BORIS, KING OF THE BULGARS, IS j OFF THE THRONE ; Stambuliwsky, Chief of the Peasants and Agrarians, Is New Ruler Copenhagen, Nov. 2.—King Boris, of Bulgaria, who ascended the' throne on October 3. has abdicated A peasant government has been j established at Tirnova under the j leadership of-M. Stambuliwsky, who lias been the chief of the peasants and agrarians of Bulgaria for some time. M. Stambuliwsky, who is reported to be the head of the new govern ment in Bulgaria, is said to be in command of a republican army of 40,000 men, accordihg to a Zurich dispatch to the Central News. London, Nov. 3.—Count Julius Andrassy, who became Austro-Hun garian foreign minister on October 25. has resigned, according to a Zurich dispatch to the .Exchange Telegraph Company. ■ Colonel House, Texas Politician, Ranks With Statesmen of Europe Washington, Nov. 2.—The Rcpub lican Publicity Association, through j its president. Jonathan Bourne. Jr.. I to-day gave out a statement relative ! to the Republican attitude regarding i Col. House as official representative , of the United States at the peace conferences in Europe. "To what depths has the United States fallen?" says the statement, that its 110.000.0'00 people must have their views expressed through at Texas politician, a mere personal friend of the temporary occupant of the White House, a man who has nevpr held any public office and who has never taken the oath to support j and defend the constitution, as re quired by every regularly-appointed ambassador at foreign courts '" -j England and France have sent their.best men, in Lloyd George and Clemeneeau, says the statement and continues: '"Let us contemplate history. The War of the Revolution ended in 1783 by the treaty of Paris. Our repre- j sentatives at the peace conference were John Jay. Benjamin Franklin.! John Adams. Thomas Jefferson and Henry Laurens. Comment Is super fluous. "In 1793 the United States was having difficulties with France which were in imminent danger of leading to war. President Adams sent to ; Paris a commission of three. John Marshall, Elbridge Gerry and Charles C. Pinekney. Again, comparisons with the present situation are vain. " The War of 1812 was closed by the treaty of Ghent, which was con- , sumntated on the part of the United ' States by John Quincy Adams. James A. Bayard. Henry Clay, Jonathan Russell and Albert Gallatin—the leading minds of the country at the time. "Around the table at which the peace terms are considered and de termined. side by side, with the Pre- ! miers of Europe, whom, do we find entrusted with the future destiny of ! the American Republic? Col. House, of Texas: At his right, as his prin cipal assistant, is his son-in-law, Mr. Gordon Auchincloss. At his left is a mass of materia! compiled bv his brother-in-law. Dr. Samuel E. Meze:*. I "What would be the comment o£,i Franklin. Jefferson. Marshall, the! two Presidents Adams, and the rest, could they behold the spectacle? They would lift up their hands in fervent supplication to the Lord to extend His divine protection over their great Republic in its hour of' peril." FALTERING CITIZEN. FULL OF BOOZE. HELD SECRET He was as completely drunk as it is possible to be without going down, j \ here he got it he wouldn't sav. At any rate, he staggered painfuliv j n Coi#t street just before noon hour. If is doubtful whether he knew his name. Three young fellows got out i K ? IS ay * and lhen one called : } C L' where did - VOll set it?" , He pulled himself together, stood as straight as he could and then shot back: "Just for that, smartv, I'm not I goin to tell you." He didn't mind ihe laugh that followed, but with faltering step approached a citizen w-ho had just emerged from an ea:- j lace ,' ,7 b'Heve I am about j half drunk. I'll have to get in some place. I*OI.ITICAL ADVERTISING POLITICAL ADVERTISING " "A COTTON BELT CANDIDATE" Philadelphia 'North American' Believes Leiby Would Be Easily Handled By Southern Democrats, Who Fix a Low Price For Wheat But Boost Cotton to the Sky Congressman Focht Has Always Stood By the Farmers From the Phila. "North American," October 20. Opponents of Congressman "Benny" Focht, who would like to see him defeated, are not at all pleased with the selec tion made by the Democratic State Committee's executive committee and they say that Senator Scott Leiby would be little improvement on Focht, as far as representation at Washington is concerned. Senator Leiby is one of the most faithful of the Palmer- McCormick "me too" Democrat ll . He is belled, so that the Palmer-McCormick state committee and Secretary Warren VanDvke can locate him at any time. If he were.to go to Washington he would likely be every bit as easily handled as though ne were from the cotton belt, but wouldn't be able to get nearly so much for his constituency as the cotton belt statesmen. ' j As a State Senator, Leiby's chief claims to distinction lay in the fact that he voted dry when occasion arose to vote wet or dry and that he was one the very few McCormick-Palmer Democrats in the Senate. He began his campaign