Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-24
OPEN SEASON FOR
POLITICS AGAIN.
HAYS DECLARES
Republican Leader Fires Hot
Blast at Opponents For
Tactics Used

Washington, Oct 81. - with the
conclusion of the Liberty Loan drive
political activity again occupies us,
and then as now every single act of
the Republican party in state and ma
tion shall be determined solely by
how we can contribute most to the
sum total of war good" declared VIII
III. Hays. chairman of the Republican
National Committee. in statement
yesterday.
New Hampshire and Wisconsin
early sent their answer to the Demo-
cratic attempt to use the war for par
tisan political purposes.
Maine voters by an unprecedented
Republican majority sent their en-
phatic denunciation of such practices,
and have shown to the country that
| the people of this nation endorse the
Republican position that this is the
war of no political party-that it is
the peoples war, and that the war
| must be kept out of partisan politics
| and partisanship must be kept out of
| the war.
Notwithstanding these defeats. the
Democratic high command further
pursues this policy.
Protests Mt Tactics Used
They are circulating the country
with a pamphlet entitled Why you
should give earnest attention right
now to electing a pemocratie Con,
| gress.' 1t is signed by an officer of
| that committee. One l have before
me was sent out in a letter dated
| September is, 1918, signed by an Of
| ticer of the organization. In this
pamphlet they say the election of a
| Republican Congress would be a
| source of comfort and elation to the
Kaiser and his cohorts
| Against this reprehensihle conduct
| by a responsible political organization
| 1 protest not as Republican, but as
| an American.
| Again say such statements do nc
| harm politically to the party against
which they are directed. but for ma
| tional reasons most important l de-
plore them.
ment that would seek to make a poll
| tical asset out of the patriotic wal
| spirit which now inspires this nation
| For shame that any political organi-
| cation would put party spirit above
| Americanism and sacrifice patriotism
| to the meanest spirit of partisanship
1 know that the great majority of the
| membership of the Democratic party
does not approve of such conduct. II
| is an insult to every soldier in France
it is an insult to every Republican
| home, from which so very many OF
| those boys came; it is an insult to
every soldier who fought for Abraham
Lincoln; il is an insult to an unsullie6
| record for patriotism of a political
! paI~y that is child of patriotism
| trembled and born in the lap of ex-
! tremity. with a mission almost holy; il
is an insult to judgment and justice
reason and Righteousness. and the
/ electorate of this country will handle
| properly the political management
which in this countrys darkest houl
would attempt to make politics out
of the most sacred trust ever given tC
men.
Not to Throw Mud
Against this kind of politics the
Republican party shall not reply in
kind We appeal to all patriots
/ whatever their politics, to aid us in
| every possible way in our efforts tc
| require that partisanship be kept out
| of the war and that the war be kept
| out of partisan politics.
Nothing that the Democratic party