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Show REPDBHCANSJHUST CONTROL Clialmuui Wilcox Directs Attention to Democratic Incompetency. h Ni:W YOltK, Jan, . Tho as- h sertlon that there has not boen a 4 r time In many years when It has r been more Important for the re- t publicans to gain control of the ! house of representatives was to- r day made by William II. Wlllcox, chairman of the republican na- tlonat committee, In a statement announcing (he -purposes of tho 4 f committee meeting at St. Iouls f on Tebruary 13th. f "The Importance of the erono- mli! questions that will come up for solution nt tho close of thu 4 wur, or even before, cannot be overstated," he said, "Thu his- 4- tory of the nation In the last 4 sixty enrs shows that the demo- cratlo party has never shown competence, particularly In a 4 crisis, In dealing with the great economic questions of the coun- try Tho Importance, therefore, of the coming congressional clec- 4 Hon ennnnt be overestimated. "This Is no tlmo for recognition of obstructive pacifists, uo mat- ter how vvell meaning they be, 4 nor Is It n time for good cliltcns to bo divided In their zeal for up- holding the Bovcrnment. No- tlon.il unity should be the watoh- 4 word all along the line. This 4 does not meun that thcro should bo any slackening or tho efforts of republicans to elect congress- 4 4 men and senators In tho fall elec- 4 4 tlons. 4 4- 'The republican parly stands 4 4 for fealty to tho government as 4 no other political organization 4 4- ever did or can." 4 4 4 |