Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-26 | Page 2 | Wilson Plea Puts Pep in Campaign

WILSON PLEA PUTS PEP INOTPAIGN Portland Newspapers Now Take Up Political Argil- ment in Earnest-ay Earnest-ay United Press. PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2t President Wilson's plea for the election of a lsmocrattc congress put pep In what would otherwise have been a lackadaaicaJ campaign to elect a United Stales senator from Oregon. For the first time this season ths local nrwspapers came out today with arguments argu-ments fur and against Senator McN&ry Republican) and Oswald West (Democrat), (Demo-crat), his opponent. Under a a-ntlemen's agreement McNary and West have refrained from campaigning. campaign-ing. They are clone personal friends. While West waa governor he appointed McNary to the state supreme bench. Weet made the proposal that they re- main off the stump. Thia he said, would allow McNary to remain at his poet in W a nh I ngton and would allow West to continue his war work uninterrupted. West, before the primaries, suggested that all candidates of both parties withdraw, with-draw, leaving the field ta McNary. This all refused to do.