The Glenwood post., 1918-02-16

THE GLENwooD POST SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 49, 1918
behind President Wilson and holding his hands, though they
realize that he has made serious mistakes.
pleasing that it Republican Representative
California President Wilson's draft law through
in opposition Democratic leader Champ Clark and
Kitchen 1t equally pleasing to know that when Pes
dent Wilson wanted really big to go to Russia to represent
selected Hon. Ehu Root of the
biggest the Republican party and that he has had the hearty
support and assistance the offer of assistance from William II
Taft other of the big of the Republican party
search for weaknesses in the admnstra
Washington but rather the time seek to strengthen the
hands that the whole people, and to help those
to accomplish the most good when crisis is
Republicans country have placed the counys good
all other considerations They credit for this from
the Democrats and of fact they asking for special
credit They only that which prompted by their high
patriotism quite willing result with
the people There denying that the administration and
the department is really entitled to considerable criticism if
criticism of avail this critical time But the minute
criticism Republican the friends of the
administration rush print and brand it macous pot
cal criticism Notwithstanding the severest criticism and the great
apathy the has had to contend with from
its party members On this question in hearty accord
with the following expressed with the st. Louis Globe Demo
of the leading Republican papers the country
eve nation of free Our government founded
independence of intelligence and is and must always be
ported by the of public opinion No American government
long endure that and the patriotic of that
suppressed is the essential quality of liberty
democracy anywhere
renquish hee authority abandon their
sbties Our leaders somehow learn the attitude of public
opinion If approve they know it, if dsapprove they
must know it. Public be voiced and voiced plainly
whenever the need for times of crisis it should
be raised capus criticism should be made the
tool partisan ends The duty such times
consideration conditions
But wrongs being committed if mistakes being
that endanger the welfare of the is only the right
the bounden duty Of people the peoples representatives
Ito point them and demand their rghtng correction No
leader mfalabe No leader has been of will be nbalbe
Omnence quality Dety alone. And
expect
mistakes. Never shut and securely in the
knowledge that leadership absolutely unerrng Trust
leaders should and give them nch support until they be-
their nsapacty blind ourselves
the faults which they being the
which they, being human, must commit
n the that undertaken all other
questions be placed in the background and
the loyalty intelligence the nation upon pu
We making sacrifices for this and will
make sacrifices Cheerfy made them and cheer
fully shall make them. But to that rightly
led We must that sacrifice justified by results that
no sacrifice made needessy We hold together house
divided against itself stand But must insist the
efficiency possible the prosecution of this
much methods applied
this that nothing that be done advance
warfare shall be left undone No
otic criticism hurt the if the right
nothing but patriotic criticism right the 1t
The Globe will nquish it's rights shr
it's duty this matter stand by the president and
will descend petty finding but if believes that he
|any department making serious mistake it will plainly
THE SINKING OF THE TUsCANIA