The Washington herald., 1916-10-27
Result Never In Doubt.

To be sure, there nave Deen develop
ments and disclosures that have tended to
bring this underCurrent to the surface,
but it is my candid judgment that the
result never has been in doubt. In say
ing this, do not underestimate the value
OF the work that the friends and sup
porters of the President, and Democratic,
Progressive and Independent organiZa-
tions have rendered in this campaign, and
will render up to the closing of the polls
on election day. The activity Of this
legion of loyal men and women has been
Of inestimable value in combating the
OnsIaughts of the opposition, and disprOv-
ing their absurd claims and charges.
DO not wish to be misunderstood as
being overconfident I am not deceived
as to the value of external vigilance, nor
the worth of unremitting labor. I am
not insensible of the methods and char
acter of the campaign of the opposition.
While I scarcely could be more confident
of anything than l am Of President Will
sons reelection, I am appreciative of
the importance of keeping up the fight.
Must Make Result Decisive.
We must make the victory all the more
emphatic and must swell the popular
plurality throughout the land and in the
electoral college. We must and will re-
elect a Congress in thorough sympathy
with the President, to cooperate in car
rying forward and perpetuating the great
accomplishments for the peace and pros
perity of tho nation. We must make TIE
result so decisive that there can be no
question as to the esteem in which Amer
leans hold the President and the Demo-
cratic Congress which has sustained him,
nor any doubt as to the repudiation Of
the conflicting and contradictory elements
composing the opposition
I haven't a doubt that the next Con-
gress will be Democratic in both
branches. Senator Salisbury, OF Della
ware, in charge OF the Democratic Sena-
torial campaign, and Representative
Frank f. DOremus. chairman Of the
Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee, have given me assurances that
convince me that the Democrats will
make substantial gains in the House and
Senate. The Senatorial and Congression-
al committees have worked in close CO.
operation with the National Committee,
and am personally familiar with the con-
ditions on which they predicate their
optimistic reports as to the complexion
of the next Congress.
Says Wilson VIII sweep Country.
As chairman OF the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, I am in touch con-
stantly and almost continuously with ev-
cry feature and phase OF the campaign
from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast and
from the Cadanian border to our south
ern boundaries. I have an abiding faith
in the character Of the reports that have
come to me throughout the campaign and
the value Of the news thsk is now before
me.
I am osnfrmed in the judgment that
the President will sweep the country by
a popular plurality that will astonish his
carping critics and the destructive ele-
ments composing the opposition. I await
the approach of election day and the
counting Of the ballots with eager antici-
patton. confident that the American peo-
pie will on that day affix their stamp Of
approval and endorsement upon the can
didacy of Woodrow Wilson.
The people are for Wilson because Will
son IS for the people, and stands for true
Americanism against the pussy-footing
attitude of his opponents.