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No. 48
Appeals To Voters
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Vol. 1.
Wilson
President
Gives Reasons Why Congress Should Remain Under Democratic Control.
A Clear-Cut Statement Unity and Oneness Wanted.
tw,;,w Wiicnn last Friday addressed to the American people a clean and clear statement as to why the Democratic Congressmen and Senators should be elected. He makes
very plain the issues be t 3SItiei. It is not enough to be pro-war, he saysf there MUST BE UNDIVIDED SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNMENT UNDER A, UNIFIED
He emphatically states that no political party is paramount in patriotism. But he calls upon the Country to return a Democratic Congress to the end that the leadership be
LEADERSHIP.
unified and not divided.
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- fVio nonnlo tn elprt a rVmnrratif! Cnncress so that his
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ment, and then reread it. wore arauuj .;,Qmot, f a sino-l Rmnhliran. What hp rWs ask is that the status of Coneress remains the same. He asks for a public endorsement.
He Ie8 not aSK lor ure iwuw-. w o r.... . r n-u: m. inthrv.mt;.aririufer PrPsiHpnt Wilson asks
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hands will not be tied.
xt.. t.,i linn ranrUHatp from this, the Seventh. District
James v. uregg is top KNOW will be in svmnathv and accord with the Administration in its CONDUCT OF THE WAR. What say you, voters of Richmond
YOU to lay aside politics and elect a ong Tuesday Make -t a tQ gQ tQ yQur yoting place and yote; dorft let a feding of inrMerence or apathy keep you away. And, also,
county: vv in yuu u mo. , - ... t your shibboleth be "Robinson and Simmons." Read what your President asks of you, and let his request oe noc m vaini
1.
Alto
gether for Robinson and Simmons-
The Preident' Meisage:
A Democratic Majority Necessary.
"Mv Fellow Countrymen: The Congressional elections are at
Expressions of Approval
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hand. They occur in the most critical penoa our country iws cvci
faced or is likely to face in our time. ' If you have approved of my
leadership and wish me to continue to be your unembarrassed
spokesman in affairs at home and abroad, I earnestly beg that you
will express yourselves unmistakably to that effect by returning a
Democratic majority to both the Senate and the House of Repre
sentatives. ,
Critical Issues Depend.
"I am your servant and will accept your judgment without cavil,
hut mv nnwer to administer the great task assigned me by the
constitution would te seriously impaired should your judgment
be adverse and I must frankly tell you so because so many critical
issues depend upon your verdict. No scruple of taste must in grim
:,c fhoco hp aiWpd tn stand in the way of speaking the
plain truth. ....
"I have no thought of suggesting that any political party is
paramount in matters of patriotism. I feel too deeply the! sacri
fices which have been made in this war by all our citizens irres
pective of party affiliations to harbor such an idea.
Unified Leadership Necessary.
"I mean only that the difficulties and delicacies of our present
task are of a sort that makes it imperatively necessary that the
nation should give its undivided support to the government under
a unified leadership and that a Republican Congress would divide
the leadership. The leaders of the minority in the present u)n
cress have unauestionably been pro-war, but they have been anti-
administration. At almost every turn since we entered the war
thev have sought to take the choice of policy and the conduct of
the war out of my hands and put it under the control of instru
mentalities of their own choosing.
No Time For Divided Council.
"This is no time either for divided council or for divided lead
ership. Unities of command is as necessary now in civil action
as it is upon the field of battle. ' If the control of the House and
the Senate should be taken away from the. party now in power an
opposing majority could assume control of legislation and oblige
all action to be taken amidst contest and ODstruction.
Bad Effect Abroad.
"The return of a Republican majority to either House of the
Cnntrress would moreover, be interpretive on the other side of the
water as a repudiation of my leadership. Spokesmen of the Re
..ki,Von r!H-v nrp nrorinc vnn to elect a Republican Congress in
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order to back ud and support the President but even if they should
in this impose upon some credulous voters on this side of the water
they would impose on no one on the other side. It is well under
stood there as well as here that the Republican leaders, desire not
so much to support the President as to control him. v
Means Vote of Confidence.
"The peoples of the allied countries with whom we are associated
against Germany are quite familiar with the significance of elec
tions. They would find it very difficult to believe that the voters
of the United States had chosen to support their President by elect
ing to the Congress a majority controlled by those who are in. fact
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rot in sympathy with the attitude anu acuon oi uie aaminisurauun
Not For Party, But For Nation's Sake.
"I need not tell you, my fellow countrymen, that I am asking
your support not for my own sake or for the sake of a political
party but for the sake of the nation itself in order that its inward
unity of purpose may be evident to all the world. In ordinary
times I would not feel at liberty to make such an appeal to you
In ordinary times divided counsels can be endured without, per
manent hurt to the country but these are not ordinary times.
. "If in these critical days it is your wish to sustain me with un:
divided minds I beg that you will say so in a way which it wilt not
be possible to misunderstand either here at home or among our
associates on the other side of the sea. I submit mv difficulties
and my hopes to you.
