Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
LODGE ET. AL. REJOINDER.

ers of the Senate and House issued this
| statement last evening:
! Some time ago the President said
| politics is adjourned Now, in the
closing days Of the campaign delayed
by the united efforts of all parties for
| the Liberty loan nov, when all public
meetings have been given up owing to
the influenza epidemic, the President
sends out a direct party appeal calling
, upon his countrymcn to vote Tor Demo
Gratis because they are Democrats with
out any reference to whether such Dem
ocrats have been or are III favor OF war
measures and have IA war record which
deserves support
CITE MICHIGAN CASE.
The voters Of Michigan, 10 take n
single example, are called upon to sup
port Henry Ford, notorious for his
advocacy of peace ut any price, Tor his
contcmptuous alIsions TO the flag, for
the exemption Of his son from military
service on the sole ground that he will
hindly support tho President The
President is quite ready 10 admit thdt
Republicans nrc loyal enough to fight
and die, rs they are dong by the thou
sands: loyal enough to take mp great
loans and pny enormous taxes. loyal
enough 80 furnish important men ut no
SHi3fN on Some Rt ltlp Blt'bt VIII lpPdihN
IN Washington Put they are not loVal
enough IN the Presidents $ opinion, TO be
trusted with any share III the govern
mcut of the country or legislation for u.
III the Republican party controls the
House we can point ont some of the
things they will do They will rcplace
Mr. Dent Of Alabnna 1T the head Of
tho military affairs committee with Mr.
Julius Kahn 80 whom tho admlnlRtra-
tIon WAS Obliged to turn for assistance
10 takt chargc of and carry the first
draft mIl against Mr. Dents opposition
They Will put "A Republican al the head
of the WAYS and means committee. as
leader Of the House instead oi Mr..
kltchin o( North Carolina who voted
against the war They viii give the
country a speaker who did not oppose
and would never oppose druft hll and
would never SAY, as speaker lark did !,
that there is precious little difference
between i couscrlpt and convict
roINr ~ >o1r oN WtR mis-
tthough the Republicans of the
House are III the minority, they cast
more actual votes on seven great war
measures than the Democratic majority
wa~ ably 70 a. What i. the record of
I'LL, senate? on fity-onc roll calls on
war measure between April 4, 1917, and
,hc noth of Nav. l9lS, tie votes cast by
Rcpuhhcams n favor Of such measures
were IL pcr cont while only 61 pcr
4 cont of tile votes east on the Democratic
side We're Ill favor If such measures
Those were the President own meas
,trcs Does that record look as If We
had hampercd him The Republican
party IL Congress has supported the
administration pohces since the var
wtth uuanimtv and an absence ~
criticism unprecedented IN party history
There Irr some domestic questions
whore We should undoubtedly differ from
the course pursued bv the admnlstra-
tirn We should not for example, fiN =
prcc on tho tarmtr wheat and leave
the planter cotton untouched Another
domestic question m which the Rcpub-
lican partv believes thoroughly is eco
nulllc preparation for the coming Of
peace. and tho, ara clearly Of the opn-
ion that the Congress al the .nitcd
states should not be excluded from that
great task
ThI~ i not the Presidents personal
var rhi, is not the war oi Congress
II j. not the war Of the Democratic or
THE Republican party II is the war of
fhc American people II Is more. It Is
the uar III the nitcd states. of the
Allied powers, oi the civilized world
again-; the h4rbariSm Of Germany In
this great burden and responsibility the
Republican party. representing more than
hall The citizenship OF he country de-
nand> its rlghtful Shar"
II the Republican party Is instructed
with power ia either OF both houses they
VIII do everything possible 10 drive for
ward the war and hasten the day OF We
torv The President speaks of the ncces-
SItv Of telling ne PLAIN truth That the
Republican party IN control Of Congrcos
would ID. for thrv have no friends to
shield And they viii 90 more they Will
give al the money 10 the last dollar
necessary to sustain our armies and our
| fleets. but they will check the waste
nov going on Of the money gwen by the
most generous people on the face Of the
earth
EFFEcT or ELECTION ABROAD.
"The President speaks OF the effect Of
The election abroad ii says that there
they understand the meaning Of clec-
'ion- They do. and they viii know
hat If the Republicans have a majority
In Congress the war viii be pressed
ulth greater vIgor than ever before.
They are quite aware that the power OF
the Senate IS equal to tina. ot the Pres
ldent ii the consummauon OF peace by
treaty They viii know that the Repub-
lcan party stands for a victorious peace
and the overthrow Of Prussian mIitarisn.
That knowledge viii not dcpres. the
spirit of our allies or encourage the gov
eminent OF Germany
"The Republican party believes that
he question of surrender should be left
to Marshal Foch, to the generals, and
to the armies in the field When they
report that Germany has laid down her
arms, the United States and the allies
should tiIcn impose their terms. VIII
that knowledge cause detection TO those
who are Sighting with us? All the world
knows that tho Republican party Is OPP
posed 10 negotiations and discussion car
rlcd Oh in diplomatic notes addressed to
the German government. The Repub-
lcan party stands for unconditional sur
render There IS no Republican creed 50
short that there is not room IN it for
those two words
The appeal i signed hy Senators
Henry Cabot Lodge Reed Snoot Fred
crick II Gillett and Simeon ID. Fess
GERMANY PROMISES TO
FREE BELGIAN PRISONERS