The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-29
REPUBLICAN SUCCESS
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tOIlE II NCt'AI N''lA'NiSiir ISi' N'F>t1'A
cabinet. calling the best men Of the
nation 70 III" highest and most Important
Offices under him. without regard I" pol
IticS. He did nothing Of Ia" kind. In
the POSITIONS most vital 10 IN" conduct
nf the war. and IN tn" positions now
most important in connection with No
EutialIng pr;ICc. he retained or appoint
ed men without the slightest fitness
FOR the performance Of the tasks, whose
solo recommendation WAS 81 supple Gag
crncss 10 serve Mr.. Wilson personally
and Ia scrv" Mr.. Wilson'S party insofar
Us such service bcnclittrd Mr.. Wilson,
Lincoln And wilson.
Contrasting I'll" Pres dcuts appeal
with Linculu'S outright refusal, even
in the darkest days ct tho civil war. I"
apply any party test To fitness for
Offices" the Colonel said that Lincoln
appealed To- all loyal men Of all parties
and asked that candidates for congress
bo judged. not by tho standard OF adher-
unce to his personal administration. but
by their unconditional support OF the
war"
Election or 4 Republican Congress. the
colonel continued. would nc understood
abroad as meaning that the o-German
! and pac!fists and BolShevlsts and Ger
maaizcd Socialists could no longer be
counted upun as efficient and tortuous
tools that the lighting men and not the
rhctoricfans were uppermost."
Mr. Roosevelt interpreted the Presi
dents reference 10 the "anti-adminiS ira
| ton" attitude Of Republican members or
congress ms based on their demand
that inefflcicncy. waste and cHtrnvaE-
ance be rcmedcd" in. the war conducting
! departments,
Tho Speech.
THIS meeting Is held under peculiar
circumstances. If tho President Of the
Cnitod States Is right III tho appeal he
| has just made 10 the voters, then you
| and l. my hearers have no right to vote
at this election or To discuss puohc
! questions while the war lasts. II his
appeal :! is justified. only that fact!on
OF the Democratic party which accepts
towards the President the rubber stamp
attitude or complete scrvlGty is 'entitled
To control congress-; and no man who is
| 4 Republican, and no man whether q
| Republican or not who put loyalty 10
the people ahead OF loyalty TO the SER
want of the people, is 10 have voice
in determining the greatest questions
ever brought before the nation,
In this election appeal which the
| President has issued to the voters OF
| the country he states that he earn
| estly boys" the voters 10 return
| Democratic majority to both the SON
ate and the house of representatives.
and that although tho leaders OF the
minority in the present congress have
unquesliOnubly been pro-war they have
been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and that The
return Of Republican majority TO
either house Of congress would GER
tainly be interpreted on the other side
! Of the water as reputation OF my
| president Wilsons) leadership
| This is IN extraordinary document
! 1t Is an emphatic reputation and re-
versal Of the Presidents announcement
Of q few months back that politics is
adjourned" 1t casts the gravest doubt
on the sincerity Of that announcement;
| and indeed for tho last few months the
| Democratic party organization, acting
| with the support and direction OF the
| Presidents closet advisers. such es
| Mcssrs EurleSon and Crcel has been
working with naked eagerness for par
! ;isan success. and has 'displayrd q
! greedy unscrupulousness as TO methods
! ana a complete suhor,lina,Ion Of nation
! al interest no narfisau welfare never
| before known In our history during a
! great war. When this war broke out
! |. and all those who believed as did,
cast all thought OF politics aside ana
nut ourselves unreservediy AZ the SER
! vice nt the President. OF course IL Mr..
! Wilson had really. meant 70 disregard
! politics he would At once have contruc-
! ted Il coalition. non-part!Shn choihet
| calling the best men Of the nation Ia
! the hrcst and most important otflccs
! under him. without rcgrrd ~ politics.
! He did nothing Of the KIND. In IN" posi-
tons most vial TO the conduct oil the
war and in the positions NOW most inn
| portant in connection with n"S"uatinE
n.ace. he retained or appointed mon
w;,hou, the slightest fitness for thr
performance OF the tasks. whose sole
Recommendation was supple "aEerncss
TO serve MIR. Wilson personally and &c
serve Mr.. Wilson's party insofar as sucr
service benefited Mr.. Wilson.
l. am glad that Mr.. Wilson has now
cast off the mask. His appeal Is n"w
- puro partisanship. Ey his actions
| Isincc he announced that politics were
ndiourned) he had already rcpudlatco
his words: for he had already lnicrlerco
for purely political reasons IN inc elrc'
,inn contests in Wisconsin. Illinois
! Michigan and many other states. NO"
he openly by formal announcement re-
| pudiatcs all prctense Of putting tn'
public welfare above party No" n,
declares that this is party war 'he
! that the Republicans. although NJ an
mits that they have been unQueSt'"h'
ably pro-war," are In be cNc!udcd IRON
amy share in controlling the war.
Nor is this ALL He makes his apnca
on behalf Of the Democratic party. Hui
lowed the German ship down ana sa"
tit fall out of control. and as h" turned
he found five enemy planes diving II
him. Without hesitation he took th'
Eoffcnsire and fired two hundred round:
into enemy ships al not more IMAM III
teen TO twenty yards. tt" observed
tracer bullets entering the bodies Of thf
enemy aircraft hut owing to the Nlo
,ence of the combat he did not have
! tine IN observe whether any Of HI:
| force were shot down. Fighting vigor'
ously he succeeded In dispensing thf
! enemy ships and making sale lana
inr within his own lines, although MS
! own engine and plano were almost sno
| to pieces.
Home address: Mrs. ]. S. Alternately
West Pembroke. Maine.
Second Lieutenant Alan F. WINSTON
4. S. oath Aero Squadron. For extra
ordinary hcruism In action In the Tou
| ser,or on June 6, 1915. While on {
nntrol. consisting Of himself and two
other pilots, he encountered Il bi-r'an'
Of tho enemy at an altitude Of i.""'
meters, near St. Mihicl. France. IT,
promptly and vigorously attacked an'
after a running fight, extending far ~"
yond the German lines. shot his io'
down in flames near Thiaucourt.
Home address: W. Fl. Wiuslnw. 26%'
Hampden Court. Chicago. Illinois