Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-29
POLITICS is POLITICS.
President Lands q Heavy Bolt and Re-
pubIieans Come Back In Reply.


Loan campaign and the influenza 6it'
uation, politics has been orershadowed
during the present campaign so far'
but now things are warming up
somewhat. The president launched
high explosive shell last Thursday. a
shell loaded with the declaration thai
the election Of democratic majorities
in the senate and house are necessary
for the proper conduct OF the war
The republicans Immediately came DacR
with the claim that they have done
more for the war than the democrats
and that II they are entrusted WIN
the power. there will be no douo,
about the kind OF peace terms the
Germans will get. The two addresses
are interesting and important.
Text OF Presidents Appeal.
Following is the presidents appear;
NV fellow countrymen: The congressional
elections are nj hand. They occur in the mos
critical period our country has ever iaceu VI
is likely to face in our time: IL you hsSe ~
proved OF my leadership and wish me 70 con,
tinue to be your unembarrassed spokesman 10
affairs nj home and abroad. j earnestly pes
that you will express yourselves unmistakaoy V
that effect by returning q democratic malorHy
TO both the senate and house OF represehtA'Ne.
"I am your servant and will accept your
Judgment without cavil. but my power 70 ~
minister the great task assigned me by the con,
stitution would be seriously impaired shos,o
your Judgment be adverse and ! must lrahhS NJ
tell you so because so many critical ISSUES ue,
pend upon your verdict. No scrupie OF tas.e
must. in grim times like these, oe a'io" -
81 have no thought Of suggesting that any
political party is paramount in matters oil pa
triotism. ! feel too deeply the sacrinees "n." ny
have been made in this war by all Oh our GU.
lens, irrespective Of party affiliaion 10 naioJ'
surh an idea. I mean only that the ditncui'
ties and delcacies Of our present task are OF
sort that makes it imperatively necessary ina,
the nation should give its undivided suppor'
to the government under an unineu Iesoe1 I,sAIi s
and that a republican congress would di''u'
that leadership. -, os.r,
congress have unQuestionably been pro.war. ou,
thew have been anti-administration. AZ aimos'
every turn since we entered the war they haSe
sought to take the choice OF policy ana ln.
conduct OF the war out OF my hands ana pu,
Il under the control OF instrumentaities VI
their own choosing
''This is no time for either divided counsel OF
for divided leadership. Unity OF command u
as necessary now in the civil action as IL u
upon the field OF battle.
should be taken away from the party now "
power. and opposing majority could assume con
troll Of legislation and oblige all action 10 u
taken amidst contest and obstruction:
THE return OF a republican majority TO ei'
ther house OF the congress would moreover o.
interpretative on the other side Of the water
as a reputation OF my leadership. Spokes'
men OF the republican party are urgihp
you to elect a republican TO congress IN ordeI
to back up and support the president oo' ever ever
II they should In this impose upon some cred
ulous voters on this side Of the water; they
would impose on no one on the other side IL
Ia well understood there well as here thai
the republican leaders desire not 20 mueh to
support the president as to control him. 90,
'The peoples OF the Allied countries with
whom we are associated against Germany are
quite familiar with the significance Of elections
They would find II very difficult TO believe that
the voters of the United States had chosen 10
support their president by electing to CONGRESS
a ma ajority controlled by those who are not in
fact in sympathy with the attitude and action
Of the administration.
"I need not tell you. my fellow countrymcn.
that I am asking for your support not Tor my
own sake or for the sake OF political party
but for the sake Of the nation itself in order that
inward unity Of purpose may be evident to all
the world In ordinary times l would not feel
at liberty 70 make such an appeal to YOU In
ordinary times divided counses can be endured
without permanent hurt to the country. But
these are not ordinary times.
"If In these critical days II Is your wish Ia
sustain me with undivided minds. beg that
you will say no In way which II VIII not te
possible TO misunderstood either here at home
or among our associates on the other side Of
the sea. I submit my difficulties and my homes.
WOODROW WILSON.
Republicans In Reply.
The statement issued by the repub-
lican leaders follows:
Sometime ago the president said politics Is
adjourned Now. in the closing days oil the
campaign, DELAYED by the united efforts Of all
parties for the Liberty Loan. now, when all
public meetings have been given up. owing TO
the influenza epidemic. the president sends out
n direct appeal, calling upon his countrymen
to vote for democrats. because they are demo-
Gratis. without any reference 70 whether such
democrats have been. or are in favor OF, war
measures. and have war record which de-
serves support.
"The voters of Michigan. to take a single
example. are called upon TO support 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
will blindly support the president The presi-
dent is quite ready to admit republicans are
loyal enough TO fight and die, as they are doing
by the thousands loyal enough TO furnish i'm
portant men at no salary on some OF the
great war boards In Washington. But they
are not loyal enough. in the presidents opin-
ion. TO be trusted with any share In the gov
ernment 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 admins
tration was Obliged TO turn for assistance. to
take charge Of and carry the first draft bill
against Mr.. Dents opposition. They will put
q republican at the head of the ways and
means committee, as leader OF the house. In
T. II 1~4k "a ho
voted against the war. They will give the
country a speaker who did not oppose and
who would not oppose. a draft bill and would
never say, as Speaker Clark did. that there
Is precious little difference between n conscript
and q convict
although the republicans Of the house are in
the minority. they cast more actual votes on
seven great war measures than the democrat
ic majority was able to do. What Is the rec
ord OF the senate? On 81 roll calls on war
measures between April 8, 1917. and the 29th
Of May, 1918. the votes cast by republicans in
favor of such measures were ~ per cent.
while only 81 per cent. Of the votes on the
democratic side were In favor Of such meas
ures. Those were the presidents own meas
ures. Does that record look like we had ham,
pered him! The republican party in congress
has supported the administrat policies since
the war, with an unanimity and absence OF
criticism unprecedented In the party history.
There are some domestic questions where
we should unQ0uDtedly amer from the cOurse
pursued by the administration. We should not.
for example. fix a price on the farmers wheat
and leave the planters cotton untouched. An
other domestic question in which the republi-
can party believes thoroughly Is the economic
preparation for the coming of peace. and II
Is clearly Of the opinion that the congress OF
the United States should not be excluded from
that great task.
This Is not the presidents personal war. II
Is not the war Of the democratic party. II Is
the war Of the American people. II Is more.
Il 10 the war OF the United States, Of the Al
lied powers, Of the civilized world against the
barbarism Of Germany. In this great bur-
den and responsibility the republican party.
representing more than half the citizenship Of
the country. demands Its rightful share.
"If the republican party Is entrusted with
power In either or both houses, they will do
everything possible to drive forward the war
and hasten the day Of victory. The president
speaks OF the necessity Of telling the plain
truth. That. the republican party In control
Of congress would do. for they have no friends
to shield. And they will do more. They will
give all the money to the last dollar necessary
to sustain our armies and our fleets. but they
will check the waste now going on Of the
money given by the most generous people on
the face OF the earth.
THE president speaks OF the effect of the
election abroad. He says that they understand
the meaning of elections. They do. and they
will know that IL the republicans have n ma