South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-28
Efforts of Republican Leaders Defend "Coppadsm Now
WOULD REPUDIATE MKIN-
LEY, HARRISON, ROOSE-
WELT, OR ANYONE TO
BEAT WILSON.
By JOHN HENRY ZUVER
Editor The News-Times.

his fcather-yyeight TO that OF
Lodge, SmOot, Gillett and Tess. and
the CuyahOEa county republicans,
down in Ohio, have made formal
protest against Pres't Wilson fol-
lowing the prcccdcnts set for him
by Lincoln, Mckinley. Harrison,
Roosevelt ct al. by asking the peo-
pie 10 give him "A congress with
which nc can work in harmony, and
which Will not be taken by the rest
OF the world as "a rcpudiatiOn OF the
war and his policies.
Entrance OF VIII HAYS into the
arena, however is the main thing
interesting. He says the president
has questioned the motives and
fidelity" OF republican representa-
tives i'm congress- has ''im9ugned
their loyalty and denied their pa
triOtism," and concludes. that "the
challenge Is 20 you who elected
those representatives"
No challenge TO you at all, Mr.
Fellow Citizen. Your representative
In congress for the past two years
has been a democrat, but even TO
districts that have been represented
by republicans. Mr.. Hays sends
naught but cheap sOphistry.
The president does not challenge
the loyalty Of the people who elected
the partisan "copPerhcads," of
whose lack Of national support nc
complains.
He merely points out 20 them
their mistake and asks them I'm the
name Of patriotism not TO repeat IL:
not TO make the same mistake
twice.
tie points out that while the re-
pubucans in congress have i'm the
main been ''prO-war," they have
been 50 ti-administratiOn' as to-
greatly embarrass the war work, I'm
consequence OF which. II given n
majority I'm congress, IL would be
accepted not only at home, but
abroad, as "A population of the war
To our great national and interna-
tiOnal disadvantage.
IL Is the same plea that was made
by William Mckinley i'm his own
behalf, I'm 1898. and by Ex-Prcs't
Harrison and Ex-Prcs't Roosevelt
i'm behalf of Mckinley that same
year. They were right then and the
president is right now. only more so,
for the reason that Pres't NfcKin-
ley didn't have the partisan copper
heads" against him that Pres't VII
son has.
Democrats I'm congress I'm that
day never nagged, bounded. or
threatened to manaclc Pres't Nc
Kinlcy as the republicans OF today
have Pres't Wilson. If they had, they
should have been kicked out. but
l'rcs't Mckinley asked that his
party majority bc maintained I'm
congress. and the people maintained
u for tho very Samc reason that
Prcs't Wilson asks it now.
NJORSE still. incident to the So
w Phistrics or Chairman Hays.
analyses and fact disclose that ne
y not only n bunglesOmc sOphist.
but a laundering PrCVnriCator same
- Lodge, SmOOt. Glllett, FeSs. and
the rest. who indulge his prize as
SCTtiOn.
When lac makes the statement.
as lac does, that lat no time and I'm
no way. have they tthc republicans
IN congrcSS) tried To take control OF
The war out Of his (thc prcSldent'sl
hands, hc insults public intelligence.
aud sncaking pleads guilty To his
shame for the attempt.
You remember the supcr-war
a. -
CntiCcd Sen. Chamberlain down to
New York 60 absorb at Republican
club dinner with II. Roosevelt, and
thCn To- Introduce I'm the senate, the
plain and only purpose OF which
was TO make the war administration
subject Co congressional dicmtiOn?
Nes. they ~Oft-soapcd or bribed a
democrat into Introducing it. hop
ing Co escape the responsibility. and
maybe by - doing get enough dem
Ocratic votes for IL TO make Il stick.
But the vote on its shows that IL
was distinctly a republican measure
ono Of those "sevcn great war
measures" we suppose. that Lodge,
~mOOt, Gillctt and FeSS say the re-
publicans have Chnmpioned. quite
10 democratic exclusion.
4 Nd that the republicans still
u have that supCr-war board bill
in mind. to manaCIc the president.
and cmbarTaSs him I'm the exercise
Of his constitutional prcrOgatives.
the national chairman eVasiVcly con-
firms.
significant of his charlatanry i'm
stating that the republicans have
never attempted or intended To
,hackIe the president, take this from
a recent speech I'm New York. re-
ported apprOVingIy I'm the New York
Tribune;
Congress Rtth a hundred majority
could practically take from the
president any power whatever o. 70
the preparation or organization for
the peace It could abolish
Scc'y Baker, create - war board with
practically absolute authority: In
fact could take the whole conduct
of the war out Of his hands"
Are YOU 50 bra!nlcss. Mr.. Voter.
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