Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-29
iotsm Subordinated by the President Selfish and Par
ysan Interests, Declares ColoneWon Urged People to
Reelect Men Who Opposed War and Shielded Failures


tration He urges that the people de
feat for Congress the men who wer,
pro-war but who sought to remed,
the failures Of the Administration. n,
puts loyalty to the nation second, ant
adherence To his personal Leadership
first. The Republican leaders whou
he assaiis have put loyalty to the ma.
ton ahead OF al other considerations
and have conditioned their support of
every exe"utiv- official solely upor
the efficiency with which that Official
serves the nation,
And ! ask YOU to consider one thing
more, you Republicans and lndepend-
ents and YOU Democrats who decline
TO put crirginE supservience to an,
man ahead Of the Republic. Indeed
appeal most Of all to the high minded
and patriotic Democrats whose boys
are over In the army side hv side
with the boys Of their Republican
neighhors and who do not wish TO
see these loyal neiChbors treated as
enemies of the Republic.
Republicans Not Good Enough
President Wilson says that Repuhli-
cans are not good enough 10 serve the
Republic in Congress at this time
But they are good enough to die FOR the
Republic In the army and navy! They
are good enough, to pny the take, aud
subscribe to the loan! We have sent
our sons nnl our brothers to spun their
binoa Ike water overseas under the
flag; We have given our strength and
our money without stint 10 serve the
country ut home. 10 float the Loans,
to hack up the war activities of every
kind and now We are told that the
blood of our sons. and the money saved
at the expense Of our wives and little
children. do nos entitle MS to any word
in saving how the war is to be waged |!
Or what are the terms on which peace
IS to be made. or what shall be our
policies after the war,
Mr. Wilson says that this is no time
for divided counsels. Yet the Constitu-
ton of the United States says that
he must counsel with the Congress of
the United States. II is mere inso-
lence for the servant of the people to
say that he will not counsel with those
other servants of the people whom the
p ople have elected for the express
purpose Of giving him counsel The
world would be better off now by
hundreds of thousands Nf fearless
lives and by many billions of dollars
of treasure if Mr., Wilson had been
willing to supplement- his own self
sufficient ignorance by tn, counsel of
those who would gladly have coun-
seled him wisely, but would not creep
into his presence rs slaves.
Representatives In Army
So far as | know no Democratic Con-
Sressman has resigned his seat to go TO
the war. But six Republican Congress
men have resigned TO go into the army.
and already one of these has died These
men are deemed fit to die for the coun-
try: but the President says that they
ard those like them are not fit TO sit in
he councils Of the Nation and TO take
part in so shaping our policy that ou,
men shall not die in vain. The President
says that this is his war. not the people S
war and that the half of the people
who have been most resolute in favor
of the firm and efficient prosecution Of
the war are hereafter to be excluded
from all share in its management. and
from all say-so as to the peace which
is to crown and justify it.
We can pay with the blood of our
hearts dearest: but that is all that we
are to be allowed to do: and yet the
price we pay, and the peace the natioi
is to get for that price, are to be settled
by the agency or the aid of the men OF
cold heart who do not fight themselves
whose nearest kin are not in danger who
prepared for war not Mt all who helped
wage the war feebly, and who are
content with craven peace.
Henry Ford has announced that he
does not believe in patriotism. that he
thinks the flag is silly and does not be-
leve in il, and that when this war Is
over he will pull the flag down and never
hoist it again. The son of this multi
stays at home while hundreds
of thousands of men of small means
leave their wives and children and go
to the war But Mr., Wilson IS sup
porting Mr., Ford for the Senate.
On the other hand. Senator Weeks
does believe in patriotism. He does
believe in war, His only son Is fight
ing overseas ut this moment facing death
side by side with his comrades from
every rank of life. But Mr.. Wiison Is
opposiue Mr.. weeks. There are dozens
of such cases and the only explanation
possible of the Presidents attitude is
that he makes adherence 10 his personal
fortunes and not loyalty to the nation
the acid test in accordance with which
he gives or withholds support
"The Presidents personal organ, the
World. itself says tina, the present
Democratic Congress is Stacker Con
gress' And the President asks the
voters TO keep these slackers in control
provided only that these slackers follow
him with abject alacrity ii whichever
new direction he may momentarilY lead
Small wonder that in the cloakroom OF
the House the bitter jest circulates
Here's to our Car. last in war first
toward peace, long may he waver
The President SAYS he is anxious
about the effect on Germany and oui
- III.
would folow the present Republican
leadership OF the House and Senate. HI
need be under no anxiety 1t would bs
clearly understood abroad as AT home
Our allies would know that it mean
that America was determined to speed
up the war, to back her own army ant
the armies o the allies to the limit. Il
tolerate no corruption or ineificiency II
waging the war and to insist on Ger
many's unconditional surrender.
Germans Realize stand
Germany and her yassal States would
mans and pacifists and Bolshevists ant
Germanized Socialists could no longe
be counted upon as efficient and tor
tuous tools. that the fighting men an,
not the rhetoricians were uppermost
\ and that henceforth the Germans woul
have to deal with the resolute an
STRAIGHTFORWARD soul of the American
| people and not merely with the obseur
purposes and wavering will OF Mr. VIII
son.
| ."And. finally. let our people remem
ber that the incoming Congress will dea
with the vital questions of reconstruc
tion after the war. The President pro
poses to let these questions be dea
with by those who control what his pei