The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-11-04

Ine contest IN Ok4dhOtnh TOMORROW
in national affairs is between the for
ces and poi lies represented by Wood
row Wilson and the forces and policies
represented by Theodore Roosevelt
The people Of Oklahoma are called up
on to say whether they stand for de-
mocracy: for the genuine rule Of the
people. for tariff revision downward,
such as the bills passed by the present
democratic congress: for regulated
competition in industry. for none
5tary and financial system controlled
by the people in the interest OF the
people. or.
/ Whether they shall accept the lead
ership OF the candidate OF the steel
trust and the harvester trust, whether
they shall endorse the contribution Of
more than half a million dollars by
four steel trust stockholders to pro
mote the Roosevelt plan 10 capture the
republican convention at Chicago;
whether they shall stand for legalized
monopoly and commercial and indus
trial despotism.
Woodrow Wilson stands before the
country not only as a clear thinker, an
intelligent student, but as a courageous
leader whose hands are clean, who has
declined to accept any contribution
from questionable sources, who has al
ways stood resolutely away from any
sort of improper alliance or association
with any political boss
Theodore Roosevelt by his own pub
lie record and by the sworn testimony
OF reputable witnesses is now known
10 have been the alley of every politi-
cal boss who supports Taft, and whom
he now antagonizes. The evidence of
his intimate alliance with the corrupt
and corrupting forces in American
public life not only through the greater
part Of his career but down to the
present moment is conclusive and in
disputable. He comes before the eoun-
try today with program designed to
attract every varied element of Ameri-
can political. sorial. and industrial life.
from the political pirate and the indus
trial buccaneer to the chief ward
heeler. His program is as inconsistent
and contradictory as is his own char
acter and career. Making a plea for
human life and social and industrial
justice he proposes to establish a COM
mercial and industrial despotism which
would entreneh and fortify the forces
OF every sort Of injustice II the men
who financed his political enterprise
are sincere they can Of themselves.
with q single stroke OF the pen. with
out the expense Of political campaigns.
without waiting on the uncertainties
Of elections. without waiting for the
slow process of legislation, abolish
their own practices OF social and in
dustrial injustice and accomplish vastly
more than is promised by the success /
of the third term propaganda.
Briefly we must choose between the
man Of sanity and poise and clean
hands and the man Of impetuous reck-
lessness who is up to his elbows in the
mire Of political corruption. We must
choose between a government by the
people guaranteeing equality of oppor
tunity. protecting the weak, promoting
Individual initiative and individual
enterprise. maintaining industry upon
a basis OF regulated competition, and a
government controlled by few trust
magnates for their own advantage, es-
tablishing an all-powerful commercial,
Industrial. and financial despotism-
The issue in state affairs is equally
plain. It is between the organized
democracy. the champion Of progress
i've government in state affairs, the
party that has established the govern
ment OF Oklahoma, that has given il
its position Of advanced leadership in
the progressive movement. and the un-
organized. antagonistic bands of re-
dictionary politicians who have no pur-
pose other than the overthrow of de-
mocracy in Oklahoma for the advance
ment of their own personal interests.
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