Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-03-06
LET'S FORGET POLITICS!

said former Justice Charles
Hughes in a recent address in New
York.
For that matter, it is of just as
r1uch importance that for the time of
the war we should forget political diff
ferences and present to the enemy a
united front at home as well as on
the actual battle-line.
With but few exceptions every
member of Congress and the Senate
voted to sustain the President in de-
clariug war upon Germany and Aus
tria- Hungary. Every member of Con-
gress and many Of the Senators who
during this supreme crisis in the ma
tons life, disregarded all party is
sizes and stood by the President in his
dealings with the nations that are now
our enemies, will, in the near future
be compelled to go before their con-
stituents and seek reelection
In our former wars practically the
only serious concern of the nation was
the military situation, but at the pres
ent time, the defeat of any considera-
lie number of these men will be seized
upon by the autocracies at Berlin AMI
Vienna, and possibly in~Russia, and
published as proof that the President
and Congress acted contrary to the
wishes of the people of the United
States.
Such allegations spread broadcast
| throughout these enemy countries,
would afford encouragement and com
fort to Their military and civil armies
and kindle hopes that internal political
troubles the United States might
eventually result~i in this nation with
drawing from the conflict with aims
UnaccompIished.
| Such encouragement would only tend
to prolong the war and thus increase
the toll in human blood and money
that we, the people of this nation
will have to pay for victory for the
principles for which we are fight
ing.
Agents of. our enemies, even now,
may be preparing to take advantage Of
Our ever-present national and local
party issues and with their unlimited
supplies of money to seek to bring
about the defeat of substantial mum
Iber of these members of Congress and
the Senate who Loyalty stood by the
President in his declaration and pros
eaution of the war.
Those Congressman forgot that they
were Republicans, Democrats, Pro
| eressives, or members of any other
political parties when President Will
son asked them to do their part in
upholding the honor of the nation
Why should not the people forget for
q time that they themselves are Re
publicans, Democrats, Progressives,
Socialists or Prohibitionists, and join
in re-electing these men? Such a
united national vote of confidence viii;
serve as notice to the nations of the
| world, our allies as well as our enc
mics, that the citizens of this great
republic stand as one man behind the
President and our accredited repre-
sentatives at Washington in the prose-
cutlon OF the struggle to a glorious
end
\ Let the great national parties sub
merge for a time all those issues
which have been paramount in the
past and which undoubtedly will be of
similar potency in the future. Let
an armistice be declared so that no
advantage Or comfort will be given to
the enemies of this nation. Let every
one of these Loyal representatives OF
the people be supported for the nom
ination for Office on all par tickets
and let us one and all discourage anv
opposition to them no matter fron
shat source. AS far as war is con-
cerned we have mo political parties
The great battle cry of all loyal citi-
zens is Stand by the President"