Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1918-11-02

n Is more important In tate election than
In sny other in the Nsfseas history that par
tissnisna be laid asiae and Mat the citizens
cast their votes Cor thsse men and only foi
those ren who sre honestly and earnestly de-
vssed 70 the cause Of this ecountry and deter.
mined 70 win the war. Any candidate Of any
party who Is under the slightest valid suspi
elem Of cssloyslty because Of his associations
reistionships. strersnces. or activities should
b aseisively defeated. No man Of whose p@,
triotism or loyalty there Is the slightest doubt
sseuld be elected to an important enace in
wAlch he could tranHc In the lives Of Ameri-
soldiers. b~rtsr away Official information
or surrender - Prussian agent a single
right Of sais Republic.
Fathers, relatives. and friends Of the boys
In France. make no mistake on election day
VOTE aganst q loyal Democratic candidate
against the reelection Of Democrats
Censressman who has faithfully supported
TIA, Presidents program is vote W proiong
Vie war and continue the absence Of the boys
IN France. A vets for the re-sleetion Of such
Congressman V conclusive evidence Of the
vater's approval of the Administrators SUI
vrene efforts 20 end the war with victory and
lasting peace and 70 bring the boys back
home. God pity the man who proves recreant
to duty In such an hour and in such a cause.
Political False Alarms.
A few Republican politicians and candidates
fer Federal offices. seeing only with the pierre
,nE eye Of vaultirg ambition. look into the
future for field of action ebvious TO the
tremendous tasks Of this day ard impotent TO
perform the duties of this hour. Statesmen
Of this particular school are prcelsimins the
inability Of Democrats 70 enact constructive
legislation that will be demanded at the close
Of the war and alleging that only Republicans
can pass progressive laws. To all this the
fathers Of the boys who are fighting In France
will be content 70 reply: Sufficient unto the
day is the evil thereof Fer further answer
to such fallacboas arguments we shall say TO
our Republican friends. not by way Of crti-
cism but by way of assurance and for their
peace of mind that IL Patrick Henry's rule
IL still sound. IL the future may he safely
judged by the past, and the lamp Of experi-
cnce is lamp by which our feet may still
~ guided then II constructive laws are writ
t~n in the future they viii OF necessity be
written by the party Of Woodrow Wilson.
tApplause.l
Democratic Aehieveme Before the War.
For example, the Republicans were~ in cen.
troll Of the Federal Government almost con.
tinueusly and completely for more than 40
years prior to the beginning of the Wilson
administration. During all that time they were
poweriess to pass currency law that would
emancipate the business and the finance of
the country from Wall Street control. Within
the first year Of the Wilson administration
Democratic Congress enacted a currency law
that is admittedly the greatest Legislative
achievement Of this century. This Democratic
currency law at the beginning Of the war
saved this country from financial ruin and the
credit of our allies from utter annihiliation
After their four decades of power the Re.
publican party turned over 10 Democracy the
great railroad systems Of the country in !
condition of ineniciency. bankruptcy, and ruin.
Many Of them were under the yrossast mis-.
management and filed with water and graft
Under the stress Of war II became impossible
for them 10 perform their functions and =
Democratic administration was forced TO pro-
vide for their operation under Government
control. tApplause)
For almost a quarter of century labor
organizations and patriotic societies demanded
the passage Of an immigration law embodying
the literacy test, but It remained for De.
statute book.
1t gas the insistence Of Democratic House
that gave the people the paroes-post law. II
WAS Democratic administration that per.
fected this law. and under II gave the public
a delivery service, the utility of which 1t IL
impossible TO exsegerate.
The farmers Of the Nation were locked out
Of Congress for two decades by our opponent,
who controlled the Government. The Wilson
administration opened every legislative dooi
10 the allers of the soil and gave them the
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