South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-03
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PRESIDENT NEEDS YOUR AID.
Indiana Daily Timcs.)

Down in Washington they have placed Indiana in
the list of states "agin' Wilson" This is because
many of our representatives in congress and our
senators lined up with the so-called constructive
critics who haze harassed and embarrassed the presi
dent and the administration at every turn.
Is Indiana behind Priest Wilson? Are heart and
soul for aims he has formulated them?
Are ready go the limit with him in his conduct
Of the war?
1t is up to the people of the state to ignore the
politicians partisan political lines for the time be-
and convince the nation that really behind
the president in the program he is carrying out
How is such evidence to be presented? What will
he convincing testimony that we are in favor of giving
the president hand handle the situation
the interest of the thrilling ideals he has advanced
in aims?
obviously one thing We do is TO it that in
the November election no man is sent to congress who
has failed 10 give us convincing declarations
of his determination to stand by the president to the
finish of the
If in November it can be said that Indiana has sent
O Washington only who 100 percent for the
president and the war program, Will have done much
to the odum of copperheGdism from the state
But there is more that we can do. The newspapers
i'm Indiana begin to give the president of the United
states square deal They begin tell the truth
about the presidents administration and to pass on TO
the Indiana public inspiring message of the
democracya thing that TO be distinguished from the
democratic party"
The Indiana press with few exceptions is not telling
the people of the accomplishments of this admnisra
ton The subscribers TO this press can force change
newspapers outside the stateget the Washington
Post, the Louis Republic the New York papers and
Times and compare IT with of your other news
papers and when in these papers named you discover
interesting piece OF dealing with the accom-
plishments the administration ask the Indianapolis
News. the Washington Herald the Fort Wayne News.
and any of the 20 papers which ignor-
ing the real history being made in Washington.
why they fail 10 print these interesting stories.
Much Of Indiana doesn't what is going in
Washington because the Indiana press, whole,
isn't telling the whole story.
silence will not reduce Pres't Wilson to a small
in times like these. He is today recognized IN
| France and England and in the part Of the
United States head and shoulders above any other
leader world. Here Indiana. where partisan
spleen embitters newspapers that chey not tell
the truth dare tell all the truth. have not
appreciate the tness OF president
The hope cf the people in the United States
today Prest wilson Common people should be ag-
excessively supporting the president They should be
insisting that newspapers give him deal
and when i down politics. the common people
Indiana should that gets started
toward Washington who will before the start give
convincing pledge 10 ali the way with the greatest
I friend mankind has this mOmentous period in
the worlds history