Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-11
THERE ARE PATRIOTS AND POLITICIANS

Senator Bois Penrose wants to play politics with war
legislation in order to win party success next fall That OF
course is just like Penrose who, like Stone, on the demo-
cratic side represents the odne partisan element who
subscribe the doctrine that party success is the acme OF
successful craftsmanship This type OF men would use
the political party, not as means TO an emo WHICH
would rebound to the nations welfare but for personal
advancement and gorifcation. There are many poll
ticians who endorse the PenroseStone view OF politics
but they have small following among the rank and e OF
either party
Elihu Root who believes that the only true test OF
patriotism lies in the willingness OF the party or IN
dividual to esteem the nations welfare paramount
to all else in time of stress and peril lnaL view IS
tvpihed by the men who have voluntarily enlisted and
gone to the front line trenches and Mr. Root far too old
to carry gum believes in backing them up not by dong
his "btp but by putting forth every effort ne capaDe
of behind the line What matter if the party fails at the
polls? The nation will survive and the party will become
stronger than if it proved that its PATRIOTISM was
capable of Whoehearted service that meant sacfce VI
possible transient success.
During an address before the republican club OF New
York April 9h of last year. Mr. Root expressed sent-
ments which to carry the thought back TO tnose
other stirring days, nearly sixty years ago When party
feeling ran much higher and Stephen A. Douglas plead
with his followers to hold up the hands OF Abraham
Lincoln and rally to the stars and stripes Always IN
the history of nations takes real crisis to prove real
greatness and mark the who deserve to have their
names handed down to postery Little men do the small
things that NAV attract passing attention and in short
while the world forgets that they ever HVed. On the
occasion referred to Mr.. Root said:
"For four years to the democrats will be IN con-
troll in Washington, and, love our country we must
give to that party wholehearted earnest sincere
support lust as If every man there was republican"
That is the only way prove not only our love for
our country but that the republican party loves its co
try more than place and power We need no coalition
government to make us loyal We will make coahton
ourselves with every democrat in the country The coa
ton of the United States will be Of all its people to hold
up the hands of the government oft he United States no
matter from what party it There will be criticism
and fautndngs and discomfort but that has been an
incident to all our 1t is incident to our free-and
easy democracy. 1t will again inevitably DO not
let us Join the band of fainthearts when the time OF
criticism comes OF withhold support. When the IN
evtabe shortcomings of democracy must come, then is
the time for stout hearts to stand by their country and
say that no matter what mistakes made we will stand
bv our government and our country
Ienne and TrotsIy do not act as they talk They are
against separate peace with Gemanyevidently to fool
their own people-and yet they disarm the Russian
armies and release the German and Austrian prisoners