Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-27
PENROSE GIVES
FALL ELECTION
WAR ULTIMATUM
Pennsylvania Senior Senator
Declares Politics Is Not
Adjourned

i Washington, June 81. - Declaring
/ that politics is not. adjourned. the
4 President to the contrary notwith-
4 standing. and that President Wilson
/ cannot expect to receive a third term,
/ Senator Boies Penrose, Republican
| National Committeeman from Penn
sylvania, stated that the Republicans
| propose to enter the approaching cam
paign in a militant spirit, with the
purpose of securing control of both
House and Senate.
"I shall be very much disappointed
| If the Republicans do not elect ma
| jority of the members of the House
| said the Senator. I'VE have a fighting
| chance for the Senate and will make
| some gains there, even If we fail to
| get majority at this election.
THE proposition of adjourning poll
tics during the war" continued the
Senator, ais a doctrinaire theory
chiefly advocated by Democrats which
does not prevail in any other country
Only a few days ago an antiadminis-
tration candidate was elected to Par-
| lament in a London district on a plat
form of open criticism of the Lloyd
George policy. not to mention anotner
I'm England organized labor has is
sued a manifesto to the effect that the
political truce must end. Al a recent
election in Hungary pacihst MEMBER
of Parliament was elected in opposi-
tion to the Ministry. All of which
goes to show that in other countries
the party spirit prevails and is given
full liberty of expression. Further,
there is not q country in Europe that
has not changed it's Government dur
ing the period of the war. Fhis op-
servation applies to England. where
Lloyd George succeeded an opposition
administration, and also to France and
italy. where there have been frequent
changes of Partnerships. Only yes
terday the Prime Minister of Austria
Hungary resigned, and even in Ger
many. the home of autocracy, there
have been numerous designations from
the most important posts in the En-
pire.
Must Face Responsibilities
"This is not Mr.. Wilson's war, nor
| the Democratic partys war. 1t is the
war of the whole American people.
and Congress cannot abandon its re-
sponsibilities or it's powers simply be-
cause we are at war. The only way to
the Constitution and by political par
! ties. There is no occasion for setting
up an autocracy in the United States.
"The logical justice of these conclu-
sions is best illustrated by the fact
that Mr.. Wilson cannot reasonably eN-
pect to be a candidate for a third
term. The Democratic party is on rec
ord in favor of one term for President.
All the precedents of American history
for nearly a century and a half indi-
people that two successive Presiden-
tial terms are all that should be al
lowed an Executive State Constitu-
tions in most states carry out the
same idea by declaring the Governor
Ineligible to succeed himself. OF
course, the Republican party will have
to maintain its organization at every
point and prepare for the next Presi-
Dental election when the American
people will be called upon to select
the men of their choice to conduct the
Government during the trying years
, ahead of us"
Expects Four Seats From State
AS at present constituted the SEN
ate consists of fifty-two Democrats,
! forty-three Republicans and one Re-
| publican Progressive. Senator PEN
rose believes the Republicans have a.
| fighting chance to win seats in New
Hampshire, Kentucky, Illinois, Della
| ware, Colorado, Kansas and Montana.
AS to the House, the Democrats now
have four more members than the Re-
publicans though there are four va
| cancies and several classified as inde-
pendents, Socialists. etc Senator Pen
! rose thinks there Is a chance of win
ming four seats in Pennsylvania, in
! the Sixteenth, Twentieth, Twenty
third and Twenty eighth districts.
| "The Republican National Commit
tee will cooperate with the Congress
| sional Committee to help elect Re-
publican majority in both branches
of Congress-" he said. "a strong. vi
riIe campaign is to be made all along
| the line"