Arizona republican., 1918-10-28
W|LS0NOEFENDS HIS APPEAL BY
 V|R|LE LETTER
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Ho-
 mer s. Cummings, acting chair
 man of the democratic national
 committee, in a formal statement
 tonight, charged that the nations
 selfish interests are seeking to get
 control of the government by
 eIectinq a republican congress next
 month, and asserted that the
 country will be appalled, when it
 learns of the money used for the
 purpose.
 Mir. Cummings said that at a
 recent meeting of Kentucky re-
 publicans at Louisville, Chairman
 Hays of the republican national
 committee said two additional dol
 lars from the party's national fund
 would be provided for every dollar
 the state republicans raised, and
 that later the state republican
 committeeman promised an addl-
 tiona dollar. The Kentucky re-
 publicans decided to raise S4o,0OO,
 he said, indicating a fund for use
 in the state of $160,0O0.
 Letters said to have been sent to
 1900 persons by the republican na
 tional committee on May II. MT.
 Cummings added, asked for indi
 vidual contributions of S1,000 each
 to the general campaign fund.
 LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct 27-John P. Haswell, chairman of the republican campaign committee in Kentucky, to- night denied the assertion of Homer S. Cummings, acting chairman of the democratic national committee, that Chairman Hays of the republican na- tional committee had at recent meet ing in Louisville, promised large con- tribution to the republican campaign funds in this, state. MT. Haswells de nial, in the form of formal statement follows:
 q was present at the meeting Chair man Hays attended in Louisville. MT Hays made no statement at all about any contributions, nor has the republi- can state committeeman made any such statement as attributed to him
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Secretary Tumulty tonight made public letter he has written at President Wilson's direction, to the Cuyahoga county re- publican committee at Cleveland, Ohio in which he replies to protests against President Wilson's appeal to the cOun- try to return a democratic congress, by recalling quotations from utterances by Colonel Roosevelt, former President Harrison, Senators Lodge and Penrose and former Senator Foraker, in the campaign of 1898, at the close of the Spanish American war.
 The Cuyahoga county committee tele- graphed the White House taking issue with the presidents statement. Secre- tary Tumulty writing at the president direction, simply commended the state ments he quoted.
 The first quotation was from COlone Roosevelt, identified as republican can didate for governor of New York il 1898. It said:
 Quotes Roosevelt
 Remember that, whether you will ol not, your votes this year will be viewed by the nations of Europe from on, standpoint only. They will draw nC fine distinctions. A refusal to sustain the president this year will. in theil eyes, be read as a refusal to sustain tn, war, and to sustain the efforts of oul peace commission to secure the fruit, of war. Such a refusal may not incon ceivably bring about a rupture of th' peace negotiations. It will give hear to our defeated antagonists; it vii make possible the interference of thos' doubtful neutral nations, who in thi struggle have wished us ill.
 You could not get the benefits of tn victories of Grant and Sherman, only b, selecting Lincoln, and we will gail less than we ought from the war i the administration is not sustained a | these elections
 The one from former President liar rison, pleading for the election of re | publican congress:
 If the word goes forth that the peo | pie of the United States are standing solidly behind the president, the tasl | of the peace commissioners will b easy; but if there is break in tn ranks--if the democrats score a tellin victory; if democratic senators, con gressmen and governors are elected Spain will see in it a gleam of hope she will take a fresh hope and a re newal of hostilities: more war may b necessary to secure to us what we hay | alrea dv woD