The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-11-01
SUCCESS Mould MEAN
R1ll AR POuGI, SAYS T.R.

1,R5ra1Y 1oEfSdenl YNaaoo1 IN t4an election
$780, WAscotasan, ~ -
- 1ts4 44 80 CSA4s4 49,. S..,.i
~. =. ~ 1o - ..,,,,Ise ~ 1spiie
welfare above party. Now no declares
fhat thts - narty war. ana that the
1sep9o1le1ne. elenousn ae Is -. :,
stns sn&ve oee1 Nn = 49, 4,
are e ne e1eiaoeo 1Eom az! e1eeS
NOT n this all. He makes h16 ap-
neaI on l,ef,aIf % the Denocratie party.
But he II careful to quality it 90 es O.
e8cauoe- AZ 0efnoe1atS wno So1 ~. 49,
to the Nation or even loyoty 70 49, "a
is adnainistration- He in no way dis
ersn,inafea between Democrats who are
Iro-War ana those who are anti-was;
Ae asks the e1elusson Ilc ,1 ~ Mi,S-
The man who - antladniiniseTation; was VI
% out me ssaesss .ntisWar 1oya1 OF dis
,ovai natriot1c or unpatriot1c. The one
80 - s..,oS.S 4s Ioyalty 70 himself
The President Of the United ssa esde mi
pudfates the position p peinS pses - =
OF an the people. an9 suostteuses 1oF ~
the position Of partisan Leadership OF
ono noIftfcaI faction: while even In this
(.c+ton ~ makes servile adherence to
i,is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the test OF nenner-
-, s,7d ~ the moral right OF any man
- ~ his .hare in the great work OF
p y - n. ..1r.goyernrnent.
--- ron+r..f 1ifia dis the position Of
Ahrshom Lincoln. In tho darkest days
Of the Civil war. Lincoln declined out
right TO make any pa1.y apD1 ~. Us ~ maj
Ply any U@ES. sest -x "a az the war
OF toyaasSy "a ~ s1 rs = Ifoion Snd 70 liberty
nc - 4;yst. S1aSe he advocared aendInE TO
cOofress only unconditional support
era OF the war" making no reference %
any raEry: and in June OF tna1 yea ~, IN
answer % s0nS ~ STSSreocrSfx he
Srnressed his regret that they had not
~ fhernselves :.Arnertcan citizens"
sayfrr :.in this time OF national peril
woald have preferred TO meet you upon
a level one step higher tnaa any pa LII
pat 1oErn: eno IN N $50 ;,,af wear he
poly, te 80, those Who r.anintsin un-
I1.aSl1ssit1onei derotion to the Union,' and
Ia this appeal he explicitly excluded his
oyen polirtcal friends with those OF his
pontlcal eneMss. z,n.N car 1oa[e TaIse
malice or partisan nope az th1-ne s,;c iti1
t 20 III f4a snpeai to pro.war men. with
out aa1anS aDoue sae. aosf,o he anneaied
himseH; ASan a1s a1,5 30 ..a1i friends Of
, ~ nd iiberty. and in 1854 he ae-
cepeeo naS ,d1t}oas1 ITnion men
1ne ,,,raSn nasde no party test He ap-
peaied to an loyal nen Of AL 1l parties e.
Hc asked that the test OF nere ~ ~, ~
congress be not adherence to ms PEI
s,,a,,or+ Of the war. M. Wilson APP
supposS u 80 -,s,d rartv test. He exc
pnes ene nos 1ova;tv to the war
ms n test He demands the soe - a.
tho Democratic party and asks ehe oe
feat Of an pEoIwar 1 mon Z r. en ssk. n1 for
~ 1isFeaf ~ pro-wa rRepublicans. He
s au 49, s.o. s.,- 4or the defeat OF ane1-wnr
Democrats On the eonsIaS' 49,. ne
2 5ssg . Fee9 $780, asa Ie doe.
nee ASK ,,! 1o @or sunnort Of himself. There
$50 q .t 80 S1,eb1ext sucrest1on that he
~ $500. ny Of disloyalty to the nation
do not doubt that ne co. ~ 80 80
disapproval OF such olsloyaNey ~ :, 81 -
parcntly this feeling on his part y 80
.epld . ia 1s What he regards IS the
ne ne eon ase4ep IN Of failure Il. adherence
to himself.
slider Just what is nnsantwhsn the pres,
the leaders Of them tnortty althousa
unQuestionnbly pro-war have oeen ~
adnninistration. Thessleaders sc appotfssen
Of war was needed They supported i
when there was q demand tor tns of IS:
They They s sgeResesa they ns sapporsed every
desns for ssy !. q Or Il
Of the war: and theysuppoEted e on
these issues whenhalf the leaders OF
President Wilson's own party opposed
him when he had committed himSelf 70
war 1,aeaSureS-and yet President WtlSon
10y pe1noerats Who OPPOSED the war
mS,snrea md against the Republicans
Who supported him -. rz,,... 800,
viS,sn he Sneales Of these leaders as be-
M aithonrh ..pro-Wsr yet anti
a HS. II rneaax that when
- 10 sIaoo-+r,e1f "A Sadnoini1tered
I tr1+,, T4+er sneffIciency they investiEated
VIII 49, 80 tSsSS-+.Ja nIS.,, efficiency
the mater ana a1Slsee9 I'D aS0n ,o,,r6 tf9t
Aeneans snaS "n sn yeinSy do>3e IN shin
nothins eieestye . W. 0s +Saf tbe WorE Sc
speeded up. ae meant tn1S MneH 1 NY
found that s6 hunofeo Tainao" s o9.. -,
had been spent Tor 01fp!AneS Sno yes
that not m airplane had re9cneo our
soldiers should get the a1Tp!an3S ., 1of
regards It as anti-adpinistration" to
denapd that our gallant mop At the