Arizona republican., 1918-10-29


 tlared that it was "The veriest non sense that even partisanship can con- ceive' to state that failure to return a democratic congress this fall would be interpreted by the allies and Ger many Gas being a repudiation if the war aims Of this country The former president asserted that what we need is an American con- rress, a congress of straight-out Amer leans. and not e congress of rubber stamps"
 eve 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 fol- lows shall be the peoples peace"
 Quoting a press dispatch to the ef feet that republican senators, such as McCumber, Nelson and Lodge are 'as highly thought of in France today 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 action by criticism against which it has violently pro- tested" and has sullenly and some times maliciously sought to punish the men who by their truth telling have forced it into action"
 Carried Politics to Extreme
 Tn a word' the colonel said, "the democratic party. under the leadership of the administration, has carried par tisan politics during the last IS months to an extreme never before known in this country, in a time of war, as among loyal upholders of the war, it has come dangerously near creating a condition of one partyism."
 The test insisted upon has been not loyalty to our allies and hostility to Germany. but adherence to the admin istration' he declared, adding that President Wilson's request of october l4 that citizens should subscribe to the loan. but leave to the government uf the United States and of the allies, he momentous discussions initiated by Germany could be interpreted as meaning that they should both put up and shut up.'
 Colonel Roosevelt asserted that if the administration had used with moderate efficiency the results of the lavish gen. erosity of congress, "our army and the allied armies would have been doing
 
 doing now in October"
 After asserting the war must be put through "to our last man and our last dollars the colonel declared that we should accept no peace not based on the unconditional surrender of Ger many and her vassal states
 Hc asserted that the presidents latest notes had placed him in such a po- sition that he had either to sacrifice America and humanity" or to respond n such manner as to stullify his own diplomacy"
 Hammers Henry Ford.
 Mir. Wilson regards it as .anti-ad- ministration' to demand that our gal laut men at the front receive the guns. and the auto rifles, and tanks, and alrplancs. and shoes. and clothing. for which congress has appropriated so many billions of dollars. The entire offcnse ot the republican leaders in Mr. Wilson's eyes is that they have de- handed that inefficiency, waste and eNtravagance be remedied. Such a de- mand he treats as nti-administra- don.
 Mir. Henry Ford has announced that nc does not believe in patriotism: that hc thinks the flag is silly: and does not believe in it; and that when this war is over he will pull down the flag; and never hoist it again. The son of this multi-millionaire stays at home, whilc hundreds of thousands of men of small means leave their wives and children and go to the war; But MT. Wilson is supporting MT. Ford for the senate. on the other hand. Senator Weeks does believe in patriotism. He does believe in the war. His only son HrHn 4f ny1F fhcing death side by side with his comrades from every rank of life But Mr. Wilson is opposing Mr. Weeks There are dozens of such cases, and thc only explanation possible of the presidents attitude is, that he makes adherence to his personal fortunes, and not loyalty to the nation the acid-test in accordance with which he gives or withholds support.
 Allies Favor Republicans
 The president says he is anxious about the effect on Germany and oul allies. of the election of a congress which would follow the present repub- 1icau leadership of the house and sen ate. He need be under no anxiety. II would be clearly understood abroad. as at home. Our allies would know that it meant that America was deter AAllltu AO Nlftu Al' Ait Ndls NO bdCf her own army and the armies of the allies to the limit, to tolerate no cor ruption or inefficiency in waGing thu war and to insist on Germanys uncon- ditional surrender. Germany and hel Nassal states would know that in thi. country the pro-Germans, and pacif ists. and bolshevists. and GermanizeC socialists could no longer be counted upon as efficient and torouous tools that tho fighting men and not thu rhetoricians were uppermost and tha henccforth the Germans would hav' to deal with the straightforward anC resolute soul of the American people and not merely with the obscure pur pose and wavcring will of MT. Wilson And finally. let our people remembe that tho incoming congress will dea with tho vital questions of reconstruc ton after the war. The president pro