Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-11

acter of the demands of Republicans,
who defend the nations honor. when
q policy of hesitant watchful wdi.-
ing was pursued.
LAS they then demanded imme-
diate preparedness in the shape of
caution from high places not to be-
come nervous. and the assurance
from the same sources that We were
prepared for emergencies, we now
persist in our demands that the most
complete utilization of our resources
must be wisely applied TO end this
war, with victory in the field in the
shortest possible time. and in the IN
terest of .he sacred treasures of au-
man lives.
Impressive" says Penrose
Senator Penrose, who conferred
with Senator Lo odge and Representa-
tive Fess about political conditions.
said:
II share the opinion of Repubu
cans with whom I have talked that
the result IN Maine has impressive
significance. The Republican nomi-
nee for governor, who had many ele-
ments of weakness, and whose cleo
ton was doubted by some of his
friends, had a surprising majority.
In one Congress district where the
IepuuIlCdu was eleSlSu bMo NSatS
ago by 400 majority. the returns re-
ceived show a majority of 1000.
AN analysis of the situation leads
to the conclusion that what / conten-
ed did exist for some time and that
an inarticu!ate and unvoiced dissa tis-
faction with the methods of tneffi-
cheney of the Wilson Administration
and the Democratic party generally
in the conduct of the war.
There is no question about tha
absolute. unanimous loyalty of the
people to the government and their
every determination to wage the bat
tie to a successful and unquestioned
termination. This makes them all
the more anxious to have the govern
ment conducted on the highest plane
of efficiency.
The scores of petty autocrats
I who infest the Wilson Administra-
ton, with their ill-advised orders
and edicts. hampering the business
world, and harassing and. even IN
Sulting the businessman, has con
tributed TO this feeling.
Declares People Are Awake
The people realize at last the
dreadful deIlv even after the war
was declared i'll making military pre-
paration ana they are beginning to
AWAKEN the way III :" lllCH DlllllODS
of dollars have been wasted in bad
projects and squandered in ways that
at least are scandalous.
Most of the moneys by which
taxes are cheerfully paid comes from
the Northern and Eastern States
which are Republican strougholds. 1t
seems reasonable that Republicans
should have some little say as to
how these enormous taxes are spent.
I do not think this means that they
will take the earliest opportunity Of
forded them and that will be in the
November election.
The election in Maine prompts
the belief that Republicans will hold
what they have and gain a sufficient
number of districts to control the
next House of Representatives.
The same sentiment which caus-
ed Lloyd George to be placed in con-
troll in England in the early stages
of the war will be reflected, in my
opinion. in the November election
| by the voters of the United States TO
restore Republican control. The coll
! lection of pacifists. collegians, Social
lists and others who fill the depart
ments here do not inspire an undue
! amount of confidence in the peo-
ple.'"