Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-07-18
REPUBLICANS
FEATURING
PATRIOTISM
Roosevelt is Main Speaker
at Republican State
Convention.

Saratoga Springs, N. T., July 49,
Patriotism was the big feature Of to-
days opening session of the Repub-
lican state convention; patriotism
and an exppess sion of sympathy f,r
the family Of Colonel Roosevelt be
cause of the death Of Lieutenant
Quentin Roosevelt in the cause for
which his country is fighting.
Ce1onel| Roosevelt. laying aside per-
sonal feeling, was the principal
speaker on the days program. Con-
sequently the rival factions declared
temporary truce in their struggle
for partisan supremacy and gave a
fitting reception to the breaved father
ana to enthusiastic patriotic demon
strations.
Roosevelts Speech.
Theodore. Roosevelt emphasized
"the necessity of electing a Republi-
before the New York state unofficial
Republican state convention.
Events of the last year and hall
have shown that a Republican Con.
gress is. necessary. he said, Ito sup.
port; the administration at every
poirt where it acts vigorously in pro.
scouting the war, and to supply it,
deficiencies in the prosecution of the
proper world policy
Since the war began the Republi.
cans in Congress have acted in &
spirit of patriotism, and wholly with
out regard to questions of politics
Tor the administration measures de-
signed for efficiently carrying on the
war, they have furnished larger
percentage of support than have the
Democrats; and where the admins
tration was wrong, the bulk of tht
Republicans ventured to Withstand i
and have stood by the country
whereas the bulk of the Democrat!
have not done so.
cit is only by such conduct that ",
can win the war and secure the righ
kind ofapeace.vj ~
The peace America must insist up
ont Colonel Roosevelt said, twas II
fpeace .cnnd1ficpedya. upon. n:omraet'
overthrowssof Germany and remova
.: all threat If Germanss.world-do do
minion." In fighting disloyalty ii
treat agitation Tor premature or in
Conclusive dpeace as treason to the re
public" The German spy, the "aliel
enemy here at home,' and "the evel
fouler and more despicable nativ
American who serves the alien," tn
colonel said, should be interned a
hard labor. or ;yf caught in a fagran
/ OtIenSe, should be shot.
| Abiding to Il most gallant army
across the seas, and to ship and air
plane production. he said that wv
work Of the senate committee IN mil
itary affairs, and we owe even NOR
to the. success of the German driv
which began in March.
| Wants Improvement.
1--WE have played poor part Il
the early stages of the world wal
Let us make :he finishing an Ameri
can task. BY this time next year W
ought to have overseas an army a
great as the combined armies o
F'rnce and England, an army of be
tween 100000, and 4,000,Q00 fight
ing soldiers on the various front, an
this, considering replacement an
non-combatants, means at least 81
million men.
Congress should refuse assent t
the war departments present polio
of representation, in deferring nee
essary extension of the age limits 70
the draft, and in other ways. Be
sides enormously strengthening ou
army in France we should by thl
time have declared war on Turke
and have sent 100000 soldiers to al
our Allies in. Western Asia. We hav
had to use English ships to ferry ou
troops across the. Atlantic and "
could use Japanese ships to ferr
them across the Pacific"
Belgium must be re-instated an
re. imburscd. France receive Alsac,
Turkey driven from Europe" tn
colonel said. italian Austria must 6
to Italy and Rumanian Hungary t
Rumania, and armenia must be fre,
the Jews given Palestine and the Syl
ian Christians be protected. with tn
Poles and other Slav races release
from the menace Of the Germa
sword. s vs.,
"Unless We do all this" he de
clared, '<wN shall have shown that ou
announcement about making til
world safe for democracy was a
enntv b0aAtn g