Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-28
EAST MOLINE OFFICE,
WILSON QUOTES
REPUBS' APPEAL

Washington. Oct 2S.-(By Asso-
GATED Press. Secretary Tumulty
tonight made public a letter he has
written Al President Wilson's direc-
ton, to the CuyahOga County Re-
publican committee at Cleveland.
He replies TO protests against Pres
iCent Wilson's appeal TO the cOun-
try TO return d Democratic con-
Eress, by recalling quotations from
utterances by Colonel Roosevelt.
former President Harrison, Sena-
tors Lodge and PenTOse and former
Senator Foraker In tlc campaign
OF 1898 at the close OF the Spanish
war
The Cuyahoga County committee
teleEraphed the White house, tax
ing issue with the presidents state
menL Secretary Tumulty, writing
a. the presidents direction, simply
commended the statements he quot
ed and also various editorials ap-
pearing at the tine in leading Re
publican newspapers to the conf
mittee's consideration without COM
nent.
Sustain President. Says T. II.
The quotations follow:
From Colonel Roosevelt, identi-
fed as Republican candidate for
governor of New York in 1S9S-Re-
member that, whether you will or
not, YOUR votes this year will be
viewed by the nations Of Europe
from one standpoint only. They
Will draw no fine distinctions. A
refusal TO sustain the president this
year will, in their eyes, be read as
a refusal TO sustain the war and 10
sustain the efforts Of our peace
commission 10 secure the fruits of
war Such a refusal may not in
CCnceivably bring about a rupture
Of the peace negotiations. 1t Will
give heart to our defeated antag-
onists; it will make possible the
Interference of those doubtful neu-
trail nations who in this struggle
have wished US i'll You could get
the benefits of the victories of
Grant and Sherman only by re-
electing Lincoln, and we will gain
less than We ought from the war if
tie administration is not sustained
at these elections.
President HarTison's Plea
From Former President Harri-
son. pleading for the election of d
Republican cOngress-If the word
goes forth that the people of the
United States are standing Solidly
behind the president the task of the
peace commissioners will be easy,
but if there is a break in the ranks
if the Democrats score a telling
victory. il Democratic senators,
elected - Spain will see in it
e CLEAN OF hope; she will take
fresh hope. and renewal of hos
ttIities, more war. may be necessary
20 secure to US what we have al
ready won.
Lodge in Similar Plea
From Senator Lodge-But there
is one question on which l wish 10
say a few words, and that seems to
me TO override all others. II is
whether We shall stand by the adj
and the president at
this juncture. If we give q victory
to his political opponents, we say
not only to the United States but !
we say 10 the world, we say to the /
Spanish commissioners in Paris. /
that the people of the United States !
its result and repudiate |
the man who has led VIGOROUSLY I
the war and IS now leading US back |
to peace-William Mckinley.
Sustain President Says PenrOse.
From Senator PenrOse-In his /
recent speeches the president has |
appealed not TO g partisan but to /
= national spirit. He wants Penn
sylvania to remain the keystone
state for the Republican party. 1t I
S difficult to overestimate the su-
creme importance of sustaining the
president Of the United States and
he Republican party at the pres
snt critical crisis in our foreign re
ations.
This week IS shoe week at Nc
Cabe's.