W00DR0W WILSON."
Straight Democratic Vote.
President Wilson has asked that the
country elect a Democratic Congress next
Tuesday. While some of the Republi
cans have loyally supported our r resiaent
yet I believe we should undertake to
comply with our President's wishes and
send an overwhelming majority to Wash
ington. Richmond County can show the
world that we are behind our great Pres
ident by casting the largest straight Uem-
ocratie vote next Tuesday in its history.
W. B. COLE.
Don't Fail to Vote.
The legal right to vote involves a re
sponsibility. To neglect to meet that
responsibility is to prove recreant to a
plain duty and is an acknowledgment of
unfitness. Every qualified voter should
measure to the duty of citizenship.
There are two especially urgent reasons
for voting next Tuesday:
1 The influence of America in bring
ing about a just and lasting peace will
depend largely upon the way the people
of Europe interpret the loyalty of our
people to our government as at present
constituted. Whatever you may think
of the DroDrietv of the President's appeal.
or the asininity of a former President's
attack on his policies, the people of other
countries would construe the election of
the opposition party as a REPUDIATION
of his Administration! This would be
disastrously unfortunate under present
critical conditions. Even a reduced ma
ioritv of his party in Congress would be
embarrassing.
2 We are to vote on an Amendment
to the State Constitution that provides
for a minimum school term of six months.
There are some children who will not be
able to avail themselves of the advanta
ges of the longer term. BUT THERE
WILL BE MANY WHO CAN, and their
future and the future good of the State
may depend on their getting it it this
Amendment is not carried, don't let the
responsibility of its failure rest on YOU.
W. R. Coppedge.
What McKinley Said.
Here's what President William
McKinley had to say Oct. 11th,
1898, while on a political speaking
tour:
"We must continue united
until the end of this struggle;
we must have no diiterences
among ourselves while we are
settling our differences with
another government."
Listen to what he said in anoth
er speech:
j "This is no time for divided
Councils. Remember in this crit
ical hour in the nation's history
we must not be divided."
If it was all right for a Repub
lican President to make a plea
for a unified Congress in 1898,
why isn't it all right for a
Democratic President to make
the same plea in 1918?
Republicans Spending Money
Whv are the Republicans spending so
much on this election? There is some
reason behind it In Michigan the Re
publican nominee for the Senate spent
$178,000 for his office. It has already
been reported from wasnington tnai me
Republican Campaign Committee has
sent $50,000 to this State and last week
sent an additional $25,000. They only
hope to make a serious fight in the 3rd,
8th and 10th Congressional Districts.
Let's show them that the 7th District
is going to return Congressman Robinson
by a larger majority than he received two
years ago, notwithstanding the boys who
are absent
Fred. W. Bynum,
Acting Chm. Dem. Ex. Com. '
A Good Ticket.
A great many of the voters of Rich
mond County this year are in camps and
in France. Our County Democratic tick
et should not be allowed to suffer by
reason of their absence. It will not if
every Democrat in Richmond County will
make a personal matter to attend the
polls on next Tuesday. Not only should
he go himself but he should be just as in
terested in seeing that his neighbors go
and vote.
We have a splendid ticket and it should
be heartily supported. In addition to
our splendid County ticket I would like
to see this Ccunty give Senator bimmons
and Congressman L. D. Robinson a big
majority and thus show to the world that
we are behind our President.
J. R. Bennett.
Esteem It a Privilege.
It seems to me that every citizen of
Richmond County should esteem it a
privilege to support President Wilson and
his administration. By his diplomacy,
ably supported by our military forces.
President Wilson has Drought the proua
and haughty German to his knees seek
ing peace. In my opinion it would be a
very foolish thing for the American peo
ple to fail to return to Congress men who
will whole-heartedly support President
Wilson and his policies. He has asked
that we elect a Democratic Congress and
I hope Richmond County will register
next Tuesday the largest Democratic
vote in its history.
T. C. LEAK.
An Urgent Duty.
Winnine the war is the chief business
before the people of this nation to-day.
Anything that tends toward the consum
mation of this one object should have the
earnest consideration of each citizen. On
NV.wrohcr 5'h r.cst. each Qualified voter
of Richmond County will have the oppor
tunity of recording his approval ot and
loyalty to our great President, the world's
spokesman and leader, by casting his bal
lot for Senator Simmons and Congress
man Robinson, who have nobly stood by
the President and who have directed their
every effort towards winning the wrr.
Despite the influenza epidemic and the
apparent lull in politics incident to the
campaigns of the several war acti
vities. the Democrats of the county must
Suicidal to Swap.
I am firmly convinced that it is the
duty of every loyal citizen to go, to the
election and cast his vote to sustain
President Wilson in his position as the
leading figure of the world.
