The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-15
WHAT THE ELECTION MEANS.

WHAT THE ELECTION MEANS.
The voters of the country have elected protection
republican plurality to the national house Of representa-
tves, and also protectiOnist republican majority to
the senate
The verdict of last Tuesday week ended one of the
bitteres although one of the shortest congressional CAM
pagns within recent years The exgencies and necess
ties of the compelled both Of the great parties to-
openly at least, discourage politics. For months the
minority in both houses of congress- and the republicans
in general refused to enter than formal protest
against anything the administration asked for and with
proud patriotism party, voted for the WARRIOR its
vigorous prosecution and in favor Of all the vast sums
of money asked for It will stand in history, to the last
ing credit of the protectonst republicans in congress-
that they restrained their partisan privilege to re-
markable and commendable degree The testimony Of
Mr. Wilson is that the republican party is and always
has been pro-war.
Let it be recalled that Mr.. Wilson's statement that
"potcs has been adjourned" was made in response to
the charge that the democratic leaders, and not the
publican leaders, playing politics. Mr. Wilson was
thus practically defending himself
But the scene shifted almost overnight when Mr.. Will
son. on October 3d. eleven days before the election with
warming appealed to- nay, practically instructed the
voters Of the country to elect democratic plurality to
both houses of congress- on the ground that failure to
do would be reputation of his conduct of the war;
and would hamper him in carrying out in Europe and
the United States his policies after the war.
The election Of November 9Th is not Reputation
of Mr. Wilson'S conduct of the war; but reputation
of his national policy and his program after the
The verdict at the polls will interfere in the slightest
degree with the successful prosecution of the to
surrender; in fact it will hasten eGrmany's decision to
surrender England France Italy and Japan understand
fully that the verdict of the American people not
against but rather for fight to finish, with no more
notes the notes of the buge and the The
Allies know full well that the American voters by turn
ing the control of the house and senate over to the
publcans after March A. 1919 simply decided that un-
conversation and negotiated peace" and when the
is the terms of settlement and the problems of
reconstruction should not be surrender of any portion
of our industrial and economic independence but a
strengthening of BOTH The election simply means that
plurality of the voters in the United States do not
dorse Mr.. Wilson's reconstruction program. They pre-
fer to temper with the practical and conservative ideas
of others.
The will probably end before the congress
sembles and organizes March 4, 1919. The final
peace terms however which WILL in large degree shape
reconstruction for the coming years. may not be agreed
to for months The central powers, the Allies as well
Mr.. Wilson, realize that no peace can be ratified
and reconstruction policy shaped and launched that
commits the United States free trade or anything that
resembles free trade that surrenders to any nation
group league of nations right settle own
fiscal and political and economic problems as we see it
The verdict patriotic, American and Providentia
1t that the policy of protection to American in
dustres and American labor vndicated and will in due
time be restored