Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-29


American people with reference to the
election OF Democratic representatives
and senators next Tuesday and the
| Republican reply thereto. is Of only
academic interest in this part of the
country. We are all Democrats down
this way, and are very well pleased
with the way things are going: but at
the same time We recognize that If we
were not pleased we have pretty
poor way of helping ourselves. The
only candidates in the election next
Tuesday will be the regular Demo-
cratic candidates. and ii is that or
nothing. But really and truly We do
not want anything else for represen-
tative. Hon. w. F. Stevenson was the
deliberate choice of large majority
of our people from among the very
best there are to choose from, and of
course nobody wants to vote against
him. Mr.. Dial Is the choice of a ma :
jority between what most people have
regarded as three evils, and while very
few are satisfied with what they are
called upon to do in this particular
case, there would be no disposition
now to depart from the nominee of
the party no matter who might offer.
But all this does not prevent indirid-
ual consideration Of the president
address to the people and the Repub-
lican's reply thereto. Take the pres
ident's address from beginning to end,
purely on it's merits as shown on the
face thereof, and it is strong docu-
mcnt The plain English OF II Is: 81
have for some time been engaged in
what is a mans job, of n very ticklish
character. involving the present and
future welfare of the American people,
and this job is now in such shape as
to make interference with il extremely
dangerous to the public welfare.
have still lot of work to do, and in
the meantime the American people arc
requested to elect only Democrats TO
the house and senate" That looks
reasonable enough. and the people of
the American people do just that. But
that the Republicans should not be so
agreeable Is quite natural. "The peo-
pie are the bosses of this country"
they say. and I'VE represent major
ity of the people," Although the DEM
ocrats are in n majority now in both
house and senate. they are there be-
cause of Republican votes. But don't
claim too much for these Democrats.
because their leaders on the military
affairs committee Of the house, on the
ways and means committee of the
house and in the speakers chair have
done everything they could to hamper
this war, and besides all that the rec
ords show that all along the president
has gotten more support from the Re-
mblicans than he has from the DEM
ocrats. These Republican leaders
seem to think that notwithstanding
the presidents professions OF disin-
terested concern for the welfare OF the
country, he Is more concerned In har-
ing his own party in the saddle than
he Is in having the Republican party
in the saddle and that this whole
proclamation is more in the line Of
seeking party advantage than II Is in
the line of promoting only the highest
welfare of the nation. AS to how the
thing is going to turn out next Tues
day. we do not know. or course for
purely partisan reason, we hope the
house and senate will continue Demo-
cratic. But we are glad that We do
not feel about the matter as the presi-
dent feels because II we did feel that
way we would be very much alarmed
on account of the probable fate of the
country in case there should be few
more Republicans in the house and
senate than Democrats. AS the thing
stands. we do not think the country is
in any more danger than it has been
all along.