The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1918-09-28
AMERICANlSM WILL
Be SUPREME ISSUE
IN STATE ELECTION
PAciFIsM DOES NOT APPEAL TO
ELECTORS OF A STATE TEEN
ING WITH PATRIOTISM.
REPUBLICANS OF STATE LOYAL
Michigan Leaders Have Brought
state In First Ranks IN Every
thing to Wln-ths-War.


that the single issue OF pure. uncom.
promising. one hundred per cent Am
srieanism overshadows everything
else In a world at war. Michigan Re
pubiicans are facing toward the No
vsmbsr election OF 1913 with solid
front and supreme confidence.
Their confidence Is based on the
real accomplishments OF the past year
and a half-aecomplishmsn tina,
have placed Michigan in an enviabis
position OF leadership among thu
states at q time when the whole ma
ton 10 striving 20 do its utmost in
every win-ths-war effort hichigan's
proud rank has been won by It's ensr
getic Republican state officials and
the Republicans OF me state are
standing back OF them now In militant
loyalty.
Pacinsm has been crushed in tina
primary campaign and no effort TO
dodge II a. an issue can succeed In
an electorate that has spokeh with
such vigorous determination as has
that OF Michigan Republicanism. Tho
primary vote is an evidence OF thu
election vote that viii put pacifism TO
rest for the period OF the war.
It was Michigan Republican legis
lature that electrified the whole Uns
ted States at the very outset OF the
war by voting an appropriation OF five
million dollars with which 10 pre-.
pare Michigan soldiers and Michigan
war aid without delay. II was Re-
publican governor, assisted ably by
other Republican state officials. who
promptly got under way the work OF
war preparedness board. organized
farm drive for more crops. and back
ed up effectively Red Cross and other
war aid enterprises. The wide scope
OF their work and It's instant effective
ness, brought offcial recognition and
glowing praise from the national adj
ministration at Washington to Michi-
gan. The work here was held MP ID
other states as an example OF what
they might accomplish.
lines on which all states might work
Michigan became q leader also In
liberty loan drives and patriotic sub
scriptions, the spirit or its state
leaders and the patriotic temper OF its
people blending perfectly TO accomp-
lsh tho prideful results that were
achieved. Now Michigan's satisfaction
with its able and patriotic leaders
will have It's chance OF expression at
the polls In November That IL will
be expressed forcibly and completely
there is no doubt.
Albert n. Sleeper. war governor OF
Michigan, has been given a unanim-
Gus denomination by the Republicans
OF the state. lie is the first executive
since the primary law was establish.
I'D to have such an honor. Lieut..
Gov. I.uren ID. Dickinson also has
been endorsed with an unopposed re-
nomination and the Republican ticket
ut the November election will form
a list OF tried and true public ser.
wants.
The primary campaign has furnish
ed the Republican party with can.
didate for United States senator
whose nomination has been acclaimed
throughout the entire land. Other
states have n keen interest In the
men who sit in the national senate.
who make the nations laws and who
above all will have the deciding voice
I'm the making OF treaty OF peace.
The nation already knows Command
or Truman H. Newberry and has full
confidence I'm him. His sweeping no
mination by the Republicans OF his
home state has been greeted nation.
ally as a victory for Americanism and
Michigan Republicans are being con-
graduated everywhere on, their choice.
Commander Newberry has been 4
national figure ever since the Spanish
American war. when the naval re-
serves which he had helped 10 organ
Ire few years previously did such
spIendid work. His own service on
tho Yosemite won him fame and his
call later TO be assistant secretary OF
the navy met national approval. That
his work in the navy department
caused him TO be elevated To a post
ton I'm the Roosevelt cabinet was
proof plentiful TO the country OF Its
effectiveness. His present service as
commander In the third naval district.
together with the service OF his twin
sons in the army and navy. has only
emphasized to the country Mt large
that he ia the real American manner
of man whom all wish to SEQ partici-
nate I'm the country's most important
councils mt this critical period of the
nations career.
with such ticket az the RepublL
can party has this year, and with
such national attention and approval
as never was known at any time In
the past. II is but a natural sequel
that tho party is facing tho Novem-
her election with such confidence.
From tho election returns of August
81 day the surmiso ia permissible that