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Show WILSi QUOTES OTHER MLS Recalls Roosevelt Speaking of Effect of American Elections in Europe. WASHINGTON. Oct. 27. Secretary Tumulty tonight made public a letter he has written at President Wilson's direction, direc-tion, to the Cuyahoga county Republican commttteo at Cleveland, Ohio, In which he replies to protests against President Wilson's appeal to the country to return a Democratic congress by recalling quotations quo-tations from utterances by Colonel Roosevelt, Roose-velt, Former President Harrison, Senators Lodge and Penrose and Former Senator Foraker in the campaign of 1S98, at the close of the Spanish-American war. The Cuyahoga county committee telegraphed tele-graphed the White House, taking Issue with the president's statement. Secretary Secre-tary Tumulty, writing at the president's direction, simply commended the statements state-ments ho quoted. The first quotation was from Colonel Roosevelt, Identified as Republican candidate candi-date for governor of New York in 1S98. It said: "Remember that, whether you will or not. your votes this year will be viewed by the nations of Europe from one standpoint stand-point only. They will draw no fine distinctions. dis-tinctions. A refusal to sustain the president presi-dent this year will. In their eyes, be read as a refusal to sustain tho war and to sustain the efforts of our peace commission commis-sion to secure the fruits of war. Such a refusal may not inconceivably bring about a rupture, of the peace negotiations. It will give heart to our defeated antagonists; antag-onists; It will make possible the interference interfer-ence of those doubtful , neutral nations who in this struggle have wished us 111." "You could not gt the benefits of the victories of Gntttt and Sherman only by re-electing Lincoln and we will gain Ick's than we ought from t lie war if the administration admin-istration is not sustained at these elections." elec-tions." The one from Former President Harri-(Continued Harri-(Continued on Page Two.) WILSON QUOTES OTHER APPEALS (Continued from Pago One.) son, pleading for the election of a II"-publlcan II"-publlcan oafigTSssi "if tho word soes forth tint thd pdp-pie pdp-pie of the United States are ntandina solidly sol-idly behind tho president, the taal; of the peace 0lDmla1oneri will be aoayi but if there Is u break In. the ran It a -If the la inof nttn aooVd tellvig vlototy, if Deiti- '''-1 1 )' aii-'i tors, ron rename n n nd K"v-ernora K"v-ernora a re elected Spa In will tea Ifi it a gleam of hope , she will la It .1 fresh bOpe Rnd a. renewal of hoHillltlcn, more wir, muy tm iiecewj-nfy (( neeiire to un what we h;i vo alr' ndy won." |
