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Official Organ
City of
Milledgeville
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SSgT""iS:
Established October 12, 1901.
EKT TUESDAY
ELECTION DAY
arge
If
Vote Is Expected In
0«lei To Officially Name
n,e Regular Nominees of
H,e Democratic Party.
Vat Tuesday. November Eth, will
' u |., r election day in Georgia, and
bree ballot will be expected in of-
ujjiiv naming the regular nominees
Hie whit? primary held September
L t0 hold all state and national
^ ! je|w of the fact that there are
ja, who have expressed their inten-
jT'of bolting the primary by enter-
tluif names as independent can-
. in the general election, it is
K te,i that every effort will be
’i ( , t o resent the attitude of these
j;ers by piling up an unusually
J, vote for the regular Democratic
W j 0ee s. This state of affairs will
. ,H probability be responsible for
|( heaviest vote cast in a regular
Action in Georgia in many years.
0 H Williams, of Dublin, it is un-
ptood, will oppose Hon. William J.
Is for the United States Senate.
Harris, it will well be remember-
was chosen the nominee In the
ihie primary in eSptember, while
|r, Williams was also elected to the
sena 1 * * * ' from ‘his senatorial dis-
without opposition. This cppo-
to the regular Democratic nom-
s causing no little comment and
iging many facts'to light concern-
Mr. Williams' entry as an inde-
lent candidate and dropping the
ilnation as state senator.
Although Williams, in his state-
int to tne people of Gecrgia, admits
it be is a wealthy farmer, operating
hundred plows, he claims to have
desire to enable the farmers to get
it o! debt and improve their condl-
mi. This bolter of the primary is
making the statement that he is
largest war tax payor in his coun-
trbiih statement evidences' the
it that this new candidate is not in
Ibad conditi< n, so far as finances are
tented, after all.
h is generally rumored that the new
Itlcal moves of Williams was
lit about on account of a decline
the cotton market about one month
the Dublin man having on hand
the time a large quantity of cotton
h he was holding for higher
s. These facts will no doubt
to show that W'illiaiun is enter
itis name as an independent can-
te in the general eelection purely
personal reasons and ambition for
le gain.
side of the opposition in the
d States Senatorial race, no
independent candidates will fig-
the election in this state, so
IVhf Jchitncd. It is generally
jlt'JLiNhAt^.AlfwHanis, the Dublin
prial -(militate, will receive the
the Republican
Mjin Georgia in opposition to Hon.
PjftaJ^Hatrls, the white primary
imine*"
J'oWrtfl’he Ttominf'es in any of tlie
en%-4lPM6i-b'KMi<m«n districts will
-U. nv s " < f opposition in the way
Independent candidate, it is un-
IrstOM, though a large vote will lie
|PMed on account of the desire of
1 people to give Harris their full
|Pport.
I
CLOCKS MOVED BACK
AT 2 A. M. LAST SUNDAY
Daylight Saving Time Has Been Re-
pealed and People Are Now Moved
Up In Their Hour* of Work Accord-
ingly.
MILLEDGEVILLE GEORGIA, Wednesday Morning, October 30, 1918.
Cl
WAS ON OTRANTO
h of Dr. and” Mrs. J. W.
ley, of This City Among
ISurvivors cl Ship Sunk By
|L-Boat 1 wo Weeks Ago.
Jr anil .v rs . ,| ohn .Mobley re-
Int'vj* from the war deparl-
Eui-ih'D' Bt; ding that their son,
H.-indt l Mobley, was am. ng
lich«.'! ,ls 1,1 lllc transport Otranto,
C ' ;il < by a German U-boat
K* et ks ago.
llirith *S. nown that young Mobley
K,jj s . . contingent of American
t ir n'" l;; • sailud from this country
“ n |T a!- ut the time the Otran-
| Pa and Dr. and Mr.i. Moblcv
in? 11 *': uneasiness abort their
'nuc the announcement of
|0,: r ; ,'J! 'he transport was made
lih an i‘ v ,,|u ldoyed every meth-
I not ,, l!llort to ascertain whether
lrt; r .|i, l " cir s °h was on bourd the
Id'jih ’ ,l ' "t'ugh not until Mon*
fc|jL,get the olficial statement
L I tlic safe arrival of their
I'SueiVonTi' 5 * * ' ^ oined the arnty as
second day of last
entered the services by
JWd he
’’ort Screven, near
uiof n „ " " a8 only eighteen
iWr o' ?,* " le tlnie he enlisted.
