Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1918-10-24
COMMUNICATIONS

To the Voters of the Eighth District:
My opponent refuses to adjourn
politics, as suggested by the Presi-
dent. and in lieu. attacks me from
several angles. These force me to
make statement. Before the Demo-
cratic convention he condemned me
because 81 am not actively engaged
in a single enterprise i'm the district Z"
If this were true would you help mat
tiers any by voting for Mr. Purcell ?
If he does not realize this fact.
want to now impress it upon him,
that the only enterprise a congress
man should be actively engaged in,
is war legislation. and TO that ! am
devotlng all my time. When he van
against me upon previous occasion,
he CONDEMNED me for trying to give
some time to Saginaw matters, and
as he said "neglecting Washington. .
He is one constituent whom it is hard
to please.
In his editorial in the Press he be-
Titles me for having remained so
long in Congress. and said "long
tenure in office breeds contempt"
When our friend Champ Clark was
elected speaker of the house, he was
amongst the first to congratulate
him, and later advocated his nomin-
alton for the Presidency. Mr.. Clark
has served Missouri longer than |
have Michigan, which indicates that
men look different to my opponent, if
they hail from Missouri.
In his advertisement he claims to
be a natural born patriot. Taking
the returns from the several patriotic
drives in this district, as basis. ne
does not seem to have anything on
the rest of the voters.
He continually asserts that | have
not supported the administration in
its war program While | have not
been in entire sympathy with the de-
tails of every measure, yet upon the
fundamental war bills | have always
voted aye, upon the theory that every
bill, right or wrong, had the outstand-
ing point, il was intended as a
measure to help America win the
war The absolutely best evidence as
to my attitude in those trying times
of of war legislation, is contained in
the following letter from the. Director
General Of American Railroads:
September Sth, 1917
Dear Mr. Fordney:
thaning yOuetaoin etao ietaoi eatoin
am sure you won't mind letting
me thank you for the courtesy and
fairness TO me in your remarks IN
the House in connection with the de-
bate on tn emergency bond measure.
1t was really generous Of you, and |
should like you to know how deeply
| appreciate such fine spirit, devoid
of all partisanship, as you have man
ifested in connection with the great
financial problems with which the
Congress and the Secretary of the
Treasury are obliged to deal. No
ore. who has had the plea sure of
knowing you as | have. would expect
anything else from you but high
patriotism in time like this, when
not alone our Country, but the World
itself, is in danger of domination by
the German military autocracy when
imperils the very bases Of modern
civilization.
1t is magnificent spectacle to see
united America, with all patriotic
men striving unsefshly for COM
mon object. and making possible, by
the very force of their example AID
cooperation. thing, which would
otherwise be impossible.
With high regard, | am
Cordially yours,
(Signed) w. j. McAdoo.
Where ! was then, have been NJ
10 date and will continue to be, until
this conflict is ended.
Saginaw. Oct 22nd. 1918.
j. w. Fordney.