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