The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-11-02
THE PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE

THE PRESIDENTS ATTITUDE
President Wilson has appealed to the
people to vote for men, and has made
the test that such men be Democrats,
rather than Americanism and loyalty.
Our Democratic friends are frantically
trying to find a precedent for the Presi-
dents attitude. But there is no prece-
dent. No President Of the. United States
has before made partisan appeal to vot-
ers. And the Presidents appeal is, all
the more striking and startling for the
reason that for year people have been
sch00led to obey every rule, order anu
wish of. the administration that would
tend to win the war, criticism has been
absolutely stffled and the people have
been called upon for absolute obedience
and now the President Of the United
States seeks to take advantage Of that
attitude and calls upon the voters to vote
for men whose qualifications shall be
party affiliation rather than loyalty and
service.
Our Democratic friends are pointing
to the fact that in 1893. Roosevelt and
Harrison made similar appeals for the
return Of Republican Congress. But
they do not tell the voters that the Demo-
cratic minority in Congress at that time
was openly hostile to the administration,
had refused to vote for a bond issue to
carry on the war with Spain, and were
making their campaign upon the alleged
mistakes of the administration. Just as
the Democrats of 1864 made their cam
paign against Abraham Lincoln upon a
peace platform and declared the war to
be a failure. Under those circumstances
there might have been some justification
for the President making an appeal to
voters, but nevertheless President Nc
Kinlay did not do so. He did not do so
because it would have been a breach of
confidence, and his followers at that time
did not do what the Democrats all over
the United States have been doing for
the last six months. $3.50
But the attitude of the President is
clearly portrayed by his record in poll.
tics. Last spring when Representative
Lenroot was candidate for the United
States senate against Mr. Davies, Demo-
crat, President Wilson appealed to the
voters Of Wisconsin to support Davies,
Notwithstanding the fact that Senator
Hitchcock the Democratic Senator from
Nebraska in a speech in the United States
Senate declared that both candidates
were loyal men.
The Democrats of Wisconsin during
that election sent out communication
to the Wisconsin soldiers in military
camps in which they said in effect: "Your
COMMANDMENTS Chief desires you to vote
for Davies FOR United States Senator;
Davies election means joy in Washington
and gloom in Berlin, Lenroot's election
means Joy in Berlin and gloom in Wash
lington." This fragrant violation Of poll
teal ethics was permitted by the Presi-
dent to pass unnoticed, but the voters re-
pudiated it at the polls.
President Wilson Is supporting Hen
ry Ford for United States Senator from
Michigan, notwithstanding Ford's peace
at any price policy; Notwithstanding his
unsavory record in securing his sons ex-
ernption from military service, and not
withstanding the fact that he declared
that "when this war was over he would
haul down the American flag from his
plants" but apparently solely on the
ground that Henry Ford has declared
that in all things he will follow the wisi.
and direction of the President.
Notwithstanding President Wilson's
blanket appeal for the reelection Of all
Democrats to Congress, he has singled
out certain Republicans for slaughter for
particular reasons, for instance, he wrote
a letter to Charles O'Conner Hennissey