The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-10-26
C. 0. P. RACES
AT WILSON'S PLEA
Replies to Presidents APP
peal That Democratic Con-
gress be Chosen
POINTS TO RECORD
OF MINORITY PARTY
Formal Statement from Republican Con-
gressional Campaign Committee Tells
of Patriotic Support That Administra-
ton has Received.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 26-The state
ment issued last night by the Republi
President Wilson 5 appeal to the ma
ton to elect Democratic Congress,
follows:
'sSome time ago the President said
politics is adjourned Now, in the
closing days of the campaign, delayed
bv the united efforts of all parties for
the Liberty loan; now, when all pub
lie meetings have been given up owing
to the influenza epidemic, the PreSi-
dent sends out a direct party appeal,
calling upon his eountrymen to vote
for Democrats because they are Demo
Gratis without any reference to whether
such Democrats have been or are in
favor of war measures and have a war.
record wilieh deserves support.
.'The voters of Michigan, to take
single example, are called upon to sup
port Mr.. Henry Ford, notorious for his
advocacy Of peace at any price, for HIS
contemptuous illusions to the flag. for
the exemption of his son from military
service. on the sole ground that he viii
blindlv support the President.
1.-The President is quite ready To adj
init that Republicans are loyal enough
to fight and die, as they are doing by
the thousands; loyal enough to take up
great loans and pay enormous taxes;
| loyal enough to furnish important men
at no salary ON some of the great war
4 boards in Washington.
- But they are not loyal enough, in
the President 5 opinion, TO be trusted
with any share in the Government of
! the country or legislation for it.
! "If the Republican party controls
/ the House we can point out some of the
things they will do. They will replace
! Mr.. Dent Of Alabama at the head OF
/ the Military Affairs committee with
Mr.. Julius Kahn. To whom the Admin
/ istration was obliged to turn for as
| sistance to take charge of and carry
the first draft bill against Mr. Dent s
opposition.
"They will put Republican nj tho
head of the Ways and Means commit
tee, as leader. of the House. instead OF
Mr.. kitchin of North Carolina. VIII,
voted against the war. They will give
the country q Speaker who did not OPP
pose and would never oppose draft
bill and would never say. as Speaker
Clark did, that there Is precious LITTLE
difference between Il conscript and {
convict.
Although the Republicans of tn,
!, House are in the minority, they cas-
more actual votes on seven great wa
measures than the Democratic majori
~ was able to do. What is the rceort
of the Senate! On u rollcalls ON wa
measures between April &, 1917 ant
May %, 1918, the votes east by TIN
Republicans in favor of such measure
were - per cent, while only g. pc
cent of the votes east on the Demo
| cratic side were in favor of such mea
| sures. Those We're the President 5 owl
measures. Does that record look as i
| we hampercd him?
| The Republican party in Congress
| has supported the Administration poll
eies since the war began with una
' nimity and an absence of criticism III
pTcccueHteu Ill history
"There are some domestic question
where we should undoubtedly diffc
: from the course pursued by the Admin
2 istration. We should not, for exampl
!, fix a price on the farmers wheat an
!, , leave the planters cotton untouched.
: " Another domestic question in whic
: the Republican party believes thorough
6 ~ is economic preparation for the con
: ing of peace and they are clearly of til
:, opinion that the Congress of the Unite
States should not be excluded frol
that great task.
II "This is not the President ) person;
war. This is not the war of Congress
! 1t is not the war of the Democrat
| of the American people 1t is NOR
| 1t is the war Of the United States,
: the Allied Powers, of the civilize
: world against the barbarsm of Gle
II many. In this great burden and r
II sponsibilty the Republican party, rel
H resenting more than half the citizel
HI ship Of the country, demands its righ
II frl share
III If the Republican party is cntrus
II ed with power in either or both hous
| they will do everything possible
II drive forward the war and hasten Il
Of victory.
II The President speaks Of the necess
II ~ of telling the plain truth That Il
| Republican party in control of Co
II gress would do. for they have
H friends to shield And they will
II more. They will give all the mon
II to the last dollar necessary to susta
II our armies and our fleets. but they "
II check the waste now going on of t
moneys given by the most genera
II people on the face Of the earth.
II The President speaks of the effe
II of the election abroad. He saws til
~ there they understand the meaning
- elections. They do. and they will knt
shat if the Republicans have a MAORI
in CONGRESS the var will no mace