Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-11-04

fgrumbler, anyone who wants to use the
Kaiser's language to preach sedition
or anyone for any reason %resentful OF
the effective war work under Republic
can leadership by which Iowa has
made such a proud record. A direct
appeal for whatever there is of an un'
patriotic vote in Iowa is made in a
letter in his chosen organ, the Home.
stead, in>which Candidate Porter says
he will oppose any policy that will
have a tendency to divide neighbor
against neighbor, class against class.
race against race or creed against
creed : OF in other words he will O.
itinue to leave alone those who in Iowa
make class or race or creed a cloak for
%disloyalty.
1.-The Republicans in the state and
in the nation now as ever in the past,
are 100 per cent American.
Republicans, not Democrats,
united the nation for the war;
Republicans. not Democrats, laid
aside all their p~artisanship and
accepted service under n bitterly
partisan administration; Republi-
cans, not Democrats, set the pace
for placing loyalty to American
ideals and patriotism for the
American cause, above all else and
have never wayered.
For Vigorous War.
s..The whole world knows that the
Republicans were. first and have been
most st~eadfastly for the vigorous
prosecution of the war, and that they
are now for a peace through uncondi-
tional surrender as opposed to n peace
by negotiation.
"Pretense that election of Republic
cans by Iowa voters, to be their serv-
ants and not subseryient to any ont
side power will be pleasing to the
Kaiser or cause of joy in Berlin, or
that any Democrat, just because he is
a Democrat, is a more useful public
servant than the ablest and most loyal
Republican. is a sham and a pretense.
an insult to everyone who cherisheS
the principles of Lincoln, Mckinley,
Roosevelt and Taft.
Our allies, at least, know and I'M
derstand that with the Republican
party maintained and strengthened,
the Kaiser must then reckon with the
whole American people, not merely
the minority part; that America will
then face the common enemy like
Great Britain where the coalition gov
eminent includes both great parties, or
France where all the political groups
are at least consulted, rather than like
Russia where n party excluded all
others. Republicanism stands for
unity, harmony, coalition and intense
Americanism.
mo one denies the right of Demo
cratic leaders to try to attach to theif
solid block of southern votes, stolid
and unchanged for fifty years, as many
votes as can be garnered even by shams
and trickery in northern and western
states; but every voter should have
a clear understanding of just what is
proposed and why.
To Attract PrO-Germans.
"The campaign to get Iowa, in whole
or in part, for the Democratic party,
was planned in Washington last
spring. brought to Iowa and rubber
stamped in March.
''That campaign has been purposely
and skillfulIy conducted so as to at
tract every pro-German or other voter
who has marked down his American
ism.
1.-THE appeal is for party, nor prino;,
pies; for. Democrats, not for Ameri-
cans; for those WHO will do the bid
ding, not of those who elect theta but
of a Democratic party caucus.
."This is the issue, the sole issue. as
made by the Democrats themselves and
fully adopted many months ago. 1t
should be borne in mind by all who
believe the principles of the Republican
party will be as useful in the future
as in the past.
"When Iowa people understand the
-,u - xA ,.-l& 4
an sure that they do now understand
the situation. and therefore Iowa will
remain ON the political map 100 per
cent American"
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