Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-04
More. Appeals to
 Voters of Country
Issued by the Democratic and Republican Leaders Last Night Statements on Eve of Election.

Washington Nov 3.-Afore appeals to the voters of the country were is- sued tonight by the democratic and republican leaders, including Acting Chairman Cummings of the demo- cratic nationa! committee: Attorney General Gregory and Representative Fess of Ohio chairman Of the repub- lican congressional campaign con- mittee.
 Mir. Cummings said that the men and women at home who enjoy the great privilege of suffrage have the same responsibility resting upon them on Tuesday that rests upon tine soldiers who are fighting America battles for democracy abroad
 There is only one issue" he de- clared. Shall we help or hinder the president? He has asked tor a vote of confidence. Shall we give it to him :? There is not one of the allied coun- tries-Englard, France, it/y or Bel gium-that would not give Woodrow Wilson a vote of confidence at this crisis. Are we of the United States less grateful or appreciateive? Under his leadership the world is coming to democracy by fast leaps. Thrones are tumbling. Dynasties are crumbling to dust Tuesday will give word of
 
 Tn the final hour of the campaign, certain political opportunities have seized upon the presidentS war poli- cies as an object of attack. They pro- fess fear that the presidents war aims will not result in a victorious peace. Separately and collectively they shout Stop him! Stop him!' The news of 1 the day discloses that the president S political critics at home alone are | fearful of the success of his poli- cies.
 "On the front page of New York ] daily, one of the leading republican organs of the country, I find the fol- | lowing headlines: Wilson Views Followed at Truce | Council this over can Associated Press despatch from Paris '''Truce Terms Strip Tuckey of All | Power this over an Associated Press despatch from London.
 | Austria Split, Karl Out this over a despatch from Vienna. accounting the downfall of the Austrian emper- 1 or.
 Kaiser Karl and Archduke Flee as 1 New Republic is Proclai1ned,' Zu- | rich message announces,
 Tn other columns I read that Ger many Recognizes Czecho- Slovaks' and | I l shing's Men in an Advance of Four | Miles Take Three Thousand Germans. ! Do you want to stop him? I ar l confident you do not"
 Chairman i'ess urged every citizeI | who respects his rights to east a bal 1 lot without official inte1.t renee anC scrutinize closely the activities of the administration, which has virtually taken over direction of the campaign to continue the present control 1T 1 congress-" Some of the cabinet mem bers, he said, have been away iron the capital campaigning in republican states and others have issued appeals
 ''The president" said Mr F'ess "armed with wider authority than i! exercised today by any monarch or earth, makes q direct appeal for votes This most unusual attempt of the l head of the government tc use his colossal power for party advantage in time of war to try to capitalize thu peoples patriotism for partisan pur poses, has aroused the nation as noth ing since the Civil War.
 "McAdoo, Lead of the treasury anC of the federal board in charge of tn, banking resources of the ration, anC head of the Capital Issues Committee in control of all new enterprises, botl public and private, director general o all transportation, railway and inlanC waterways with more than two mil lion employees McAdoo, l Georgian whose preju1ices are made known b, his appeal printed on railway sched hles in which he names the wars ou nation has engaged in but OmitS men tion of our greatest war. the Civi | War, an, insult to every American cit iZen McAdoo pleads for a democrati congress for the sake of unity
 ''Mr Burleson of Texas. head of tn postal system, director of telegraph and telephones, with thousands of em pIoyes, on behalf Of the present con trol permits to be issued from his of flee a call to arms. s
 While rumOrs persist that a stan pede will be used for party purpose the people cannot be deceived as the, were in 1916"
 Attorney General Gregory said: 9Th partisan issue was injected into tn approaching election by men who ar admittedly the leaders of the repub
 lican party
 "The president is regarded by tn world as its most influential citize and by our allies as their chief spokes man. Nevertheless, Colonel Roosevelt the accepted unofficial leader of tn republican party in the United State has by, every means in hi power sought to destroy the conf dence reposed by the people in th ; president and to weaken the authori ty with which the. latter is clothed In a more subtle way. the leader 0 the republican party in the senate Ina , pursued the same course
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