The Washington times., 1918-11-15

FREDERICK, Nd, Nov. 13.-H.
Dorsey Etchison, an attorney OF this
city, twice defeated for Congress in
the Sixth Congressional district by
Frederick N. zihlman, and once de-
feated for the Maryland senate, de-
mands OF an ex-President Of the Uni
ted States, Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
an apology for a statement made in
the campaign which ended in the gem
eral election on Tuesday, November 8.
The following statement of the
Colonel printed in New York news
papers on November2 2, and which was
used by Republican leaders in the
local campaign, has aroused the ire
of the Frederick attorney:
81 rather admire the simplicity of
the gentleman in grounding his faith
in a Democratic victory on the belief
that more Republicans than Demo-
Gratis had gone in the army, and there
by lost their votes. wish IL under
stood that / am not responsible for
the statement as to the relative pro-
portion of Republicans and Democrats
in the army. 1t is this Democratic
candidate for Congress who Is respon-
sible.
~ would rather cut off my right
hand than make an appeal against
fathers and brothers OF fighting men
who happen to be Democrats under
the conditions, as they are now, and i
should think that eoery father and
mother in the land should rise up and
rebuke the appeal the President has
made, to put partisanship above the
independence Of loyalty to the coun-
try, including even the highest form
of loyalty which exacts the highest
sacrifice Of life for given idea"
Denies statement.
The letter of the Frederick attor-
ney demanding an apology from the
ex- President, follows:
November 9..191s.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt,
"oyster Bay, N. Y.
MY Dear Sir: .-
Il was the Democratic nominee for
Congress from this, the Sixth dis
trict of Maryland. at the recent cleo
tion and was defeated, having also
been defeated in 1916 by the same
opponent, Mr.. Zihlman. In both Of
the daily papers OF this city, in large
half page advertisements, prior to
last Tuesday. there appeared over
the name of the treasurer of the Re
County,
an account that you We're greatly in
censed when you learned that had
made an appeal to the voters in which
I believed 1 would be elected be-
cuse more Republican young men
had gone to war. Well, would
have been incensed. too, at myself
IL had either said. or even had In
mind the words or the thought such
words implied as construed by you.
"It so happens. as a fact. that I
did not use any such language, nor
did / attempt to convey any such
contemplate meaning, as the public
quotation of your criticism Of my
supposed language and conduct at
Rockville. Nd. given wide and promi-
nent circulation through the press.
would suggest
you are an ex-President OF the
United States, and l am only plain;
citizen OF the United States. but 1
will not permit you, sir. or any other
man. to put language in my mouth
/ did not use. Or inteEpret falsely
any meaning OF my mind and heart,
and supineIy stand by and suffer
IL to go unchallenged. The statement
of a newspaper reporter. a species
of genus homo you have had much
to do with in your public career, you
seize upon to viciously attack a man
whose inconspicuousness only en-
phasized your ignorance OF who he
really is. in order that perhaps you
may aid the Republican party, to
whose folds you have again wander
ed back for another Presidential
nomination. without knowing whether
the newspaper reporter told the
truth or not.
Calls IL Republican Lie:
brand the newspaper account n now,
both in substance and form. as a
faIsehood, as a Republican lie, and If