Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
ELECT DEMOCRATS---WILSO
PICK REPLBLICANS---G D. P.
PRESIDENTS APPEAL.


| Washington, Oct pc Following is the
| text of President Wilson's appeal TO the
nation To support his Administration by the
return of a Democratic majority to Con-
| grcss:
The following is the Presidents appeal:
My fellow countrymen: The con
grcssional elections are at hand. They
occur III the most critical period our
| country has ever faced or is likely to lace
| in our time If YOU have approved of
my leadership and wish me 10 continue
to hc your unembarrasscd spokesman IN
affairs at home and abroad, | earnestly
beg that YOU will express yourselves
Enthusiastically To that effect by returning a
Democratic majority to both the Senate
and House of Representatives.
MUCH DEFENDS UPoN ISSUE.
Il am your servant and will accept
your Judgment without ctvIl, but ny
power to administer the great trust as
signed me bv the constitution would be
seriously impaired should your ludg
mcnt be adverse and | must frankly tell
YOU so because SO many critical ISSUES
depend upon your verdict No scruplc
of taste must IN grim times like these
hc allowed to stand in the way of speaking
the PLAIN truth
Il have no thought of suggesting that
any political party Is paramount IN mat
terS of patriotism. | feel too deeply the
sacrifices which have been made m tins
war bN all our citizens irrespective ui
party affiliations 10 harbor such an ldca.
| mean only that the difficulties and del
REACHES OF our present task are OF sort
that makes It lmpcratlvclv necessary
that the nation should give its Undivided
support To the government under a UNI
fed leadership and hat q Republican
congress would divide the leadership
RErUBLICANs AMI ADMINISTRATIONS
The leaders of the minority in the
present Congress have uuqucStonahly
been pro-war. but thcv have been anti
administration N almost every turn
slncc We entered the war they have sought
to take he choice oi policy and the con
duct ot the war out of my hands and pat
il under the control Of ln~trumcntaltics
at thclr own choosing
has IS no time either for divided
council or divided leadership ult>
ut command Is as necessary now N olNII
action ae il lpon the field of battle II the
control IT the House and the Senate
should be taken away from thc party now
in power an opposing maJorItN could
assume control ot legislation and ohhgc
all action To bc taken amIds; contest
and obstruction
The return of a Republican majority
to either House n} tho Congress. w"uld,
moreover IT, interpreted nn the other
side of the war aS = Repatriation II my
leadership
REiTnLtct>~ strh Ia ,o%TRnt "lL~o>.
Spokesman of thc Republican party
t.f, RAT.tg itI N
CONGRESS in order u hlth ,!r and sup
porl the President hut even Il they >hoHld
jn tbjs impose pon some creduIouS voters
On this >idr rt tho water thcS would i'm
pose uu no ono On tGr other Sidc II II
wcl understood there a~ Nell IS here
that the Republican leaders desire not 50
much tn Support the President AZ ~
control him
The peoples NJ the allied countries
/ with whom we are associated against
Germany are quite familiar with the
Significance II elections ihov wo,id tnd
lt very di trult u believe tha' the voters
uf the ! nIted states had chosen to sup
port their President hy elcetiug thc Con-
grc~~ a majority controlled hH those who
are in tact IL sympathy with tho attitude
4nd action a the administration
SPEAKS ron >ArIe>.~ vIIr>RD
i need not tell you tnl fellow conn
trymcu that ! am asking your support
uA. ior ms uWn sake or tar H, sake III a
political partv hut fer thc sake If the
nation Itself Ill order hat Its inward unity
al purpos, nlaN 30 evident IA all Tho world
Ia ordinary times ! would not tcci at
liberty "a make such an appeal ta vou.
hi ordinary tunes divided councils can
hc endured without permanent hurt ~
he country But these are u3t ordinary
tunes
II In these critical ~.sl- i b your wish
IL Sustain ms with undivided minds
hre that YOU viii say ~o Iu way Which
il viii not be pos9lht ta misunderstood
either here at home or among oar az
spciatc- on the other side ot the sea
submit, my dltouitlc~ and my hopes to
you Woodrow Wilson