The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-01

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vi The dec1aExtio w1r against
1s1 The amendmant 10 the con
scrfptinn Law. des1gned 10 give e3ect
TO tho declaration OF war.
These were the eight great Wat
Questions. They had 70 do With our
army and navy preparations. Win
the creation OF the means Of war
making, and Of carving ont the pa
triotic purposes Of the American peo-
Die. The record Of the National Sc
curity League places an against
the name OF each man who voted
wrong. or those Who paired wTong
ON these war measures. and on that
record We ind four placed
aeainst the name Of, N. NJ Neely, OF
west Virginia. In spite OF the net
that the Democratic party hes seught
to carry ON this var simply a. q
Democratic party var; fnS. spite OF
the fact MI. Wilson Is now appeal
ing for your reelection as his per
sonal supporter. the best record you
can show on the eight crest waT
measures is $3.50 record. You cam
not defend your self on the ground
OF lack Of Information. or lack OF
proper understanding On these
great questions two West Virginia
Congressmen voted right every time.
1eafnst the names Of two West Viz
ginia Congressmen not q single
appears, and those Congressmen
were Geo. NJ. Bowers, Republican. OF
the Second West Virginia District
and Edward Cooper, Republican, OF
the Sixth West Virginia District
You had the same facts and You had
the same information that they had.
They voted for American purposes,
American ideals and American pa
triotism eight times. while you voted
against American propositions and
agatns. American patriotic ideals
four times. For you to appear now
as special champion Of the patriotic
purposes OF the American people: Tor
you to seek to pose as sturdy adj
yocate Of American ideals and OF q 1
vigorous carrying on to just con-
clusion Of this war, Is piece OF Inn.
pudence only eQualed by your past
performance IN this community IN
the matter Of carrying our your per
sonal pledges to individuals, and Par.
ticularly IN regard to the Wheeling
post Office.
In conclusion, I wish to say to the
voters OF the First Congressional
District, that II elected to Congress
next Tuesday, they will not have to
complain Of any $3.50 record in the
matter OF national patriotism as far
as am concerned. They VIII not
have to be satisfied with any half
way performance. stand 70 cary
ON this war to successful conc1u-
sion. and do not stand for peace
without victory II elected to Con
eress. / VIII support men in the
House OF Representative who wiz
be the sturdy advocates OF national
preparedness; Of q vigorous national
policy: and believe that We VIII
send no better news to our Allies In
Europe next week than the news that
the American people have elected to
CONGRESS majority from party
whose leaders are such men as Theo-
dore Roosevelt, William H Taft,
Henry Cabot Lodge, julius Kahn and
Elihu Root. They. viii know that I
that party means to carry the war to
victory without wayering and with
ont unnecessary note writing and, so |
far "a my influence may be exerted, |
it VIII be exterted to that end
Also, I VIII vote for men who VIII
stand for the American policy OF
protection. I Will vote for those
measures which mean defense OF
American wage standard, against the
competition Of countries organized
upon q cheaper industrial basis I
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