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Show A The President ' I And Politics 1. There has been a deal of balderdash since President Wilson issued his $ statement last week urging that a Democratic majority be returned 1o con- H gress. The statement appears to have attracted far more attention than is 5jj justified and to have aroused Republican party adherents to a defensive H campaign far greater than the situation warrants. . Assuredly no one would expect President Wilson to want anything ex- $ cept a Democratic majority in congress. Despite the fact that he is the presi- ' dent and has risen to the position of the leading statesman in the world, he $ is still a Democrat and the recognized leader of that party. Why, therefore, all this howl because the president in a formal statement asks us to do what we all knew he wanted us to do, even without the asking? Did you, or anyone else, expect him to ask for the election of a Republican $ , majority? Perhaps, though,' the complaint is that the president made a statement, H smacking so strongly of partisanship. If so, there is ample justification. When Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt and Taft tcured this country they 0 ' talked politics at every city and hamlet and they urged the election of Repub- $ licans while they extolled the virtues of the G. O. P. They wanted a Republi- : can majority and they got it. . . . . ' President Wilson is denied the satisfaction of a cross country speaking $ tour, business affecting the future of the whole world keeping him in Wash- $ ington and because he cannot deliver the political message orally he sends forth a brief and. trite statement. Pe says what he wants as president, as $ leader of the Democratic party and as a private citizen. Where is the harm? $ Surely he has only conformed ) precedent and done exactly what could hno been expected of him. . $ There is no question of patriotism involved, for as far as anti-German- $ ism and pro-Americanism goes the people of the United States are solidly 0 united. The issue is pro-administration or anti-administration and the presi- $ dent naturally feels he can rely better upon the Democrats than he can upon ! Republicans. n It might be argued, if we wished to delve into the situation, that this $ feeling has been forced upon the president by the recognized leaders of the 1 Republican party. For instance, if Colonel Roosevelt was in congress the pres ident could scarcely look to him for fiientVy support. Colonel Roosevelt has been partin.lariy severe and loquacious in his de- ? nunciations of President Wilson and his acts. Yet, we know the colonel to be a thorough patriot and to be sincere and earnest about it, just as sincere A as at the time when he was anti-Republican and as he now is in the pro-Re- ;j? publican roltr , v ' $ T Of course, politicsUs involved, and such will always be the case if we continue to elect president by popular vote instead of having them inherit $ the job like the kaiser. S $ 4 STAND UP, SUPPORT AND UPHOLD PRESIDENT WILSON BY M GIVING HIM THE TEAMlOF LOYAL SUPPORTERS AND WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND TRIED OUT. THIS ENDORSEMENT CAN $ BE GIVEN IN ONLY ONE WAY AND THAT IS BY VOTING A STRAIGHT A , DEMOCRATIC TICKET, AND ELECTING EVERY MAN ON THE DEMO- $ CKATIC TICKET FROM CONGRESSMAN MAYS, TO CONSTABLE CAL- ; LETON. I . J i |