The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-06-21
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS

The following resolutions were
adopted at a meeting of the Democrat
ic county committee held in Jefferson
June Is:
Whereas, Our nation is now engaged
in bitter war against an enemy,
who if victorious, would wrest from
us every shred Of advantage that our
democratic government has brought
to it's citizens, and
Whereas, Our beloved leader, Wood
row Wilson, has led us to great &C
cOmplishments during the first four
teen and a half months of this con-
fiict, courageously blazing the way to
new triumphs for American ideals,
yet always tenderly solicitous of the
welfare Of our boys whom we must
needs send to battleffelds on foreign
soil, and
Whereas, Our nation and it's lead
er deserve the united, unequivOcal,
unyielding support OF every individual
and every organization, civic or po-
litical, in this the greatest of all wars
for the greatest and nOblest of all
principles, and
Whereas, This unity Of purpose Is
in conflict with selfish individualistic
or partisan spirit, and
Whereas, Our state has been shamed
by it's representatives in the lower
house of congress no less than by it's
representative in the senate, and
Whereas, The state administration
has also apparently given ear to the
voice OF the propagandist, failing to
| respond to American ideals as exem-
plified by our president and his aides
in the times of greatest stress, there
! fore, be it
Resolved, That the Democratic
| county committee Of Jefferson county
in formal convention assembled this
18th day of June, 1918, declare itself
as intellectually in support of the
nation and it's chief executive in the
prosecution OF the war to victory, and
pledges it's candidates as well as it's
| membership to support the admins
| tratiOE, and be it
Resolved, That this committee and
it's candidates pledge their support to
candidates for congressional and state
offices who by their records have
proven themselves true friends OF
democracy and Of Americas interests
VINO have not quailed in the face OF
threats of foreign prOpagandists nor
| listened to hOneyed words of treachery
from similar sources; who have been
actively in support of the administra.
ton not only in their official relations
but in their private lives as we'll; who
have proven themselves true Ameri.
cans in times of great stress as
we'll as in less. strenuous times; who
by their past records can be depended
upon to turn deaf ears to voices call.
ing for premature peace or for a
peace settlement upon terms thai
would be equivalent to granting ou1
enemy a respite to prepare for a new
war of conquest, men who, in short
| followed the lead of our late lamented
Senator Paul o. Husting, rather than
that of the servile tools of autocracy
| whose poisoned pleas and disgraceful
| threats were heard even in the halls
| or congress, and be it
Resolved, That to the attainment OF
these ends, this committee, it's mem
| bers and it's county candidates avow
| their readiness to take any steps that
| seem necessary, support any candl-
date who in the judgment of the con-
gressional or state committees, best
| meets the requirements of the loyal
electorate, no matter upon what tick
ct his name may appear upon the bal
| lot and be it
Resolved, That this committee ex-
press to the congressional and state
committees its desire that every step
| necessary be taken to elect such can
didates, recommending the earnest
consideration of all plans for fusion
upon loyalty ticket, upon the Repub-
lican ticket, or upon the Democratic
ticket, that the state may be honored
by the election of representatives and
executives who will be worthy to rep
resent great loyal electorate; and be
it further
Resolved, That these resolutions be
spread upon the minutes of this or
ganizatiOn, and copies thereof be
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