Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-26
STORM BREAKS ON
WILSON'S PARTY CALL
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read the Presidents statements, that
he had known from Democratic
Senators for the past six weeks that
Mr.. Wilson had promised the DEM
ocratic National Committee TO make
the appeal, but that he had qualified
his promise by the condition that he
would make il only in an emergency.
For that reason Republican leaders
are inclined to take courage from
Wilson's remarkable action. They
believe the President recognizes the
desperate plight of his parity
Republican leaders. too, called
attention to the fact that Mr.. Will
son cannot have believed that the
election of a Republican House of
Representative could affect him ad-
versely in the management OF the
war, for even if a Republican House
is elected it would not meet until
year from next December, unless
called by Mr.. Wilson in extra session
after next March, and not even the
most hopeless pessimists doubts that
President Wilson's splendid diplo-
macy, as shown in his negotiations
with the German government, can
fail to have brought that government
to it's knees long before the present
Democrats Congress ad1ourns. he
publican leaders believe that Prest-
dent Wilson's apprehension is really
centered in the Senate.
Taft VIII Make Answer
Ex-President Taft, member of the
War Labor Board, upon being shown
the Presidents political message
stated:
phatically disagree with the Prest-
dent in his views. 1 hope to express
my disagreement more fully later.
Not only will the eN-Presldent nave
more to say upon the subject, put
now that the President has come
piea. the Republican leaders VIII
feel justified in entering more fully
into the political discussion than
would have been possible otherwise.
The intervening days before the cleo
ton promise TO show one OF the
most intense political campaigns Oh
recent times.
Il cannot believe that the Ameri-
can people can be persuaded that the
success of the war or the loyal sup
port of the President in the conduct
of the war will be in the slightest
degree affected by the result of the
next election. To deny otherwise is
TO deny the facts of history Senator
Knox, of Pennsylvania, stated.
The statement issued by Repupll-
can leaders in Congress follows:
Some time ago the President SAID
Politics is adjourned. Now, in the
closing days of the campaign-oe-
layed by the united efforts OF all
parties for the Liberty Loan-now'
when all public meetings have been
given up owing to the influenza cpl
demic. the President sends out dl-
rect party appeal calling upon ms
countrymen TO vote for Democrats
because they are Democrats wlthout
any reference to whether such
Democrats have been or are in IA
vor of war measures and have war
record which deserves support.
Repudiates Ford support
"The voters of Michigan, TO take
sinoIa example, are called upon to
sunnort MIR. Henry Ford-notorious
for his advocacy of peace at any
price. for his contemptuous allusions
TO the flag, for the exemption OF ms
son from military serVice-on the
sole ground that he will blindly sup
port the President. The PRESIDENT is
quite ready to admit that hepupll-
cans are loyal enough to nsht ana
die. as they are doing by the thou-
sands, loyal enough 10 ldhS VP SiSN
loans and pay enormous taxes; Loyal
enough to furnish important men at
no salary on some of the great war
boards in Washington. But they are
not loyal enough, in the President
opinion. to be trusted with any snare
in the government of the country or
legislation for 1t.
IF the Republican party controls
the House we can point out some OF
the things they will do. They Will
replace Mr.. Dent, of Alabama, at
the head of the military affairs COM
mittee with Mr.. julius Kahn, to
whom the administration was OBJ
ueed to turn for assistance TO take
charge of and carry the first draft
biII against Mr.. Dents opposition.
Thev will put a Republican at the
head of the ways and means COM
mittee. as leader of the House, in
stead of Mr.. Kitchin, of North Caro-
lima. who voted against the war.
They will give the country a speaker
who did not oppose and would
never oppose a draft bill and would
never say, as Speaker Clark did,
that There is precious little differ