Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-28
THE INCONSISTENT OREG0NIAN.

The Oregonan is nightly worked up because Pre-
sdent Wilson appeals to the voters to support his admin
istraton 1t quotes number of professional republican
politicians the state in an attempt to make 1t appear
that the president has insuted the p. of Oregon
Did the Oregonian register protest on behalf OF
the nsulted" democrats of this state when Colonel Teo
dore Roosevelt, during the Spanish-American war; as
spokesman for the administration, issued the following
appeal to the voters on the Of election in November
1898:
"Remember that whether you will or not your votes
this year will be viewed by the nations of Europe from
one standpoint only They will draw no fine distinctions
refusal to sustain the president this year. WILL in their
eyes, be read as refusal to sustain the war and to ss
tain the efforts of peace commission to secure the
fruits Of war Such refsual may not ncocevaby bring
about rupture peace negotiations It Will give heart
t. our defeated antagonists; it will make possible the in
terference Of those doubtful neutral nations, who in this
struggle have wished us i'll"
If what Colonel Roosevelt said then (and the Oregon
ian endorsed it strongly at the tme true the same
logic may be applied now The is nearing its end
and the great problem Of the terms of permanent peace
must be decided by the allies. How would this country
fare in these councils if the president and his admnis
tration are dscredted by the people This is as import
ant consideration as the effect OF the Repatriation OF tne
administration (Which is the government at the present
time) might have upon Germany at the present critical
moment
We believe this is time for patriotic citizenship to
come to the FORE The Capital Journal realizes that Ore
gon is in peculiar situation and that President Wilson's
appeal is general We must re-eect Congressman Haw-
lev republican, because there is candidate opposing
him. In the case Of West and McNay we think the pre-
siden would prefer the republican candidate to demo-
who will play the roll Of "me too to Senator Cham
berlains policy of obstruction and baseess criticism
The Oregonia if it honest enough to view any ques
ton from an independent standpoint would advocate
Vests election and oppose McNay because it has patted
Chamberlain on the back every time he has assaed the
administration in his frothy harrangues Logically i'll
should support his man West and in not doing SO reveals
its purpose in prasng Chamberlain when he was giving
encouragement to the enemy by dscredtng the govern
nent and hnderng war work 1t was merely using HIM
for partisan purposes to dscredt the president of the
United States in time of foreign for other reason
than the fact that he was democrat Its patriotism isl
ensaved by its partisanship.
The Capital journal will be more honest with readers
and better supporter Of the government at time when
it needs the support Of every citizen. It will say that
would prefer to McNary elected senator West al
though West processes to be democrat.
The Oregonians course only impersses one with theI
fact that its intelligence is of low standard that t
underestimate the intelligence Of its readers.