Arizona republican., 1918-01-03
This Congressional Campaign Year

The congressional campaign this year will be in important respect unique and the advsability of presenting the real issue and securing the align of patriotic voters is pointed out by the Ma tionsl Security league. This will involve complete disregard of old party lines. What should be sought in the campaign is a war congress and not a repub- lican congress democratic congress. The issue will be and nothing else of moment.
 On one side will be patriotic democrats and pa triotic republicans and on other will pacifists of various degrees, pro-Germans l. w. W, anarchists and all who opposed to the policies the gov ermnent. If party lines allowed to exist in many district good war republican or a good war dem will be defeated and in his stead will be elected pledged to the abandonment of the If enough such could be elected if considerable number of them could be elected their influence in the next congress would be such to cause many congressman whose terms have not yet expired to stop and inquire whether the is really popular make it bad politics to continue to sup port it.
 A formal announcement has been made by the National Socialist party that it is raising s1,000O00 fund to finance the campaign of socialist candidates for congress. The so-caled Non- Partisan league which sprang into existence couple of years ago in the northwest and has spread throughout the middle west claims membership of 100000 and boasts that it will be increased to 5O0OOOO by next The annual dues of members are SIG Here is some thing of campaign fund for a beginning. The league has elected and is responsible for the attitude of congressmen in opposition to the war.
 The National Security league has undertaken a campaign against these antiwar elements The first campaign was launched in Wisconsin the stronghold anti-war sentiment. Leaders of the league confess that the situation in that state is not encouraging. he of t1e eap1 have been hooted down by audiences. Of seventy-two county school superintendents whom the league ap pealed for patriotic cooperation only nineteen favorable replies.
 The anti-war campaign is being conducted chiefly among the farmers and the laboring men. It has so far kept foremost it's communistic program but it's basic principle is opposition to the It Partisan league governor that welcomed the Iawed delegates of the Peoples Council last summer and it was at a Non- Partisan league meeting that United States Senator La Toilette delivered the torous speech for which his expulsion from the senate is proposed.
 In many a congressional district the demagogue will be found active. Without decided views with gard to war he will seek the nomination of a party in which there is local strong anti-war sentiment, depending upon a considerable party support and the solid support of anti-war voters This will be of the natural, evil results of attempt by party managers to conduct congressional campaigns this year along party lines
 Another thing to be considered is that those who are opposed to the war are very much opposed to it. To them it is the chief and only. issue. Though bers of the other of the political parties, party principles subordinaed to the ant-war principle The pacifists and the anti-war people generally organized into various leagues and associations and councils all having purpose that of bring ing the to carly though dsgraceful end.
 There are patriotc than unpatriotic people in this country; there more who prefer an hon orabe and permanent peace than there of those who demand dishonorabe peace. But prefer needs to be made active and should not be all lowed to exist only state of mind. Opposition is always active, alert to make itself felt.