Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-02
G. q. p. HYPOCRISY EXPOSED:
PRESIDENT WILSON JUSTIFIED

cor. HYPOCRISY EXPOSED:
PRESIDENT WILSON JUSTIFIED
Editor Every Evening President WI
sons appeal to his fellow countrymen
came like an American bomb oroppe9
upon a German lunatic asylum leioSeu
by the frenzed raging ana rahiihg IL
occasioncd among the partisan hduels
and newspapers ot his political opPoh-
ents. Bealam broke loose. All TIM was
rlamor and clatter Teddy, the chronic
nolitical hvdrophobiac OF course ran
amuck. frothing and swapping like mad
dog with a tin kettle tied to ms tan.
Wandering Willie Hayes maundercd tyS-
tericallv. Senator Lodge saw snakes
in his watchful waiting for opportunities
To carp at Wilson's publlc policies, and
even the usually level headed Taft caught
the prevailing political "ilu and had
delirious phantasies about the PRESIDENT
alleged desire to become dictator.
Nisstatement of the Presidents lam
g,ape. misinterprctation of his mean
mo and Misrepresentation of his motives
in making his appeal to all the voters OF
the Union, were wildly and recklessly
yociferated and published everywhere.
For a brief time this universal distempcr,
like the Spanish influenza, became Il
general epidemic and serious affiiction.
Truthful Teddy asserted that the Presi-
dent asked the people to elect only
Democratic members TO the House and
senate of the Congress, and to deny the
Republicans any representation whatever
in either House, although the President )
exact words in his appeal were to elect
ONLY a majority of Democrats To each
House, leaving tn the Republicans always
a minority representation and full oppor
tunitv to criticize and improve any
Democratic measure.
Numbering Willie Hays. whimperingly
complained that it was improper for the
President of the whole people To ask them
to elect q majority in each House OF the
Presidents own party, SO that he might
have there his party friends TO support
him instead of his Republican opponents
10 ohstruct his administration of the
government.
These and other untruths and unbound
ed. Incorporate utterances at first con-
fused and misled many honest and patri-
otto voters without distinction of party.
But, like all distempers. they ran their
course and reason and sound judgment
resumed their sway, as IN tins instance
Already the reaction has come Thought
full citizens, especially among the honest
toiling masses of the people, and ire
spective Of party ties, now realize and
clearly comprehend the motives of the
President, and also the real object snd
daGin OF these disloyal conspirators
arainst both the President and the noble
cause OF their country and its allies.
The people now see that President
Wilson has been the true leader of the
cause of Democracy, that his wise and
patriotic and efficient administration Of
the government and his marvellous organ
isation of its forces and resources have
turned the tide of battle and won victory
and an esrly and enduring peace in this
worldwide war for human rights and
popular self-government, and that in this
country and throughout the world he will
receive the credit and his party the ad
vintage of this amazing achievement.
His fellow countryuen of all ranks and
pusuits Also clearly discern that the in
inpern&e and selfish partisan leaders of
IL machine type of the once-honored
unety Of Lncnln, forceee that the success
e WIlson N thus achieving victory and
peace viii win for his party, the next |
hrcsidentsal election, and probably ex- |
cA,de the selfish partisan leaders from !
control OF the national government for a |
decade or more OF ycaS to come.
For this reAeon, they arc now basely |
seeking to embaraH and dlecredr him |
and deprive him of the credit and his |
party Of the just advantage which they |
have richly earned.
They have adio%rned pekx,otxm FOR the
ienoble ends of partisan politics. Their
psvtenoe of patriotism IS as fraudulent as
1hor MISREPRESENTATION of fact are false.
ney are br.sen sham and desplcable
hnnd
Cm any sane and candid voter IN
Dwaze or elsewhere, deny and dis
thlHy Let lis aee
On October %, uit., President Wilson,
= hie latest note to Germany used these
vrds sEIf the United States must deal
with the military masters and the mon
s1chicA authorities of Germany, now, 1t
must demand, not peace negotiations, but
smrend4" Yet, on the following day,
Roosevelt telegraphed TO Senator Lodge
70 oppose Wilson's terms OF peace. And
ever SINCE then, these dlsloyal partIsans
have been representing that Wilson was
for Negotiations" and not Tor sur
render"
When they found that ne was about to
vrest victory and a Just and enduring
peace on terms proposed by him and ap-
proved by all of our foreign Allies, and
accepted by Germany and her allies, then,
through sheer envy, malice and all I'M
charIta blenesp they began war of mis-
representation defamation and obstruc-
tion against him and ms wise and success
full policies.
What People -Saturdav-Coop
To keep silent would be to admit that
their charges and their course were true
and right; and might result in the post
ponement of peace and the prolongation
of the war with its incalculable cost of life |
and treasure and human misery This |
would be both pusillanimous and faith |
less to his duty TO his country and to man
kind.
Our people accord TO the ylest criminal |
the right Of defense and ali impartial |
hearing. Is there any rule Of Presidential
proprietv. or anv other disability or sane
reason. which prevents the President or |
:snv other public official from appealing |
to the people for support IN the perform |
ance Of the duty for which they elected |
him? Surely not In fact as their $ ryaI !
they have the right to have him appeal to |
them and give them needed information |
whenever the proper and full performance
of his duty may require il.
In England, the real head OF the govern /
ment-as the President is here appeals |
TO the people TO elect members favorable !
to his policies whenever the legislative |
body there defeats or obstructs his ad- /
ministrative measures
The time has now come in this modern
and active practical age, when this course /
"a !