been
granted to it.
Everybody knows that great
deal of our money has been waste
fully and possibly wrongfullyi ex-
pended in a perfect saturnalia of ex-
travagance. We cannot stop now
while the war is in progress to look
critically into these things; but the
people who have so Loyalty borne
these burdens have right to an &C
counting and to know who has
squandered their money. 1t would
be farce to put this accounting in
the hands of the men who are re-
sponsible for the misuse of the ap-
preparations which congress has
made under the requirements of
the departments.
Praise for Norris.
II could continue indefinitely to
point out the overwhelming i'm
portance of securing a republican
majority in the senate and house at
the coming election, but it is not
necessary, The suggestions l have
& made will furnish the outline and
the intelligent, thoughtful citizen
will supply the details from his own
experience and observation.
iii majority OF the voters in Ne
braska believe in republican prin-
ciples and republican competency,
thew will see to il that Senator Nor