Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-28
pARr,sANsn,p AND PeRsoNAllsM.

ShOuld war anu "oi
capitalized by the president OF the
United States and the commander-'n-
chief of the American armies for the
benefit of a political party Tha'
seems TO be the key question in con-
sidering the plea Of President wilson
for democratic congress.
Why should the president descend
from the high place he holds as the
pra ctical dictator OF the United states
in war to electioncer for democrat
congressman. Moreover where ana
how in the stress and responsioilit!
Of negotiations that shall change the
maps OF the world and inaugurate a
new epoch in the history OF manNnu
can he find time or feel inclination TO
NAV the political game Of partisan
politics?
WHY should Secretary Daniels
whose task as naval secretary is more
than one man should hear, electioneer
from his desk as a cabinet ofhcer for
the election Of a man Ike Henry Fora
n the senate of the United States
And why should he descend to the ward
workers plea that Henry Fords steel
boats are effective in the hands OF
fighting men? Why not add as an
argument that Mr.. Ford has made an
excellent jitney which has been bought
and paid for by the government IN
large numbers and proved to be use
full machine, or for the matter OF that
the inventors and mechanics OF De-
troit who are responsible for the I'D
erty motor Then too there are the
manufacturers of fighting tanks.
surely. also someone in the Curtiss
airplanc factory might make a claim
on the senate or at least on congress
sional honors and so on thru the list
of those who have built fairly good
machines of one kind and another at
high prices TO be used in the war?
Logically. then. we should have the in
ventor and manufacturer Of the
Browning machine gun for president
Of the United States.
1t can not be because the republicans
in congress have failed in any way to
support the war and the president in
the war. The record stands on that:
No president nas had such unfailinG
and unfaltering support from any, po-
litical party in all history.
Mr.. McAdoo. director general Of the
railways with their millions Of en-
ployes adds his assistance. He de-
mands the election Of a democrat SEN
ator from Missouri. The prestige OF
the United States must suffer he says
II a democrat congress is not returned.
Still on the draft bill Of the admins
tration 1872 republicans voted yes and
~ republicans voted mo" The demo-
crat vote was IA yes" and 81 no.
The vote on the administrations "es-
sential quota" amendment was republi-
can, 16s, democrats 70 for and republi-
cans IA, democrats 11s no"
The Chicago Herald Examiner.
Hearst paper whose editorial writer is
the notorious Arthur Brisbane whose
connection with the brewers and pos
sibly with pro- German propagandists
is under investigation. seems to an
swer the question in a cartoon repre-
| senting Uncle Sam with an arm
around Henry Ford (the same Ford
whose contempt for soldiers and the
flag has been the subject of so much
commenD and the legend underneath
Give the President the man he wants"
In short permit the executive branch
Of government to handpick for personal
and party purposes the legislative
| branch Of government. Should the
system be extended to the judiciary
| also?
It all comes back to the vital ques-
ton. should the president Of the United
| States and his cabinet electioneer for
their party in a time OF desperate
emergency from their high places Of
| inf uence. And IL 50 should the voters
| feel subservience or resentment?