Evening journal., 1918-10-23
DEMOCRATS FOLDER
DENOUNCED BY HAYS
Branding Republican CAP.
didates Hun Cohorts
Arouses Chairman
UNFAIRNESS
HE DECLARES.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.-Will II. Hays.
chairman OF the Republican National
Committee, referring to the campaig1,
OF the Republican party, SAID today:
with the conclusion Of the Liberty,
Loan drive, political activity again Oc~
cupies us. and then as now every single
act OF the Republican party in State and
nation shall be determined solely by
how we can contribute most to the sum
total OF war good.
New Hampshire and Wisconsin early
sent their answer TO the Democratic
attempt TO use the war for partisan
political purposes.
"Malne voters by an unprecedented
Republican majority sent their efn-
phatic denunciatiOn OF such practices
and have shown 10 the country that the
people Of this nation indOrse the Re-
publican position that this is the war OBJ
no political paTty-that IL Is the PEE
ople's war. and that the war must be
kept out OF partisan politics and that
partisanship must be kept out OF the
war.
Notwithstanding these defeats, tbs
Democratic high command further pur-,
sues this policy.
"They are clrcularizing the country
with a pamphlet entitled, Why YOU
should give earnest attention right now
10 electlng a Democratic Congress II
Is signed by an officer OF that commit
tee. One l have before me was sent Out
in a letter dated September as, tdsp
which letter is signed by an officer OF
the organization. In this pamphlet they
say the election OF Republican ConS
gress would be a source OF comfort and
elatlon to the Kaiser and his cohorts. >
Against this reprehensible conduct
by a responsible political organization
| protest, not as a Republican, but as ar
American.
again l say, such statements do nor
harm politically 10 the party against
which they are directed. But for nd1,
tlOnal reasons most important deplore
them.
"Shame on any political management
that would seek to make a political
asset out of the patriotic war spirit
which now inspires this nation. For
shame, that any political organization
would put party spirit above Ameri-,
canism, and sacrifice patriotism to the
mesnest spirit Of partisanship. I know
that the majority OF the membership of
the Democratic party does not approve
Of such conduct. 1t is an insult TO every
soldier in France; It is an insult tO'
every Republican at home, from which
so many Of those boys came; it is an in
suit to every soldier who fought for
Abraham Lincoln: ii IS an insult to an
unsullied record for patriotism OF a
political party that is a shield Of patri-
otism, conceived when our foundations
trembled, and born in the lap OF eXJ
tremity. with a mission almost holy; IL
is an insult TO judgment and justice,
reason and Righteousness; and the elec-'
torate Of this country will handle prop
erly the political management which,
in this cOuntry's darkest hour would att
tempt to make politics out OF the most
sacred trust ever given TO men.
Against this kind Of politics the Re-
publican party shall not reply in kind.
We appeal 10 all patriots, whatevey
their politics. to aid Us in every pOssi-
Bile way in our efforts to require that
be kept out Of the wan
and that the war be kept out OF par
tisan politics. Nothing that the Demo-
cratic party can do can change for one
moment the Republican party's great
purpose, TO determine the party's everyf
act in state and nation by hOwfwe can
contribute most TO the winning OF the
war. for peace and victory and limit
less support OF the cOuntry's cause re-
gardless OF everything else in the,
world. and for sane preparation now
for the problems of peace.
"The party'S success is assured"