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must have instructed the faithful
TUMULTY to turn his investigations
In another direction; inward rather
than outward, In the old partisan
sensei However, this Is a matter Of
party discipline which does not con-
Germ us, and 1t bears no relation to
the issue between Private Secretary
TUMuLrY and Chairman HAYS Of the
Republican National Committee.
Such conduct as that Of the wiseor-
sin Democratic leaders was Justly
characterised as follows by Mr.. HAYS
In his letter to NIr. TuMuLTY:
81 regard this as an Infamous prosti-
tuition OF all patriotic proprieties and the
grossest violation OF the plainest civfl
duty. The American people win
not tolerate t. This In the peoples war (;
and we demand that the war DO kept out
Of politics, and that partisanship be kept
out Of the war. And what We ask from
the party In power We irrevocably
pledge for ourselves"
That seems to be a truth hard to
blink. coupled with pretty square
statement Of patriotic Republican In
tenuons. We observe, however, nc
suitable acknowledgment or sympa.
thetic acquiescence in Mr.. TUMULrY's
letter to Mr.. HATS closing the Incl.
dent. While Mr.. TUMULrY says tc
Mr.. HAYS, II am very glad to have
your disclaimer" he refers in no way
to the fragrant offences Of the local
Democratic bosses, as specified in Mr.
HAYs's letter to him, but wanders OF
to a discussion OF the general trend
Of Republican political management
and TO various utterances by Senator
PENRosE, former Attorney Genera
WIcKERsHAM, Representative TESS o,
Ohio, and others
What Mr.. TUMULTY makes OF TIL.
general trend" so far as his remarks
are ineligible, Is that the mainte
nance of Republican organization
and the attempt to elect Republican
to State and legislative Office Will,
the war Is going on rs in some wa.
not precisely described a process o
disloyalty toward the President ii
his capac city as leader Of the nationa
cause and commander and chief Of 1t
military force. II we fail to rende
Mr.. TUMULrY's thought very clear Z
the minds Of our readers, 1t Is becaus
Mr.. TuMULTY fails to render 1t yer.
clear to our own eagerly receptive in
telligence. For example, he says t
Mr.. HAYS:
The Presidents war aims have bee
made tho aims Of all the nations fight
ing against the German Government
These aims have been stated unequ
vocally by the President upon nunnbe
Of occasions since the war began. Nc
merely the American people but all tn
world is familiar with these aims. whic
assure force without stint until vic
tory is achieved. 1t is only through til
subtle insinuaticns that characters
partisan politics that these aims migi
be diluted with any doubt"
Difficult, We say, to follow here NJ
TuMULTY's reasoning, or to see whi
bearing the foregoing undoubte
truths have upon the question Of ii
propriety Of running Republicans fl
Congress, or how they justify the III
authorized use of the President
name in such local enterprises as II
independent appeal Of the Democrat
bosses Of Wisconsin to the soldi,
vote in that State.
If the Presidents private eecretar
will review again the Presidents We
aims he will find that foremost amor
these war aims is the safeguardir
Of the world for democracy-meanir
democracy" In the broad sense, n,
Democracy in its narrow and pa
tisan Specification.
Now, making the world safe Z,
democracy certainly includes makir
the United States of America sa
for democracy. 1t r. essential, ,
President Wilson could tell Mr. TT,
ULrY, to the preservation Of demo
racy against the subtly insidious a
gressions Of autocracy in the Unite
States that the American two par
system shall be maintained; tn,
there shall always be In existence
!, party In opposition to the party
. power. One party power in the Go
eminent, one man power in the oil
party, means a general trend" t
ward just that thing against whi'
the President, with the support Of
united people, is now fighting wi
courage and patriotism.
We accordingly invite Mr. TT,
uLTY, before he communicates aga
with the chairman of the Repu
lican National Committee, to put hi
self in the spirit and attitude
the Presidents championship of del
ocratic principles, and TO reflect up'
! tho cnnaau,,pncaS IN American danno