The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-10-26

what ever iiI0tSSSlltSS mas Utcif
present in the election campaign this
fall has been cleaned out, if it is pos
sible to clean it out at all, by the appeal
of President Wilson yesterday to the
voters OF the country for return of
"a Democratic congress this fall as proof
of the popular backing to his leader
ship in this critical time.
The Presidents action eiee1rined
Republicans in Washington who is
sued formal reply in the name of the
party leaders in the Senate and House
and the chairman of the Senate and
House Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee.
The Republican statement, declar-
ing the minority party in Congress had
supported the Administration policies
since the war with a unanimity and
an absence of criticism unprecedented
in party history. pointed to the record
as proof
The war, the Republican statment
contends, is not the Presidents per
sonal war" nor the war of Congress,
nor of a party, but of the American
people, and declares "the Republican
party, representing more than half the
citizenship of the country. demands its
rightful share in the burdens and re-
sponsibiiities it imposes.
If given majority i'll either or
both houses, the leaders said the Re-
publican party would drive forward
the war and hasten victory and would
CHECK the waste now going on of
money" given by the nation.
Great State Document"
Especial to THE WORLDLY
Fairmont, w. Va, Oct. 25.-Chair
man Shaver, of the Democratic State
Executive Committee, tonight after
having read the Presidents appeal
for support at the poll, was asked to
make statement. He replied:
President Wilson's address to his
fellow countrymen, issued from the
White House today, is one of the most
notable state papers ever written by
an American President
Its strength lies in its candor, in
speaking the plain truth that it is i'm
peratively necessary that the nation
should give its undivided support to
the Government under unified lead
ership and that Republican Senate
and Congress would divide the leader
ship
I "Others conspicuous in public life.
with concededly great ability to ex-
press thought in familiar language
have tried to make this same final ar
gument for popular support of the
President, just as he has spoken for
himself and for his candidates"
| Excerpts from President Wilson's ap
peal to voters.
/ IF you have approved of my
/ leadership and wish me to con-
| tinue to be your unembarrassed
spokesman in affairs at home and
! abroad, | earnestly beg that you
| will express yourselves unmis-
takably to that effect, by return
| ing Democratic majority to both
the Senate and House of Repre-
4 sentatives.
1 Il am your servant and will ac-
| cept your judgment without cayil,
! but my power to administer the
| great trust assigned me by the
/ Constitution would be seriously i'm
paired should your judgment be
! adverse.
| THE leaders of the minority in
the present Congress have unques-
tionably been pro-war, but they
! have been anti-Administration
| At almost every turn since we
! entered the war they have
| sought to take the choice of pol
icy and the conduct of the war
out of my hands and put it under
the control of instrumentalities
of their own choosing.
This is no, time either for