New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

the aisle, took me by the hand, shook it
heartily and said. That was great sermon
you preached; you are my kind of a man.,
and he gave me this gold piece" think
they called it "joe" then; it was worth
about $40. He held it up and said, II have
carried it about my person from that time
to this" General Jackson was great man.
Peter Cartwright was a great man, and he
ran against Lincoln as Democratic candi-
date for Congress. He was Union Demo-
crat.
History will take care of itself. Lincoln
never dreamed that he would dwell, as he
will dwell, in history. Mckinley, Garfield
and Cleveland--all of these people who
have been Presidents-will dwell in history
to greater or less extent. And If there
be mistakes honestly made as we journey
along in this great struggle the people
will be magnanimous. They will say, "We
could not get ready in minute; we had to
have experience; we had to have prepara-
tion; we were not readv,' and there was
not any of us, far I know, that did
not regret our want of readiness, thank
God, except Creel; and if I wanted to give
any advice to this Administration l would
say take Creel by the seat Of the breeches
and the nape of the neck and throw him
into space. Laughter and applause.
So much for that. Laughter be-
lieve from week to week and month to
month and Congress to Congress while this
war lasts the great mass Of both parties,
the people from the North, the South, the
East and the West, will become more eff
cient, more patriotic, with greater power,
and whatever the cost is, whether we mort
gage the future or whether we take the
property that is in existence and tax it and
tax it and tax it-whatever the future may
hri tO wi vii or
prolonged applause.]
n NFR. SUMMERS. This war is going to
lvI be won by that group of nations
which can demonstrate the greatest sus-
tanned efficiency. We, the Allies, have been
wasting our resources in the conduct of this
war largely through inefficiency. We have
lost, the Balkans; we have lost Russia and
a considerable territory of France and of
Italy through lack Of strong centralized
command of resources. We have
reached the point in the conduct of the war
when we must recognize the fact that not
only are the Allies on the Western front
fighting with their backs to the wall, but,
difficult as it is for us to realize it, we, the
Allies, broadly speaking, have been driven
back from intrenchment to intrenchment
until we are fighting with our backs to the
wall. Belgium, the Balkans, Russia and
parts of Italy and of France we have been
driven from. We have reached the point
where we have got to get down to business
with desperate earnestress. We have
reached the point where we must have but
one business, and that is to win this war
Since the declaration of war / have not
bothered about the principles or theories
of government. l have asked myself but
one question, and that is, Will that which
is proposed probably add to the efficiency
of my country in the conduct of this war?
Applying that test to this proposed legisla-
tion, can any gentleman doubt the fact that
this bill, if enacted, will add to the effi-
cheney of the commander In chief Of the
fighting forces Of this country in the con-
duct of this war? It does not matter
whether you like to have Mr.. Wilson the
commander in chief of the army and navy
or not. He is, and is to be- until the next