The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-09-20
FOLK URGES WILSON SUPPORT
IN MASTERFUL APPEAL BEFORE
The DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Senatorial Candidate Lauds Chief Executive
for Great Achievements and Promises
Hearty Support in All Endeavors
to Speedily Win the Wa

AAlS4ANdH peOple SLOOu ny GOIh
in the Mexican War; they stood by
Lincoln in the Civil War; they stood
by Mckinley in the Spanish War; and
the people of Missouri are going to
stand by President Wilson in this war
and give him the men whom he wants
to aid him in this solemn hour in the
great task that is before him.
Just after the conclusion of the
Spanish War, and while negotiations
for peace were still in progress, Col.
Roosevelt was a candidate for Govern.
OF of New York. In a speech he said:
Remember that, whether you will
or not, your votes this year will be
viewed by the nations of Europe from
standpoint only. They will draw
no fine distinctions. Your refusal to
support the President this year will in
their eyes be a refusal to sustain the
efforts of i peace commission to Sc.
cure the fruits of the war"
Former President Harrison, in plead
ing for the election of a Republican
Congress to support President McKin.
ley, in order that President Mckinley
might have the assistance of men of
his own aims and ideals, said in No
vember, 1898:
III the word goes forth that the peo-
pie Of the United States are standing
solidly behind the President the task
Of the peace commissioners would be
easy; but if there is a break in the
ranks, if Democratic Senators, Con.
gressmen and Governors are elected,
Spain will see in it a CLEAN of hope"
Col. Roosevelt was right, and former
President Harrison was right, and the
American people accepted their advice
and sustained President Mckinley by
sending men to the Senate and to the
House of Representatives of his own
party and in sympathetic accord with
him.
Col. Roosevelt and former President
Harrison were speaking of the ne
cessity Of supporting the President
after a war that had ended. What was
said applies with even greater force in
the midst of the greatest war that the
world has ever known, and while the
fate of America and the fate of civil.
cation itself hangs trembling in the
balance.
Applying the language of Col. Roose-
welt and of former President Harrison
to the present war conditions, the PEG.
pie of Missouri should remember,
whether they intend it or not, their
votes this year will be viewed by the
German rulers from one standpoint
only, They will draw no fine distinc-
tons. The refusal of the people of
Missouri to sustain the President this
year will, in the eyes of the German
rulers, be read as a refusal to sustain
the efforts Of the President to win the
war speedily and worthily. If the word
goes forth that the people of Missouri
are standing solidly behind the Presi-
dent the task Of winning the war will
be made more easy; but if there Is a
break in the ranks, IL the people of
Missouri do not select Senators and
Representatives of the Presidents
aims and purposes, the German rulers
viii be heartened and encouraged.
In a time of war, such as this, there
must be team work in governmental
efforts. In order to have effective team
work, the captain of the team must be
upheld. There can be no thorough
team work unless those in the Senate
and House are in sympathetic accord
with the President, and If Senators
and Representatives are elected who
may seek partisan advantages in OBJ
structing him in any way the effective
ness of the United States in the war
will be weakened to that extent. Lack
of unity at this time might be fatal to
the cause for which so many of our
American sons are fighting and dying.
|, therefore, call upon the people of
Missouri for the support of the Presi-
dent. with confidence in the assurance
that they will not be led away by any
paltry side issues In this, the most sol
emn hour in the history Of our country
ind of the world.
The question which must take prece-
dence Of every other is the winning
Of the war, If the war should not be
won nothing else would matter. We
must win the war, no matter what the
cost or how much the sacrifice. The
war will be over when It has been won
by America and the Allies, and not
before. This world cannot exist part
free and part Prussian. It must be,
and will be when the war is over,
either all Prussian or all free, includ.
ing Prussia. German militarism Is a
menace to the peace of the world.
There cannot be an enduring peace
until further criminal aggressi0ns
against other nations by the Prussian