Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-29

at the present time against a repub-
lican congress in spite of the fact
that he is pro-war. When spoke
in 1898, the peace proposal hand been
signed but not the final peace treaty.
The democratic party, through ev-
cry democratic state convention,
had denounced President McKin-
ley's war policy and two-thirds of
them had declared in their plat
forms for free silver and for the
nomination for president of Mr..
William ]. Bryan, the anti-imperial-
list and pacifist.
The New York state democratic
convention denounced McKinley's
| administration as disgrace to the
nation; so did the Connecticut con-
vention and the New Jersey conven-
ton and every other democratic
convention with which l was then
familiar, and was familiar with the
proceedings of most of them.
The democratic conventions of
Nebraska, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts,.
Michigan and Tennessee. had de-
nonuced President McKinley's ad-
ministration for trying to raise
war loan of S200,000,000. When
Mr.. Ferris, the chairman of the dem
ocratic congressional committee.
says that when William Mckinley
was commander in the war with
Spain, the people never failed him,
he is quite right, but he omits to
mention the fact that this was be-
cause the people repudiated the
democratic party and that the best
and most loyal and most patriotic
democrats were foremost in this
reputation.
Republicans Pro-War.
Such were the conditions when
| asked for the election OF repub
lican congress because the repubii-
can party was pro-war. because it
stood for the Liberty loans of that
day, and because it stood for the
peace of overwhelming victory, and
because after having enforced un
conditional surrender in Cuba. Porto
Rcio and the Philippines, it insisted
upon the peace of overwhelming vic
tory; no parleying having been held.
and no notes exchanged, and no
conversation INDUCED in, and no
Colonel Houses sent abroad until
Manila and Santiago fell and the vic
tory was an accomplished fact.
The democrats at that time
through their party organizations
were against the war, were against
the peace of overwhelming victory,
and denounced the Liberty loans
which were then called war loans.
Their candidates, notably here in
New York state, were assailing me
on the ground that to elect me |
meant to approve the war and they
were against the war, and this IN
spite of the fact that the fighting
had finished. They were conduct
ing their campaign on the explicit
ground that they intended to elect
democratic congress in order to
prevent the iull accomplishment at :
the peace table of the results OF the
war.
Il made may appeal ior the cleo
ton of the republican congress be-
cause it was pro-War. | made my !
appeal to stand by McKinley's ad-
because that admins
tratiOn was DrO-War.
"President Wilson in his appeal
says that the republican party is
pro-war, but that he is against it be-
cause it is antl-administraion, In
ether words, he admits that you can
be pro-war and anti-administration,
and a half the democrats, whom
his appeal is intended to seat i'll
are. anti-War although
experimentation,
Refers to Records.
Il refer to the record of the dem
ocratic leaders like Messrs. Kitchin
and Dent and ask to compare them
with the record of the republican
leaders like Messrs. Kahn, Weeks,
Mccormick, Lodge, Poindexter and
the rest But this is not I'll. The
peace that Spain ratified was because
we had an overwhelming republican
majority of the senate A few up
right and far-sighted democrats
went with the republicans, two or
three pacifst republicans went with
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