The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-26

things they will do They will replace MT Dent of Alabama, at the head Of the military affairs committee, with
 MT. Julius Kahn. to whom the admin i istration was obliged to turn for as- l sistance to take charge If and carry the first draft bill against Mir. Dent $ opposition. They will put a republican at the head of the ways and means conimittcs, as leader of the House, in- stead of Mir. Kitchin of North Carolina, who voted against the war They will give the country a speaker who did not oppose and would not oppose a
 draft bill and would never say, as Spea kcr Clark did, that there is rrec. ious little difference between 6. con. script and(a convict
 Although the republicans of the Hclse are in the minority, they east more actua! votes on seven great war measures than the democratic majority was able to do What is the record os the Senate? On 5t roll calls on war measures between April 6, 19I7. and
 the 29th of May, 1918, the votes cast by republicans in favor of such measures
 were 72 per cent, while only 67 per cent of the votes cast on the democratic side were in favor of such measures. Those
 were the Presidents own measures. Does that record look as if we had hampered him? The republican party in Congress has supported the administration policies since the war with an unanimity and an absence of criticism unprecedented In the party history
 1 DIFFER ON LOCAL QUESTIONS There are some domestic aues. tions where we should undoubtedly diff fer from the course pursued by the ad- lministration. We should not, for ex- ample. fix price on the farmers wheat and leave the planters cotton un- touched Another domestic question in which the republican party believes thoroughly is economic preparation for the coming of peace and they aree lear l ly of the opinion that the Congress of the United states should not be eN- cluded from that great task.
 This is not the Presidents personal
 war. This is not the war of Congress. lit is not the war of the democratic or the republican party, It is the war of the American people. It is more. it is the war of the United States, Of the allied powers, of the civilized world l against the barbarism of Germany ll this great burden and responsibility the republican party, representing more
 than half of the country, demands it's | lrightful share.
 WILL CHECK WASTE If the republican party is entrusted with power in either or both houses 1 they will do everything possible to drive forward the War and hasten the day of victory The President speaks | of the necessity of telling the plain truth. That the republican party in control of Congress would do, for they have no ends to shield And they would do more They will give all the money to the last dollar necessary to sustain
 our armies and our fleets, but they will check the waste now going on of the money given by the most generous peo- pie on the face of the earth.
 "The President speaks of the effect of the election abroad, He says that there they understand the meaning of elections, They do. and they will know that if the republicans have a majority in Congress the war will be pressed with greater vigor than ever before. They are quite aware that the power of the Senate is equal to that of the Pres ident in the consummation of peace by treaty. They will know that the re- publican party stands for victorious peace and the overthrow of Prussian militarism. That Knowledge will not depress the spirit of our allies or en- courage the government of Germany. STANDS FOR SURRENDER
 "The republican party believes that the question of surrender should be left to Marshal Foeh, to the generals and to the armies i'll the field When they report that Germany has laid down her arms the United States and
 the allies should then impose their terms. Will that knowledge cause de- jection to those who are fighting with us?' All the world knows that the re- publican party is opposed to negotia- tions and discussion carried on in diplo- matic notes addressed to the German government. The republican party stands for unconditional surrender. There is no republican creed so short that there is not room in it for those two words.
 HENRY CABOT LODGE. REED SHOOT,
 Chairman Republican Senatorial Com mittee.
 FREDERICK H. GII.LETT.
 SIMON D. TESS,
 Chairman Republican Congressional
 Committee"