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"J --.-"fc faSlKT- IMrfl), V T-.JM 11. MUMMT nMuwm. t.r4 - m - i i t( i1' v hft i ' W V-' h r I I-rfl. iff H 1 tf ?? , ii 'i ,f v w. tl.'- SfcS TOE RED CLOUD CHIEF )t4 Cloud. Nabraaka. PDBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY ttatf ed In thti I'Mtonico at Hca Cloud, Nob At Becond CI am Matter A B. MoAIlTHUR M. K, jUlGIiEY 'tnii.iHiiK.il MANAlKtl THR ONLY DKM00UAT1U I'AI'KH IN WKUHTKIt COUNTY These balmy sprlng-lUlu days iituncr ons local utniroda tuny bo si'cu elms tag the BprtghUy cotton tall nnd jnck , over the hills and using costly nmuni tton thnt possibly could bo used to n better advnntngo on tlio European firing lino (judglug from the number of shells taken out nnd tho foiv bun nies brought back) Likewise numer ous ."popular" gentlemen who hiivo been bitten by the political bug are preparing for n big spring drivo and within a short timo tho voter will bo the targo'. for tho hot air guns of the office' sebkers. We learn that a certain dignified, elderly gentlemnn, of tele phone fnnic, has doped out the sheet for the Republican party in this conn ty and left n blank spaco after County Treasurer. Wo are at a loss to know who will placo his tinmo on this blank Hue but until wo seo tlie smile ns bright as the morning sun and the nhako-brotlier-sbaUo expression on lib countcnanco wc will not acouso him of pursuing nny political phantom. . The Soward Trlbuno states that u new brand of thieves have been work Ing in that city, they having enteied tho high school building and "swiped" tho german language books. Wo aio strongly in favor of qonxlng them down -this way ns they may bo successful in doing what otliors have failed to dp by more lawful ntrd honorable menus prying so mo of tho school boards loose from tho idea that Iti order to becomo a thorp scholar and a success In this life, wo must master the Ittngungo of devil's only rival the kaiser. We con tinue to abstain from ment on meat less days; wheat on wheatloss days; spend sleepless nights trying to figure out how wo can pay tho grocer, the butcher, the baker, and still iiave two bits left ovor to buy a war savings stamp to help win the war and feed our soldiers and furnish tho necessities of life for those rendered homeless and left Blurring in order to satisfy the craving of the blackest 5ottl uvor boused In a human body and ntlhu same timo continue to penult his language to be taught to tho children,' some of whoso fathers and bi others may be compelled to give the last diop of their blood to help defeat this human riper who seeks to coiujuor the world By tho way what has iicoome of that petition bearing the names of no many of our patriotic citizens? Has it been placed in tho tiles of good deeds or the cabiuct of good Ictun tloi.s? WHICH? Why don't the Best ' rr,,,,, - t$. i in'flmbllfMi Sal The most important part of home equipment is the cooking range. Look at the range your wife or mother is using. Ask her if she is perfectly satisfied with it. Then come and see us. We will show you The Walls Are Tl SOUTH BEND MALLEABLE 3-Ply All-Ways TRINE KODAKS Better Kodak Finishing And Developing. .:. A Full Lino of Supplies 'i llOLLS DKVKLOPKnr-lOe ,fV MAIL YOUR ORDER TO US Stevens Bros. r." U ,. ,.... - It Ikcdincih and ttehooveth Mr. Wads worth, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. RooBCVclt and All Their Phon otrrnnhic Cult, to Chirp Like a Cricket, Not Roar Like a Lion. An editorial bv Martvn H. Glynn in The TimcH-Unlon, Albnny, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1018. Today the people of this country can bo divided into two camps. Those who Wanted war nt nny price. And thoso who hoped for peace, if pence could bo mnintuincd, without tho sacrifice of national honor. Now wo nro nt war nnd wc have the astonishing unomaly of the lenders of the "war buzzards" trying to gnaw tho vitals out of our commander-in- chief, while tho great majority of thoso who stood for peace, while pence spoiled honor, aro upholding the prcs hlnnt'n hands ns Aaron and Hur un sold tho hands of Moses in his battle with Amalck. Tho present volcanic attack against tho war policies of President Wilfibn is no hnnhazaru incident. It is a well lntrl nlnt. nliilv tmlnnrl nnd nfrntn- glcally timed. Its purpose, no matter now 'secretive Its sponsors, how insinr uating its 'methods, hoW seductive its arguments, is to give tnc republican party a majority in tho next house of ucpicscntativca ana to pave tno way for a republican president in 1920. From n political point of view this mny bo