Geon-i 0 1,1?’ i8 an ex-student of
« ntanv i tar ? ColleKe and hl>
jHuhtPfT ♦ here who will bo
lEuronn . , , <>ar n of his safe landing
FNrent^ 8( °t-es of friends of
I the Join tliem in rejoicing
from o' Ilp "’ 8 received Mon-
war department
|fc ^ 0an P° r Belgium.
'^Jgton. Oct. 26
D)' the
With the ad
tin r !‘ H8,,r >' today for Belgium
JN' s'."'! 8 *°’ al foans front the
PAifi ' s how amount to $180,
i28 476 666 * 0tal * or the A11,es Ja
* u, a P° rt of embarks-
filers with 20.000 let
Th,,v„ , 10 - 000 envelopes every
' nit. i n'? 8 ’ money. Subscribe to
x Part ‘ '' ar ' Vu rk Fund and do
Under the; daytime saving law the
nation’s clocks were turned back one
hour last Sunday morning and the
people of Milledgeville will again use-
regular Central time. On the last Sun
day m March the clocks all ever the
country were pushed forward one
hour in order to save fuel and to give
time for out-door occupation and re
creation.
It is estimated that this law has
boen of immeasurable benefit to tilt-
people of the nation in the saving cf
Immense quantities of fuel. In the
District of Columbia alone Senator
Cu.der, author of the daytime saving
law, estimates that the people saved
$60,000 on their gas bills because of
the exira hour of daylight. Other ad
vantages of this law have been in
creased production in shipyards, mu
nition factories and ether war indus
tries. People who worked in offices,
stores, etc., were given an extra hour
in which to till their war gardens,
which meant a saving of thousands of
dollars. Altogether, the daytime sav
ing bill has proven quite a success ac
cording to expressions of government
•officials, and, in ail probability, the law
wiil go into effect again next March.
U4 ,
INFLUENZA NOW ON
WANE IN THIS CITY
Practically All College Stud
ents Have Recovered and
Few New Cases Being Re
ported Arhong Citizens.
Although probably no city in the
South wag affected by the epidemic of
Influenza more than Milledgeville, the
spread of the disease is now consider
ed on the wane here.
At onetime, probably not less than
seven hundred students in the Georgia
ivormai and Indusiriai College and
the Georgia Military College were ill
from the disease and hundreds of cas
es were known to exist amongst the
citizens of this city and county at the
same time. At present, however,
practically the entire student bodies
of the two big colleges are free of the
malady and it is generally understood
that decidedly fewer cases are being
contended with in private families.
Opt of the number ot students in
the irolleges here fravtng influenza,
orl.v one death took place, Miss I.ticlle
Reynolds, of i.exington, a stn'dent of
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
College, giving way as a victim of the
malady. Probably fifty deaths have
nn account of the disease in
Baldwin county, the greater per cent,
uuiis ...Hisi the colored population.
During a period of several days con-
•un-nhio difficulty was experienced
here in the matter of securing trained
uu.oes to Handle the sit.ation and lo
cal physicians were caled upon almost
all night and during the day during
this time. In-order to bring about a
measure of relief, in many instances
neighbors responded to the require
ments in cases where many families
were practically all down at the same
lime. ,
In a number (if cases pneumonia, de
veloped following influenza, thougl\
only a small per cent, of these reach
ing this stage failed to recover and as
a whole it is tielieved the situation has
been handled here as well as any
place in the country, considering the
comnarative number of eases having
developed in this cly and county
The success in combatting the malady
here has, as a mutter of fact, been
remarkable, taking in*o consideration
tb- fart so manv of the physicians
from Milledgevillo have left here tc
enter the army sorvee. .... ,
On account of the extant o, the epi
demic, business conditions have been
considerably affected for at least three
weeks and until the last few da vs
small crowds have been noticed on the
streets and puhl'e thoroughfares as a
consequence. However, nothing tnii-
cates more clearly that, the situation
is improving than the return of the
usu-i number cf people regularly seen
^Reports coming front the rural see
««"“ —
the decrease and that most of
eopie i here buying contracted the
° bnvp recovered «ind gone buck
to their work. ^
DR. RICHARD BINI0N TO
LOCATE IN THIS CITY
w £ K „”Sr.5 s S .” T^Xm. 1 «
cine Within Next Few Weeks.
