Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1918-09-27
EarlyAdvocated Preparedness, theWisdom
(Which Is Now So Clearly Seen2Dem-
ocratic Mistakes Disclose Need
of Change.
By Gus J. Karger

CcPS Tile ctlhlIuiuuSHIp Vi TIE NdIlOH'i
Republican Congressional COMMITTEE,
because Of the unaninity with which
1t was rendered, guaranteeing tn,
elimination Of all fractional differences
Being thoroughly convinced that Re,
publican Congress is demanded in the
interest Of the country, l obeyed the
call from a sense of patriotic duty"
This was the statement today Of
Representative Simeon D. Tess Of
Ohio, former President of Antioch
College, whose participation in prac-
tical rather than theoretical politics
began in 1910, when he became a
member of the Ohio Constitutional
convention, and whose experiences in
the field then new to him have ripened
since his entrance into Congress in
1912. -,
He attains q position of national
leadership in the Republican party
with q reputation in the House well
established. Always a student and a
thinker, the days of the classroom are
far enough behind him to relieve him
both of inclination toward OF reputa-
ton for pedantry. Throughout his
Congressional career he has demon
strated high ability to avoid imprac-
tical theorizing and to apply profound
knowledge to the desiderata of pro-
gressive age and nation.
Thus equipped, he assumes charge
Of the campaign, the purpose of which
is to wipe out Democratic plurality
of four in the House and turn it into
q Republican majority; and to rear
range the political balance in the Sen
ate, where the Democrats now control
by o vote of So to Al. Not an insig-
nifcant undertaking, but Chairman
Fess believes that it vii be done.
/ talked with him in his room in the
House Office building with reference
to the character of the campaign that
is to be waged, with regard to this is
sues that will be urged upon the at
tention of the electorate. Although
but recently indicted into his high Of
fee, Mr.. Fess already had held numer-
Gus conferences on the subject, had
sought the advice of other leaders, and
had mapped out the situation in the
orderly manner which is habitual with
him. my belief in Republican sue
cess in the coming elections" he said
'is based upon the conviction that the
public holds in high esteem the atti
tude of Republicans who before the
war showed their insistence for pol
icy Of preparedness, and who since the
war have given vigorous support to
every measure of war, even though by
so doing they added to the popular
prestige of the opposition party, re-
sponsible for the affairs of Govern
ment. The Republican attitude, from
the beginning, has been an unselfsh
one, stripped of all desire for partisan
advantage. l believe the American
people appreciate that attitude and
will voice that appreciation at the
polls"
Chairman Fess went at once more
deeply into his subject-the conduct
of the coming campaign:
mo active campaigning can begin"
he explained, until the drive for the
Fourth Liberty Loan shall have come
to an end on October 10. The Repub-
lican party is so vitality concerned in
the success of that loan, that it can
permit no other consideration to divert
the attention of the public from it.
The winning of the war is the first
and foremost-aye, the only-consid-
GRAFTON. The intense interest Of the
Republicans in the loan is clearly
shown by the fact that Republicans
Of both House and Senate are doing
their utmost so to shape the business
Of Congress as to permit them to take
individual part in the campaign for
the sale Of the securities. Their pa
triOtic support. of the loan precludes
the possibility Of entering them for
the campaign service before the sue
cess Of the loan itself shall have been
assumed. Then, and not until them,
the vigorous campaign which is now
being mapped out will be set in mo-
ton. Necessarily brief, yet this pO-
litieal campaign will be Of vital i'm
portanee to the nation. It will be con-
Quoted, along the lines with which the \
public Il familiar, through speakers,
newspaper discussion, local, {
district and State organization have
already conferred with the state chair
Nm and other conferences will fol- |
loR. IN which candidates for Congress c
~ q zict chaiEmen VII participate. ]
81 tie cooperation o. The Republican 5
Nsti1pal conHittss ] am assured By Q
|n.rlruan Han, With whom ] have Il