The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-10-30
ANERlEANS NgT
RUBBER STAMPS
nEEl Of CONGRESS.
Colonel Roosevelt Scores
Rank Part1sianship of
Administration.

Y new YORK, oct, 2s,-co1oneI
Theodore Roosevelt declared in an
address here that it was the var
fest nonsense that even partisianship
TO return democratic congress this
IAN would be interpreted by the
Auies and Germany cas- being repu-
dItion Of the war aims Of this couu-
Speaking before the Republican
club at Carnegie Hall to urge the
success Of the Republican state ticket
here In New York and OF the con-
gressional ticket throughout the un-
fon1 the former president asserted
that what We need Is an all Amer
lean congress of straight out Ameri-
cans and not congress Of rubber
stamps.
.sWe Republicans pledge ourselves
TO stand by the president so long as
he stands by the American people.
and to part company from him at
any point where in our judgment he
does not stand by the people" he said.
This IS the peoples government,
this Is the peoples war and the
peace that follows shall be the PEG
pies peace.
Quoting a Press despatch to the
effect that Republican senators such
as McCumber. Nelson and Lodge
care highly thought of in France to-
day as are the American Generals
Colonel Roosevelt declared that nine
times out OF ten. this administration
has never led the people" has been
reluctantly forced forward into ac-
rryJ1iRb " has
violently protested" and has sullenly
and sometimes matiously sought to
punish the men who by telling their
!. truth have forced It into action"
sIn word" thccoIonel said, "the
Democratic party under the lead Of
the administration has carried par
tisian politics during the last eigh-
teen months to an extreme never be-
fore known In this country in time
of war, as among loyal upholders Of
the war; It has come dangerously
near creating condition OF one-par-
tisn1.''
The test insist upon has been not
IoyaIfy to our allies and hostilitfes to
Germany but adherence to the admin
fstration, he declared adding that
President Wilson's request of Octo-
her Il, that citizens should subscribe
to the loan. but leave to the Govern
ment Of the United States and Of the
allies the momentuous discussions in
ftfated by Germany" could be inter
sgreted as meaning that they should
both put up and shut up"
Colonel Roosevelt asserted that "if
the administration had been used
with moderate efficiency the results
OF lavish generosity Of congress ard
our armies, the allied armies would
have been doing last March what
they are actually doing now in octo-
ber.
After asserting that this war must
be put through ''to our last man and
to our last dollar the Coonel de-
5clared that We should accept no peace
not based upon the unconditional sur
render Of Germany and her vassal
states
ssHe asserted that the Presidents
latest notes had placed him in such
position that he had either to
s9sacrifice America and humanity" or
respond IN such a manner as to
stnltify his own diplomacy and repu-
date his own implied offer
ut was not pleasant for America
that he should have put himself and
the nation behind him in the posi-
ton OF inviting proposition which
when accepted be renudiated," de-
cIared the colonel. For the very
reason that I abhor Germany's trick
cry, treachery and bad faith. am
most anxious that America shall not
initiate her In these matters"
Asserting that peace would be
settled by the president alone. but
BY the president acting In conjunc-
ton with two thirds Of the senate"
the colonel continued.
When It comes to the peace nego-
ations we should emphaticaIly repu-
fifate the famous fourteen points. an
nohnced by the president last Janu-
arys One Of them has itself repu-
dated and the remainder are either
SO nfschievcrs that they ought to be
repudfafed with our definition or else
10 should IN having them destined in
order to know exactly what thew
mean. The& have 3een greeted with
enthusiasm by Germany and all pro-
Germans on this side of the water,
by the Germanized Socfa-
fst and by the Bolshevists OF every
Grade and for this reason good Amer
Icans should regard them with sus-
p9eaon-