Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-04-02
A LAST APPEAL
JOSEPH E. DAVIES


States Senator. This is crisis in
our country's history. There is but
one great overshadowing issue in this
campaign: "Stand by the Government
and win the war at whatever cost.
Politics and personal ambitions can
wait until that one important purpose
is achieved. The good people of Wis
consin do not deserve the inf1iction
of berger. They have been sufficient
ly Inundated in having the good name
of Wisconsin banded about because
of the disloyal sentiments of the few,
who either from political ambitions
or misdirected sympathies have made
necessary that the results Of the cleo
ton shall go out to the people of this
Country,s and to the boys in the
trenches and the camps, as an I'M
questioned emphatic declaration of
Wisconsin's wholehearted Loyalty
We believe that the election OF
JOSEPH E. DAVIES will be accepted
generally as such declaration. We
do not believe that the many republi
cans, who have declared for JOSEPH
E. DAVIES as their choice have under
gone political conversion-we accept
their position in this crisis only as an
example of that patriotic Americanism
that subordinates all else to love of
Country and the Flag, and we sincerely
| honor them for it. And that senti
ment is not confined to one locality
or to one political party. In Iowa
| the democratic state central committee
has voted not to place an opposing
party candidate in the field against
| the republican candidate running for
reelection because of his loyalty and
| Minnesota, President Wilson has given
| public endorsement of the reelection
of Senator Nelson, a republican whose
every vote and effort has been in sup
| port of the administration in winning
the war. What specially good purpose
could we, here in Wisconsin, attain
| in the election of Mr.. Lenroot? He is
now a member of Congress-he has
| achieved influential standing in the
| house of representatives where his
services are needed and of value. His
election would be filling one vacancy
! in the Senate, only to create another
vacancy in the House, and bring on
another political battle in one of our
| Congressional Districts with the same
issues of this campaign all over again,
and with the most favorable outcome
only place new and untried man
cupies and where he can render as
acceptable service as he could possibly
render in the Senate Why not leave
him where he now is.
No man will so strongly emphasize
Wisconsin's wholehearted Loyalty as
will JOSEPH E. DAVIES. He is a
tried public servant-he is a man of
ability and measures up to the full
standard as a United States Senator.
Those who were privileged to hear
his mastery presentation of the pur-
poses and needs of the war at the
Opera House last Thursday Evening.
recognized in JOSEPH E. DAVIES a
big man, one who would worthilv
represent the great interests of this
State and its people, and who would
bring to the President and his ad-
mlnlstration real helpfulness. With
the election OF JOSEPH E. DAVIES
on Tuesday, there can no longer be
any question just where Wisconsin
and its people stand in this great
crisis-and that will mean much to
us here in this state. May we not
for this one day and on this one
great occasion, lay aside party politics
and vote only for the Country and its
Flag and so make certain of the cleo
ton of JOSEPH E. DAVIES.