against Focht a couple of weeks ago by declaring that Focht had no patriotic record. To this Focht retorted that Leiby seems to have no military medals, and that the Army is in need of men such as Leiby asserts he is. Focht suggested that Leiby enlist. Leiby had no reply to make, at least not in the paid advertisements. Leiby lives in Marysville and makes his living in Harris- I burg, where he practices law. He will probably serve in the Legislature during the coming session instead' of going to Congress. , ■' ■ ' ■■■ ■ JH SATURDAY EVENING. TURKEY MUST ! OPEN PORTS TO ENEMY VESSELS Immediate Demobilization of Ottoman Army One of the Terms of Armistice London. Nov. 2. The terms of the armistice granted by the allied pow ers to Turkey follow: Kiran The opening of the Dardanelles and the Bosporus and access to the Black Sea. Al lied occupation of the Dardan elles and Bosporus forts. Second: The positions of ail Ynine fields. torpedo tubes ami other obstructions in Turkish waters are to be indicated, and assistance given to sweep or re move them, as may be required. Third: All available informa tion concerning mines in the Black Sea is to be communicated. Fourth: All Allied prisoners of war and Armenian interned persons and prisoners are to be collected in Constantinople and handed over unconditionally to the Allies. Fifth: Immediate demobili sation of the Turkish army, ex cept such troops as are required for surveillance on the frontiers and for the maintenance of in ternal order. The number of ef fectives and their disposition to be determined later by the Allies after consultation with the Turk ish government. -Sixth: The surrender of all war vessels in Turkish waters or 4 water occupied by Turkey. These ships will be interned in such Turkish port or ports as may bet directed, except such small ves sels as are required for police and similar purposes in Turkish territorial waters." Set enth: The Allies to have the right to occupy any strategic points in the event of any situ ation arising which threatens the security of the Allies. Fight It : Free use by Allied ships of all ports and anchorages now in Turkish occupation and denial of their use by the enemy. Similar conditions are to apply to Turkish mercantile shipping in Turkish waters for the purposes of trade and the demobilization of the army. •Ninth! Allltd ipat on of the Taurus tunnel system. Tenth: Immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops from northern Persia to behind' the pre-war frontier already has been order ed and will be carried out. Eleventh : A part of Trans caucasia already has been ordered to be evacuated by Turkish troops The remainder to l>e evacuated if required by the Al lies. after they have studied the situation. Twelfth: Wireless, telegraph and cable stations to he controlled by the Allies. Turkish govern ment messages to be excepted. Thirteenth: Prohibition against the destruction of any naval mil itary or commercial material. Fourteentht Facilities arc to be given fr the purchase of coal, oil fuel and naval material from Turkish sources, after the re quirements of the country have been met. None Of the above ma terials are to be exported. Fifteenth: The surrender of all Turkish officers in Tripoli tania and Cyrcnaica to the near est Italian garrisoh. Turkey agrees to stop supplies and com munication with these officers if they do not obey the order t" sur render. Mxtectitli: The surrender of all garrisons in Hedjaz. Assir. Yemen. J\ ria and Mesopotamia to the nearest allied commander and withdrawal of Turkish troops from CUicia. except those ne< •s --sarv to maintain order as will be determined under clauses fi. Seventeenth: The use of all ships and repair facilities at all Turkish ports and arsenals Eighteenth! The surrender "f all ports occupied in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica. including Mis urata. to the nearest Allied gar rison. Nineteenth: All Germans and Austrians. naval, military or ci vilian. to be evacuated within one month from Turkish dominions, and those in remote districts as soon after that time as may be possible. ' Twentiethi Compliance with such orders as may be conveyed for the disposal of equipment arms and ammunition, including the transport of belligerents. Twenty-flr*t: An Allied repre sentative Jo be to tlie Turkish ministry *.,{ supplies in order to safeguard Allied inter ests. This representative to he furnished with all aid necessary for this purpose. Twenty-second : Turkish pris oners are to be kept at the dis posal of the Allied powers. The release of Turkish civilian prison era and prisoners over military age is to be considered. Twenty-third: An obligation on the part of Turkey to cease all re lations with the Central powers. Twenty-fonrtli: In case of dis order in the six Armenian vilayets the Allies reserve to 1 themselves the right to occupy any part of them. Twenty-fifth: Hostilities be tween the Allies and Turkey shall cease from noon, local " time, ! Thursday, the 31st of October 1918. - CUTTING THE TURK SUPPLY LINE IpFT W 7 '"it. 1 '"""A I Advancing 185 miles north of Damascus, tjie British forces under General Alienby. have occupied the City of Aleppo, at the junction of the Hedjaz and Berlin to Bagdad railwa vs. cutting oft suppties for the Turk ish armies in Mesopotamia. The solid line indicates the new battle posi tion. DR. HARRIS OUT 1 FOR MR. SPROUL ! Anti-Liquor Chieftain Speaks in Behalf of the Senator From Delaware County Dr. John Royal Harris, state su rrintendent Of the Dry Federation of Pennsylvania, issued a statement! to-night in which lie urges the dry] voters all over the state to go to! ' the polls next Tuesday and vote for; ' Senator William Sprout for Gov : i rnor and the candidates for the leg ; islature w.io have gone on record as favorable to the ratification of thoj j national prohibition amendment. Dr. i Harris said: "Now is the time for all good men! j to come to ihc aid of Mr. Sproul audi i of those legislative candidates who| i are for ratification of the national j ; prohibition amendment. The Dry ! Federation calls for Sproul's support] ! rutardless of party, and for all of : our endorsed legislative men regard-! less of party. "To do thii is to bring two things' to pass: Ratification of ttie amend-! I inrnt and tile control of the rtepuhli-j I i an organization by those favorable] to the dry cense. The exacting arro -1 gancy of the dying liquor business ! has grown intolerable to so many that !they have come to he a controlling] majority In the party councils, and < here is our < l.ance to break once rnd; forever any connection with that j I business and its offensive methods, j "The endorsement given Mr. Sproul• hv the Federation was based on long and careful investigation. It was pre ceded by endorsements and advices front our county organizations quite widely. When the State Executive Committee met. after notice that ac tion was to he taken it took such ac tion very harmoniously and enthusi astically. Of cur thirteen members, all but two were for endorsing Mr. Sproul. •'Confirmation of the justice an 1 - wisdom of this course has been -om- ' ing in ev.r since. The liquor men 1 are getting behind the candidacy of, Municipal Court Judge Bonniwelt. and; attacking Mr. Sproul on every kind] lof ground. A wide publicity campaign > ! against him is being backed by the i more dangerous gumshoe kind, and; j the appeal to various prejudices. j •••We are going to die lighting." isj I the stogan of the wets. To be at the, i death is the ambition of all other] voters. Your cote for Mr. Sproul and: our endorsed legislative candidates will admit you. And Pennsylvania will enter a political era worthy of, i her proud place of history." Yankee Fighters Are to Be Kept Warm on War Front in France 1 With the American Array in 11'rance, Nov. 2. —American fighting men at the front are to keep warm j • this winter. The forestry section of i the American Expeditionary Force has promised to deliver on the road ! ready to be hauled to the men at the i front before January 1.100.000 cubic, I' meters of fuel wood. This is equiva lent to a pile of wood a yard wide - and a yard high stretching from 1 - Paris to Berlin. Thousands of foresters are now busy in the French forests gathering ; ing and cutting the wood, which comes front dead wood and refuse in the forest. The fine trees of which the French are so proud are not be- j ing cut. ' With Choir and Organist A writer pays tribute to the hymn j compositions of Irvln J. Morgan, many I of which appear in the Episcopal and Presbyterian hymnals. Among the 1 best known are his settings of "As Pants the Heart." appearing under ' the caption. "Cooling Streams;" Bishop Mant's magnificent poem, which has been invested with most dignified musical surroundings and ' "When All Thy Mercies. O My God, ' My Rising Soul Surveys." The tune, j "Morgan." seems to have given the ; composer heightened inspiration, for i its rendition thrills and helps all con- I gregations who hear it. The writer ( points out that it is singular none • of the Morgan compositions appear j in the Methodist Episcopal hymnal,' which contains such compositions as I the sublime "Marleybone" and Others t of prime merit. An incident showing the forward heart of the volunteer choir singers ' occurred not long ago at a weekly rehearsal of the solo choir at the j Harrisburg Conservatory of Music. It j was here soloists and choir leaders! opened their minds on the volunteer j choir question. One of the leaders i asked another how his choir work ■ was progressing. "Rotten," blurted i out the discouraged chorister. "1 j can't get the singers out to rehearsal, j always is something In the j way. something more diverting, though it be not so up-lifting, to keep the siilgers out of the choir loft on rehearsal night. "And this leads to j the conclusion that there is but one j solution of the choir problem, and I that is to pay good coin to compel j singers to serve as a business prop ~ HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH PREVENT FIRES SAYS GOVERNOR Issues Proclamation Calling Upon People to Uphold