The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-10-31
c. O..P. CONTROL
BEST FOR WILSON
WOULD INSURE CONFIDENCE AND
SPEED UP THE WAR
ROOSEVELT HITS PRESIDENT
Says the Administrators Plea for
Partisan Support is Cloak to
Cover Extravaganza, lneffi,
ciencies and Mistakes

New York, Oct. 29.-Col. Theodore
oosevelt, answering President Viii
MS appeal for the return of demo-
'atic majority in congress, urged vot-
IS of the nation, in an address here
last night 10 transfer control to re-
publican leadership. Such an outcome
If the election, he declared, would as
ure "our allies that America is deter
\ lined to speed up the war and insist
n unconditional surrender" Of the en-
.ny, iand would serve notice on Ger
.fiany land her vassal states" that
they would have 10 deal henceforth,
with the resolute and straightforward
soul of the American people and not
n arely with the obscure purposes and
wavering will of Mr. Wilson" sd
Declaring that half the leaders Of
the presidents own party opposed him
when he had committed himself to
war measures Mr. Roosevelt asserted.
that heads of the republican organi-
cation in congress supported the ad
ministration when declaration of
war was needed, when there was a
demand for the draft, when the army
was sent overseas, and when money
was required by taxation or by loans.
Speaks at G. o. ?. Rally
The former president spoke at a
meeting under the auspices of the re-
publican club at Carnegie hall to ad.
vocate the election of '.the republican
state ticket here in New York and OF
the republican congressional ticket.
through the union" E
Rebuking what he termed the ser
Witty of democratic leadership, the
colonel said II was small wonder that
in the cloak rooms of the house the
bitter jest eirculates, Heres to our
car, last in war, first toward peace,
long may he waVer'." .,
Colonel Roosevelt criticised tie gen
eral course of the administration
throughout the war, declaring:
sIf Mr.. Wilson had really meant to
disregard politics he would have at
once constructed coalition, non-parti-
san cabinet, calling the best men of
the nation to the highest and most i'm
portant positions under him, without
regard to politics. He did nothing Of
the kind. In the position most vital to
the conduct of the war and in the po-
sitions now most important in connec-
ton with negotiating peace, h" retain
ed or appointed men without the slight
est fitness for the performance of the
tasks, whose sole recommendation
was supple eagerness to serve Mr.,
Wilson personally and TO serve Mr..
Wilson's party so far as such seryice
benefited Mr. Wilson"
In Contrast With Lincoln.
Contrasting the presidents appeal
with Lincoln's outright refusal, even
in he darkest days of the ciViiu war,
TO apply any party test to fitness for
Office" the colonel said that Lincoln
Appealed to all loyal men OF ell par
ties, and asked that candidates for
CDnS5IFSS Uc vi ecu, ilOI ,bs wv '''iAN"'N
OF adherence to his personal aGminis-
tration. but by their unconditional sup
port of the war.
Election OF republican congress,
the colonel continued, would be under.
stood abroad as meaning that the pro
Germans and pacifists and bolshevik-
lists and Germanized socialists could
not longer be counted upon as efficient
and tortuous tools. that the lighting
men and not Tire rhctoricians %"rc up
permost."
Mr.. Roosevelt Interpreted the presi'
dents reference TO the anti.ajminis.
tration" attitude of republican mem
bers Of congress as based upon their
demand that inefficiency, waste, and
extravaganza be remedied' in the war
conducting departments.