, 1918-10-31
rmer Governor Osborne in
Clear Statement Puts Forth
Greatest Issue Of Campaign

Underneath all the flag waving of the coming campaign there will
and in direct opposition we warning principles of government-the
'nson ideal and the REACTIONARY ideal. That the reactionary ideal
ishes for the moment to pose a $ in harmony with the Wilson ideal
nould not be allowed to cloak the wide difference between the two.
1 am in this fight because 1 believe in the Wilson ideal and because
am convinced that the man who seeks reelection to the senate at your
ands this year does not.
1t is necessary to cite only some wen important measures having
rect bearing IN IN a to show the cleavage between Senator War
en- and myself
"a EIGHrHoUR LAW. President Wilson proposed this legis-
alton to avert u great industrial calamity and to assert and establish a
reat principle protecting the workingman. Senator Warren voted against
he Adamson Eighthour Law. 1 would have voted for it.
() SPECIAL WAR TAX LAW, to meet the extraordinary expense
f preparedness. President Wilson, with that cautious foresight which
IA characterized his splendid craftsmanship believed that the best way
o prevent war wa to prepare for war. He therefore asked for special
var tax legislation. Senator Warren voted against this important ma
ional defense measure. 1 would have supported it.
() WAR REVENUE LAW. Late in the month of February. 1917,
when it wa inevitable that this country would be drawn into the war,
President Wilson asked congress to pass a war revenue measure to cover
he increased appropriations for the army and navy and the extension
IF Qualifications. Senator Warren voted against this important war
measure. 1 would have supported it,
az MERCHANT MARINE BILL. This measur a planned to
stimulate on shipbulding, and would have gone u long toward SUI
plying those ships, ships ships" which are the crying need of the pres
emit Senator Warren opposed the administration by opposing the bill.
l would have voted for it.
90 GOVERNMENT ARMoR PLATE FACTORY. This bill was
one of the great preparedness measures of the administration. Senator
t1 PROHIBITION. President Wilson asked that the prohibition
issue be submitted to the people. Senator Warren voted against that
TOT W. reasons; FIRST, because L believe n at he people have the right
to express themselves o $ o vital an issue; second, because 1 believe that
heartily favor
ca THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT. This furnished the real
1oundauon or the war program of the president. and without it this ma
tn would have been incapable Of becoming the financial backbone of
the Allies. Senator Warren voted against the administration by voting
against the bill. Had l beer your SENATOR l would have supported Mr..
Wilson.
Thus we e that on the great issues of finance, preparedness and
prohibition, Senator Warren voted against the president ats ever crucial
moments.
Furthermore, If the full fruits of that victory to which we all look
are to be secured, W e must have mel in the senate who will support
President Wilson in making his ideal the basis of the world settlement.
or treaties require the approval of twothhrds of the senate.
Senator Warren, by his past record and his associations, is opposed
to President Wilson. While President Wilson has fought before the
WOru Tor progressive II yer widening democracy. Senator wsrran
u worked consistently for reactonary lei and principles.
If for twenty-five years Senator Warren has represented those cry
principles against which President Wilson has 81 splendidly fought. will
n people return him to the senate where he would be lin a position to
oppose TIT Wilson ideal in the great settlement which may ewithin
M or W years, and certainly within the next senate term?
When we and ~ associates in arms win the war (and win II we
must), If the Wilson ideal prevails in the settlement, the world will move
swiftly into n better and brighter. day-a day which will compensate for
III. those trials through which free men are nov passing.
1t is because l., from the bottom of my heart, believe in the Wilson
and all that it means to freedom, and because my opponents whole
record shows him opposed to that IDEAL that 1 now come before the
people of Wyoming, and ask that you, by your votes, add me to the none
list of senators who "A be counted on to go ALL THE WAY
WIZ WILSON. (Signed) JOHN f. OSBORNE.