Forestry Department People of Pennsylvania, especially those who live in wooded areas and who visit the forests to hunt and fish, are urged by Governor Martin G. | Brumbaugh in a proclamation issued to-day to do their utmost to prevent forest tires. Tc-day is Kire Preven tion Pay throughout the state and in accordance with action of the State | Fire Marshal people are asked to j clean up promises and get rid of in flammable waste materials. In the Governor's proclamation he asks that : the State Forestry Department be , aided in Its conservation work. The proclamation is as fotlbws: "Whereas. This is the season of for est tires, when irreparable loss may 1 result from carelessness or negligence with reference to tire?. The Common- 1 wealth has In its own right more ! than one million acres of forest lands i and the acreage is constantly growing I' in size and in value. The Common wealth also h is an. interest direct and vital in safeguarding the forest lands j : under private ownership. The safety j to human life, our supply of portable, | water, our protection from floods, r.ur I efforts to testorc and increase the! I wild life of the state, the provfsion I for healthy Recreation and the in j crease of the fishes in our streams i are all involved In the matter of pre f venting foi\t fires. Surely Pennsyl- I vania does not want a repetition of I the disasters recently occurring in sister states of the northwest, where many lives and much property were ! sacrificed to the red-tonguod demon, j "Therefore, I. Martin O. Brumbaugh. ! Governor of the Commonwealth of 'Pennsylvania, holding an abiding in-1 I terest in the welfare of the people! ! of my native state, resolved to con i serve at all time their lives and their; ! property And hoping confidently to> ; have recorded the dawn of a day | when Pennsylvania shall again be the : ; land of wonderful woods, glorious in symbolic and utilitarian ministries.! i vibrant with ilie sylvan songs of in numerable feathered friends, resonant | with the leap < f laughing waters and the tread of wild animals, and abund ' ant in grateful shade and wooing i welcome, ilo hereby call upon all our people to co-operate fully and eon j stantly with the State Department of Forestry and ether legally constitut ied agencies in preventing and in speedily suppressing all fires out of j doors, especially in proximity to our] growing reaches of forest lands. Lcti all hunters in the pursuit of game! avoid the careless use of fire and act 1 I always .with promptitude in s'uppreas j ing fires or in giving accurate Infor ; ination against those that violate the laws of this Commonwealth. L*t there he among all citizens a qulcken i ing love for safety and a resolute purpose to make Pennsylvania forests safe and increasingly beautiful." RULING* ON EXPENSES An opinion has been given by the Attorney General's Department to the Blossburg State Hospital board • that it must look to dependants of a workman for payment of expenses ' of an operation performed after he had been taken to a hospital by his! employer. The compensation insur ance carrier paid SIOO to the family and the employer refused to pay anj bill for hospital service, holding that his liability for such expenses was ended when the insurance carrier ' paid. osition. A few singers met informally a few Sundays ago at the home of a mutual friend. All were members of choirs. "I don't feel at home with the churches closed," said one. "I tell you. you certainly miss the Sunday anthems and hymns when the churches are closed." said another. "Well," replied the third, "theri is one consolation. The people will have forgotten the compositions choirs have sung, and it will be little trouble to brush up on musical numbers that have had recent rendition when, fi nally, the churches reopen. Further more. we've all had a chance, those of us who escaped the 'flu' to prepare new numbers." Vacancies in city choirs are likely to increase if General Crowder keeps on calling the men to war. "They're badly shot to pieces, now," said a choir leader to-day. adding, "the wo men, as always, will have to come to the rescue if further defections bring about a crisis." Publishers' are sending out Christ mas music prospectuses. G. Schir mer, probably the bigget publisher in the country, has offered the usual programs incident to the festival. These include choir numbers for all denominations, although the music in tended for liturgical services pre dominates. As usual, the Barnby, Shelly. Harker, Field and Sullivan compositions get a leading place. The Shelly transcription of "Hark! Hark! My Soul." is set apart as one of the best numbers for the festival. I TAFT CALLS ON NATION TO ELECT PARTY CONGRESS Republicans Best Qualified to Determine Problems Fol lowing World Peace | Portsmouth. X. H., Xov. 2. —For- mer President William H. Taft, in an address here, railed upon the people of the country to elect a itepublican Congress next Tuesday. "That Congress will begin to ex ercise its power on the fourth ot March, 1919," said Mr. Taft. "and will not