Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-11-01
SOLID REPUBLICAN
DELEGATION NEEDED
SHIFT OF CONGRESS CONTROL
VITAL TO BEST INTERESTS
OF COUNTRY.
COTTON ABSOLUTE MONARCH
Continued Control BY Democrats ls
An Invitation to National
Disaster.

"It is the solemn, patriotic duty Of
the voters Of Michigan to send a solid
Republican delegation to congress-"
declares the Detroit Free Press. THE
senatorial contest, the contests in the
various representative districts, should
be determined on the premise that a
shift Of party control in the national
Legislature is vital to the best welfare
of the country. A perpetuation Of con-
troll by the Democrats will invite dis
aster
"Mr. Wilson declared politics ad-
journed, but today politics rules in
government circles. Controlling Dem
ocratic partisanship has become a
menace to the public good. 1t is using
the national emergency as an oppor-
tunity for furthering it's own selfish
ends. 1t has even revived sectionalism
which six years ago was dormant, al
most dead The solid south has been
placed in the saddle. It's men control
the government. Cotton is not only
king, it is an absolute irresponsible
monarch. We read of a cabinet officer
who in public address mentioned Jeff
Davis as one OF the saviors Of the ma
ton.
Membership in the dominant party
is considered a prerequisite to states
manship. The great men of former
administrations who might give ex-
pert council in this time of trouble are
left to cool their heels in antecham-
bers; and to have been favored under
any former administration frequently
means condemnation to the fate Of
General Wood.
IF the men who are running the ma
tion and directing it's fate could be
considered able, wise, and trustworthy
from the point Of craftsmanship, much
might be borne. But there is nothing
either In the past record or in the
present policies Of the party in power
which gives promise for the future.
"The Democratic party was the par
ty Of obstructive pacifism for three
years while we should have been max.
ing every effort to prepare for an in.
evitable conflict. It's leader laughed
at preparedness; he sneered at those
who argued for it, And who we final
ly declared war against Germany, we
found ourselves totally unready to do
any actual fighting. So we wasted
a year and billions Of dollars before
we finally became what we pretended
to be, combatant in the world fight
for freedom and civilization. And
in that year millions of people died
who might have lived II we had start.
ed getting ready for a fight as soon
as the Lusitania was sunk.
"Since we entered the war, the Re-
publican members of congress have
been the members who have stood be-
hind Mr.. Wilson and have given him
everything he has needed as comman-
der-in-chief. II the president had been
obliged to depend upon the members
of his own party for supplies and sup
port he and the nation would some
times have Jared badly.
The economic situation during the
first years of Democratic ascendancy
has its lesson and its warning In
1914 the Underwood tariff bill, with it's
free trade provisions, was rapidly
bringing on the ruin of all our com.
mercial and financial prosperity. The
country was being flooded with foreign
goods, the public treasury was near.
ing depletion. II was the war in Eu-
rope, with its large demand for what
was then contraband, that saved the
situation for uR