The Raymer enterprise., 1918-09-19
HAYS SCORES DEMOCRATS

The following d copy Of letter
sent BY Mr.. Hays recently to Mr.. Tu.
multy. private secretary to the Presi-
dent. replying to charge made by Tu.
multy that Hays had said the Demo
cratic leaders ct Washington would
even end the war with any kind Of
compromise Il that would insure con-
tnuance Of the Democratic party In
power"
Warrington. D. G. Sept. II.
Hon. Joseph P. Tumulty,
White House, Washington. D. c.
Dear Mr.. Tumulty-I have your
telegram. On Sept. ., In Chicago, l
attended . meeting Of tht Association
of Republican State Chairmen,
called BY it. president, and attended
by fifteen Of such ohairmen. At that
meeting l made remarks referring In
Z general way to the length to which
Democratic leaders are going In their
enorts to control the Senate and
House. and also ~ to the irrevocable
stand Of the Republican party for
vigorous prosecution of the war and
against an inconclusivs peace.
Denies etatsmsnts.
Il did not use the words quoted in
four telegram. What said then,
which l now rsaffirm, and which
shall continue to declare, was sub
stanually ~ follows:
First, a. to the means resorted to
BY certain Democratic leaders to get
votes. l said:
In the special election In Wiscon-
sin. the Democratic machine leaders
published advertisements, undenied
since BY them, addressed to the sol.
diers at Camp Grant az follows:
To the Wisconsin soldiers at Camp
Grant:
Tuesday, April 2.
"'You are entitled to vote for United
States senator from Wisconsin to sue.
sssd Senator Paul o. Husting.
President Wilson, your command.
er-in-ohisf, desires all loyal Amer y
| % vote for Joseph 3. Davies 3Yor
United 6tatss senator.
Davies election means 10y st
Washington and gloom at Berlin.
l oNAVD 0OA06t lnC8uB klO0u u
Washington and Joy at Berlin
y regard this as an infamous pros.
utution Of all patriotic proprietiss and
the grossest violation OF the plainest
civil duty, worthy Of the severest con-
demnatlon Of all Americans. In this
crisis. when all patriots are striving
TO bring to the aid Of the country's
cause every resource In men and ma
terial, when thousands of Republican
and Democratic boys are dying, side
BY side. when both political parties are
loyal. such conduct 10 immeasurably
reprehsnsibls.
From such action 1t Il evident, and
regret to say 1t, that these Demo
cratic leaders will 90 to any length
to carry the Senate and House. Such
unpatriotic efforts to use the war for
partisan purposes must fail. Such In.
evitable failure was indicated by the
Wisconsin result It was further
shown by the Michigan primary, and
II will be conciusively proved In the
Maine election next week.
People Won't Tolerate IT,
"The American people will not tol.
crate II. This Ii the war Of no polit.
ical party. This 10 the peoples war,
and we demand that the war be kept
out Of partisan politics and that par.
ttsanship be kept out OF the war. And
what We ask from the party In power
we irrevocably pledge for ourselves.
Second. % to the imperative ne
cessity Of . vigorous prosecution OF
the war and Q conclusive peace only,
and the need Of Republican Con-
gress to that end, and In connection
with discussion Of the candidacy Of
Mr.. Ford In the Republican primary
In Michigan and his statement a. to
why he became q candidate, and while
reviewing the service Republicans In
Congress rendered the major war
measures. which were opposed by the
Democratic leaders, Chairman Dent OF
the military affairs committee, Floor
Leader Kitchin. chairman Of the ways
and means committee, and others, l
said
I'VE demand the most vigorous pros
ecution Of the war and peace with
victory. A Republican Congress means
. war Congress. and We pledge our
candidates to be men who are su.
premely pro-Amerioan, who will give
the country's sll for the winning of the
war now. and who will stand irrevocs.
bly, against any peace based on COM
promise OF principles which would vio-
late American rights, interest and hon
or. and make Of our sacrifice sacri.
lege to b made again by our grand
children.
Wants Politics opsn.
Il hope and trust the Democratic
party win work by the same token.
Recognising ~ we all do that there a.
ways will be politics, l am pleased to
advise you what said to these Aepub
lican state chairmen, because | insist
that our politics b open and acknowl.
edged and on plane and Of q charac.
ter that needs no subtsrfugs. and that
there be NO political partisaAship in
ANYTHING that touches the war.
Further, now take the opportun.
ity to appeal to you directly end to the
Democratic organization, q long ago
did In my reply to Col. George Har.
vsys letter. to Join with 10 in this Of
fort to keep partisanship out Of the
war and the war out Of partisan poll.
tics.
This ID not time for Mttls things.
The World b on fire. Our duty to our
soldiers, measured By their marvellous