go out of office until the fourth of March, 1921. During the two-year period of its life some of the most important issues this country has ever had in its history are to be settled. The question which you have to decide is who are to settle them. "The Germans for fifty years have spent their time in creating a mag nificent military machine, and while all can see the handwriting on the wall there still is formidable resistance to be overcome. This will be greater if we insist upon an unconditional surrender, as we! must. "This war has not been fought by the President only, it has not been fought by the Secretary of War only. It has not been fought by our armies in the field alone. This war is the war of the solid Ameri can people. It is they and their growing intensity and indignation and soul-stirring unanimity in the spirit of sacrifice who have carried this war, so far as the I'nted States is concerned, to its present satisfac tory stage. Will a Democratic Congress be more likely really to help than a Republican Congress? How can we judge? Only by what the Democratic majority has done in this war in Congress, and what the Republican minority has done. Which in view of its record in the present Congress is merely likely to stand back of the President effec tively for the winning of the war and holding him to an unconditional surrender? "The example of Lincoln in call ing his political opponents, who sympathized with the war, into his councils, was specifically rejected and a course pursued which justi fies the Statement that never in peace or war have we had a more partisan administration than during this critical period in the nation's life. The Republican party was represented only by the Republican minority in the House and the Re publican minority in the Senate. The members of that minority have been moved in their concerted action by no partisan purpose. The country owes much to them for the stim ulus to better war preparation by forcing public attention upon its defects. Without them and their votes and the leadership of such men as Julius Kahn in the House, the Draft Act would have failed and the raising of our armies would have iheen impossible. What we have had of the Democratic ma jority and its leaders is a fair basis for judging what we may expect of another Democratic majority if that be returned. With these lessons of the past before the people of the United States, how can there be any hesitation in returning a Re publican majority to each house so far as the war is concerned and maintaining the proper fighting trim of our gallant armies? "President Wilson fails to recog nize that without the Republican minority his prosecution Of the war would have been a failure. He asks the American people to entrust him with unlimited control over the set tlement of a peace that will affect them for a century, when he has given many evidences of a wish to pursue a course against which their faces are set like flint, to-wit, peace by negotiation. His appeal for un restrained power is unprecedented in the annals of the country, and it is as unrepublican as it is unnecessary. The President expi esses the fear that the election of a Republican majority in either House will embar rass him abroad as a vote of want of confidence in his prosecution of the war is whohy without force. The return of a Republican Congress will confirm our Allies in a knowl edge that the American people in sist upon unconditional surrender and repudiate a p'.ace by negotia tion. It will make for the united action of the Allico and the achieve ment of the high purpose of the world in this war. "The character of th 3 Presi dent's appeal, the partisanship which in the light of his whole administra tion can be read between the lines, his utter misunderstanding of our constitutional form cf government, and its division of pov.er in order to secure popular safety and con trol, require from the people now the repudiation of the appeal and the return of a Republican Con gress." COUNTY BAR TO .MEET Members of the Dauphin county bar have been notified that a meeting will be held November 14 to receive the report of the board of censors in connection with the Harry M. Bretz disbarment proceedings. No such ac tion has been taken by the attorneys yet, but it is believed a decision will be made at the meeting. The report of the board of censors was prepared for presentation October 11, but be cause of the epidemic and the ban on meetings no action could be taken at that time. POLITICAL ADVERTISING | POLITICAL ADVERTISING r. Cumberland County Voters! Surely You Will Cast Your Vote for TUESDAY, November 5 —FOR— Your Bone-Dry Candidate GENERAL ASSEMBLY RossLßeckley on the Republican Ticket ' THE DRY CANDIDATE BELIEVES IN— 1st —The Ratification of the Prohibition Amendment. 2nd—The Conservation of Food. 3rd —The Conservation of Coal. 4 th —The Conservation of Man Power. sth—The Protection of Women and Children. 6th—The Fostering of Patriotism. • 7th—The of Lioerty. 