Announcement has been made that
Dr Richard Blnion, of Sparta, will
cotne to Milledgeville Bt an earl> da e
to begin the practiceof of medicine
^ltr^Binion is quite well known in
SSn'St.5- a »nf«« M- SSK
and it‘win P probBhly be a oranth before
making final arrangements to come
’’"Having received hU diploma as ^
grad-ate of the A■ ‘ an d later
Physicians and S ir !f eon ,i oh n
taking a post-graduate coi r-e
Hopkins WUlI Dr. BlnU :
come to WiHedgev 'iv f nr the
tion of being will „ ' , profession
carrying on ^'nfe fact there is such
and in vl«w pf Ldilitfonal physicians
iss^a rss m» ">•"»
Of this section
The Ifniusd JVar YVork F»md bu
not buy u single uuiici.
■miles.
$1.50 a Year
United War Work Campaign to
Be Waged in Baldwin County
$12,000 Is The Amount of
Quota To Be Raised Here
Between November 11 and
November 18.
MEETINGS TO BE HELD
THROUGHOUT COUNTY
Each District Will Be Assess
ed And Speeches Will Be
Made At Gatherings Next
Sunday As Forerunner.
n„ A r,! n ,°? me ' nt ’^already been set
on to t preparatory to waging of the
ampaign to raise Baldwin Gouatv-’ss
Quota of the United War Wort Ld
district 8 nMt 1 S5 be l* eld ln each railitia
of the drive y 83 “ forerunner
suni hi of C °*i" t nnn haS b ^ en aasess ed the
relLrt f |n*V,’ 000 as its quota to be
raised in support of the several or
ganizations which are playing such
an important part in helping out the
nni 1 rea y «( as f alr8 ° f thiS coun '!'>’■ The
United States as a whole will be eall-
Ann U , pon , !' aisQ more than $200,000,-
ho ,!® hi ! lr ,\ h ,® organizations ot
he l niteerj War W ork and every ef-
rort will b? made to carry this county
over the top long before the expira
tion of the regular campaign period,
-N vember 11 to November 18.
The first meeting called by Chair-
mnn W. S. .Myrick to arrange plans
for thtecampaign was held in the
court house here Sunday afternoon
At that time it was decided to hold
meetings next Sunday in the several
militia districts in the county for the
purpose of havin gspeakers explain to
the people the real object of the work
tor which this fund is being sought.
The times and places ofjhese meet
ings and the speakers of the occasions
are as follows:
Union Point and Black Springs com
munities at Union Point School
House, Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock. The speakers will be Rev.
.1. C. Wilkinson, accompanied by Dr.
and Mrs. E. .O. Tigner and Mr. A. J.
Carr.
Scottsboro and Trilby communities
will meet at the Sccttsboro school
house. Col. Livingston Kenan has
been delegated to speak here and hfe
will be accompanied by Messrs. K. F.
Beil, J. W. Hutchinson and D. W.
Brown. Time, 7 o’clock P. M.
Cooperville meeting will be held at
the school house at that place and"
the address of the occasion will be de
livered by Col. Jpseph K. Pottle, who
will be accompanied bv Messrs. Lamar
Ham, C. H. Whitfield, and W. L.
Rbeh-e. The time of this meeting
wiil be 3 o’clock S- nday afternoon.
Midway wiD hold its (nneting at
7:2(1 o’clock Sunday evening at the
Methodist church at that place. The
speaker will be Dr. M. M. Parks, while
Messrs. J. W. McMillan, C. F. Barrett
MR. W. R. ENNIS IS NOW
RECOVERING, IS HOPE
After Being Confined To His Room
For Several Days With Pneumonia,
Hi* Condition Commenced To Im
prove Tuesday.
Mr. W. It. Ennis, one of the protu-
i?- en i ( ' ru SSists of Milledgeville and a
highly esteemed citizen has been seri
ously ill at his home during the last
several days with pneumonia and for
almost a week his condition was con
sidered to be quite serious.
Tuesday morn mg, however he show
ed signs of considerable improvement
and the attending physician and mem
bers of the family were turned to the
hopes of his early recovery. For two
or three days and night lie was treat
ed b. die constant use of oxygen and
in this way the use of bis lings was
restored.
The improvement of the condition of
Mr. Ennis will be learned with a great
deal of interest by his many friends
who have constantly inquired of him
since he was taken ill.
-ff*-
Dr. Thomas Leaves
For (krtny Service
I
Dr. N. R. Thomas, who was engag
ed iu the practice of modicine here
since the first of this year, leit Thurs
day for Camp Jackson. Columbia, S
C., to enter the medical corps of the
United States army.
