The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-10-31
WORLD LOOKS To
WILSON FOR HELP
Must Be Sustained By Men In
Sympathy With His
Policies.
ELECT BUT LOYAL MEN
Secretaries Lane and Redfield
Send Out Appeals to
Patriotic Americans
to Stand by Ship.
ELECT BUT LOYAL MEN

Washington, Oct 3o.-Sationa
politics. from the Dem ocratic view
point, received the slim illus tonight oil
direct and strongly worded Appeals
TO the nations electorate by two more
members OF President Wilson's cahi'
net
Secretary of the Interior Franklin
X. Lane. end Secretary OF Commerce
William G.. Re1field, each urged the
election Of senators and representa-
tives in eccord with the president
policies and measures as an ess AntiaI
means of backing up the war admins
tration.
The Democratic rational commit
tee. made public a letter written &c
Senator Lodge. Republican leader al
the senate by II. G. lIanshrourh. who
was for eighteen years Republican
member of the serate from North
Dakota Former senator HanshrouGh
condemned partisan attacks on The
presiden. and asked for undivided
support Of The administrations MAI
program
Democratic leaders acclaimed Sen
ator Lanes statement as an eloquent
tribute to the presi len, AS well as q
justification OF the presidents course
in the campaign II is AZ follows
Fearless leader.
"At the head IF our state is
the man whom the world looks
IN fer guidance In this contest,
To bark him 10 The limit and en-
able him 10 look the kaiser In
the eye aud tell him what the con-
science OF the world commands
In our duty irrespective of party
He must not be tis~redited. weak
ened or worried ty any apt hest
tatian on the part of the people
to generously support him.
The kaiser knows that he is
democrat, and hose who have
been loyal tn him q the exponent
of the nations will should he
- serstAA,s congress that shey rnas
prosecute the war and lead II the
great neriod Of reconstruction
that IL 10 follow-~~a period in
which larger consideration must
be given To the needs and rights
OF those who suffer the handicap
OF poverty ar ignorance than ever
before.
We must have the impulse OF
sympathy for tho strugglers, for
those who are fighting their way
up. and this must he controlled
by steady brain which will not .
sacrifice fibre 70 i'm >ntality The
Democratic PARTY should and
must .ake the lead in the evolu-
ton Of a more intensely SOCIALLY
ed life. II has the right sym
pathics. and IL has the sym
pathetic and balanced leader
ship"
Secretary Redfieid strongly init.
mated In his appeal II the voters tina,
the present party activities of the Re.
publicans was traceahie To desire
10 lay tho foundation for the next
presidential campaign. His statemen,
follows.
Must Bc In sympathy.
Ordinary common sense shows
that the interest of the country
requires the election OF congress
tboth houses) In political sym
pathy with the administration,
One does not swap horses while
crossing the stream save In an
emergency. No emergency cal
ling tor the swap exists. The
present team IL well matched.
pulling together and doing the
Job we'll One carnot say how
the new horse would behave. Let
II be admitted for the sake OF
argument that he has oriictaify
pulled fairly straight much. per-
haps most OF the time thus far
There are exceptions and often
visible tendency to kick over the
traces.
The Republicans advance no
cogent reason for change in
the political complexion OF con-
gress now They profess en-
thusiasm to push the war along
and this very enthusiasm and
pushing the Democratic congress
ia showing and doing. They do
not explain the gain to the coun-
try Of substituting party antagon-
ism for party sym pathy. They
have tried hard tn pick flaws here
and there In the great accom- plish-