Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-26
WILSON'S APPEAL
To VOTERS AROUSES
LEADERS OF 6. 0. P.
ReD,,bl;can Senator Follows Presi-
dents Call for Support at
Polls With Hot Rejoinder.
CAUSES STIR IN CAPITAL

sons proclamatlon 10 the voters oi the
United Stacs issued Yesterday was quickly
followed hv a reiondcr appeal signed
hy Senator Lodge and the heads oi the
Congressional campaign committees, the
partv vote Ccttcrs. and partisan professors,
Describing the Republican leaders rs
having been pro-war but autI-AdmlnlS-
tratIon in their attitude, the PRESIDENT
asserted that At almost every turn since
this nation had entered the war the kc-
publican leaders" have sought To take
the choice of policy and the conduct oi
the war out OF my hands and put II under
lnstrunentalitics Of their own choosing,
and insisted that thus is no time either
for divided counsel or for divided leader
SHIN * viewed hv the President the
return of a Republican majority t" clthcr
Senate OF House would not only he inter
prrtcd abroad as i reputation oi hlS
leadership. but would seriously impair his
power to administer the trust assigned
him hv the Constitution, because, as he
SAID. so many critical issues depend
upon the verdict.
RFrtRIICA<S RESENT APPEAL.
The President : action stirred deep re-
sentiment and vigorous criticism among
Republicans IN Congress tlls announce
,n.nt fell hike a bomhshcll IN thcr ranks
They repeated the Presidential phrase
that "n,lltie9 i adjourned, and, n
ccpting the President appeal rs a chal-
lencc 10 battle rctorted that politlcS
has nov been called INTO extra session
RcIuIblIcan leaders after 4 conference
of more than three hours IN the rn0m 81
senator Henry Cabot Lodge OF NlaS~a-
rliI-ctt-. minority leader, cryStaiilcd
thcir sentiment IN i prepared rclond'r
to the President
This is not the President war. eay
Tie RepuhIcan leaders III thrT dcelara-
non. hut the war 81 the ntcd states,
al the allied powers. aHd a the 'lNhizcd
world against thc tarharl~m q Germany
In tins great burden and responolhiliiN
the statement continued. the Rcpuhl"an
PARTY. representing moro than half the
,itlzenship II hr country demands ltS
rightiH share
Iaporuf ,n~ -Ie>rn~.
The Republican, reIoIpder Is ,i1ned f"t
only tn Senator Lodge tot also nN Repre-
sentative IrrderItk il G,lct. ii Mas@a-
nusctt~. RcpuhIIean floor leader n N"
Hutl-, Senator Reed Smoot ot tHh
,hairuau ot the Republican Senatorial
Committee. aui Representative simeon
ID les ut Ohlo Z hair.nln 81 / M tie
plbh..4u Congressional committee >cn-
4tor> Farah at Idaho and \cW ~ lndatna
rhs latter / tormcr Chairman 81 h. Rc-
publi,an National Committee. par;lrl-
nated III tho conference
sAY Aprf >LW,~ tNra,Ifn.
senator New OF Indiana ~ald tftoi the
meeting In Senator IpdGs office hat
H. Iad known from Democratic ~tnatarN
for tho past Sly weeks thAt the l'ro~deHt
had promised the Democratic National
Committee to make IN aprc;l 1" III"
voters. but that THE President had lla.I-
led this proniS., hN I lie condition thnt hc
would lssIe such i statement only N an
emergency Republican headers declared
hat for that reason tAcN were lnoAncd
Is take caurace fran the remarkable
4ction taken t1 The President today
they sat lat lhc President is u3rc COM
rrncd oytrfhe possibility 81. tepupiiean
senate being eleclcs. than o1rr thc possible
.ompe1Ifn III thc House ot Represents
ives
UHrl. .l4I, >< AcTIo< plrH>pIr-
IN Support Of tins contention tines
assert hat the election d Republican
House could not affect the President
adversely n tht conduC' 81 the WAr since
Il Republican House once ciccted. would
not meet ;lntil.4 xc..r from nr<t December
unless called into cNtrt SESSION after nest
March The minority leaders bchcHe
the President apprehension i really
conferred in the SENATE The Senate is
now controlled ln the Democrats hy
eight votes The Republicans INSIST
hat thev have q real fighting chance
for the coutrol ri the next senate
The new senate viii be called upon To
ratiiv any peace treaty made with Ger
many or any other treaties ot a vital
character growing out oi the war and,
from wh:t Republicans ~.nd n tho cloak
rooms this afternoon, thcy profess TO think
he President Is alarmed over the pros
pecl that would confront INN II i Re
publican ~enatc Is called upon 10 deal.
the coordinate treatV-lnakIng power
with such treaties
HITCHCOck DTFENDS IT.
senator HItchcock. Chairman oi the
lorclgn Relations committee, said the
President had been forced to take the
course he did and that the voters 81 the
country would to rallied to the Demo
cratic standard II tins Senator Lomas
Of Colorado agreed saving
The President perfectly expressed
lie view oi the Democratic majority Of
The present Congress The Republicans
have not and will no. ia amy way hamper
The conduct of the war There is 10
question that they are Is loyal a. he Demo
Gratis bur tins Is 40 lme ior divided coun-
sci