Although having established a splen
did reputation here as one of the lead
ing physicians of this city and enjoy
ing n splemBd practice. Dr. Thomas
volunteered his services to the govern-
ineiu several weeks ago, resulting ln
his being sent to Camp Jackson.
and J. E. Kidd will also be delegated
to go to this meeting from MUIedge-
vllle.
Meriwether people will meet at
Bethel Church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock. Col. D. S. Sanford has been
named to deliver an address at this
plate and he will have with’ him
Messrs. Dixon Williams, Otto M. Conn
and Leo Joseph.
Hopewell community will have a
meeting at Hopewell church Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock. Judge E.
R. Hines will speak at this gathering
and he will also be accompanied by
Messrs. L. C. Hall, R. B. Moore and
Cirlyle A. Giles from this city.
Brown’s Crossing community will
gather at Pleasant Grove church Sun
day morning aL 11 o'clock. Prof. K.
T. Alfriend will speak at this place
and he will have with him Messrs. W.
S. Myrick, H. E. McAulige and Frank
Bc.ne as delegates from Milledgeville.
Next Sunday week, Nov. 10, a big
rally will be held in Milledgeville in
the afternoon at which time every
citizen in Baldwin county will be urg-
eH to be nresent. Fill particulars of
this meeting will be published in The
News next week.
LIBERTY BONDS BEEN
RECEIVED BY BANKS
Subscribers To Fourth Liberty Loan
Can Now Secure Their Bonds And
They Are Urged To Make Payments
Without Delay.
The banks in Milledgeville are now
in receipt of the Liberty Bonds of the
Fourth Liberty Loan and all subscrib
ers to tiie war measi re are being urg
ed to make their payments at once.
ln cases where individuals or busi
ness concerns signel pledges or agreed
to take bonds of the Fourth Liberty
Loan und have not made initial pay
ments on same, it is probable that
committees will be appointed to call
on all such delinquents. It is import
ant that these obligations be looked
after at once, as the government will
very likely be calling for these funds
within the next few days.
Those who subscribed for these
bonds are registered at the various
banks in Milledgeville and when the
checking up of the returns is com
pleted. it can lie seen very dearly who
has paid and who has not. Therefore,
in order to save time and extra trou
ble ail subscribers are being called
upon to take care of their obligations
without further delay.
OPPORTUNITY TO ENTER
THE TRAINING SCHOOL
Major Charles M. Allen, Stationed At
Gi. M. College, Receiving Applica
tions Jfor Fremont. C a, -> Infantry
Officer* Training Camp.
Annl'cattcns ere being received at
the Georgia Military College for the
miautry officers Training School to
op< n on December first at Camp Fre
mont, Cal. Accepted applicants will
be inducted *,>■ their local boards and
sent as usual to the camp.
Duration of the course of training
will be about two months.
All draft registrants between the
ages of 18 and 46 are eligible except
those in deforred classification on ac
count of industrial occupations or em
ployment, including agriculture.
A. high school education or the jun
ior year at the Georgia Military Col
lege Iff required? Blanks can be se
cured and applicants examined at the
uuae ot the commandant at the Geor
gia Military College, Major C. M. Allen.
“WILD BILL” MUST
G010 ATLANTA PEN
Court of Appeals Says Moon
shiner Whose Notoriety Has
Spread To Other States
Must Serve Time.
“Wild Bill” Williai us, who has acme
to be known as the “incurable travel
ing moonshiner of Georgia,” and
whose fame has spread as far as the
hills of Kentucky and even farther,
will have to go to the United States
penitentiary in Atlanta again to serve
another term. The Court of Appeals
has affirmed the decision of the Unit
ed States District Court in the last
case against “Wild Bill.”
Captured Again.
The sentence of “Wild Bill” this
time is 18 months in the penitentiary
and a fine of $200, and even while the
ease was pending, “Wild Bill” was
caught again, operating another still
In Houston county, according to the
revenue officers, lie has already serv-
charges of distilling, but the “revs”
ed six years ln the penitentiary on
say that nothing seems to change his
■ u-f uii “moonsliining disposition” and
that he just moves to another “neck
cf the woods” and sets up again. His
real name is given as Charlie T. Wil
liams, but far and wide he is known
as “Wild Bill.”
“Wll^ Bill’’ was represented by At
torneys John R. Cooper and E. W.
Butler in the last ease.
