The Washington herald., 1918-10-30
BID FOR VOTES
STIRS BITTER
COUNTER HITS
Attacks on Wilson's Plea
Parried by Burleson
and Cummings.
FESS TILTS TUMULTY
Points to Party Opposition
Met in War by Lincoln
and Mckinley.

Important political developments
yesterday at the National Capital
from which both parties are direct
ing the contest for the control of
Congress, may be summarized as fol-
lows:
]. Postmaster General Burleson, The
third r1ember or the Cabinet to pub
liciy back up the Presidents appeal
FOR support at the polls, issued a
statement in which he announces
that Rodman Wanamaker. of Phila
/ oeiphia, one CT the leading Repubii-
cans of the nation, believes in whole
! hearted support of the war admin
istration.
z. Acting Chairman Homer S. Cum
mings. of the Democratic National
Committee. fiays the Republicans for
making. as he charges, a sectional
issue out of the war casualties nv
Claiming the loss OF more soldiers
from the Republican States of The
North and East than from the DEM
ocratic Southern States.
3. Chairman S. ID. Fess, of the Re-
publican National Congressional Com
mittee. replies to Secretary Tumulty's
last letter quoting Lincoln and Nc
kinley. sta Eng the citations quoted
by the Presidents Secretary fail 10
Justify the Presidents course and
repeating the charge that no Presi-
dent In history has made such a
request of the American electorate.
4. Senator Gerry. of the Demo-
cratic Senatorial campaign commit
tee, and Acting Chairman Cum
mings, both issue brief replies to
the Republican criticisms of the
Presidents course in the present
campaign.
Row May Grow Hotter.
The charges and counter-charres
served to keep the political atmos-
phere of Washington in a-state Of
constant disturbance. At the head.
quarters of the campaign managers
of both parties there were Whisper
ings of stin further and more sem
sational developments before the ac-
tual termination of the campaign,
FORCED to abandon public meet
ings in most sections of the country
by reason of the influenza epidemic.
the party leaders who are directing
the political struggle predict that
the last word will not be spoken
until the hour of going to press of
the morning newspapers of election
day.
Postmaster General BurIeson's
contribution was acclaimed by the
democratic leaders as of the highest
slgnlhcance as revealing the atti-
tude of independent Republicans.
Acting Chairman Homer S. Cum
mlngs statement in part is as fol-
lows:
Capitalizing the casualty lists
appears to be the latest activity Of
the Republican leaders. The Re-
publican National Committee is out
with a statement to the effect that
twelve Northern and Eastern States
have lost about five times as many
soldiers in France as the twelve
Southern States.
Using the files of the New York
Tribune in the New York Public Ii
brary as basis for the compilation
the Republican National Committee
last week completed a list of war
by States.
Compare Killed by Sections.
The story goes on to recite that
twelve Northern States, Connecticut
Indiana. Iowa. Massachu-
setts, Michigan, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio. Pennsylvania, Wiscon-
sin and Missouri, have suffered
total of 29,SS5 casualties since Nav
I. 1t says that twelve Southern
States. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida
Georgia, Louisiana. Maryland. Miss
issippi. North and South Carolina.
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. suf
fered losses amounting to s,e71
men.
No effort was made to show the
comparative populations of the north
ern and southern groups, in which
there is vast disparity. Neither was
an attempt made to show the ger
centage of Northern and Southern
troops that have gone over seas and
into action. Further. it is Impos-
sible to ascertain whether a higher |
of the Northern boys who
go to the front are killed or whether i
the percentage of Southern boys is !
higher. The Republican National Com /
mlttee sets forth that more Northera |
than Southern boys have been lost. /
This sort of sectional appeal will
make no votes-will constitute no /
reason why voters should prefer Re-
publican candidates 1t is unworthy
Of consideration.
Mr.. Cummings added that similar
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