Show hite hits House Political Defenses Defenses' Attacked on All All Sides Oust 11 Bourbon Rubber Stamps Says T. T R. R Wilson A Adherents Rush t to p. p Support of D Dented Lines in Battle for Control of Next Con ress ss R 0 p p of Wilson in War WarTime Time Scored by Col Roosevelt Elect j 1 Re Republican 1 tn C Congress b of Straight out Americans Ameri cans Not Congress cn of Rubber Stamps Urges Colonel in iii Address i at nt New Nev York New k l 1 EW YORK Oct 28 28 Col Theodore Roosevelt answering President jv Wilsons Wilson's appeal for return of a a. Democratic majority in Congress urged ers t-ers of the nation in an address here tonight to transfer control to publican Republican leadership Such an outcome of the election he declared would assure our Our allies allie s t at Amer America la is s determined to speed speedup up the war and insist on unconditional ender of the enemy and would serve notice on Germany and and he her r mal a states that they would havo havE to deal henceforth with the resolute e ind aind ud straightforward soul of the American rican people and not nl merely rely with the bacare purposes and wavering will of Mr Wilson af M Declaring that I. I half half the llio leaders of the Presidents President's own o party opposed opposed bun when he h lead had d committed himself to 0 war measures Mr l Roosevelt Roose crt d that heads of the Republican organization in Congress supported administration tit when hen a declaration of war was needed when there was a R almand mand for the draft when the army was vas sent overseas and when money honey moneys as s required by taxation or by loans I I t fc The former president spoke speke p ke at a meen meeting g under n erl r the h e auspices pice of ot th tJ o clubS club at Carnegie Hall to advocate the thc election of It the the S i ican can n stale ticket here bere in New York and of the Republican Congressional f let thet t throughout the Union t r I Rebuking what he termed the I servility of or Democratic leadership he be e Colonel said it was was small wonder that in the cloak doak rooms of the house bouse o bitter jest circulates Heres lieres to our czar last in war Avar first toward c ce long lout may he lie waver wn waver Unfit Men Bien Given Office Mr Mr Roosevelt criticized the general ourse arse of or the administration through through- put n ut ti the be war declaring Jf Jr rr Wilson had really meant i disregard politics he would at once ve tye ve constructed construct d a no coalition a non- non cabinet calI calling g tho the best men ment t thc nation to tho the highest and most off offices ees un under er him without Bard gard ard to pol politics tics He II lid did nothing t 1 the kind J In 11 the thc positions most ital to the conduct of the war Avar and the thc positions now mo most t important IL connection with Avith negotiating peace ie e retained or appointed men without he e slightest fitness for the thc perform- perform ace nce e of the tho tasks whose sole waS Avas a a supple eager eager ss 7 ss ss to Mr Wilson Wilson- personally id iii to toc rie c Mr Wilsons Wilson's 8 party part partin in insofar as asch uch ch ser service cc benefited Mr r. r Wilson s Contrasting the Presidents President's appeal sith ith Lincoln s outright refusal en in the darkest days of the thc Civil il tar to apply appl any and party parly test to lo to fit- fit for office the Colonel said saul that in coin appealed to lo all ull loyal 1 men of 1 parties and aud asked that candidates tic r Congress b bc he e 1 judged not by b the of or a adherence to hi his 1 ant ante ministration e but hut lJ by their D lial l support of the thc i war t 4 Notice i Ile He- Heen en ed of or a Republican Congress q colonel continued md m- m would bo be un an unto un-I un tood to ro r d abroad as meaning that thu lif I Germans lite ta and and antl ts and Socialists ti could ina r bo a Hed upon s g S efficient d d tortuous ni tools that the tho fighting en cn and n not of Ul tho rhetoricians 9 wore were UP- UP tr UP-J UP ll's Roosevelt nOose interpreted ted tho the reference to the thc a alto d n n 1 r n la- la a Je of ot Republican mein- mein rs or of Congress a as based on on their dc de- de and nd that c waste and anti I de-I ox ox- ox a ag r nce be c r remedied In tho the war departments o lonel onci Roosevelt II 6 declared that it I ni n nonsense e that even lure P an con conceive l' ve to stale that 3 tills this to r re return turn rn a Conn Con- Con fall allies would ho be Interpreted b by n and 12 atlon lcm ion Germany German y as nB being a reo re- re or of tho o war scar alms alma of or this Ito IJo coun- coun that what need needa we wo J an Congress a Con g I Americans a aJ and not a aRight J I or of rubber stal I Right of Jud e e I tid b by the pledge ourselves to toby President ISO so lonG loK ho I I da b as by bi the c 1 America American t t com n Pc people plo and tom to tor company from r m hl re in at an any point d Our Judgment II lie dots not d pe peoples peoples' by oVes Ples t th the people eC r le he lie said Bald This rials la Is t I BICS' BICS Ica war year go ail this ls Is l theah the I the pence peace that thal fol- fol ah ll bo La the peoples peoples' peace Young fL a press dispatch to the that hat republican cf- cf senators auch ors a Nelson and Lod Lodge ly aro