Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-11-01
"CORN BELT is ON
FIRE" is WORDTO
CHAIRMAN HAYS

Republican NATIONAL Committee
Flooded with Messages of Victory
People Deeply Standardization
Wide Protest Against Presidents
Attempt at Dictation
Washington, D. c., Oct. 31.-The
Republican candidate for Congress
from Arizona is in military service in
France. His Democratic opponent is
stumping Arizona keeping politics in
continuous session. Upon reading
Wilson's appeal the Tucson Citizen"
wired President Wilson:
referring to your appeal to
the country to return a Demo.
cratic Congress, can you have any
possible objection to the election
of Lieutenant Maddox, who has
been serving his country in
France since last May? Do you
think his election would be mis-
understood on the other side Of
the water? On the other hand.
would not his defeat be taken in
Germany as reputation Of our
fighting forces?"
Lieutenant Maddox is only typi-
cal Of all Republicans. Hundreds Of
thousands Of them are on the firing
line in France, fighting against the
perpetuation of one man rule. Hun
dreds of thousands of them at home
I are on the firing line fighting against
| the same thing. Their answer to
President Wilson's SANDER of their
party, his charge that they are I'M
! fit and unsafe to participate in pub
| lie affairs, and his audacious appeal
for the election of only rubber stamp
Democrats who will cringe and fawn
| and 90 his bidding, has been instan-
taneous and vehement
Not only from every state north
Of the Mason and Dixon line. but
from several Southern states, solidly
Democratic, have kilograms been
pouring in on the desk of Chairman
VIII H. Hays, assuring him that Mr..
Wilson's partisan appeal, the reply
made by Republican leaders. and
Chairman Hays statement calling on
all Republicans to fight, have caused
every Republican to pull his coat off
and so to work.
Aroused All Republicans
The following telegram from At
lanta, Georgia. is only one of sew
eral from Southern states:
THANK God for your courage
and wonderful reply to Mr.. Will
son. Fight, that's tho word-you
have said it; now repeat it daily.
Fight, fight and more fight with.
out stint. This Federal Bank
district Of five or six Southern
states assessed to take one hun.
dred and ninety millions of
Fourth Liberty Bond issue, while
the joint votes of all their Demo-
cratic Congressman far outnum-
Der those of New York which
alone was assessed ten fold more
in Liberty Bond subscriptions.
Same comparison as to drafted
men for army and in the mat.
ter OF war taxes, and meanwhile
one lone Texan private citizen
runs the show to the exclusion of
the brains Of the east, north, mid
die and western states"
From one western state which the
Democrats have been hopeful of car
rylng comes a bunch of kilograms
workers. saying that the Republic
cans are aroused and will carry the
state overwhelmingly because of the
Presidents action. In this state.
particularly. Republicans have been
idle because they had been disposed
to take the President at his word a
few months ago when he caid, Pol
itics are adjourned"
From another western state comes
advices from several quarters indi-
eating that the Presidents action
will cost the Democratic party in
that state not less than $4,000 votes
An eastern state has responded to
Chairman Hays call upon all Repub-
hcans to fight. with messages which
say that where congressional dis
tricts looked doubtful a week ago.
today Republican success is assured
Substantial Proof
From a prominent business man
in an eastern city comes a telegram
which reads as follows:
"The natural reaction upon me
Of the Presidents recent instrue.
tions to the country to elect DEM
ocrats in all political offices, and
the splsndid and unanswerabIe
response thereto by Senators
Lodge and Smoot, is a desire to
increase my subscription to the
Republican campaign and to re-
double any other effort that
might be helpful. am there.
fore making an additional con-
tribution Of s. to the Repub-
liean campaign fund"
Another message came in by mail
saying that the events of the past
week had convinced the writer that
the only way to keep our Allies from