Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-26

single example, are called upon to support MT. Henry Ford-notorious Tor his advocacy of peace at any price, for his contemptuous allusions to the flag, for the exemption of his son from military service--on the sole ground that he will blind!y support the president. The president is quite ready to admit that republicans are loyal enough to fight and die as they are doing by the thousands; loyal enough to take up great loans and pay enormous taxes; loyal enough to furnish important men at no salary on some of the great war boards in Washington. But they are. not loyal enough in the presidents opinion, to be trusted with any share in the gov ernment Of the country or legislation for it.
 If the republican party controls the
 house We can point out some of the things they will do. They will replace
 MT. Dent of Alabama at the head of
 the military affairs committee with
 MT. Jules Kahn to whom the admin
 istration was obliged to turn for as-
 s1Stance to take charge of and carry
 the first draft bill against MT Dents
 opposition. They will put republican
 at the head of the ways and means committee, as leader of the house, in-
 stead of MT. Kitchin of North Caro-
 lima, who voted against the war They will give the country a sneaker who did not oppose and would never op- pose a draft bill and would never
 say, as Speaker Clark did that there is precious little difference between | conscript and convict
 Although the republicans of the house are in the minority, they cast ! more actual votes on. seven great war: measures than the demoeratiJ major-e I ity was able to do. What is the rec-@ ord of the senate? Of 51 roll calls on war measures between April 6, 1917, ]. and the 18th of May, the votes cast by, :,
 republicans in favor of such measures were 72 per cent, while only 67 per
 cent. of the votes cast on the demo- | cratic side were in favor of such. 1 measures. Those were the presidents ! own measures. Does that record look
 as if we had hampered him The re- publican party in congress has sup ] ported the administra; policies 1 since sthe War with a unapimity and an absence of criticism unprecedented 1 in party history.
 l There are some domestic questions 1 where we should undoubtedly differ from the course pursued by the ad-
 .ministration. We should net, for ex- ample, fix the price of the farmers 1 HAlCfll dIu lCetfC tllS piellflCIS Ol GOl-
 ton untouched. Another domestic l question in which the republican par tg believes thoroughly is economic preparation for the coming of peace
 and there are clearly of the opinion
 that the congress of the United States i should not be- excused frOnI the great
 task.
 This is not the presidents personal
 war. This is not the war of congress.
 It is not the war of the democratic or the republican party. + is the war
 of the American people. It is more. IL
 is the war of the United States. of
 the allied powers, of the civilized world against the barbarian of Ger many. In this great burden and re- sponsibility inc republican party rep
 resenting more than half the citizen ship of the country demands it's right
 ful share.
 If the republican party Is entrustF | ed with power in either o: both hous-
 es they will do everything possible to
 drive forward the war and hasten the day of victory The president speaks of the necessity of telling the plain truth That the republican party in control of congress would for they have no friends to shield. And they l will do moro. They will give all the ' money to the last dollar necessary to ! sustain our armies and our fleets, but they will check the waste ilo-s going :, On of the money given by the most generous people on the face of the :, :, earth. v The president speaks of the effect U 1 of the election abroad He says that '7 there they understand the meaning . of elections They do. and they will :, knew if the republicans have ma 7. jority in congress, the war will be ' pressed with greater vigur than ever
 before. They are quite aware that the
 power of the senate is equal to thai = of the president in the consummatior . of peace by treaty. They will know II that the republican party stands fol ', a victorious peace and the overthrow ;, of Frussian militarism. That knowl, edge will not depress the spirit of oul
 | allies or encourage the government o ;s Germany.
 s "The republican party believes tha - the question of surrender should o' r. left to Marshal Foch, to the generals ,s and to the armies in the field. WheI " they report that Germany has lait down her arms the United States ant
 the allies should then impose thei ,s terms. Will that knowledge caus .f detection to those who are fghtini ,s with us? All the world knows tha "a the republican party is opposed t ,+ negotiations and discussion carried el IdI in diplomatic notes addressed to tn W German government. The repubiiea' V party stands for unconditional sur f render There is no republican cree , so short that there is nos room in
 for those two words.
 "(Signed)
 " HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3r REED SHOOT, or Republican senatorial committee. ar FREDERICK H. GILLET, " SIMEON D. TESS,
 .' sT-Io .ia-,,ou rap.fhIieaO con 0TeSeiON