tolerable; fiom a patriotic aspect, in a national crisis liko this, it is odious and detestable. The business of the nation today is to win the war: und tho nolitical lead eds, who for natty gain or personal aim lay the slightest obstacle in tho way of tho happy consummation of this business, clothe themselves in n dlnuolicnl livery and sui round tlicir political machinations with a brim stone scent, a sulphurous odor offen sive to people who revolts patriotism in politics, but abhor polities in pu tt iotlstn. For months Colonel Roosevelt has been injecting politics into tho war through Iu'h ui tides in tho Kansas City Star and Metropolitan Magazine. With diaft and caution ho has planted a bomb intended to blow President Wilson out of political existence, and in tliis "Guy Fawkcs" plot he has had the unctuous assistance of Senutoi Lodge of Massachusetts and thecrafty support of Senator Wadsworth of New York. But cunning nnd un etuou'sness cannot win a contest liki this. The mountain of truth is too big to ho discolored by such daubing brushes; the facts too potent to be minimized by impish dissimulation or distorted by cunning castigation. The Bible says lie who draws the sword shall perish by 4he sword. Well, Roosevelt and his followers first drew the political sword in this dis pute, and with their assumtivc valor they should not cry for quarter before the blade of their own rapier. For sixteen years before the pres ent domociatic administration the re publican paity was the custodian of the welfare of this nation and in all these years it did little to put this cbuntry on a basis of! adequate prep aration for war. G rover Cleveland started the American navy on its way to imperial strength; but Theodoit Roosevelt, as president of the United 'States, inauguaitcd a naval program You buy her Range? The Oven Is Air Tight Range Preferable Your Hard wareDealer Thm Hamilton - Cathor Clothing; Co: Everything a Man or Boy Wears Ked Cloud Nebraska i ' ?3,'rt'"" '-'.'W'."ll''TJ"'l"" " ' that curtailed" tho Cleveland policy. Great ns our navy is today, it would be 4far greater "still if the policy of Cleveland had prevailed and tho plans if ftoosevclt buried in the bottom of tho sea. And ns it was with tho navy, so it wnB with the army; for Theodore Roosevelt loft the army of tho United States weaker than ho found it seven years before. No sooner, however, had Woodrow Wilson, with his panoramic view of the History ot tlio worm in jicncc Htnn nml In wnr-timc. Ills thorough kn&wlcdge of democratic aspirations nnd economic possibilities, his sym pathy with the masses nnn ins consid eration of the classes no sooner had he become president of tho United States than the wheels of progress were set in motion to equip this na tion ns years before she should have been equipped for tho solution of pressing notional problems and the Handling of contingencies of an inter national nature. .... The rehearsal of all tho legislation of President Wilson to carry out this progressive program would bo super fluous hero. The world knows it bv jicail. I It , ens,ui)C3, hiuw O; , splendid rilnrit Hi thn annuls of statesmanship : ."In- : v.' 7..i..i.i.iii ..... i.i.1. i.e iiJ. 11 IStllie uniJlibuiKuun; iiiumim ui int,' democratic yearning with which the heart of mankind throbs nnd pulses today. And it carried Woodrow Wil son to a wonderful victory in 1916 ugainst un avalanche of money and a labyrinth of intrigue. His federal reserve bank law, which Mulhall, the famous English econo mist, said was worth more to the world than tho Panama canal, saved this country, witli the advent of the war, from tho most stupendous panic in the history nnd enabled us to ride the tumultuous waters of "world war" finance with hardly a squeak or a tremor of our old ship of state. With out this federal reserve bank today tho United States would be grinding nnd pounding on the rocks of disaster. Nor is this all. From a vision almost prophetic came the federal revenue bill, which wrung a lordly portion of governmen tal revenue irom internal taxes in stead of from tariff imposts, which tinder the baneful influence of war dwindled to a sum insufficient to pro vide lubrication for our gears of gov ernment, let alone jirovidc fuel for tho treasury boiler that makes the wheels of national life go round. Our national experience, since the war stalled, must carry conviction to every fair-minded American that for those two measures alone wo owe an ineffable debt of gratitude to the wis dom and tho statesmanship of Wood- row Wilson. And of our military realm wc have the self-same