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sponsbilties during TINT period and
that this condition can only be brought
about by having conservative, practical
business principles at the foundation Of
the government and experienced men 10
run it, Concrctcly this spelled Rcpub-
lican control III Washington, to prevent
Claude kitch'n from operating and To
put period to present eXtravagant
expenditures.
Once upon his feet, and having assured
the lunchcrs that nc realized what II
meant for men of affairs 10 come here
like this, MIR Hays bored sqiarcly into
tn heart Of things, dealing buifets on
buffets to the opposition.
6. 0. 7. ELEPHANT BoR% TO WAR.
The Republican party. he declared, had
been born amid the strife Of war. II had
gone out and saved the country then and
had ALWAYS been the party of patriot
ism the war party and when the op-
position faltcrcd 1T had cried carry on,
and kept things moving OF course, Mr..
HAYS wasn't speaking cX cathedra re-
gartling the use Of tins newly imported
British idiom, but only forensloallv, since
in the davs of 81 carry on hadn ( yet
left Bhghty But coming down To these
special times, MIR HAYS went on to say
that when the nation wanted mn army Tor
Iiun-huntIng, ii was Gcrman-Jcw Re
publican, Kahn. Of California, who led
the van of the Congressional drive for IT.
And furthermore, he insisted chat the
Republicans led he fight TO make the
army function after is raising was assured
Same thing on the conscriptlon bill too.
From this To arralgnmcnt OF politics
and the war needed no n0n-akld tires
Shame on tie party that would try To
politically capitalize the war capitalize
the patriotism of the country, SAID he.
Let us have no politics III anything that
touches the war. Keep partisan politics
ont
MIR HAYS next announced that the
Republican party stood for three par
tlcnlar things town the war now. peace
with victory and not hy compromise oi
principle that would make . sacrIlcgc ot
our sacrifices, and sane preparation now
for he problem of reconstruction which,
incidentally, might hc named rs three
things cVcrN Democrat from he statue
Of Liberty TO the Golden Gate not only
stands for, but knows hc IS gong to see
conerctcd. because there n couple OF
million american chaus wearing he laiest
str Ie IN tin hats across the water who are
dong things If which the three items Mr.
Hans mentioned arc merely the natural
coroilarics.
But MIR HAYS didnt think much of
America state Of preparation tor peace.
On the other hand hc believed the nation
as unprcpared Tor peace as 4 was ior
war. and IL this thought hc added neck
lace al words to the effect that We are
drifting alopg watchiuily waiting tor
peace .a~ NC did for war when i Was at
our doors 1t would be quite as great
shock to Us. too, he sad.
ron REPUBLICANS PARTICULARLY.
In effect, Alr. Hays found that only
Republicans dominating things IN Wash
lngtou could bring about = governmental
state az mind conducive to Wlthstandng
thus shoeh and conducting reconstruction
iii the path il should take. L must be
viewed from 4 most serious angie tins
matter Takc himself fer instance. ii
was a serious matter for country lawyer
TO gIvc two wears of his lltc tn the political
business ii haud but i We don I put
serious men with Serious purposes and
serious methods to the matter there Won
hc any lacuean institutions ior the
Republican party to ~aNc that party oi
course beng regarded bv the speakUr aS
having hall nel~onpd the stock 81 .Amcri-
can SERIOUSNESS
And moreover, hr went on, that party
wa~ united from coast to coast which
vas a> far a. hc got just then III the matter
of mentioning 10 tie Ianchcrs the fish
plate he'd brought here for Delaware
Republican lratkagc lie had seen and
talked with Roosevelt, TAFT Hughes
Root Wh3man Barnes and all the -
varieties If Republican and all had SAID in
effect that they only had 70 tx shown the
wheel ana to il thev would adjust stalwart
shoulders and give 4 grand yo-heave-ho
after Which there would a- such thing
left uncapsIzcd IS a Democratic apple
cart or a stone not rolled aWay IRON the
path Of preparedness for peace and re-
construction
Then NJ HAYS went into recent events
political n NiscorsIn for lenrQof bEsI5.-
ON0 ard a governor reelected ln Maine for
he tirst time for q coon ; age. And MS
led up 10 telling the assembled Republic
ans Of Delaware where heir station Vas
and where they might get off He leaned
across the table where eTstwhlle he had
g:stronouucallv cousurtcd with chicken
4 Ia king. etc, and shook long slender
fingers al them while he clipped his words
stacc.sto impressive What YOU men NAV
10 right here may determine the III
fiuences that control the making over of
the government Delaware Is great
state Il is small in area. but il i big IN
deeds lou must, yoa must carry oat
your individual responsibilities
For an eye-bat he stopped and then
out came the fsh-patc and the bolts
Forget your YESTERDAY. This senatorial
election will shape the dcstlnies OF the
country for a hundred years to come
That was The re4I peroration. the bulls
c}c. the matehlck. oi Mr Hay 5 talk, and
he lei it sink IN While ne told story about
an Austrai il oHlcerhe had met who told
him Of seeing i great bloodstain on the
floor of q despoIled French home and had
been told by the Frcnchwoman who lived
there that it marked the spot, lndelible
-, Lcr scrlbbiu0 tluforgetfablp In her