The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-27
WIN The WAR CHIEF
ISSUE In MICHIGAN
Republican Convention Hits
Henry Ford as Pacifist and
Soldiers Foe.
NEWBERRY Is INDORSED
Chairman Hays Assails Oliver
of Cash to Aid "Hunnish
Hounds Of He'll"

GRAND RAPrps, Sept 26. - Patriotism
was the dominant theme at the Republi-
can State convention here to-day. Reso-
buttons demanding that the war be
fought to a victorious finish and a con-
elusive peace were adopted.
All of the speakers, including VIII II.
Hays. chairman of the Republican Ma
tional Committee; United States Senator
Charles e. Townsend and Gov. Albert M.
Sleeper. declared the surest means to
this end was the return to power OF the
Republican party.
Present holders of State offices for
which the convention met to choose cam
didates were renominated by acclama-
ton. They were Secretary Of State
Coleman c. Vaughan, Attorney General
Alex Groesbeck. Auditor-Goneral o. :.
Fuller and State Treasurer Samuel Odell.
Henry Ford was criticised as a Sena-
! torial possibility. speakers terming him
pacifist who opposed war and an unbe-
| lever in the American soldier.
Reference also was made indirectly TO
Mr.. Rord in the resolutions adopted
| They advocate an amendment to the pri-
mary law to prohibit a man from seek
/ ing Office on mora than one ticket. Henry
Ford in the August primaries made the
Senatorial race on both the Democratic
and Republican tickets.
Expenditures in the primary campaign
Of Truman II. Newberry, tho Republican
candidate for Senator. were declared by
| Senator Townsend to have been tusthed
by the fact that "the honor and patriot
ism OF Michigan we're at stake as well as
the Senatorial nomination"
War Used for Partisan Purposes.
Charging that the Democratic party
had attempted to use the war for
partisan political purposes, National
Chairman Hays urged that the war be
kept out OF politics and that PARTISAN
ship be kept out OF the management
declared. should work together to a
common end--peace with victory.
The national chairman refered to
the recent Republican victory in Maine
and characterized II as Names reply
to the Democratic attempt to use the
war for partisan purposes" Continuing
he said:
| The Democratic National Committee
says that the election OF Republican
Congress would be "A source of comfort
and citation TO the Kaiser and his CO.
horte.' Against this unpatrlotic conduct
OF responsible political organization
l protest. not as a Republican but as
an American. We seek in vain to un-
derstand the mental gymnastics OF those
who can see comfort and citation TO
the Kaiser in the election to the Senate
OF Commander Truman II. Newberry.
as against Henry Ford--a man who Is
said to have spent thousands Of dollars
in a propaganda for peace at any price
after the slaughter OF innocent men.
women and children by Hunnish hounds
of hell.
This IL no time for Iittle things All
the organized diabolical forces OF a
scientifically trained brutality are nj
the throat OF this country. In the name
| OF every American soldier in France
appea! for the support of the coun-
try's cause by all men and women with
out thought OF party"
Townsend Assails Democrats.
ministration and Henry Ford as a
Senatorial candidate was coupled with
a vigorous defence OF the Republican
party's war efforts by Senator Townsend
Senator Townsend charged the Ad.
m.nistration with inexperience. ineffi-
cheney and vaci,lation. arSd declared tina,
although President Wilson told Congress
politics had adjourned, Democratic
politics never was more active than
Wnen the Tresldent sent Tor Henry Ford
"a man, he said. who opposed war and
who felt soldiers were murderers.
and invited him to become q
candidate for the United States Senate
Crit!cising the Governments pub
lIcitv policies the Senator said:
THE acts OF the Government in pea q
and in war should be known to the
people It is their business and all tn.
truth and only the truth should b,
given them To-day our press is gagged
and some Of the most reliable news con
corning the war comes to ue through
Canadian papers Tho Administrator
issues a newspaper IN charge of a mar
who has been known for years az
Socialist. and 1t Is a proven fact thai
gross falsehoods have been knowingl,
published by him.
The Republican party should be re
turned to power. the Senator said. no
only for the successful prosecution o.
the war but to safely guide the nation
through industrial and internationa
difficulties that must be met with sftel
the war.