tale. Theodore Roosevelt may indulge himself in all the weird juggling of language that pleases his fancy; he may insensate himself in such in spirational riot of emotional frenzy as may give fire to his tongue and flaro to Ins imagination; but the fact remains undeniable, ineffaceable, irre movable, that in two years of antebellum- days Woodrow Wilson did more to put our army and our navy on a footing for war than both William Howard Tuft and Theodore Roosevelt did in tho whole eleven years of their supine reign. During these two years nrcnarcd- ncss for a possible war-was pushed by. rroBuicnt wuson as last. ai tnc sen timent of the country would normit and quite as fast as even the most violent of ins present-day "critics then deemed expedient or politic. Sildcnly, howcyor, conditions cre ated by the autocratic dogmatism of Germany disregarding treaties und throwing promises to the winds, hurl ed us into tho seething whirlpool of tnc war. i ncn tlio very men who had been at the helm of the ship of state for sixteen years, the men whoso pol icies had weakened tho army and stunted the navy, began to howl be cause we could not eouin a million men over night and put them in the trenches of France 'in a day. They forgot the experience of England: they forgot tho experience of Franco; they forgot their own neglect of our maitial strength; they forgot every thing but their own personal adver tisement and their own political ad vancement. Mythology tells us that Minerva .sprang full-armed fiom tho mind of Jupiter; and, dispite the fact that the age lor mythological miracles has passed, these acrimonious out of inl and by some sort of prcstidigitorial art transform a million civilians into full-trained soldiers between the sink ing and the rising of the sun. What these critics hnd failed to do in six teen yeArn, they insist'thnt Woodrow Wilson should do ill Hivteon ilnvn. Thn wind listeth in the night, tho dew falls, the stars came out, tho moon works her magic charm nnd behold at dawn a fuligrown musluoom whitens tho lawn where at sunset only an em bryonic stalk snuggled in tho grass. This is the kind of marvel, this the kind of impossible legerdemain that colonel Roosevelt and his school de mand should bo duplicated in our mil itary world. They demand that an in vincible army bo created over night out of wind und dew, starlight und moonshine. Hut they fail to provide tho Aladdin's lamp with which to work tho miracle; they fail to furnish the necromantic uit wherewith to ram into a night the task of n decade. And this miracle, too, thoy demand in tlio teeth of tho hoary-hcadod truth thnt from the days of Washing ton, Fianklin and Adams this nation has set its fucu against a militaristic poncy. a largo army, a potential military establishment, has been the ghost that has given this country sleopjcss nights for MO years a fictitious ghost, perhaps, but never theless n ghost hypnotic in its influ ence and awesome In its sway. And tho navy, too, has been hampered by a short-sighted sentiment of the grent interior part of tho country, whose congressional loprosentativca persis tently opposed largo naval approp riations from fear of retrenchment against tho "homo town" projects of their own natiyo hcaits. For this in grnncd icpiignanco to a big army, nn adequate navy, ncithor tho republicans of today or the democrats, of today aro to blame. Tho fault lies at the door of tho predominate sentiment of the nation since 177G. And as wo have sown, so today wo reap. Gqneral Winflcld Scott, one of the world's greatest soldiers, compressed an historic situation- n n nutshell When he saidj "Republics arc never riv ' prepared lor war." Tno business of republics ia pence; the business of autocracies is war. Autocracy lives by tho sword. The father and grandfather of Frederick the Great said to) Frederick himself said so; and so snith the kaiser and the crown prince, too. A love nnd n craving for peace, however, form the very genesis of a republic. To this genesis republics are true; from this genesis republics iii-pun. oniy at me can oi honor or the cotnmnnd of necessity. Hcnsc it is, though critics may for get, tlio people remember, that in eight months of war the United States under the leadership of Woodrow Wil son, nas none twice as much, nnd even more, than England nnd Franco did in tho concsponding period of time. The accusations, the , exaggerations, tlir llililirntlnncj thn illslniHnnn r -.. ,1, , - Miuwi.iuiil) ML CUT, pcrcilious censors and envious-fanged (iiuiciiuiurB oi ins wiisoman pollens Wnnr Ptlrli n fllmav