Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-03

politics 70 adjOurucdJ he had alrrHd.
irpudintcd his words, for hc lHd
already intcrfcrod FOR purely puli-
ilral ronauus In the election contests
IN Wisconsin. Illinois. Michigan amt
many other states Sow he openly
by formal AuuOunc"mnt repudili,s
al pf'l"usr uf putting tho pubic
w"lfir" aphNc urrty. Sow he d"clarra
thnt ih,H is "a party war, and that ih"
r"rGhIi'1us. although he admits
that rh"y hay" been unGucsuonably
pro war" are 10 be excluded from
any share IN controlling the war.
Nor Is this an lie makes his ap-
p'al on behalf OF tho democratic
pnIy But he is careful 10 quality
II sO n9 10 exclude all democrats wuu
pat loyalty 90 tn" nation or oven Jos .
ATTY 10 their party principles ahead
~ adherence to the administration.
Iio In no way discriminates bctwaru
democrats who are pro war ~d
those who arc hntl-war. lie asks
IA" exclusion from congress ~ tho
man who h Instrumentation,
without the slightest reference to
whether ne Is pro-war or anti war
loyal or dlslOyal, patriotic or un-
patriotic. The one test he imposes
be- loyalty 10 himself Tho president
'" ne 'hI''h states r'pHlNu"s ih'
'"a.',"" ut n'Ihr pr'Hldrn' ~ hIl IN"
P"P''' I"' NN'Fulu'"N Tor u IN" +"
MunH "l partisan I"1d'rship "f on"
,''i Ii'i"h VIII" oven IN ms
!"''ioh ne hlhkrS H"ryiI" adherence
'" ms administration tho test ~
n,'n'n'rShIp ana or the moral right
VI "lS man 10 ~" MS shlr" In m"
srcat ""'k "tanhiIonal SELF govern
mont
'ohtfhht WIN TINS the position OF
N"iah'In Lincoln. In IN" darkest
"hS7 ~ me ''NiI war, Lincoln de-
'"""H outright iu wN" hnE ri"E
"'h''I or 10 Apply any party i"' ur
any hHl r1'" 'hii OF 0"NnIS no iJr
prosecution "f the war and legally
10 ih" union bnd To Liberty Ia
M"I'h' 1853, h" advocated sending
!" congress only unconditional sup
porterS "f tho war making no ref
cI'h'o To any party, ana IN Jun" Of
'n"t J'nr, IN answer io some CORE
Sp"hh'h'H VINO signed themselves AS
beWu u'I als'' no expressed his re-
Er't thht they hld not called them
soNes american riilHchh,' saying,
III lHls lliht or national perm ]
"OuIu nave preferred To- meet you
upon n IeNcl one step higher than
any party plattOTm', and IN August,
IN tho only political letter h" wrote
mat year, no appealed Ia All those
VINO maintain unconditional devotion
10 INC uhIuh, ana IN thiS appeal ne
cNphcIty included his own political
friends, with those Of his political
enemies, whom no partisan malice
or partisan hope can make false to
INC nations liie.' lIe thus explicitly
haHod ms appeal TO pro-war men,
without asking about the attitude to-
wards hlnnself. Again and again he
appealed 10 all loyal men and TO
all friends or union and liberty" and
IN 1894 he accepted his nomination
as coming from the unconditional
union men"
Lincoln made no party test. lie ap-
ptaled 20 all loyal men OF all parties.
lie asked ihht the test OF fitness Tor
congress be. not adherence TO his
personal administration. but uncOn-
dltlonal support OF the war. Mr.. VIII
son applies tho most re6id party test.
lie explicitly repudlatcs loyalty to the
war al "a test. lie demands the sue
cess OF the democratic party, and
! asks tho defeat of all pro-war men
| II they nave been antl-admlnistra-
! tlon. lie asks for the defeat OF pro-
! war rtpuplIcanS lie does not ask
/ Tor the defeht OF anii-wnr democrats
On the contrary, he supports sdCh
men II although anu-war my are
Ipr"-adhinlstration lie does not asl,
Ior loSaIty to the nation. lie ASKS
only Tor support OF himself There
iS not the slightest suggestion that
ne dIsapproVcS OF dlSluyalty TO the
nation do not doubt that he does
ieeI some disapproNal OF such dis
ioShIty; put apparently thiS Feeling
on MS pas Is so tcpld that II slips
trum his mind when he contemplatcs
what ne regards as the far greater
SIN OF iailuro IN adherence 10 him-
self
ask all patriotic Americans In
consider Just what is meant when
the president says that In the pres
ent congress "tht leaders " the mi
norIty although unqucstiouahy pro.
war have been anu-admlnlstratlun.'
Ihese leaders supported tho admins
tration when declaration Of war
was needed. They supported ii when
there was a demand Tor the draft
They supported It when we sent the
army overseas. They supported every
I demand for money whether by taxa
ton or by loans. They supported It
or gave II initiative ana guidance on