Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-26
PRESIDENT APPEALS
FOR PARTY SUCCESS
INCOMING ELECTION
Declares Return of Republi-
can Majority Would Be Re-
pudiati0n of Leadership.
LEADERS OF MINORITY
ISSUE FORMAL ANSWER
Say They Have Supported Ad-
ministration's Policy Since
Beginning of War.
DEMAND SHARE IN BURDEN
VII. wilson Says IL Democrats Are
Defeated His Power VIII
BE Impaired.
DEMAND SHARE IN BURDEN
rBy Associated Press

il
pent Wilson today issued an appeal 10
1nc people 10 return Democratic Con
sress In the November elections IL they
approve Of his course in this critical
period
Return OF Republican majority 10
either House of the Congress. the
resident said, would be certainly in
terprcted on the other side OF tho Wa
Ter as reputation oc my leader
ship"
Inc Presidents action clcc,riiied re-
yicnns ynen at me Capitol. who prepared
party leaders in the Senate and House
ana the chairmeu az the Senate and
,.i,.n nepuniican congressional cam
me Hepuhlcan statement. declaring
me INC minority party IN Congress had
stuppotted stpp the administration policy
since the war with :, unanimity and an
absence OF criticism unprecedented in
hafty history. pointed TO the record
"PERSONAL WARr
on.ehuh, ~ not III. Presidents per
sonal war nor the war OF Congress
,, mor Of Gariy, but OF the American
peopIc' ana declared the Republican
naTtS representing more than half
nc ctizenship of The country, demands
Us riIhiiul share In the burden and
y.
Il given a majority in either on.
hoth houses, The leaders said, tho Re
publican party would drive forward
me war and hasten Victory and would
check tho waste now going on or
money given by the nation.
M me rresiient SAID he would acccp,
buiIhat IL II was adverse the power
to administer the great trust assigned
10 him would be seriously impa iseI
tfToiioWlng is the Presidents appeaI.
My fellow countrymen: The con
srcssionai elections are at hand They
occur in the most critical period our
face in our time. IL you have approved
or my leadership and wish me to con-
@ ,Inuc 70 oe your unembarrassed spokes-
earnestly beg tha, YOU win express
yourselves Enthusiastically to that ef-
iect by returning Democratic ma
o! Representatives.
II am your servant and Will accept
your Judgment without cavil, but my
power 10 administer the great trust as
signed me by the Constitution would
be seriously impaired should your judg-
tnent be adverse. and must frankly
ISSUES depend upon your verdict. No
scrup'es OF taste must in grim times
like these be allowed TO stand in the
way of speakin the plain truth
NO PARTY PARAMOUNT
IN MATTERS Of PATRIOTISM
II have no thought of suggesting
that any political party is paraInount
m matters % patriotism. feel too
deeply the sacrifices which have been
made III this war by all our citizens,
irrespective OF party affiliations. TO har
bor such an idea. mean only that
the difficulties aud delicacies OF our
present task are OF "a sort that makes
II imperativcly necessary that the ma
tion should give it's undivided support
crship. and that a Republican Congress
would divide the leadership. The lead :
crs OF the minority in the presen: Con-
sress have unquestionably been pro-
war, but they have been unti-adminis
trat!on. AT almost every turn since
we entered the war they have sought
conduct OF the war out OF my hands
and put 1t under the control OF instru-
inentalities of their own choosing.
This is no time either for divided
council or for divided leadership
Unity OF command is as necessary now
in civil action as ii is upon the field
and the Senate should be taken away
from the party now in power an OPP
posing majority gould assume control
OF legislation and oblige all action to
ton.
DESIRE TO CONTROL. RATHER
THAN SUPPORT PRESIDENr
The return OF "a Republican majority
10 either House OF the Congress would
moreover be interpreted on the other
side OF the water as a reputation OF
my leadership. Spokesmen Of the Re-
publican party are urs ing YOU TO elect
UP and support the President. but even
ii they should in this impose upon
some crcdulous voters, on this side
OF the water they would impose on no
ono on tie other side. 1t is well under
stood there, as we'll as here. that the
Republican leaders desire not SO much
10 support the President as to control
"The peoples OF the allied countries
with whom we arc associated against
Germany arc quite familiar with tho
lind it very difficult 10 believe that the
voters of the United States had chosen
TO support their President by electing
TO the Congress Il majority controlled
by those who are in fact not in SYM
pathy with the. attitude and action OF
ihe administration.
trymen. that am asking your support.
not for my own sake or for the sake
OF political party. but for the sake
inward unity Of purpose may be evil
dent 10 all the world. In ordinary
lines would not feel nj liberty TO
nary times divided counsels can be
endured without permanent hurt to
the country But these are not ordi-
nary times.
wish 10 sustain me with undivided
minds ! heg that you will say so in a
way Wnlcn " VIII not De possible to
misunderstood either here at home or
among our associates on tho other side
OF tho sea. submit my difficulties and
my hopes TO YOU.
WOODROW WILSON"
The statement issued by Republican
leaders In Congress follows:
sSome time ago the President said:
Politics is adjourned Now. in S the
closing days OF the campaign. delayed
al,ythe united efforts of all parties for
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