12,450 MEN ARE REGISTERED! I Election Supplies Being Rush-1 eel to Polling Booths For Tuesday With the enrollment of 132 more I voters in the city who could not ap- j pear before the registrars on the three '• fall registration days because of ill- ( j ness or absence from the city, the j I total number of men on the lists ' I now who can ballot next Tuesday ! j reached 12,450. According to officials, tills Is just j (about 1.000 less than last year, and., J considering the large number of men ! I in Army service, inchoates the wide- ; spread interest in the election. With) ! fair weather and active campaigning i by local candidates for the hegisln-I 1 ture a big vote may be polled, it was ' predicted. | Election supplies and ballots for alt j county districts have been sent to the various boards and in the city will bo distributed on Monday. More than 100 voters appeared at j the office of the county commission ers during the morning and the last | application for registration only a few minutes before the place closed. Because of the death of Samuel Loudermlloh. majority inspector of elections for the First precinct of Swatara township, Ira A. Aungst was appointed to the place. William Our ham was named assessor for the | North precinct, Susquehanna town- ' ship, by the county commissioners to ; succeed J. Sponsler. resigned. McCormick's Prohibition Claims Not Upheld by His Acts, Republicans Assert Much resentment among RopuMJ- i cans who favor the prohibition amend ment, has been aroused oyer the course of National Chairman Vance (\ McCormick's newspapers in denounc ing Republicans who will not split their tickets on the Congressional is- ! sue at the behest of President Wilson. t while McCormick himself declines to . support Senator Sproul for governor, j the only "dry" candidate who Jias n chance of election. Senator Sproul declared unqulvocally for the amend- j ment at the very opening of his cam paign and McCormick knows he is the only gubernatorial nominee who can , be elected who is sincerely for prohi- j hit ion. Nevertheless he opposes him j and thereby wives the prohibition , amendment a Mack eye. j Under the circumstances, the Mo- , Cormick attack on Senator Sproul. I while thousands of others are support- . inw him without reward to party on the prohibition issue, is causing a re vulsion among many who were ready ; to split their tickets on prohibition. Also there is a feeling of doubt as to j McCormick's sincerity, in view of his' failure to have written into the Demo- , cratic platform, when he had the state j committee under his thumb, any ref- ; erence to prohibition. In other words. , when he had an opportunity to give the amendment a boost he hedged and | dodged. The feeling among Republi cans is that McCormick is first of all j a hitter partisan who uses all issues, even the war. for party purposes. POMTIG^^^VDVERTPjINi^^^^ VOTE FOR Dr. G. W. Hartman Candidate For the Legislature Voters, especially those who | are voting "dry" for the first | time, are reminded that ratifica- j tion will not result in the preven tion of legitimate uses as in the > sacrament and as a drug. The | people of 2,542 counties of the j United States out of a total of 2,898 have given up the use of j alcohol as a beverage, and there- j by gained much by increased I church attendance, improved ] morals, and public health better ment. Ratification is Rational,. Rea- i sonable and Reliable, and has for I Its reward Respectability and I Righteousness. NOVEMBER 2, 1918. 1 POLITiCAI. AUVKKTISEMKM' POUTICAI. AU V liHTI.MiMENT f ■ 1 Test of Representative Worth > Having Served all the People With £,j Fidelity, Congressman Focht Calls 'jf For the Support of all Parties f Washington, D. C., Oct. 30, 1918. 1 To the Voters of the 17th Congressional District: The whole country is discussing the partisan action during this war time of the President, who has called for the election of Democrats to Congress as the only fit men to support the Government now and during 1 the vital reconstruction period. Fully concurring in the universal expressions of disapproval at this gross impropriety on the part of the Chief Executive, who should be President of the whole country and have i faith in the patriotism of Republicans who have sup ported all war measures, and not descend to partisan ship when all the peolpe are helping win the war, no force or factor opposed to me can point to a single act while serving as your representative that will disclose other than the sacred discharge of my duty and help fulness to ALL THE PEOPLE of my district, REGARDLESS OF POLITICS. Every man, woman 1 and child, no matter of what creed, color or political adherence, has had PROMPT RESPONSE from me to EVERY CALL wfch the best results my extended ; legislative experience could produce. These responsive things I have done and will con- Stinue to do for all who seek help or guidance in mat ters falling under my jurisdiction, although all well know, I AM AN AVOWED, DECLARED AND f DEPENDABLE REPUBLICAN in my advocacy of .