The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-04
STAND BY THE PRESIDENT.

TOMORROW is election day Voting is a duty OF cid-
lenship not to be taken lightly and a service to the
state and country which none should neglect It is also in
cumbt upon the good citizen vote for the best interest
Of the nation according his sober judgment This year
the president has appealed the people return demo
cratic congress Such request is not Unprecedented
is it partisan For those reasons and particularly for the
latter It deserves the consideration OF voters Of all parties
Similar calls for support made by republican leaders
in the days Of the Civil war and the Spanish american
war pleas based need for unity OF control rather than
hid for partisan advantage.
Il that need was great in those earlier periods Of stress
it is far greater today when the president faces problems
greater than ever before confronted an American president,
Mr. Wilson has askd this Endorsement time when ap-
proyal at home will mean much abroad and make for
smoother iunconng OF government at home lie has
asked IT, in word because is needed Il IS needed 20
expedite the winning Of the war and TO further the proc
gram OF eadiuslmcol and reconstruction which must ol
low the end oi hostihre,
SO other president ever asked 60 much Of hi, country
4, has President Wilson Huge armies and mighty navy
came in answer to his summons Money in enormous
food and fuel and labor he has asked and the country has
given And all Of his requests un'sli'h based the
needs Of the nation and suffering humanity overseas
American may a he proud Of their countrys response
these endcs, calls upon is resources patriotic and b
oying people they have given out Of their abundance
victory for righ, and acreascd hone Of lbet'y 70 all the
uhiuGated peonIc'
But the task 60 ably begun and carried so far toward
fruuou i' still incomplete The president ha, made an
other request uselish those which preceded it HI,
asks democratic congress that his hands may not he
lied nor obstructive and contentious tactics handicap his
efforts in the work still to he accomplished il all the
suits desired are to he obtained Those results ar, 50
large and nearly within reach that folly sub
j,c them TO hazard tights time
So far a, national issues are concerned and they tran
'snj all others IN this campaign tn, big question is
to whether the president is to he helped hndered
whether that leadership which has proved capable Is tc
continue unhampered and strengthened by what amounts
vot, Of confidence whether II is 10 b, hndered b,
partisan conditions at home time America needs 4
present united front to the world
Remember, when YOU go TO vote tomorrow and do no
fail to 60 that is not the welfare OF the president whose
high place in history assured for all time which is
aced by the possibility Of republican victory but the in
eress Of this country and its allies The victory for
which all have 'ryen the permanent peace for which al
longing hest he obtained by backing the president
as have stood by him from those early days Of 1917
when America entered the war II /, the way Of war ,c
unite nation nothing else can and that unity canno
Ne safely shattered by party prejudice or partisan differ
en-ss until the is and relations OF peace agair