an as thoUght France or of In Franco today loday a ia Continued on rage 2 r. fl COL OL ROOSE ROOSEVELT EtT F Fo FORMER FORMER- 0 R lI l 1 B R It Pre buS busy t showing h hof up un weak points point s of Democratic party propaganda 1 S tf YN 4 L. L s Q c Presidents President's Partisanship Attacked by Roosevelt Continued From Pago lago 1 I aro tho American generals Colonel Roosevelt that nine mime times out ot of ten this tIlls administration has never ne led th the thc people has been reluctantly reluctant forced forward Into action b by criticism against which which it has Imas violently protested protested pro plO tested and nn and has sullenly sometimes sometimes some some- times maliciously sought to punish the thc themen themen men who by their truth telling have ha forced it Into action In iii n a word tho the colonel said ald the lie Democratic party part under tho ho leadership of or the administration lr has carried partisan par par- Ilsan politics luring during tho lie la last t el eighteen months to an extreme never nc before known In this country countr In a time of ot war of oC the war as among loyal upholders and it has het como come dangerously near cie- cie a Condition of one r Teal lest lIt The Time test In insisted upon has haR been not loyalty to our allies and hostility to Germany German but a adherence horence to the time administration admin declared adding that he President Wilsons Wilson's I request quest of or October 14 1 that citizens should subscribe to tho the of tho the loan but leave leav to government o the tho ln I ted States Stales and of or the allies the momen momentous momentous' tous II discussions I Initiated II tn b by Germany German could be interpreted as at meaning that the they should both put hut Iut up and shut up urt UJ Colonel Roosevelt Roose elt asserted that If I the time administration had used with wl mo moderate efficiency tho ho results of the lie lavish laish generosity gen gen- of oC Congress our army and the time allied arm army would ha have havo been doing last March what the they arc actual actually doing doing do do- ing lug now In October After asserting the time war must be put through to our last man mann and amid ld our last dollar the colonel declared that we should accept no peace not based eu on tho the unconditional surrender of Gelman Germany Ocr Gel man many an and her vassal yassa I states Bates President t I In II ii I Dilemma Ho 10 asserted that the Presidents President's latest latest lat lat- est cst notes had hal placed him in such a position po po- that he lie had either olther to sacrifice America and atit humanity or to r respond In such a a. manuel manner as to stultify his own ml diplomacy I p 10 m acy Replying in to the time statement Issued by br President Wilson 1501 Colonel Colon l Roose Roosevelt lt 1 said salt In part pan This meeting Is s hold un under er peculiar circumstances I HI the President of oC the United States Is r right ht In the appeal ho he hohas hohas has just made to tho the voters oters then you u and I. I in my my hearers h havo ho o no right to vote at this election electon or to discuss discus public questions while the tho war lasts If H his appeal Is justified only that faction facton of the tho Democratic party which accepts to toward toward toward to- to ward the tho President time the rubber stamp attitude of ot complete servility is is entitled t d to control Congress and no man who is 11 a Republican an and no man whether a Republican or 01 not who who puts loyalty to to the people ahead almead of ot loyalty to the of ot the is have hae servant ser people to e 11 a. a voice olce in iii determining tho the greatest question ever e brought before this na na- na- na tion When this war broke broko out I. I I and all al those who believed bele as I 1 did cast nil all thought of oC politics aside and ant put ourselves ourselves our our- selves seles unreservedly at the tho service of or orthe the President Of Ot course If It Mr 11 Wilson has really meant to disregard ard politics politic he would at once have havo constructed a coa coalition nonpartisan c cabinet caln calling th tho thie b best men of or to the highest high high- c est and most Imp Important offices Under him without regard to politics He lie did lid nothing of or the kind In lii the tho positions most vital lal to the conduct of or the time war and In the positions now most moet important hoper hoper- tant in connection with uc negotiating peace he ho retained or appointed men without tho lie slightest fitness for lor or the performance of ot the task tasks taska whose hose solo recommendation WaR wan as a eagerness eager eager- IserI Iser- I ness hess to serve nerve Mr 11 Wilson Uon and to servo O Mr 11 Wilsons Wilson's party part In so far faras faras ar aras arI I as such service bene benefited Mr lr Wilson ilson I 1 am glad tad that Mr Ir Wilson Vison has no not cast off orr the mask mek Ills His Ils appeal Is now pure partisanship I 1 ask all al patriotic Americans to consider con eon sider aider just jURt what Is IR meant when the President says as a's that In tho time present Congress tho time leaders of ot the time minority although unquestionably war pro-war have ha been anti administration These leaders lead lead- ors ers supported the administration