MILLEDGEVILLE BOYS
ARE NOW IN SIBERIA
TUESDAY’S MARKETS
Middling Cotton 2914
Cotton Seed, per bushel $1.02
No. 1 Milling Com, per brehel—.$1.76
No. 2 Milling Corn, per bushel--. $1.72
Ear Corn 1 1 -65
No. 1 Wheat, per bushel $2.26
Field Peas, per bushel $1.50
Eggs, per dozen 46c
No. 1 butter, per lb: ’--- -.-60c
No. 2 Butter, per lb. 45c
The World Will Look To America
For Food Before And After War
Democrats Should Be In* Power
During Next Term, Says Wilson
Allies Will Continue To Leek
To This Country For Help
And Neutrals Will Ask For
Food When War Is Over.
Is on
WORD COMES FROM THE
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
To Reach Necessary End We
Must Produce And Save
Food For All Feeble Who
Sit At Common Table.
Atlanta, Oct. 29.—if the war should
end tomriow—
The most deeply humanitarian obli
gation of the history of the human
family would be beginning.
The millions of half starved people
in evacuated territory are yet to bo
kept alive and fed—
Cne naticn on the fact of the earth
can meet and discharge that obliga
tion, and on top of it lies the further
responsibility of the hungry neutrals
and continued provsiloning of our own
vast army in Europe.
The “home army” of this country
will have this battle to fight—as they
have fought the similar battle so vic-
t rious thus far.
it has been America’s responsibilitv
during the past year to keep from
famishing the 120,000,000 people of the
Allies. Their need came first; they
must be sustained no matter what it.
costs. In spite of all difficulties they
were kept going through the most
critical year of the war, and America
was able to assure them last summer
the supplies needed to maintain their
health, comfort and coi rage.
After the war they will continue to
lo: k to America for help; there will
be no crops rased over night.
But after the war the people of neu
tral lands will also clamor for food
from America and will not be denied.
There are 180.000,000 people who are
hungrv or starving, victims of Ger
many and the war. The people whose
lands have been overrun by the Hun*.
D land. Servia, Armenia; the people
whose commerce has been destroyed
by the submarines, Norway. Sweden,
Holland, the people whose production
has been sapped »>>’ war - Roumania.
the Ukraine, the Baltic provinces; the
people whose civilization hRs collops-
p.|- (he Russian* of every territory—
ull are needy, many will starve unless
help conies quickly.
At all times the United States ha°
been eager to help these who were in
distress, it hurt when we could hot.
but the needs of the Allies came first.
\\ hen the war ends, when the barriers
are raised and shipping is set free,
America will not be deaf to their en
treaties.
For humanity’s safe we must help
them; for the largo self-interest of the
future we should aid in their restor
ation. Building our own trade,
strengthening our own resources in
the economic struggle that will foil w
the war, would be reason enough, but
there 13 greater reason in the soul of
ihir.gs.
For Germany tried to starve into
submission the peoples on her borders
—America aims to win their friend
ship. America believes in the New-
World in which all nations are knil
together in ne. in which all sit at a
common table. The world will know
our belief by our practice. Through
foci conservation and sharing we
shall prove our faith, prove once more
ti.-1 democracy is fit to hold sway cn
this earth.
This is tho food conservation pro
cram for the coming year; to provide
for shipment half as much again of
tlio necessary loods as were exported
last year; while the- war lasts t"
maintain the health, comfort and
ci urage of the Allies; when the war
eud3, to rescue and restore all feeble
folks who sit at the common table.
To reach these ends America must
SAVE FOOD.
MAJ. MARSHBURN SPENDS
WEEK WITH BROTHER
Left Tue*day Morninq For West Ptoint
After Stay With Col. J. H. Marah-
burn, President of Georgia Military
College.
Col. J. H. Marshburn, president of
the Georgia Military College, has had
ns his guest during the last few days
his brother, Major H. E. Marshburn,
of the United States Army.
This was Major Marshburn’s second
visit to Milledgeville, having spent a
few days here during the holidays laRt
Christmas, at which time he made
quite a ni mber of friends in this citv
who were delighted to see him on his
visit during the past week. Ho left
vesterday for West Point, where he
serves in the capacity of treasurer of
the United States Military Academy.
Major Marahhurn is a graduate of
West Point and dflrlng the last sever
nl months he was stationed at -Fort
Sill.i, okla„ as instructor iu the school
of a thus at that place.
Lieut. Harris Tunned, Scrgt. W. L.
Koine and Corporal Tom Simpson
Have Left Their Pests In Philip
pine Island*.
Relatives In Milledgeville have re
cently received commaaicatione from
Lieut. Harris Tunnell, Scrgt. W. L.