crnaomvin.. n,r ..:.. ns to expose this political plot in all us naxca niacousncss. We make no claim that tho admin- Ifttrntlnn lin'a ri-nnlrxl mmLnmn .,..1 cucumbers or performed f6uts beyond do'maihtaim hat its cfTorts have been nmnzinfr; iln nrrnmnllahmnnta yr.nA compare in the history of modem war faie. WO liaVO not ivllfnnpd ihn bnten.. Vet: but Wn will whin him If Knlnmnl. nting critics do not dampen tho fires ui unuiuBiusm or grease tno tracks whereon must ride oir national char iots' of war. Wc have more men in Franco today than Roosevelt knows or Germany suspects nnd a million more nro wuiting for the ships. We hnve an army ho well cared for that the death rate in our ranks for the four months ending Jan. 1, 1918, averaged only 7.5 per thousand a death rate, mind vim Inau ilmn th dentil rate for men of a like nge in lii'ucciiii avocations at home. Compare this with the death rate of 20.11 per thousand under ilu tmnrl ill mnni.. lican rule of the days of the Spanish American war. Compnre these figures and tlien applaud the Roosevelt char ges if you caul True, we have made some mistakes, but m the magnitude of our undertak ing some mistakes were inevitable, unavoidable. In balance though with the wondrous'achievements these mis takes have been trivial and not worthy of the attention of the men who mini mize their talents by trying to mag- uiiy inuiu inns iiuo mountains. And, furthermore, unlike the Span lsh-American war in whtnli Mi- nn., volt was a king pin: YV c have no army contract scandals. We have no embalmed beef horrors. Ve hllVC lin fnt nlil rmnni-nla crntn.. to war in carnages and leading battle - Kva i rum easy rocKing chairs. . Y e have no unpleasant gossip about the anuointment of political generals and society admirals. We have no round robin letters from presumptuous nnd inferior officers de moralizing discipline and exalting self. In the face of these facts the wild rantings of Roosevelt and his fellow political conspirators are boomerangs pestilential to the cars and revolting to the sensibilities of others but harm ful only to the men who hurl them. On thn pstlmntinn nf t1imtnrtiff.il nnnntn Ithesc.critics make no indelible impres- "'"" ,yiu 'ny runic inc. suriace of the ppdf of comment but they stir not the depths of public opinion. And with Roosevelt, Lodge and Wadsworth as the great creators of this curtain Of CamntlflllOTi nnlitirnl flw. fA U !. tissues of ambitious misrepresentation tumidi juy me sinister winds of polit ical oratory there stalks forth from memory's closnf tlm ct-nint ne ai ger s embalmed beef with its concomi tant stench; there looms into view the commander of the United States for ces m Cuba too fat to ride a horse going 10 battle in a carriage and lol loping in a portable bath tub while our soldiers hnd no medicines, to con- ivA01' trnic ilIs; thoro lnis '"to view this self-made commander of the Uni ted States forces in Cuba fighting his battles from Hin snnninno fnl.lx r f-oporific hammock, while the stupidity .inn kaiuiuusucss oi an lnetiicient mil itary medical force our soldier boys found t.vnhnffl fm-nv niA .!,.. M.. II '.. . .....,.. mvii; ui-miiy ui;il l bullets from the Spanish guns. And so, in view of these verities which no political manipulation can scratch from history's page, in view of tlio official funereal-hued glories and the official scarlet-tinged scandals of the Spanish-American war; in view of Alger's embalmed beef of odorifer ous memory; m view of inferior ships UUrchnsod hv tVin f!nvni-nmont nt- r... perior prices; in view of the stigma and disgrace that typhoid fever killed more man apanisn bullets sent to their grave; in view of tho cable which Dewey cut to save the Navy from the mnlofif infliipniA nf mnnhlLm. i:il. ill.. W.WIHIMII jiuiiuta at Washington; in view of army con tracts which brought a blush to the cheek and rage to tho heart of tho muion: in view oi mo attempt to uc nrive Schlov nf IiSr aVinvn nf tlm !.... in the Santiago victory; in view of the iui,iui-jiiui.-iiu Ktmcruis crenieti as a sort of "iron cross" reward for scr- VlrPH l-pndpi-Pll tlin irnnil nl.l .... 1.1 !.,.. . .- .w,.., ..w bwwi, vm tu-truuiikuii party on many a bloodless field of pol- itict ui view, in line, ot tno bathos and pathos of flagrant republican mis management in the Spanish'-American war, it becomcth nnd bchoovcth Mr. Wadsworth, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Chamber lain, Mr. Roosevelt and nil their phon ographic cult to chirp liko a cricket not roar liko a lion. Omnha Ncbras kan. 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