when a declaration of or war was needed They rhey supported it when there Ucro was a n demand for tor the tIme draft The They supported It when we sent the army overseas o Tho They Thoy supported supported supported sup sup- ported er e every demand for tor monc money whether b by taxat taxation n or b by loan nr Supported The They supported it or gave Ga It Initiative and guidance on e cr every issue where it stood for tor vigorous prosecution of ot the war and they supported it I on these thee lines Jnes when the tho leaders of ot Proe- Proe ident Wilsons Wilson's own party party opposed him wh when hen n he lie had committed himself to war measures measures and and yet ct President Wilson now makes a a partisan appeal In favor tavor of oC the Democrats who opposed the tho war measures and amid against the tho Republicans who supported them Now ow what does Mr 11 Wilson mean when h ii h. speaks of ot the these hero e leaders as b being ln although pro war var war yet ct a anti antl lit lie I. I means that when tho the war department was administered with Hh utter uter mit- mit they Investigated In the matter matUr He lie efficiency nn and insisted upon e ef- ef nothing found that that Hint when thc they t was as b being done dona dOle M In shipbuilding speeded the they insisted that the thc work be U UP P. P lie Ho means menns that when the they found that six hundred million milon dollars dolar had I that t and been spent for or airplanes yet had reached our I not an airplane soldiers at the thc he front the they Insisted ted that thai our soldiers should get the for which the tho people had paid G. G 0 O. O P. P Demands I Mr Wilson regards s it as anti antl 11 I administration to demand d that our gallent gal gallant gal gal- gal galI lent lant men at the receive o tho the guns an and tanks and airplanes air airplanes air air- and the rifles auto auto r which planes and shoes an and clothing for Congress ant has appropriated approbated HO so many billions of or dollars The he entire entre offense of oC tho time Republican leaders headers In Mr Ir AMI- AMI t Ilson's Il- Il l demanded have hae they sons son's eyes es is that that Inefficiency waste and rava- rava he lie remedied Such H a demand gance be i anil treats as treat that Mr Ir Henry Ford has announced ho lie does dos not believe e bele In patriotism hat shat that hatho ho lie thinks the flag Is 19 silly and does not believe In it I It and that when this war ar Is over ii he e will wil ill pull pul down doll the flag Ca of ot The son hoist It again amid atHI never I this lr le multimillionaire stays at homo home home while hundreds of oC thousands of ot men of ot small means Ic leave e their wives wl and children chill chil smal dr dren n and go 0 to the time war var But Dut Mr Ir A Wilson Allson lson 1 is supporting Mr Ir Ford for the Senate On the other hand Senator Weeks ecks does oes believe In patriotism He lie does believe in belte the lie war var Ills Ils only son soil is h fighting overseas at this moment facing death eath comrades from side by side with wih his cr c every l rank of life But Du Mr 11 Wilson is opposing Mr Ir Weeks There are dozens of ot such Cl cases es and the tue on only I explanation tion ton possible of ot the tho lie Presidents President's attitude Is that he lie makes males adherence to his per- per onal fortunes and not loyalty to the lie nation tho time acid test In accordance wih with which he lie gives or 01 withholds support Ion Neemi 11 Not ot Worry If I the Preel President ent says he is anxious bout about time the effect on German Germany arid our allies ales of oC the lie election of ot a a. Congress I I which would follow follo Colow the present sent Republican lican ships leaderships of oC tho he House and Senate he lie need need bo be under no an anxiety lety It I would be clearly abroad as ns at home Or Our allies ales would I know ow that It I meant that tha t A America m WC was sas determined Ined to speed speedup up the war to back her own army and tho tho- armies of ot the allies ales to the limit to tolerate no corruption or l' l Inefficiency Insist on Germanys Germany's Gem Ger in ill waging waginG the war and to many's mans unconditional surrender Germany German and her v vassal vasal Ral states would know that In this country countr the I pro-German pro and pacifists and ami Bolshevists and Germanised socialists could no longer be counted upon as efficient and amid tortuous tools tool that the tho fighting men and amid nd not miot the rhetorIcIans were uppermost and amid that lint henceforth the Germans would have ha to deal with the tho straightforward and resolute soul of oC the tho American people and not mere merely with wih the time obscure purpose and wavering wavering waver waVer- In ing will m I of oC 1 Mr Problem And finally let our people rem remember mb r that the tIme Incoming Congress will wil deal eal with the lie vital Hal questions of ot reconstruction I ion tion ton after aCter the war var The Thc President proposes to let Jet these questions be dealt deal with wih b by tho those e who sho control what his hh personal organ oran calls the the present slacker Congress I He lie e proposes to pu put t the he reconstruction re re- construction of or tho the country in imi the lands hands of or these thele |