Evening journal., 1918-10-21
Plan
RECONSTRUCTION
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| Mr.. Warner for some days. At lunch
con and reception 10 be given In the
grill room Of the Hotel dupont at 1
o'clock Friday afternoon. Mr.. Hays
will be present and make an address.
| Three hundred invitations will be sent
to prominent Republicans Of the state.
| Resolutions were adopted at the
meeting urging the election Of the
Republican Senatorial and Congress
ional nominees for the State Of Del
aware, and declaring II to be impera-
/ tive to elect a Republican Congress in
order that the reconstruction period,
| following the close of the present war,
can best be solved" The league will
conflne its efforts primarily to national
issues and, in accordance Herewith,
will work for the election OF Dr. L. II.
Ball for senator and DR.. Caleb r. Lay
ton for representative in Congress.
In addition to the list OF charter
members, as given above, the move
ment is supported by other leadin5
Republicans. The membership will
increase as the campaign progresses.
At the luncheon next Friday Mr.
Hays will talk upon the rehabilita-
ton period. He will discuss the subject
st length, and will impress upon his
hearers the necessity for the election
of the Republican nominees in this
State. to the end that the Republican
party will be in control Of Congress and
therefore in a position to carry out rs
plans for the reconstruction period Of
peace"
The resolutions, adopted at Satur-
days meeting, set forth that unless a
Republican Congress shall be elected
TO give TO the country a practical and
direction" that long
period Of commercial and financial de-
preston" viii result. The cooperation
and membership is asked Of all Della
wareans, "whO pledge themselves TO
these principles and to the election Of
these candidates (Ball and Layton)."
The full text of the resolutions fol-
lows:
Whereas, By the great citizen effort of
our republic, the world war is reaching
a speedy conclusion, favorable to the
broader establishment of free peoples
upon the earth, and
Whereas, This great citizen effort of
our republic was made possible largely
through the cumulative gains in build
ing our moral, material and monetary
strength during the past fifty years, to
the benefit of all Of our countrymen,
and
Whereas, This strength, the basis of
The latent power recently vitalized into |
action, was produced during forty years |
1f Republican policies and leadership in
)ur country under peace conditions, and 1
Whereas, The reconstruction period of /
,eace, which we now confront, requires /
'olicies and leaders qualified. to econOm-
cally develop our obligations and op- |
throughout the world, in
Ommerce, finance and human welfare,
md
Whereas, This reconstruction period
rings to both labor and capital engaged
n our great agricultural and industrial
intricate problems that can
'est be solved by the furtherance of
hose principles so successfully proven
~ both legislative and administrative
cts through many years of experienced
republican direction during the pre-war
,eriod,
Therefore be it Resolved, That we, the
believe it imperative to
lect a Republican Congress to assuU
uch wise legislation and economical ad-
during the long peace
'eriod coming which will best Develops
ur agriculture and industries, so that :
re can most readily repay our war debt
Nth least individual hardship, prompt
y reduce our onerous burdens of direct
axation under which all of our citizens
re suffering, and promote with dis