The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1910-07-26
People are Anxious to Embrace Democratic
Principles--Refers to Bryan But Omits Men
ton of His Name--lmpute Unworthy Mo-
tiues to no One Without Proof init
mates There May be New Leader
ofNational Democracy

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campaign and said to the country be
fore election that if successful
wcnld do what it has done, the pee
Iple would have chosen Taft? Never
Mr.. Taft has posed as the special,
annointed successor of Mr.. Roosevelt
and my policies and as conse
Iquence gained thousands of votes. Blu
lhere the people were fooled again. Mr.
TAFT signalized his devotion to my
policies by gradually removing ever,
friend Of Roosevelt and by surround
ing himself with men whose lives hat
been devoted to the defeat and destruc
tion Of the things which my policies
were supposed to embody.
: am not a worshiper at the shrine
of Sagamore Hill. The distinguished
occupant thereof has said many things
that We're good, but has done very
little that can be commanded. In of
flee he was law unto himself
Checks and balances of the constitu,
tion had no weight with him. He pun.
ished the lawless-proyided they were
his enemies. He shielded the lawless--
provided they were his friends.
Notwithstanding all this, he pop
|ularized what he was pleased to call
my policies If Mr.. Taft said to the
people Of the United States that he
would not follow my policies he could
not nave been elected. The country
knows this and is prepared to punish
the betrayer.
Il don OF mean to say that some
measures of relief have not been
adopted during the present admins
tration, but do mean to say that the
republican party is not entitled to
credit for any of them. If it had not
been for the democratic minority, it
is safe to say that not one of those
measures would ever have found its
way to the statute book: and we of
Nebraska have much reason to be
proud Of the effective part taken in
promoting those measures by our
three democratic congressman, Latta,
Mcguire and Hitchcock.
THE people have had enough Of
republican double dealing. Gallant
souls within the party have arisen in
rebellion. The Cummins and the Gar
fields. the Dolliyers and the Pinchots
are on the witness stand telling the
truth. The country is listening with
attentive ear Nebraska is no excep-
tion. It hears with disgust the story
of Senator Purkett's duplicity--he who
is said to be 40 per cent insurgent and
so per cent Aldrich.
rs democracy awake to her oppor-
tunities in this state? I believe so.
Nothing short of sheer foolheardiness
can deprive her Of the victory that is
destined to be hers. Let the order,
then, go forth to close ranks and move
forward as one man in support Of the
holy cause Of the people. and the next
delegation from this state to the ma
tional congress will be democratic.
Turning for a moment to affairs
that are purely local, we find much to
please us and give us hope. Republi-
cans have been unsparing in their
abuse Of our last legislature, but this
is because its good record has made
them mad In all their efforts they
have been unable to put a finger on
a single act that justifies their abuse.
That legislature was freer from scan.
dals of the oil room and the lobby than
any republican legislature that ever
assembled within the walls of the cap
Itol. If the legislature erred, it erred
with the masses, not against them.
The speaker praised the state ad-
ministration and number of the dem.
ocratic leaders, and In conclusion
said:
This convention does not and |
things. There is hard campaign |
ahead, no matter what views prevail
.oday. This state in its entirety must
oe swung into place It is ripe for
democratic victory Nothing can de-
eat US but ourselves. Throw away
forget our piques and jeal-
'usies. sink pride Of personal opinion
? the Judgment Of the majority; fix
lur eyes on the glorious day star oil