Arizona republican., 1912-08-10
"The Things Omitted"

The things omitted did not happen to come into my theme replied Gov ernor Wilson to some newspaper men at Sea Girt. day before yesterday, who had asked him why he had made no mention in his speech of acceptance of certain things in the democratic national platform. MT. Wilson added that his omission did not necessarily mean opposition
 The question and the answer are significant in view Of the attack that many democrats are making on the platform which is variously described by them as meaningless, time serving and reactionary.
 W. R Hearst in a full page editorial in the New York American. in com paratively small type, set solid" flays the platform in detail and as d whole Mir. Hearst recites that Governor Will son had been advised to reject parts of the platform. He might we'll be advised to reject practically all of it" says Mir Harst The democratic house has ignored or repudiated the most commendable blanks and there is no reason why Wilson should be bur dened in the coming campaign with rhe ramshackle remaining blanks"
 The platform. says Mr. Hearst, was made by Bryan and was made for Wilson. It is characteristic of the former and is as unsuted to the latter as it well could be. for, says Mr. Hearst. There is hardly a word in it that conforms to Dr. Wilson's utter tionary and became a militant pro- sressive."
 Continues Mir. Hearst
 The platform is Bryan's, and is characteristic combination of Bryan's ignorance and egotism. He has sac rificed the real issues of progressive democracy to substitute his own wis ionary views and fantastic fancies. It is more than Dr. Wilson's privilege 10 reject a platform which misrepre- sents the democracy and embarrasses himself-it is his duty both to him self and to the citizens.
 Dr Wilson is in a peculiar and delicate position before the country. There are many devoted democrats still in doubt as to his actual atti- tude and his permanent position upon the leading issues of the day. A platform, therefore which does not express accurately and progressively Wilson's actual views must prove embarrassing 10 him and to the democracy as we'll, since those skepti- cal citizens who doubt the genuine ness of Dr. Wilson's conversion to progressive principles will have their doubts confirmed by a platform which contains few positive or pro gressive utterances other than the unsound and extreme plank on the tariff.
 The platform is considered plank by plank. That relating to the high cost of living for which the republican party and the protective tariff are blamed, Mir Hearst regards as so Q supremely foolish as to bring the en- tire platform into contempt. He points out that there is the same high cost Of living in free trade England, high protection Germany and in France, with the consequent popular discontent that there is in this cOun try. Therefore our tariff cannot be blamed Neither can the republican party be blamed, for, says the editor The republican party in the United rc, fr,fl ence in France, England and Ger many The high cost of living" he. adds, must be due to other and broad CT propositions than those discovered at Baltimore"
 It is unfortunate, thinks Mir Hearst, that the only measures which are dis tinctly and definitely recommended in the platform are those which were al ready achieved before the convention assembled.
 The labor plank is briefly treated for it meets the approval of MT Hearst who in passing delivers this left handed stroke:
 The democratic plank on the rights of labor is a good plank, and if the nominees for president and vice president will adhere strictly to this plank they will do much to over come the weakness of their personal labor records.
 Now and then, by way of diversion, MT. Hearst turns aside to score Bryan. the evil genius of the convention, and