The Washington herald., 1918-09-18
Senator Pomerene was right.

been spent for any man to be elect
J ed to the Senate of the United States
or to any other important Office the
| people should have the benefit OF
knowing where the money came
I from and what was the purpose of
| the contributors in putting IT into
| the campaign.
Corrupt politics has disappeared
in many States. but there are ways
and means yet open for the unwary
to be caught. Perhaps Commander
Newberry knew nothing about the
interests which were busy in his
behalf-and we hope he did not
but he should join with the Senate
in asking that an immediate insight
| be had into the financial end of his
campaign.
Only by letting the people into
| the fullest confidence can the best
results be attained in Michigan or
! any other State. Let US have light
and have the fullest share of II.
] IF Secretary Daniels found. just
| three days previous to the election
that Commander Newberry had dis
tinguished himself and the people
| of the nation would laud him to the
| utmost for IL, and IL the deed were
large enough to bring about his GER
tain election as Senator against
| Henry Ford, Secretary Daniels
would keep still until after the bal
! lots had been marked" said a man
/ high in public life yesterday.
This is a gross misrepresentation
of Secretary Daniels. He wouidn't
| do any such thing. He would
bravely publish the story and give
| full credit where the credit would
/ be due. II any one entertains any
other idea of Secretary Daniels he
is badly mistaken. Secretary Dan
| iels is fair and square and his boys
will resent any such imputation as
| that attached to his name by this
| ohiceholder.
If Comma nder Newberry doesn't
| believe this, let him perform some
extraordinary feat. Secretary Dan
iels will stand the test.
Senator Lodge yesterday made re-
marks about the peace proposal by
| Austria.
In substance he approved the Presi-
| dents position exactly. Doubtless
| the White House will be glad to hear
| of this. But doubtless the White
1 House chuckled a little to itself to
/ note that Senator Lodge is now in
| position where he cannot claim for
| himself, or the party which he leads
| in the Senate. the credit for having
! forced our country into this position
where we will not even listen to false
! proposals from the enemy.
! We suggested, when Senator Lodge
/ l., saLt
/ for the President to easily eject him
| and his party mates from any interest
| they might have in the peace. discus
sion or any important suggestions
| they might make with regard to 1t.
| In other words. Senator Lodge forgot
! that the President has had the mat
! ter of peace quite clearly in his mind
! all along, and the course he is fol-
! lowing now is consistent with his pre-
/ vtous course and is part of the cam
| paign which he mapped out long.
| long ago.
My. my. What have we here?
| Mr. Mccormick refuses to name the
/ Washington paper which he says ac-
| cepted tainted money-but the people
| Of. the city persist in naming it and
| doing so with some glee.
We have not heard Mr.. Brisbane
| of the Washington Times, making IN
/ quiry. or demanding that the paper
! be named. We wonder IL he is inter-
| ested in unearthing the paper. we
wonder If he wants the same pub
| licity attached to this that he would
demand il he thought he could point
/ his finger at some one Of his com
| petitors and be sure that it was the
I one charged thus UNANIMOUSLY by the
I alien property custodian?
| But how about some of the prohl0
| bition candidates whom the paper In
| question might have endorsed for Of
! hce9 Are they not to be allowed TO
| establish secure alibis before the rains
descend and the floods come? We are
interested, verify, In what may De
| their fate before we urge any OF our
warlike citizens to denounce TINS sun
unnamed paper.
Several days ago Senator Borah IN
sisted that Col. Roosevelt rather TOOK
positions which had the erect OF
compelling President Wilson to DO
things which would end in an Amer
lean victory in this war.
We fear Senator Borah is too en-
ihusiastic in his commentator OF
the Coloners efforts.
Col. Roosevelt, of course, deserves
credit for what he has done for ms
country, and for the far-seeing way
in which he made proposals to the
country.
But the nation was not ready to
indorse his suggestions when they
we're made President Wilson. as
chief executive, knew this. He had
to cultivate the people and urge his
conservative but patriotic doctrine
upon them by degrees-so as to win
them whoic-heartedly to it and in
such way that their service would
be most effectively given after war
came
The Coloneps program of spon-1
taneity would have involved us in
"a disastrous infernecine row. IL
would have demoralized public senti-
ment and given German agents
chance to operate with the utmost
success among our people.