Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-04
WAR NEWS, HELP
TO DEMOCRATS,
WASHINGTON VIEW
Will Have Commanding Effect on
Congress Contests. Party Lead
ers Declare; Victory to
Outweigh All Else
GREGORY UNMASKS I. r.

Washington Nov. 1.-The campaign
for the election of 435 members OF the
House of Representatives and more than
one-thir,f of the membership of the Senate
has about closed. with the armlstice with
Austria signed and Germany about To
Law down her arms-the big things that
President Wilson has been struggling Tor
in the last two months.
In the opinion of conservative political
observers the developments abroad can
not fail 10 have n commanding effect upon
the elections on Tuesday. and even Re
publican leaders lest night were concedlng
that il may be an issue which will be more
effective than the chief one advanced by
them, preparation for commercial war
following peace and reconstruction founded
upon protective tariff policies.
REPUBLICANs SEE DANGER AHEAD.
While the campaign managers OF both
major parties tonight persisted IN their
claims made Yesterday, conditions are so
unprecedented. with so many cross cur
rents and unfathomable factors prevailing,
that an accurate forecast of the elections
is next to- impossible Republican leaders
admit that the cessation Of hostlItlCs Ivy
Austria-Hungarv. soon 10 he followed by
Germany. Is to the advantage oi the
Democratic Party. and the leaders Of the
Democratic Party lest night said that the
international situation might have such
m influence on the elections rs To increase
the previously estimated Democratic
majoritics.
Homer $ Cummings Acting Chairman
ri the Democratic National Committee,
last night issued 4 statement making q
final appeal to tho voters 10 uphold the
President He said there was only one
issue in the elections, and that was 10
give President Wilson vote OF confidence
4 similar statement was made by Attorney
General Gregory. aS follows
HAS TIT ANrRICt FIRST.
The partisan issue WAS injected INTO
the approaching election 10y men who are
admittedly leaders of the Republican
Party nder the direction Of the President
the industrial and military forces OF the
United states have been mollhzed and
thrownint0 the contest with q thoroughnCss
and effectiveness which IL now admitted
hy our enemies. aS we'll rs our allies, and
which Is rapidly bringing the contest to a
victorious close
This leadership rs President Eliot |
has just SAID. has given the United |
States position in human affairs which no |
other nation has ever possessed. The |
President Is regarded hv the world aS its /
most influential citizen and by our allies |
as their chief spokesman. Nevertheless. |
Colonel Roosevelt. the accepted unofficial |
leader of the Republican Party in the |
United States, has found ln these great /
achievements nothing t. commend and I
has Scientifically, from tho outbreak of /
the war, devoted himself to carping tho |
,7eiouS criticisms oi all that has been done |
ROOSEVELT WORST or PARTS 4NS.
While untold lives and treasure and |
i@tr Of trCc peoples throughout tho |
fll depended upon American solidar- I
lt Colonel Roosevelt has ny every means /
II Ls> power sought 10 destroy the con- !
fdrucc rcposcd IN the poole in the |
President and - weaken the authority |
with which the latter Is clothed. In . more
subtle way the leader ot the Republican
PART il the Senate has pur~ ~ucd the same
course.
heretofore. these gentlemen could not
he sand to have occupied } more dCni-
fici position than the traditional dog that
b;.yca the moon ! very different cor
iition would arise il the party led by them
obtained control ot either house Of
Congress, wherc il could prevent the
passage OF legislation essential 10 tho
further carrying out Of the President 5
policies Il the leaders had been honest /
in their criticisms and demands tho
acCi.isi on ot the power necessary 10 make
those criticisms and demands effective
would no' lessen their lEsistrncc.
In his appeal 70 the voters Mr. Gum
mlng> SAID
SHALL WI HINDER WILSON
There i only one issue Shall VIC
hcip or hinder the President? He has
asked Tor vote Of confidence Shall
We give il TO him. There is not one Of
the allied countries England. Franco,
Italy or Belgium that would not give
Woodrow wilson a vote Of confidence at
this crisis Are We of the United States
less grateful or appreciativc? Under
his leadership the world is coming to
democracy by fast leaps. Throres are
tumbling. Dynasties are crumbling to