Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-01
ROOSEVELT. TAFT AND HUGHES

Theodore Roosevelt and William n.
Taft defeated candidates for Presl-
dent. have united in an appeal Tor the
election of a Republican majority IN
CONGRESS-. It is long document, but
It can be briefly summarized. These
two former Presidents want Repuo-
lican Congress because they are not
satisfied with the way President Will
son has conducted the war; they are
not satisfied with his plans for MAX
ing peace; they are not satisfied with
his plans for reconstruction after the
war. If they were in power they
would conduct the war differently;
they would make another sort OF
peace; they would adopt different
plans of reconstruction.
The stress Of Republican leaders to
secure conLful OF lollSlcss Huns Pie'
full illustration in the appeal of Chas.
f. Hughes another defeated candidate
for chief magistrate, for support OF
party candidates in speech delivered
by him in New>York City on Tuesday
night. The defeated candidate for
the presidency asks the voters OF the
country to come to the rescue OF the
Republican party in its lust for office
and help tie the hands of the President
in the further conduct of the war
after he has forced the war lords to
their knees by raising the false cry
that the issue involved in the elections
is the saving of the republic from the
methods Of autocracy.
Contending that ."no political party
was paramount in patriotism" Judge
Hughes denies the soundness of the
Presidents assumption that only the
return Ito Congress of Democratic
majority would uphold his national
leadership.
AS has been suggested by several
Acknowledgements, in taking issue
with the President on This statement.
Judge Hughes entirely ignores the
arguments as TO the impression that
would be created abroad by kepubi-
can triumph, however the result might
he construed at home. That enemy
countries would construe Republican
victory as distinct reputation OF
the war politics OF the administration.
: has been freely voiced BY the press
Of those countries. in which such a
result is confidently predicted. And,
what is more to the pcint, these pap
ers use the same arguments in sup
port Of their predictions that the Re
publicans are adopting in the effort to
influence voters in the campaign they
are conducting-that IS, diSsatisfac-
ton Of, American voterS--with The.
methods and co';lies Of the President
applied to the conduct Of the war
Referring to the coming elections.
the Cologne Gazette, in its issue of
August 1t, says: Sat the beginning
Of November the people will in the
congressional elections. sit in judg-
mcnt over Wilson and his policies If
he succeeds. his dictatorship rests
upon foundation enabling him 70
proclaim himself the Gar of America,
without fear of encountering opposi-
ton, hut. the probability IS that he
will not succeed. In any event. the
November elections will have stgrlfi>
canoe as they have never had before"
The chairman of the National Demo-
c"atlc Congressional Committee cor
"ectly states the ISSUE in the contro-'
"ersy ovcy the control OF Congress
shen he says that i; resolves ltselfs
simply into whether the .tmer;ears
people desire to have the President
backed up by a wcll-trained military
ests'llls hnrat; e conduct the war, or
Whether they wish it conducted by a
political committee of TT Schooled, n
s-