The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-07-18

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one mas o rfigure the nations welfare
Mr.. Bryan at Baltimore pleaded the
cause of progressivism successfully
because he eliminated himself from
the equation. His giant blows hurt
many individuals, angered many life
long friends, but they cleansed the
democratic party and put the latter
and its candidate on record for pure
politics, the rule of the people, econ
omic reforms and higher standards
of public service.
Mr.. Roosevelt failing to dominate
his own party's convention, because
he himself wanted to be its nominee
would, were he as true to his policies
as to his personal ambition, have
promptly, declared for Mr. Wilson
He did not do so. and for the same
reason that he would never have car
ried on his fight for progressiveness
one step beyond Chicago had the Re-
publican convention nominated La
Toilette or Cummins instead of Taft
1t was progressiveness with Roosevelt
as it's exponent that Roosevelt wanted
and no other kind. His program when
he violated all custom and went in
person to Chicago was Roosevelt or
bust; or anybody else, and bust. He
therefore now proposes in keeping
that program to set third party in |
the field, progressive by every declara- |
! ton, with himself its candidate and |
thus divide the progressive vote of
the country to the lettering of the
chances of the only anti-progressive,
D the Chicago nominee.
: inconsistent Mr.. Roosevelt
Y Mr.. Roosevelt, refusing to leave his
{, own party, proposes to ask progress
sive democrats to do what he refuses
> to do leave their own party. His
campaign will be made principally in
!. states numerically progressive, which
), would certainly go for Wilson as
lie against Taft, but with Roosevelt in
is the race might divide the majority
and select by a mere plurality the
candidate of the minority. To Ameri-
d cans who look frankly therefore into
n the Roosevelt candidacy, the invita-
IL ton of defer real progressiveness by
ed voting for Roosevelt cannot be con
&c. vincingly appealing. Those who wan
a change from the old order, however
they may be attracted by the Roose
ee welt personality, must vote for vii
So. son. There are many republican pre-
TAT gressives. They are in every so-calle,
doubtful state by thousands. Thes
? have shown too much courage-hav
gone too far to now turn back The
earnestly want a change. Assumin
that Mr.. Roosevelt has tariff view
at present, however, unknown
'dl- harmony with their own, assumir
OF that by their united efforts, they migl
sm- elect him, how long would he as pres
'ez- dent, with his domineering assertiv
OF ness and asserting domineeringnes
any be able to work in harmony with
as congress that concededly will be dem
seq cratic? If they siscerely wish the
and ideas enacted into laws, by VIII
his course of reasoning can they oppo
OF the election of a democratic pre-
the dante Mr. Wilson Is easily the DC
he of Mr. Roosevelt in scholarliness,
bet sagacity, in political and mental poi
own and UNNECESSARILY his superior in d
lts nifty of conduct and courteousy
ush- methods. If therefore, now, with ST
ther man on such a platform as that
'um- en- by the Baltimore convention, p
only gressives, whatever may have be
rtys their previous political alignmer
lese fail to clinch the occasion to do tn
1t TO country a pronounced service, I'll
that from the opportunity at hand and pI
ntry favorite above principles, they stu
ang- fy themselves and prove conditi
ared of petty littleness which it is diffic
cago to conceive Of Gov Osborn of Mic
the gan, John Wanamaker, La Follei
Mr. Crane Of Illinois and Lewis Brand
rtys are republicans who are progressi'
the in fact as in theory. They have
max clared an intention of votisg as Il
Will have long fought, for the cause
or for the democatic candidate, the
" most available in the contest
IN most sure to give them the fruits
%SSI their fighting Mr.. Roosevelt lost
~ opportunity and revealed in the Sc
M ing patriot but a scheming self Sc
err. He will go his troubled way
S to sure defeat and when the triumph
abys the policies he has pretended to
r for vocate comes into full and spler
wing realization, he will be pitt
tlie spectator amongst a people in WI
uaii! rejoicings he will be unfeelingly ig
~ ed.
~ After the language of the Episc'
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