The Washington times., 1912-10-14

o"eG III iaVor OF the latter and an amazing case
against the former
The case for Taft isn't worth discussing, be-
cause Tart no longer counts in this election The
case against Roosevelt is worth discussing be-
cause 1t Ism an honest case 1t takes no note of
tn: merits OF Mr.. Roosevelt, but condemns him on
qulpples and petty nothings-petty nothings as
compared with his great qualities and his great
record of achievements
:, Of course, Mr.. Roosevelt has faults of course
he makes mistakes, but the honest seeker after
accurate measurements does not condemn a man
on his faults and his mistakes alone He con-
dennis him only when these faults and mistakes
are greater than his virtues and his merits If the
latter are conspicuously greater than the former
the margin of difference in his favor must be taken
as the value of the man.
submit to you if this is not the fair way to
measure man; l submit to you if this is not the
way you would like to be measured yourself; I ask
you what kind of showing you would make if
measured by any other method if measured alone
by your faults, your mistakes, your shortcomings
and you have them Mr.. Business Man, as we'll as
Mr. Roosevelt and the rest of u.s.
When the policies of nation are involved in
your attitude, policies that mean so much to a
hundred million human souls, you cannot afford
as good citizen, to curse a man out and condemn
hlm and the organization back of him on bubbles
and petty nothings. You have got to be fair with
him, or you are not fair with yourself, and you
are not fair with the people of the nation.
Above and beyond everything else, above and
beyond every other consideration, some of you are
out to smlte Roosevelt, no matter what the conse-
quences. But if, in shifting Roosevelt, YOU smash
your own face, is it worthy of you, Mr.. Business
Man? Would you respect or compliment a man
who did this sort of thing, if it didn't happen to
be the very sort of thing you were doing yourself!
The problems before are big in their out
reaching, so big that you cannot afford to let your
preJudlces stand in the way of doing in this cleo
tion what will mean the greatest good to the
greatest number, and the greatest good to the
greatest number, as matter of fact, means the
greatest good to you, Mr.. Business Man, and to
you Mr.. Professional Man. You can have no per-
manent and worthwhile prosperity except the
people as whole are prosperous and content
l have said you are chiefly concerned with
what meant good business and general prosperity
But what makes for good business is so broad a
question that it cannot be determined from any
one angle. That sound economic policies are vi
tally Important it is certain, but it is equally GER
tain that other factors at this present juncture
enter very largely into the problem-such factors
as industrial evolution, social Justice and wise
laws that in step with the progress of the age
that are in step with the best constructive govern
mental theories of any nation in the world.
With your mind bent on business, with your
craving for good business, many of you look for it
only along the direct route But it comes as well
in other ways, comes from these other contrib
utory causes. TO forget these causes, to be in
different to them is to be asleep at the switch at
this particular time of social unrest.
Never before IN the history of this country,
never before in the history of the world has this
unrest manifested itself in anything like the
measure in which it is manifesting itself today.
1t is more than unrest; it is evolution bordering
on revolution, and in very great measure is abso-
Lutte socialism.
In some of the test ballots we have had thus
far in this campaign the vote for Debs the Social
ist candidate, is well in of the vote for Mr.
Taft, and this vote will be so recorded at the polls
in November The growth of the Socialist vote
will make you sit up and think, Mr.. Business Man,
but your think will come too late. You will have
put yourself on record, and the record cannot be
changed, neither can the party you have put in
power be changed.
The best friend you have in this situation,
Mr.. Business Man. is Theodore Roosevelt. He
more than any other man, stands between you and
socialism. Roosevelt stands between you and
socialism through the Progressive party, which
recognizes the necessity of social reforms, recog
nizes the necessity of industrial evolution, recog.
nizes the cry of the masses for the square deal,
and he stands between you and socialism with
moral and mental courage that marks him giant.
weak man, or a man dead to the temper of
the people, or man standing unyieldingy on
antiquated policies, prating about the Constitu-
tion and all that, cannot cope with the situation
that confronts us today.
The iron hand is poweriess against an awak-
ened and insistent nation; the great, strong hu-
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