The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-26
REPUBLICANS PROVE
 UP THEIR PATRIOTISM
Cite the Records to Prove That the Republicans Have Supported War Meaures in Stronger Percentage Than the Democratic Members ot Congress.

Washington, Oct. 25 -4President Wilson, in a statement today address, ed to his fellow countrymen, asked them to return q democratic congress in the November elections if they have approved of his leadership in this critical time.
 Failure to return a democratic ma- jority to both the senate and house of representatives, the president said, not only would seriously impair his power to administer the great trust assigned me by the constitution bus would be interpreted abroad as a re- pudiation of his leadership.
 The presidents action electrified republicans at the capitol who issued formal reply in the name of the party leaders in the senate and houss and the chairmen of the senate and house republican congressional cam- paign committees.
 The republican statement. declar- ing the minority party in congress had supported the administration pol ices since the war with unanimity and an absence of criticism unpre- cedented in party history, pointed to the record as proof.
 The war, the republican statement costends, 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, de-
 mands its rightful share in the burd-
 ems and responsibilities it imposes" If given a majority in either or both
 houses. the leaders said, the repub- lican party would drive forward the
 war and hasten victory and would check the waste now going on of money given by the nation.
 SeNaral senators and representa- tives. both republican and democratic issued personal statements during the day and most leaders on both sides prepared for the debate which was expected in the senate when it re assembled Monday after the week. end recess and possibly in the house.
 The statement issued by Republican leaders in congress follows:
 Some time ago the president said: Politics is adjourned Now, in the l.xr f 4 I,. t.I. layed by the united efforts of all par ties for the Liberty loan--now when all pubic meetings have been given up owing to the influenza epidemic, the president sent out Q direct party appeal calling upon his countrymen to vote for democrats because they are emocrats without reference to wheth- CT such democrats have been, or are. in favor of war measures and have a war record which deserves support.
 The voters of Michigan, to take a single eXamFIe. are called upon to support Mir Henry Ford--notoriou for his peace at any price, for his con- temptous allusions to the flag, for the exemption of his son from military service-on the sole ground that he will blindly support the president Tho president is quite ready to admit that republicans are loyal enough to fight and die. as they are doing by the thousands: loyal enough to take up great loads and pay enormous taxes: loyal enough to furnish important men lat no salary on some of the great war boards in Washington. But they ara not loyal enough, in the presidents opinion. to be trusted with any shara rONTINITEp ON pACE EoTrR