{ protection and every economic principle that will safe k guard our industries, the laboring men and women, and that will add to the encouragement of our great agri- ' cultural enterprises. Notwithstanding the unworthy allusions made to mc by my opponent on the Democratic ticket in his card of announcement, when he ascribed to me "MEAN PARTISANSHIP AND NARROWNESS OF SOUL,' I would not stoop to anything so ignoble as making personal allusions to him. The issues now involved in the election of Congressmen this year reach far beyond the personal ambition of any indi vidual, and take in every hope within the heart of the soldier, the Patriotic Societies of which I am a member, the working man, the farmer and every branch of business and industry. Nevertheless, it might be timely, since we are sacri ficing so much for "world democracy" and "the consent of the governed," to suggest that my place on the Republican ticket was secured by an expression of the will of the people at the ballot box in a POPULAR PRIMARY ELECTION, and by a most decisive if not sweeping majority. On the other hand, the most "worthy Democrat who was regularly nominated by the voters of his party of the 17th Congressional district, WAS FORCED TO WITHDRAW, and was sup planted by the Democrat now opposing me, who was "appointed" a candidate by a coterie of Democratic , bosses and job holders headed by two of these RuHers S of fat jobs, Palmer and McCormick, while not one of , the twelve members of the committee making the 1 appointment lives in the 17th Congressional district! Therefore, since the Democrats of the district had ! nothing to do with choosing the "appointee" they are now called upon to vote for, they would seem to be under no obligation so far as party regularity is con cerned to support him, any more than Republicans would be obligated to support me had I been a hand picked candidate by factional bosses residing outside of the district. The Democratic candidates for Congress can not find anything commendable in my vote for war after the President had failed to "keep us out of war," and for one hundred and more measures in support of the Government during the war. He is such a warrior that one would have looked for him to have enlisted long before the war entered its last stages, but he con tinues to be long on war talk and short on enl'str.ient. Our opposing friend is, however, quite a passionate volunteer for office, since he now holds one place with two years to serve, yet wants still another job just to • show that Focht IS A PARTISAN WITH A NAR- j ROW SOUL." His attitude in avoiding our proposal I that he enlist reminds me of the chap who was appar ently eager for a fist fight, but when things looked dangerous and friends remonstrated, he exclaimed with much heroism, "One of you will do to hold me, but two of you had better hold the other fellow." My only son, Brown Focht, now 14 years of age, has writ- 1 ten me to get him into the aircraft division of the mili- J tary service, and if the war should continue a while i longer, he might take my opponent's place, or possibly that of Vance McCormick, the editor of the Harris burg Patriot, another job holder and talking warrior 1 who has not been seen rushing to the front. I am sure my boy would fight our enemies instead of black guarding his neighbors in an attempt to counterfeit his way i ito Congress on the war record of othe * boys and the ludicrous plea that the only patriots in this country are Democrats. Having served you all FAITHFULLY AND TIRELESSLY throughout my incumbency here, and particularly during this great war period, with no question ever asked as to the POLITICS OF THE MANY I HELP EVERY DAY, I trust that on elec tion day, November sth, 1918, there may be a response from the voters of all parties that will be a reciprocal expression of confidence and good will WHICH I FEEL TOWARD ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE * 17TH DISTRICT. I will have but little time - to get out among the people this fall on account of so many demands upon me here in performing my official work, nor do I believe you expect me to pay any attention to the ELEVENTH HOUR DEFAMATORY AND UNTRUTHFUL circulars being put out against me by my opponent. This is a cheap, worn-out and effete method of campaigning, and never made a vote when employed 50 years ago by the highbinders. You know me, you know my work for you and yotir friends, and you know what I look like, so you will not see my picture in conspicuous places, while out of respect for the dignity of the position you have given me, I must decline to engage in any mud-slinging with my oppon- • | ent and the Democratic editors of the district, nearly all of whom hold Post Offices or other Government positions to the exclusion of many Democrats quite as worthy and capable but who were ignored by the Dem ocratic bosses. With the assurance that with your helpfulness MY DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE in Washington FOR ALL THE PEOPLE will continue unabated and unabridged, I am Faithfully yours, BENJAMIN K, FOCHT V_ 3
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