The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-15
War Makes Political Parallel
Presid Dental
Race Like That
"a Years Ago

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Philadelphia, June 10 - The
Democrats seem certain 10 renoEn.
lnats the president. Preparedness Is
the order Of the day. Tie country
g worried about foreign influenced
activities. Mexico and German &C.
tivltieB IN Mexico are o problem, The
Republicans have been unable 10
agree on o candidate, The president
q being attacked % too pro.Ally,
Some say he 70 eager 10 get Us into
Q war. Others praise him for keep
ing Us out
but walt 0 minutel This 10
1910. And the sentences above oil
describe the pre-conyention days
Of the summer OF 1851
THAT uncanny feeling Of having
seen II oil before, which afflIcts
Americans born before 1900,
comes 10 the front In today's pre-
convention political activities as
strongly aS II does reading the
var news itself. The fate OF
France hung then on terrific bat.
tics around Paris, % u does today.
And worry about the war In
Europe, with nearspanic over
American unpreparedness gripped
the country then 10 now.
Secretary OF War Garrison had
resigned, unable 10 got presidential
support OF his continental army"
plan, and worried over the showing
OF the National Guard In the villa
expedition In March, 1915. ParadeB,
meetings and propaganda were Agl.
Eating for preparedness.
HUGHES WAS q. O.. p.
COMPROMISE NOMINEE
Everybody knew President Wilson
would DO FenominAted by the DEM
ecretg, re said In February, 1915,
that he would run, After Bryan 70.
signed o. secretary OF state In 0 diB.
agreement over tho Eusitania notes,
Wilson was In complete command Of
his party.
THE Republican "oid guard" reg.
uiarB were for Blihu Root. The Ted
dy" Roosevelt progressive wing hat.
ed Root. TO got tho party together
o compromise candidate was aeceB-
zary. He was found In Charles
Evans Hughes, who resigned from
the supreme court 70 run, Hughes,
Ike Tom Dewey today, had gotten
his political start Oh On aggressive
prosecutor.
THE compromise worked. Hughes
led from tho start, and on tho third
ballot OF Chicago, no won easily. 10
such O compromise COP candidate
appearing today, In such O form aB,
10Y, Wendell Willkie?
Wilson, aB expected, was nom
mated by reclamation OF the Bt,
Louis meeting OF tho Democrats.
The platforms were very SINH
isf Both promised strict neutral.
ity without sacrifice OF American
rights, Both adhered 10 tho Nom
roo doctrine and promised better
Pan AifiFecian relations. The only
platform differences were on tariff
and minor matters,
Foreign policy keeping out OF
War, and "Afneficanism" were the
real campaign issues. There was
no "Tifth Column" In 1915 by that
name, but the Same problem OK
listed. Wilson Feundly condemned
"aii alliances and combinations OF
individuals In this country Of
whatsoever nationality or descent
who agree and co1splFe together
for the purpose OF embarrassing
or weakening the government. ;"
President Wilson during the CAM
paign felt called on 70 disay0w spe.
ciacalIy tho support OF "hyphen.
ated" citizens, 10 jeremiah 0LeaFy
who had written him 0 note OF eoHs
dennation for being "pfopAlly,"
Wilson publicly replied, " would
feel deeply mortified 10 have you or
anybody like you vote tor nie,.."
DEMOCRATS GOT
PEACE VOTES
Though the Democrats did not
specifically promise 10 keep the
country out OF war under any and
oil circumstances, many voted tor
them, believing their votes were
Nevertheless the result was cot.
Whigkef close. Had Hughes not
ignored Governor johnson IN Gail.
foFnia, thereby alternating his pro.
eFegsive following therey no might
easily have won,
The y0te was 10 close that ai.
most oil Democrats conceded.
A full week was required 10 eeFtl.
~ tina eoilhk of i76 10 QSE AieaknFai
votes end e,ii6,2De 10 e,674,474 pop.
uiaF Notes.-The closest result since
the disputed Hayes-T election