The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-09-21
ROOSEVELT IS ATTACKED; TELLS
REASON FOR HIGH COST OF LIVING
The Colonel is Referred 10 as
Third Term Candidate '-.-Taft
Also Sharply Criticised

Washington sept 2l-The Demo
! cratic textbook for 1912. the first
copies of which have just reached
| Washington is departure from the
| general character OF Democratic
| textbooks in that IL contains more
! Information and less argument than
! amy similar volume IN recent years.
! The vigorous and spectacular inyec-
| tive OF Ion John Wesley Gaines OF
| Tennessee. long rated as matchless
| and peerless i'm Democratic circles in
| the act OF textbook making, is miss
| ed, bUt that does not constitute an
| rreDarable loss for the 1912 text
bookmakers have filed the volume
with enough Catchilv-headlined facts,
figures diagrams and halftone pic
lures 10 make it worth the price OF
2ac that is charged
Three Great Topics.
The Democratic textbook deals
with three great topic the tariff
ing hich last topic is constantly
linked up with the other .wo Nat
urally extracts from the speeches OF
GOV Wilson are plentiful, as are the
quotations from Coy Marshall Will
liam Jennings Bryan. speaker CLARK.
ollie James and others II the So
called reactionary faction OF the
Democratic party has anything TO do
with this years campaign, the Dem
ocratic textbook does not reveal it,
Tor outside Of a contribution by GOV.
Harmon on the income tax, the vol
ume roars only progressive Demo-
ocraic thunder.
The book clearly shows that the
campaign committee considers Col.
Roosevelt dts most feared opponent,
Tor most OF the fire is directed
against the candidate OF the pro-
sressiye party who figures IN the
book conclusiyely as the "third-term
candidate This does not mean
that any fayoritism has been shown
President Taft. for the vigorous
criticism and analysis Of the tariff
record u.s. possibly, the most effec-
tive and conclusive portion Of the
volume. A novel feature is the ser
les OF object lessons, photographs
and the diagrams showing the exor-
bitant character OF the Payne
Aldrich tariff aud it's effect on the
cost of living.
Comparison Of Platforms.
The textbook opens with a com
parison Of the three principal Ma
ilonal platforms, the Democratic, the
Republican and tue Progressive
which lastuamed party however.
figures only under the designation OF
thud.torm party his is followed
y sketch of Gov wilson by VIII
lam Rayard IlaIe IN which import
ant Incidents in lne life and work OF
the Democratic candidate are shown
20 square IN a striking manner with
his professions and his promises.
Then follow chapter III which the
candidates record OF performances
chiefly as governor OF New Jersey,
are cataloeued
The next important chapter in the
textbook deals with the wee presi-
dentia candidate Gov Thomas r
Marshall OF Indiana and a list of his
accomplishments as governor OF the
Uoosior state looks almost as for
mdalie % Inc volume as DO those OF
GOV Wilson iu New Jersey FOLLOW
thau fourteen pages detailing
achievements Of the Democrats OF
the sINtyseeond congress and their
ATTEMPTED achievements IN The way
ot ann relom which were nuilided
ar PRESIDENT Iati veJ0es I'm thaJ