Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-17
(Erom The philadelphia RecOrd)

Ipair. and spurred democracy on to
1t was wisconsin that p~rexented
iAmerica from resorting to the flu
tile e~xpedient OF raising a volunteer
army oficered by incompetent poll
~ticians. and compelled reluctant
traders and tricksters to adopt prin-
ciples of fairness and efnciency
Through the Selective Service act. 1t
was wisconsin that built 50 encamp-
ments. each to house 10000 men, in
90 DAYS. Wilson raised In a peace
loving. country 10000 armed men,
and transported 1000, 900 of them
l~across the ocean In an incredibly
brief period to roll back the German
hordes.
wisconsin raised $4,000 900 900
for the prosecution Of the war. and
expended s27, 900, 100000 Of 1t (the
remainder being lent to the Allies)
with such scrupulous honesty that
after devoting s2,000,000 of public
money to futile investigation parti-
san shopping committees were I'M
able to unearth a single instance OF
lcorruption or graft. oh, yes, there
was waste. When lives were worth
more than money. when victory was
depennent on haste, when science
moved faster than the almost super
human speed OF production, and fore
ed new inventions into obsolescence
when speed was at an incredible pre-
MUM, there was waste. But it Ill be-
comes the party which conducted the
lSpanish-American "a to mention II.
If there had been no waste there
would have been no victory. wilson
ism Is human. not divine.
wisconsin - selfish, arrogant,
partisan wisconsin, which robbed
the Republican party Of the glory
of the war-placed General John j.
IPershing, q Republican, the son-in-
law of Senator Warren, a Republi-
can enemy of the Administration. In
command of the American Expedi-
ltionary Forces. wisconsin placed
Admiral Sims, a lifelong Republic
can. in high command of naval OPP
erations in the danger zone. WILSON,
ism put Howard z. Coffin, Repub-
lican in charge of aircraft produce
ton; E. r. Stettinius, Republican, In
the War Department in charge OF
supplies: Major General Goethals'
Republican, in charge of shipbuild-
ing; Major General E.. H. Crowder,
Republican. in charge of the draft.
wisconsin made a Republican, Cen
eral Peyton c. March, chief of star
of the United States army. Wilson
ism turned control of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation over to Charles M.
Schwab and Charles Piez, Republic
cans. H. P. Dawson, Republican,
headed the Red Cross: Frank A:
Vanderlip, Republican, was placed
in charge of the War Savings Stamp
campaign; Harry A. Garfield, Repub-
ican and son of a Republican Pres
ident, was made Fuel Administrator;
Herbert Hoover, Republican, was
appointed Food Administrator. OF
eight members Of the War Trade
Board wisconsin appointed five Re-
publicans, and it gave hve u OF
eight places in the Council of Ma
tional Defense to Republicans. Re-
publicans seem to have had a very
fair share of the places of honor,
trust and responsibility in the mill
Itary and civil tasks incident to
prosecution of the war, but they l
not control the Senate or the House
DOWN WITH WISCONSIN!
wisconsin undermined German
morale. The Wilson notes, both
prior to and following u entrance
into the wharf.-the butts of unthink-
ing partisan scorn and derision at
home-sapped the foundations OF
herman militarism, until finally h
whole edifce crumbled into dust.
The German army, beaten to eartn
by the sledgehammer blows or
lAmerica and her associates In the
field, looked homeward for moral
and material support and found that
the forces upon which it relied had
caved In. wisconsin had DESTROYED
German faith that might makes
right.
creed of International faith embody-
ing the highest aspirations of n
best elements of the American peo-
pie. without distinction of party-a
program approved, before it was
made an issue of politics, by many
leaders who are now, for selhsh
reasons masked in a cloak OF pseudo
patriotism, its bitterest enemies.
wisconsin, single-handed, but back
ed by the worlds conscience, cram
med this creed down the threats of
unwilling European statesmen who
had hoped to set up On the smoking
ruins another edifice based on a
concert of power, secret diplomacy
and military supremacy.
wisconsin was handicapped in its
efforts to achieve an enduring peace
rather than a temporary makeshift
by secret plotting and open reac-
tionary defiance at home. Even
while the President was struggling
To commit European chancelleries
to the embodiment of the League
of Nations in the peace treaty, the
treaty wreckers in the senate
strengthened the hands of lustful
Imperialism abroad by serving for
. NAL notice that the senate would
vote down ratification. Notwith-
, standing this backfire. wisconsin
emerged triumphant from the Paris
conference. For the time being, the
power of enlightened public opinion
. was victorious. The suffering peo-
pies of Europe knew what they
J wanted; their rulers were afraid to
: deny it to them.
: wisconsin, having successfully
! prosecuted q war which ended in a
! blaze of glory for American arms,
4 thus successfully framed a peace
: which kept it's solemn pledge to the
people that the blood OF American
soldiers shed on the battlefields OF
France should not be spilled in vain.
Down with wisconsin and up with
Republicanism, which shamelessly
proposes the reputation of the ma
tons contract with the widow and
the orphan, the halt, the lame and
the blind!
WiIaonism has sought to lead this