Republican farmer., 1918-03-01
T. R. Is PLAYING
POLITICS WITH
WAR SAYS GLYNN
Former Governor of New York
Reviews Actions of the
Colonel.


ton. Of the colonel himself, Cover
nor Glynn says:
ut is lamentable, though true, that
Theodore Roosevelt is playing politics
with the war. And he is not playins
his part with his usual cleverness. At
every turn he exposes the cloven
hoof. His hatred of President Will
son dulls his usual brilliancy. No
matter what the administration does,
with Roosevelt it is wrong. If he
continues his role he will soon be-
come a duplicate of the scolding
shrew who made Mrs Caudle's Cur
tain Lectures famous years ago. OF
course, Mr.. Roosevelt aims to kill off
President Wilson and make himself
heir-apparent to the Presidency Be
fore he gets through Mr.. Roosevelt
will be sorry he ever started this pro-
paganda.
"Since the war was declared there
has been no real political division o.
people. All unselfsh patriots laid
aside their party prejudices and made
a united stand in support of President
Wilson. This country presented prac
tically solid front to the autocratic
enemy of democracy-untilt the vitu-
perative political pen of Mr.. Roose-
welt broke the spell. Some say Sen
ator Stone broke this magic spell by
his speech against Roosevelt. But
this is not true. Senator Stone simp-
1y gave Mr. Roosevelt a dose of his
| own medicine-a dose of the bitter
draught and nauseating connection
which Mr.. Roosevelt had been feeding
the nation for months through the
columns of the Kansas City Star and
| the MetropoEt27 magazine.
'%The aim of Mr.. Roosevelt is paIpa-
BILE and disgustingly self-evident. By
| hook or crook he wants to carry the
| House of Representative for the Re-
| publican party in the next election
and in the melee he proposes to he
the heater of the big bass drum so
/ that he can make himself the most
| conspicuous candidate for the Re
| publican nomination for President
against Mr.. Wilson. This is what Mr.,
Roosevelt proposes; the nation will
| dispose otherwise"
Commenting upon the efforts to
tional powers and further burden him
with the so-called War Cabinet, Gov.
| Glynn writes:
$50 impressed were they fhe franz
ers of the Constitution with the feel
ing that one man must run a war
that they provided that the President
of the United States should be the
commander n-chief of the army and
the navy and let it go at that so fa1
as providing for conducting a war was
concerned.
'"The Constitution made it the right
of Congress to declare war and
charged it with the duty of providing
money and making such laws as
might be found necessary for raising
and supplying armies. regulating the
land and naval forces and for calling
out and training the militia.
Clearly the intent of the makers OF
the Constitution, with the experience
lof eight years of war fresh in their
minds, was that Congress should pro
vide for the army, make laws for its
government and that the conduct 81
1.-THE war should be in the hands of the
commander-in-chief and should be
carried out by himself and by means
Of machinery in the hands by mer
selected by him.
'"That was the view entertained by
Washington in regard to the indian
war and our trouble with France. L
was the view of President Madison IT
1872. of President Polk in 1916, OF
President Lincoln during the Clvl
war. and it's the view of Presiden'
Wilson and of the people Of the United
States today.
ssTvhe Chamberlain bill purposes {
} reversal of that successful plan ant
the irving of an experiment at a time
: when experiments are unnecessar,
| and dangerous. It proposes the scrap
ming of machinery constructed a
great expense Of time and money an(
Substituting for it untried mechanism
: b,1i1t on lines that have never beer
= known to produce the best results
Pursuing this argument furthe
Governor Glynn says:
L srVar is a one man job. Whethe
I it be waged by democracy or by al
! autocracy the power must pc louge'
l mainly in onA man. Washington WI
riticisd-bit barly, unfairly, remor
w criticised. So was Lincoln and $
i is and will be. President Wilson. Il
l the multiplicity of the duties loaoe'
on one man much must be trusted |
subordinates and the one man carry
y ing the burden Will not always b
s able to assure himself of the aid o
tbe right man or the best man for tn
: work This is unavoidably the case
i Tn the natural working of human &C
L tivities it couldn't be otherwise. n
matter how faithful the subordinate
. he or even how able, sometimes IN
i" fitness or want of adaptability to tn
speciaI task imposed will irritate tn
- public and impose what seems to b
; unnecessary burdens and uncalled 10
: hardships, This cannot be avoide
- entirely, no matter what the effort b'
." And the intelligent public understand
ing the burdens and the intricacies d
= not expect it to be avoided. On til
- contrary, the people are prepared
carry their shares of the trouble
Thev will cheerfully meet all necessar
sacrifices in aiding the President II
- win the war. They will even stan
their full share of unnecessary sacr
4 fees, but they are reasonable in ash
Il ing that the unnecessary sacrifices
"A made as few and light as possible.
"a this there is no difference between tt
= desires of the people and the earne
h efforts of the President and those IL
boring under him.
1.-The President has had laid c
him, and has taken on himself tn
most stupendous burden ever carrie
y by a human being. He is not stagge1
y ing nor stumbling under it, but is gC
ing forward steadily; with ven ste
rs and clear perception. Anl as he PRE-
= ceeds the world IS more and MOI