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Show ADVICE IS GOOD, RUT IT IS TAKEN TO THE WRONG PARTY. At a midsummer outing of Massachusetts republicans re-publicans recently the, speakers with practically one accord advised the abandonment of pattisan politics in order to present a united front to the enemy 1n time of war. The advice was good i but it was taken to the wrong party. It is not i thu republicans who are playing politics with War and wnr conditions. They hnve surrendered partisanship in congress and have given constant und cordial co-operation to the president in everything that he has suggested as helpful to his war program. Indeed, without republican votes and without republican advocacy, President Wilson would havo been powerless to advance any essential feature of his war schedule of legislation. But his party, spurred doubtless, by his example in practice, if not in precept, has not displayed any inclination to abandon partisanship. Their majority ma-jority in both houses of congress has been employed em-ployed for partisan purposes. They have created offices by tho thousand and havo refused to permit per-mit them to be filled from very many civil service ser-vice eligiblcs. . These places have been filled by personal selection sel-ection of functionaries who 'he president hns designated and who are, vun few exceptions, democrats most ardent. When it becomes incumbent in-cumbent upon anyone to preach the doctrine of non-partisanship, the preacher should seek a congregation of democrats, not of republicans. He should seek to call not the righteous, but sinners to repentance. ' |
