The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1918 Page: 3 of 18
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THE ENID EVENTS, ENID. OKLAHOMA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1918.
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DEMOCRATS ADMIT
THE PRESIDENT'S
APPEAL BEAT THEM
The Public Resented War Manage
ment. Treatment of General WimmI
and Desired to Make Sure of an
Unconditional Surrender.
Washington, Nov. 13.—Public in-
dignation over President Wilson's at-
tempt to dictate to the American peo-
ple how they should vote is generally
regarded in Washington as the pri-
mary cause for the democratic over-
throw in Congress. The republican
triumph brought a multiplicity of ex-
planations, but the President's par-
tisan appeal for the return of a demo-
cratic Congress was held to be the
outstanding reason for his loss of
control of the legislative branch of
the government.
Democratic leaders now are admit-
ting that the President's appeal was
a political blunder, although none
publicly acknowledge this conclusion
which the election returns clearly in-
dicate also was the conclusion of a
majority of the American people.
Protest Against War's Conduct
Another dominant opinion here is
that the election, far from being in-
terpreted as a reflection upon Ameri-
ca's going to war, is rather a protest
against the methods of management
and conduct of America's part in the
war, and due to fear of the people to
trust present leaders with future
problems of the conflict and recon-
struction which is to follow.
Other reasons discussed in Capitol
cloakrooms and political committee
rooms were the following: Feeling
among the Middle West and Western
voters that they had been misled by
"he kept us out of war" propaganda
in 1916, and a desire to make certain
that the war would be prosecuted to
the unconditional surrender of Ger-
many now that the United.States is
in it.
Belief among some voters that the
end of the war is in sight, and that it
would be unsafe to leave the recon-
struction legislation in the hands of
the Southern democrats.
Indignation in the wheat growing
belt at the fixing of wheat prices,
while the Southern controlled Con-
gress put no limit but the sky on cot-
ton prices.
Resent Treatment of Wood.
Ill feeling in such states as Mis-
souri, Kansas and Nebraska over the
treatment of Gen. Leonard Wood, im-
mensely popular in that section.
Disappointment in some quarters,
notably in Ohio, over the tardiness of
the government in acting with re-
gard to the drafting of alien slack-
ers.
Revenge by women voters on the
democratic party in the Western
states for the defeat of Susan B. An-
thony woman's suffrage amendment
in the Senate.
In several ways, it was pointed out,
the results of the election are without
parallel in American history.
Never before has the country over-
turned the control of Congress during
a war. The fact that it happened
this time was regarded by the repub-
licans as an appreciation by the
country of their vigorous insistence
upon the relentless conduct of the
war.
Attention was called to the fact
that the sections of the country which
gave the democratic party the strong-
est support in fSl6, almost complete-
ly reversed themselves in the recent
election. This was particularly true
in the Plains States and the Far
West. The tremendous backward
sweep of the tide of sentiment in
those states was considered one of
the most remarkable developments in
the political history of the United
States.
Means End to All Wars.
In this connection Senator Smoot
of Utah, chairman of the republican
senatorial committee, gave out the
following statement:
"America and our Allies are to be
congratulated upon the results of the
election. A republican House and
Senate means that the war must end
in such a way as to make another
impossible; that the world must be
made safe for peace; that Germany
must surrender unconditionally and
that the terms of peace will be dictat-
ed by France, England, Italy and
America.
"It was a notice to our men in the
ranks that we want a good job made
of the war, now that we are in it, and
everything necessary to bring this
about will be furnished without de-
lay, fear or favor; that extravagance
and waste of the people's money will
cease and that the ideals for which
we entered the war will be realized."
Large numbers of democrats joined
with the republicans in declaring that.
President Wilson's partisan appeal to
the American voters had been ill ad-
vised. Up to the time the appeal was
issued the campaign had been ex-
tremely apathetic and it is generally
believed that hundreds of thousands
of republican voters who turned tlje
tide against the democrats would not
have bothered going to the polls had
the President not aroused their ire.
Farmers Had a Kick.
Middle West republicans ascribed
the result to some degree due to the
bitter feeling among the wheat grow-
ing farmers against the fixing of the
price of wheat at less than $1 under
what it would have brought on an un-
restricted market. This feeling was
intensified by the refusal of the demo-
cratic leaders from the South, who
control the present Congress, to lis-
ten to any proposal to limit the price
of cotton, which has been soaring to
unprecedented heights. The farmer
voters in the Middle Western and
Plains States refused to see this in
any other light than as an unfair
discrimination.
RAILWAY TELEGRAPHERS
TO GET WAGE INCREASE
Washington, Nov. 13.—An order
granting railroad telegraphers a gen
eral wage increase will be issued
within a few days by Director General
McAdoo, it was said at the railroad
administration. The advance is said
to average about $80 a month.
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Great Stock Reduction Sale
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During this Mid-season Clearance
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SUITS
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50 Seal Plush coats priced at
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45 Cloth Coats priced $32.50
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Please Observe
Durihg this sale it will be necessary to allow no
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DRESSES AT 20 PER CENT DISCOUNT
This group of exquisite new afternoon dresses in a wealth of exclusive and indivi-
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A group of 75 dresses of $25.00 values
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this great reduction
$17.50
All sizes and colors included in this
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Also a group of 25 dresses of serge,
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$15.50
Sizes 16 to 42 bust.
Popular Colors.
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Purcell, F. Everett. The Enid Events. (Enid, Okla.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 1918, newspaper, November 14, 1918; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc161488/m1/3/?q=food+rule+for+unt+students: accessed June 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.