New-York tribune., 1918-10-26
Republicans
Cite Record in
Reply to Wilson
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tary Affairs Committee, with Mr..
Julius Kahn, to whom the Admin
lstration was obliged to turn for
assistance, to take charge Of and
carry the first draft bill against
Mr.. Dents opposition.
"They will put Republican at
the head of the Ways and Means
Committee, as leader of the House,
instead Of Mr.. Kitchin, of North
Carolina, who voted against the war.
"They will give the country
Speaker who did not oppose, and
would never oppose, draft bill, and
would never say, as Speaker Clark
did, that there is precious little diff
ference between a conscript and a
convict
Although the Republicans of the
House are in the minority, they cast
more actual votes on seven great
war measures than the Democratic
majority was able to do.
What is the record Of the Senate?
"On iifty-one rollcalls on war
measures between April 6, 1917, and
May 20, 1918, the votes cast by Re-
publicans in favor of such measures
were II per cent, while only 67 per
cent of the votes cast on the Demo-
cratic side were in favor of such
measures.
"Those were the Presidents own
measures.
Does that record look as if we
had hampered him?
"The Republican party in Con-
gress has supported the Administra-
ton policies since the war with
unanimity and an absence of criti-
cism unprecedented in party history.
Where They Differ
There are some domestic qucs-
tions where we should undoubtedly
differ from the course pursued by the
Administration.
I'VE should not, for example, fix
a price on the farmers wheat and
leave the planters cotton untouched.
"Anothcr domestic question in
which the Republican party believes
thoroughly is economic preparation
for the coming of peace, and it
is clearly Of the opinion that the
Congress Of the United States
should not be excluded from that
great task.
"This is not the Presidents per-
sonal war.
NThis is not the war of Congress.
ut is not the war of the Demo
cratic or the Republican party.
ut is the war OF the American
people.
1T is more. 1t is the war of the
United States, Of the Allied powers.
Of the civilized world against the
barbarism of Germany.
In this great burden and respon-
slbility the Republican party, rep-
resenting more than half the citi-
zenship of the country, demands it's
rightful share.
IF the Republican party is in
trusted with power in either, or
both Houses, they will do every
thing possible to drive forward the
war and hasten the dayof victory.
The President speaks of the ne
cessity of telling the plain truth.
That the Republican party in con-
troll of Congress would do, for they
have no friends to shield. And they
will do more, they will give all the
money to the last dollar necessary
to sustain our armies and our fleets
but they will check the waste now
going on of the money given by the
most generous people on the face of
the earth.
1.-The President speaks of the ef-
feet Of the election abroad. He says
that there they understand the
meaning of elections.
"They do and they will know that
II the Republicans have a majority
in Congress the war will be pressed
with greater vigor than ever before.
"They are quite aware that the
power of the Senate is equal to that
of the President in the consumma-
tion of peace by treaty.
"They will know that the Repub-
llcan party stands for a victorious
peace and the overthrow of Prus-
sian militarism. That knowledge will
not depress the spirit of Allies or
encourage the government of Ger
many.
"The Republican party believes
that the question of surrender should
be left to Marshal Foch, to the gen
erals and to the armies in the field.
When tehy report that Germany has
laid down her arms the United
States and the Allies should then
impose their terms. Will that krowl-
edge cause detection to those who