The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-03
Pertinent Facts as to Election for Delegate.

(CflARLES A. DERRY, in Cordova Tmes.)
 During the Spanish American war of 1898 and the Filipino instruction which followed it the Republican party was loud in it's demands that Republican !orlty be returned to Congress to support the pol icles of President Mckinley In this demand was more vociferous than Colonel Roosevelt, the present-day idol of a certain element of the Re publican party None clearly than did the strenuous one the need of Congressional support Of the President in pushing to a successful conclusion war which presented many difficulties. majority m Congress opposed to the Administration un thinkable to the Republicans of that day, and strong minority was considered danger.
 And in spite of Republican misrule of "em- balmed beef scandals of incompetence in the War Department unparalleled in the history of great nation, and the stupidity which prompted the famous among which the name of Colonel Roosevelt appear ed conspicuous the country returned a Republican majority to Congress. And this as it should be- There was more chance of remedying the miserable mistakes from which the army suffering with congress in sympathy politically with the Pres- dent.
 But the Cuban and Philippines wars were as mere chd's play compared with the present world strug- gle In those wars the destines of a few million isl anders was at stake. and the enterprises differed rom previous conflicts in which the American army mad engaged principally in the fact that they marked new phase in American policy-our entry into the proud position of world power
 In the bloody warfare in which the United States is involved in the destines of the world stake The people fo the United States tardily realized that no longer could we hold aloof from struggle in which the continuance of those principles of govern ment for which the revolutionary fathers had sacri- hced and which had called for sacrifices in the
  war was brought to our very doors by the submarine warfare which Germany had inaugurated.
 This is no time for party strife, but for one united front in support of the Administration and it's policies Republican majority in Congress this time would be deporable. Even the sembance of dscord created by the minority party already has created untold harm It is necessary that Congress should be with the President in act and deed. President Wilson has by tacit consent of the Allied nations become the spokesman of Allied ideals and policies and as such his position is of the utmost responsibility.
 That there is no partisanshp in the Presidents at l fnd in tho fonf bo nac out of his way and in fact thrown precedent the winds in advocating the re-eectons of tried and true Congressmen of the opposition party, notably in the case of Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota. But what has been the attitude of the Republican party?
 For month past Chairman Hays of the Republican National Committee has been engaged in campaign having for its object the return of Republican ma jority to Congress. With the enthusiasm of youth (hs is his first campaign in his exactng position he has attended Republican gatherings the country over with the object of strengthening locally the hands of the party workers His enthusiasm evident ly has led him into grave indiscreton, to put it mildly
 The recent dispatches relate that he has given out public ntmation refectng the patriotism and good of President Wilson and his advisers And here is where the greatness of the character of President Wilson has asserted itself Had Theo- dore Roosevelt been in President Wilson's position another member would have been added to his famous Ananias club and the country would have reverber- | atcd to the sound of the denuncation that would have been heaped the hapless head of the offender But not with President Wilson. He immediately set about to find out whether the Republican chair man had been correctly quoted And if it be found that this is so there is no doubt the matter will be attended to in dignifed manner
 But the thought that must be uppermost now is that the hands of the President must be sustained in the present crisis and common business prudence alone, leaving the question of patriotic duty, die tates that men be returned to Congress who at least in sympathy with President Wilson's poli- cies and aims and the best assurance Of this is to turn Democratic members
 In the of Alaska, while its Delegate has nc vote the return of Charles A. Sulzer will be vote of confidence in the Administration and testimonial to the fact that Alaska stands untedly behind the President in the great struggle in which the try is now engaged