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Show HARDING AND I WILSON'S LET- I TERS DIFFER I I WASHINGTON. S.-pt CO. Con-'trastlng Con-'trastlng President Hnrding's lettor written for use in the Now Mexico 'scnatib-Ial contest wilth tho Wilson letter asking for election of a Democratic Dem-ocratic Congress In 1918, tho Republican Re-publican Publicity Association sajs In a statement Issued today through the President of that organization, Hon. Jonathan Uourno. Jr.,; "Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, Missis-sippi, who seems to bo tho now lend-'or lend-'or of tho DcnuA:rnts In Congress, charges that President Hnrding's letter let-ter setting forth, tho accomplish-1 l menu of tho administration is slm- liar In effect to the letter which President Wilson sent out on tho ovo of tho election in 1918 asking ,for tho return or n Democratic Congress. Con-gress. ' "But there nro several Important differences. Let It be admitted that' Hardlng'it letter was written to help I tho senatorial election In New Mcx-i tco. It was a political letter. It Is ! just such a lotter ns any President! might properly write in ordinary) times. "But tho Wilson lettor was not written in ordinary times. President Wilson bad but a few weeks before issued a declaration that 'polities is adjefruned Wo were In tho midst I of war and ho had called upon all citizens to las' oaldo partisanship and unite in the effort to win. Republicans Republi-cans acquiesced In this, but on tho ovo of election whon it was presumably presum-ably too late fqr tho Republicans to reply, Wlion Issued his Infamous appeal for election of a Democratic Congress as an expression of confidence confi-dence In him and In his leadership when peace negotiations should bo ta r ken up. The result was defeat for tho Democratic candidates and tho election of a Republican mnjority in tho House. "SonntcJr Harrison knows all this, and knows that there is no1 similarity similar-ity between tho narding letter setting set-ting forth tho Republican record, with no appeal for votes, and tho Wilson letter, appoallng for votes but not setting forth tho record." |