El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-26
CAN WE AFFORD PARTISAN POLITICS
IN THIS HOUR OF WORLD CRISIS?

ENGLAND and France have called to the government
Il leading from all parties. Is the United States
strong that it dscredit and reject the services
its available force?
The appeal by president Wilson to the voters of the
country to return Democratic majority to congress al
legng that the election Of Republican congress would be
construed Reputation of him, to resump-
ton partisan politics. Return of Republican majority
to either house of congress- the president said woud
tsny be interpreted the other side Of the water
reputation Of my leadership"
Regardless of the presidents disclaimer the conclusion
to be derived from this is that all except organization Dem
oats opposed the president his prosecution
tce to millions who have supported president Wilson
the utmost have met every appeal wholehearedy,
and have done everything they could to beat Germany. It
is insult TOO, to vast army who have lost their lives
IN the service Of the country who undergoing
the risks Of battle.
"The congressional elections at hand. They
IN the most critical period country has ever faced or
is likely to face in time you have approved Of my
leadership anu wish to continue to be your
barTsssed spokesman in affairs at home and abroad,
earnestly beg that you viii express yourself unmsakaby
to that effect by returning Democratic majority to both
the senate and the house of representatives
II your servant and Will accept your judgment with
cut esv but my power administer the great trust
signed by the constitution would be seriously impaired
should your judgment be adverse"
Had the president demanded whole hearted and ag-
gessve loyalty the test in the congressional elections
he would earned the approval of every right
American But is difficult how he would be EN-
barTassed by Republican majority in congress- inasmuch
the embarrassment the president has undergone IN put
ting through his has almost entirely
from dissenters within his party and nasuch as the
Republicans congress have supported every meas
ure the administration has put forward almost unani
nousy-a record which the Democratic majority cannot
claim It chiefly in view of this fact that is impos
sibe to view election Of Republican congress re-
pudation of the president and his policies.
In succeeding paragraphs MI. Wilson says be has no
thought of suggesting that any political party paramount
IN patriotism but that while the leaders of the minority in
the present congress have unquesonably been proaT
they have been anadmnisraton; that at almost every
turn they sought take the conduct Of the war out
OF his hands put under the control Of instrumental
ties Of their choosing.
The Republican leaders, from spectators viewpoint,
have not only proa but they have also been pro
administration in every single which tended to-
ward the vigorous prosecution Of the war They have
not muzzed themselves against criticism Of whatever ap
peared slack IN the conduct Of the wrong IN IN
teruaI sffa-and neither have many Democratic leaders
The Republicans have sought to take the conduct Of the
war out Of the presidents hands only to the extent that
they have insisted that congress should fulfill its eonsu
tions functions and be something than mere rub
Der stamp It is well known that the whole congress-
Democratic as well Republican, shares the view
but that many members both Sides through their con-
ceptiun Of patriotism hesitate to express themselves
To say that the election Of Republicans would be con-
srued as Reputation Of the president is to voice strange
opinion Surely the German government well knows, and