The Republican leaders are making a
desperate effort to capture a majority of
the Congress. 1 he ettect ot this will be
to discredit him in the minds of the
enemy and to lessen his influence when
the peace terms come to be discussed
for they will think that to some extent
at least his own people have repudiated
him: .that the President and the American
people "do not speak the same language
of agreement."
I am not so concerned about local
politics, although the Democracy could
justify its right to the continued confidence
of the people if they could have a chance
to meet them. But I am convinced that
it is the duty of cverv citizen to go to the
polls and vote for Lee Robinson for
Congress, thereby casting a vote to make
more effectivehe world peace now about
to be won by our boys. Now when vic
tory is within our reach and the great
world problems come up for settlement,
it is simply suicidal to "swap horses in
the middle of the stream." A vote for
Robinson is a vote for our Country!
W. N. Everett.
Senator to Constable.
Events in the foreign countries are
moving rapidly. It now looks as if peace
may soon be established thruout the
Would Germany Rejoice?
The whole world is today looking to
Woodrow Wilson to dictate the terms of
an enduring peace. But if the American
neonle do not stand sauarely behind him,
his arm will be shortened. Germany
would reioice if the people would, on
next Tuesday, turn down the Congress
that declared war aeainst tnem. i.nere-
fore, I think it behooves the good people
of Kirhmnnd Countv to be sure and go
to the polls next Tuesday and cast a solid
Democratic vote.
J. F. Diggs
"A House Divided."
"A house divided against itself cannot
stand." It will be a serious mistahe, in
my opinion, if we should allow the Re
publicans to capture Congress next Tues
day. We have a strong Democratic Pres
ident Let s support mm witn a strong
Democratic Congress. It means more to
the United States, and to the world, than
vou minht think. 1 he entire world is
now looking to President Woodrow Wil
son as the end of the great world war
approaches. What a pity it would be to
tie his hands by sending a Republican
Congress to support him! Men of Rich
mond County, make it your duty to go
to the polls next Tuesday and. vote the
straight Democratic ticket. '
D. A. Parsons.
not conceive the idea that this year is ' fighting world. Our allies look to Presi
unimportant in politics, and fail to vote.
The Republicans would sing their siren
song of indifference and inactivity to the
stay-at-home Democrats, with the hope
that thereby enough Democrats will fail
to vote as to reduce Robinson's and the
county ticket's majorities. The Republi
cans like nothing quite so well as the
gumshoe method of campaign.
It is, therefore, the urgent duty that
every Democrat owes to himself, to his
party and to his country to go to tne pons '
on next Tuesday and give his endorse
ment to his party through its ticket, from
Senator Simmons down to township con
stable. Hasn't your President with a
Democratic Congress conducted the
affairs of the government to the advan
tage and glory of our country, and ulti
mately to the defeat and overthrow of the
Huns? Hasn't your state administrators
been clean, honest and constructive?
Haven't your county affairs been ad
ministered by upright and unimpeachable
officers?
B. F. Reynolds.
dent Wilson each day as spokesman m
this great crisis. The President gets
strenght from solid support. We can help
him so much if we send to Washington
an overwhelming Democratic Congress to
sustain him. I sincerely trust that the
citizenship of Richmond County will res
pond to the President's appeal for support
by giving Senator Simmons and Con
gressman Robinson a big vote next Tues
day. Let every man go to the polls next
Tuesday and cast a solid Democratic vote
from Senator to Township Constable.
W. E. "arrison,
Mem' er Co -gress i ir al Committee.
Cotton today 28c. Spots off 55 points,
closing at 30. 20.
Prof. L. J. Bell has been asked to read
a paper on "Teachers Pensions" at the
Teachers Assembly to meet at Raleigh
Nov. 28-30; also, to read a paper on "Our
Schools After tne War" to the Primary
Section i f the Assembly; he declined the
former, and accepted the latter.
Large Majority Next Tuesday.
Under our form of government, we
have no autocrats. The President can
not declare war. This is done by Con
gress who are the representatives of the
i eople. The President pets his support
f om Congress which is from the people.
He now asks that the country show that
they are in accord with his policies by
sending a Democratic Congress to Wash
ington by our votes next Tuesday. I am
in thorough accord with tne President's
policies and shall gladly cast my vote
next Tuesday for Senator Simmons and
Congressman Robinson who are standir.g
loyally behind cur President. I think
the President would be deligh'ed to know
that Richmond County had responded to
his appeal by giving the straight Demo
cratic ticket one of its largest majorities
next Tuesday, and I trust it will be done
H. C. Guthrie .
McAdoo's Statement
"The President needs the support of
able and loyal men in this particular
crisis in America's life and in the life of
ali tlw peoples in the world. That sup
port must proceed from men who are
in sympathy with his views on the War
and the general policies for which he
stands. The nrestise and power of the
President and the influence of America
in this War will be irretrievably hurt, if
the President should be repudiated in the
forthcoming election by the return of a
majority against him in either or both
Houses of the National Congress." ,
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