Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-02

ssriy conclusion and bring tne ssys back hSnsss
NO candidate OF any party l. qualified for
office unless he is loyal 70 the core. uuiees
he is hundred per cent patriot ard hun-
dred per cent sgainst Prussiap 7nilitarism.
IL eandidste Of any party has, since we en-
tred the war, been neutral % between this
country and the German empire, or hostile
70 cur allies; II he has ever npoioazed for
russian harharisra. justified the sinking Of
the Lusitanis. or declined to back IN the sol
diers at the front with every resource AZ his
command let every loyal citizen vote against
him, work against him. and help TO consign
him 70 political Oblivion ON election day.
Let Il be repeated that the only issue before
the American people is the issue Of winning
the war the issue Of crushing German milf
tartsm until 1t can never sgain raiee Its snSky
head. open its sll-devourinT mouth. or exhsie
its devastating breatk. This is the Issue that
viii take every father. brother. and friend
OF soldier to the polls IL 10 the issue upon
which every patriot will mark his ticket; it
az the issue upon which every red-blooded. 10y
al-hearted American will cast his ballot All
other issues, for the time being. are dead
and buried. and 1t would be impossible to
md the graves in which they slumber to
md the sePucher in which Moses was laid by
the hands Of the angels.
The voter who at this critical time supports
candidate for Federal Office who s not in full
accord with the war program of the Com.
mander-in-Chief Of the Army and Navy sticks
q knife into the back Of every American sol-
der, prolongs the war, increases its horrors
and multiphes the number of the boys who
snail see their native land no more. In this
year Of stress and strife no patriot will per-
init love of party to make him vote against
the interest of his country. (Applauss.)
Democrats, Republicans. Prohlbitionists and
Socialists, Professionals and Catholics Genties
and Jews are all fighting together in France,
shoulder to shoulder. heart TO heart. and hand
to hand They are enriching the soil Of FIan-
ders with their blood they are dying side by
side, and the radiant angels OF the same rnerct-
full God are bearing their immortal Spirits
in invisible chsriots to the same paradise
where they will. In common, walk the streets
that are paved with stars. re our boys can
forget their politics and their differences OF
opinion and die together over there, shall we
dishonor their memory and desecrste their
unmarked graves by refusing to vote together
over here on the 5th day of Novenberg For-
bid it, Almighty God. fApplause)
Let every voter aim his ballot Just as the
boys are aiming their bullets and directing
their bsyonets. point-blank. at the vitals Of
the Huns.
And how one determine for whom to
vote? The question is easily answered. First,
the acid test of loyalty should be applied
without fear or favor TO every candidate
Anyone that can not withstand the test should
b scratched off without instant's hssita-
ton II the voter will follow the rule laid
down by the Savior he will make no mistake
on election day. 1t Is as follows; If thins
eye offend thee, pluck II out IL ia better for
thee to enter Into the kingdom of God with
one eye. than having two eyes to be cast into
49, '''eAN WfSli W"iiH utttu nut anu INV
fire Is not quepchad."
II both candidates are equally loyal then
let the voter determine the question: Which
Of them can and will be more hepful TO tbs
COMMANDMENT Chief In bringing the war 10
a successful conclusion which can and will
do more for the boys at the 'front.' And how
can one answer these questions? By simple
process OF deductive reasoning. Upon the
President is the supreme responsibility of d.
recting the operation Of all of our armed
forces and winning victories for our cause
There 10 not patriot in the Nation who does
not want to help The President bear his heavy
burden. There IL not patriot who questions
the wisdom and Righteousness or the success of
the Presidents leadership: Therefore let that
leadership DO strengthened by giving our great
Commander-in-Chief men Of his own party
faith who are in full accord with him NOT
only ON one question but ON every question to
hold up his hands till the end of the war. To
elect any man to Federal office who is not
In harmony in heart and thought and word
and deed with Woodrow Wilson is to proclaim
to Berlin that the American peopis have re-
pudfated their Chief Executive. that sentiment
in tire Nation is divided. that the Kaiser has
henchnsn ON the way to the Capitol, and
that we are aginst the war. Such proola-
nation would mean the CONSUMPTION of more
American boys the shedding of more Ameri-
can blood. and the loss Of more American
lives. Iage' @tEf
What Mr.. Lincoln Said.
In 1854 Mcclellan. Democrat, ran against
Lincoln for the presidency. and at that time
the Civil war was still raging. Mr.. Lincoln.
by uttering honely but immortal phrase. de
cided his fate and also the fate of the Ma
ton. He said that the American people had
too much sense 70 swap horses In the middle
OF the stream. And he was right The
people not only reelected him President. but
they also reelected. by a decisive majority,
Republican Congress TO stand by him and
support him and help him solve the war prob
lem OF the Nation. We are today In the midst
Of a war whose responsibilities. complica-
tons. and horrors even greater than
those of the great Civil war. The people
have just much sense in 1918 as they had
in 1864. and they going to use 1t to the
same effect On the 5th day Of November his
tory will repeat itself, and the voters will
proclaim with voice that will cross the ocean
and reverberate through the Kaiser's palace
in Berlin that the American people will not
swap" off the party of Woodrow Wilson in
the middle of this bIood-red stream of world-
wide war. tAprlause.)
Support the President.
Realizing that Reputation of the Presi.
dents party at the polls would give more
announcement to our enemies than the cap
ture of American army corps; realizing
that it would be more disastrous to our cause
than the loss Of great battle on the western
front, the American people will. on election
day, indorse, by an oyerwhe Inning majority,
Woodrow Wilson and his course by electing
Congress and Senate Of the Presidents
own party faith to stand by him. TO aid him
and hold up his hands until the war clouds
are lifted. until the smoke of battle has
cleared away, until the Goddess of Liberty
again waves the emblem of peace over paIn
and pine. And what father, brother or friend
Of a soldier will fail to indorse the adminis-
tration of Woodrow Wilson. the greatest moral
and spiritual leader on the globe? Who in
all the history Of mankind has ever been en-
dowed with more profound wisdom or more
penetrating and prophetic vision? Who has
ever more safely and successfully led or more
faithfully and devotedly served great people
The world is accepting the words of Woodrow
Wilson as the words Of oracle. The people
Of England. France. Italy, the islands Of the
sea, and more than 100. 0o0. 900 Americans
following his footsteps zealously the
Musselman follows Mohammed. They are ap-
proving his official actions as the actions of
political Messiah 70 "
On the 5th day OF November. let every pa
triot, for the sakesof his Nation, for the cause
of humanity. and the life of his boy un-
grudgingly support the plans. the purposes.
and the party of Woodrow Wilson. man
who in leadership is Joshua; in statssman-
ship. jefferson In wisdom. Franklin in
courage. jackson in Justice, Lincoln and
in patriotism, Washington: man whose
mind is mirror that reflects the possibilities
of the future as well as the promises of the
present and the prophecies of the past a man
whose judgment Is unerring as the mariners