Rossee and Corporal Thomas Simp-
sou announcing ihtv arrival in Siberia
to Join the regular American Military-
forces ln that country.
Until recently these young Millodge-
ville men have been stationed at the
United tftatx-s constabulary- in the
Phllllpplne Islands since the summer
of !9iu. They have had occasion to
visit pclnts in Japan. China and other
countries since entering the miliary
services and they write of wonderful
experiences they have had ini the vari
ous places they have seen.
Since arriving in Siberia Lieutenant
Tunnell has been promoted In" the mil
itary ranks from second lieutenant to
first lieutenant and It is understood
Sergeanl Rossee and Corporal Simp
son will receive promotions at an ear
ly date. They are members of the
thirty-first regiment. United States
Army.
President Issues Appeal To
The People of Nation—No
vember Elections Will In
fluence Germany.
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS
WILL BE SIGNIFICANT
Executive Savs, However,
That He Will Accept The
Country's Verdict Without
Cavail.
Washington.—President Wilson
isooed an appfa^ to the people to
return a democratic congress in
the November elections if they
approve of his course in this crit
ical period.
Return of a republican majority to
either iiouse of the congress, the
Prf -Jiicnt said, would he certainly in
terdicted on the other side of the
water .-is a “repudiation of my lead
ership.”
The President said ho would accept
the country’s verdict without cavail,
but that it ii was adverse, the power
to administer the great trust assigned
to him would be seriously impaired.
President’s Appeal.
Folic wing is the President's appeal;
“My fellow country men: The on-
gressional flections are at hand. They
occur ln the most critical period our
country has ever faced or is likely to
face In our time. If you have approv
ed of my leadership and wish nte to
continue to be ycur unembarrassed
spokesman in affairs at home and
abroad, I earnestly beg that you will
express yo; rselves unmistakably to
that effect by returning a democratic
majority to both the senate and house
of representativi s.
"1 am your servant and will accept
your judgment without cavail, but my
power to administer the great trust
assigned me by the constitute n would
bo seriously impaired should your
judgment be adverse and I must frank
ly tell you so because many critical
issues depend upon your verdict. No
scruple of taste must, in grim times
like these, be allowed to stand in the
way of speaking the plain truth.
"I have no thought of suggestin;
that any political party is paramount
In matters of patriotism. I feel too
deeply the sacrifices which have been
made in this war by all our citizens,
irrespective of party affiliations, to
harbor such an idea. I mtan only that
the difficulties and delicacies of our
present task are of a sort that makes
it imperatively necessary that the na
tion. should give its undivided a pflprt
to the government under a unified
leadership nmd that a republican con
gress would dlvida the leadership.
"The leaders of the minirity in the
present congress have unquestiona
bly been pro-war, but they have been
anti-administration. At almost every
turn since which we entered the war
they have sought to take the choice
of policy and tho conduct of the war
out of my Uand3 and put it under the
control of Instrumentalities of their
own chcosing.
All Must Unite.
"This is no time either, for divided
"ciineil or for divided leadership.
Unities of command is as necessary
now in civil nctitn as it is upon the
fields of battle, if the control ot the
house and :--"nate should bo taken
away from the party now in power an
opposing majority could assume con-
trol of legislation and oblige all action
to bo taken amidst contest and ob
struction.
“The return of a republican major
ity to either house of the congress
would moreover be interpreted on the
other side cf the water as a repudi
ation of my leadership. Spokesmen
of the republican parly are urging
vo to elect a republican congress <n
•order to back up and support Uw
President, but even If they should in
this impose upon some credulous vot
ers on this side of the water they
would imp- ae on no one on the other
sice. It is well understood there, as
well as here, that the republican lead
ers desire no! so much (o support the
President as to control him. #
“The peoples of the allied countries
with whom we are associated against
Germany are Quite familiar with the
significance of elections. They would
find it very difficult to believe that
the voters cf the United States had
chosen to support thoir President by
electing to congress a majority by
btose who are not in fact, ln sympa
thy with the attitude and action of
the administration.
“I need not teil you. my fellow coun
trymen, that I am asking your s :p-
port not fer 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 ail the world. In or
dinary times I would not feel at lib
erty to make such an appeal to you.
In ordinary times divided counsels
can lie eniired without permanent
hurt to the country. But these are
not ordinary times.
“If in these critical days it is your
wish to sustain me with undivided
minds, I beg that you will say so in
a way which it will not be possible to
misunderstand either here at home or
among our associates on the ether
side of the sea. I submit my difficul
ties and my hopes to you.
“WOODROW WILSON. ,