| Show KEEP THEM APART one of the tendencies of the times in certain places that deserves to be frowned down Is that of making or seeking to make party capital out of the war it Is doubtless dou bt I 1 ess the case that the principal military and naval officers of the united state 9 have all 11 tl cal Inic l linings and preferences hag and certain that nearly all the rank and file have haive but very few however if any at all permit politics to interfere in the slightest degree with the hill full performance for mance of duty orders from the proper source are obeyed and the liti cal or other bias bia s ot of that source is not taken into consideration for a moment it is said that admiral dewey has democratic leanings it if so he is an american first and a party man afterwards if at all he did not pound montijos Monti jos fleet to pieces as a partisan but as an officer of the united states loyal to his country and obedient to the orders of his republican superiors perhaps there is a soul with heart so dead here and there as not to appreciate preci ate so de cidely proper a state of affairs but they are either very few and distantly divide d or their discordant singing is very low indeed A chicago the record takes the proper view of this it points out that the war was not dolt a republican war nor a democratic war it was waa an american war and as such it received the united support of the Amer american ioan people the effort to make such a war an a n issue in po politics Is ia regarded as likely to redound to the disadvantage of the party mat tries to degrade patriotism into partisanship the war is over it was supported by an parties and by citizens regardless regard lese of party while it lasted now that it la 19 sk a thing of the past the people will not relish ha having halving ving it made a cause of dissension and party bickering it is t EL a successful war wair inures ingres more or less to the welfare of the party in power whatever it may happen to be but it is also shown that it if the republicans try to make party capital out of it ft they will not succeed on the other hand if the democrats pursue a nagging policy and show that their chief concern regard ing the war was the fear that it might be beneficial to their opponents their fears are likely to be realized the record concludes as follows now that the war is over the candidates geould return to the discus discussion sUm of that should naturally constitute the issues of tibe the campaign had hsc there been no war the party that is in quickest st to do this and to turn entirely away from the war as a matter having anything to do with politics los will strengthen itself in popular favor vh people doubtless will be glad to tb with their votes any individual wel war heroes who may chance to be candidates like roosevelt in new york and aad Nf wheeler in alabama but they do 00 1 care to have the war spirit played goft by stay at home politicians tor for ta h own personal and partisan benell be 4 these words have the right ring tose those who W are glad the war to Is over chiefly because fit dt allows the different parties to have an unrestricted sweep in the coming campal gm W are sadly destitute of the primal principle which enters into the composition of all truly trul M national citizens let paul plant and apollos water let politics have its sphere and be kept out of every other ither 0 it appears to be true as a washington correspondent of the springfield republican says that so much money is piling up in the treasury through the war revenue act and war bond wes sales as to present a serious financial problem still secretary gage affects great uncertainty of mind as to the need ot of further bond issues is that papers paper cott COO clu dulion slon |
