The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-07


Campaign.
Il have been obliged to travel ex-
telsively during the present cam
paigr," said Mr.. Hilles. "and thus I
have come in direct personal contact
with leading men in fifteen or twen-
encouraging assurance must ad-
NIT that at the outset we made head
way slowly. The public ear was at
tuneI to the crash of the cymbals and
the plare of the big base drum. Com
monplace and workaday matters were
forgotten or ignored. No enc seemed
to cere to consider the marvellous and
monumental achievements OF the Taft
administration. They were obscured
by the spectacular performances OF
the third term candidate, by his
ban 7ying of epithets, bv his person
ality and personalities, " the DELHI
erate and brutal insults which he in
6icteG on men of conspicuous promi-
nence at every opportunity. People
in that frame of mind cared little
about the real issue Of the campaign.
abo"t the real questions that awaited
their decision. 1t was play time. cir
Gus time. the side shows were going,
+he calliope was screaming-who
would be bothered with prosaic mat
ters of business?
Harlan and Bede Helped a Lot.
'15ut the people quickly tired Of IT..
The current set in the other direction.
We could see it in the audiences that
Ian. the men who got T. RS goat.
to fall into the vernacular. They
trailed the Bull Moose on a dehorn-
ing expedition and the success with
which they met was electric and in
stantaneous. They punctured his
pre:ensions and in forceful, vigorous
and homely phrase brought their
audiences back to the real business
at hand. And that was the election
of a president of the United States,
the most exalted position occupied by
any man in the world. Their audi
ences grew more and more vast as
they pursued their quarry. and they
nave aided materially in the now evf-
lent revival of serious consideration
of political questions. Their trip and
the other evidences now at hand have
made it obvious that the candidacy OF
Mr.. Roosevelt need NOT be seriously
regarded. Men who tremble- because
OF The apparent menace 20 the per-
manCnce Of our constitutional lfber-
ties and, who at one time were in
clineo to vote for Wilson as the leader
Of two evils. are breathing freely. and
publican institutions remain un-
shaken.
Third Term Terror Abated.
''The third term terror abated, the
people began to take stock of their
responsibilities. Now convinced that
the real contest for the presidency Is
betwee8-Eaft and Wilson. they natuT-
ally sought Hight as to the lines of
cleavage as to the issues. And at once
the prosperity issue loomed large.
National committee and political
leaders do not determine the issues
upon which a campaign is to be
waged Issues create themselves,
force themselves into the minds OF
the people-they are irresistible. The
people looked about and saw that all
was well with them. They heard the
hum of industry, the blowing of the
factory whistles. They saw men
worthily and profitably employed.
They found no one able to work and
willing to work without work. They
saw no soup houses. no marching
armies of poverty stricken toiIers
clamoring for food or employment
They saw the railroads staggering un-
der the demands made upon them by
the needs of trade. In short. they
recognized the evidence OF unexampled
prosperity on every hand.
Wilson and Special Session.
IF elected. Governor Wilson would
be supported by a Democratic house.
and his success would assure the cleo
tion of a sufficient number of sena-
tors to make the senate also a Demo-