Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-13

home In their beds, soundly sleeping,
or else burning the midnight kerosene
getting their lessons, mindlng their
own business, and this noise was
made by just the bunch. You hear
the noisy few, but the studious many
were not in evidence
Recently we have heard great
deal of racket from precious few.
/ We think the whole country Is
aroused and awake, uttering protests
and agitating the clrcumambient
/ ether with hoWls Of disappointment
/ roars of invectiVc and threats and
/ prophecies Of dire things that are to
| occur if they do not have their way.
/ But the great mass of people are at
/ work. They go forth to their labOr5
/ until the evening. They have been
| plowing, culuyating. reaping, they
are busy with their owr affairs. Their
faith in the government has not fall
tered. How idle it is, how absurd to
talk about putting a man in Prcs-
dent Tafts place who has been out
of the office for four Years, on the
specious plea that this man. who has
not been in the harness for four years
should know more about present con
ditions than the man who has been
constantly ON the bridge! This coun-
try does not stand whore it did four
years ago--thank heaven, no.
William Howard Taft is great
public servant he has done his
work faithfully and we'll And while
we certainly believe in the recall fol
taithlcss public servants, yet we be-
lieve in recognizing, with our g!ati-
tudc and appreciation, the man who
has served us os Loyalty and SO ef-
fcctively.
Therefore, We will vote. not with
the bowling few who have made In,
nights hideoul and the days noisy,
but we will vote soldly and silently.
expressing our appreciation and APP
proval of William Howard Taft. We
will do this simply as a matter Il
enlightened sclf-interest of sclf-pres-
ervati0n. \ bull moose ON Broad
way would attract more attention
than motor car, But for practical
purposes We prefer the motor to tho
moose. Because we listen to tho
noise is no reason we are going tO
vote for it. Voting is silent pro-
cess. The calliops Is not heard in
the voting booth. And the final count
will show that as people we pre-
fer the SAFE and harmonious to the
erratlc and uncertain In other
words, we are not going to risk our
jobs. We are not going to vote for
a return Of 1907 and 1908. The pay
envelope means more to us than tho
confetti Jf oratory, or the furioso
froth of soldier of fortune We
are at work, and we want to keep
our jobs. Things are on the unfit
The wages OF every man and woman
who work will be higher next year
than they are now, just as they are
higher now than they were last year,
Superabundance of crops will insure
lower prices. The hard times of 1905
found their effect in poor farming
and a decrease In stock raising.
Man 5 condition of mind is revealed
in the animal and vegetable creation.
The statisticians tell us that the great
increase in hogs, cattle, sheep, poui-
try. and all vegetable products In
America means lower prices Of living.
A tariff must be maintained thaA
will keep flood Of cheap manufac
tured products out Of this country, to
the end that we shall profit as pco-
pie from the work of our heads and
hands. The Interstate commerce com
mission has done a noble work In put
ting before the country the status
OF the express companies. We have
the beginning of the parcels post. We
have lower telephone and telegraph
rates than ever before. and it Is
certainly written on the walls that
the telephone and telegraph sys-
TENS. Ps well ~ tho express COM
ranics. must come under the super
vision of the interstate commerce
commission BILLS have already been
prepared that have the approval OF
the president, for providing for fed
erai super, ision of the monopolies.
While the government may not own
the monopolies. It will. however. sup
ervise and regulate them. and this
regulation will not be done by dema-
gogues and professional politicians.
but the work will be done by able
executives, economists and business
men who have the interests of the
people at heart
ConnsCation, President Taft has
plainly shown, must never be part
of the American program. The rights
of property will he conserved. and
progress will he ours to every degree
that is compatible with common
sense and safety.
Agriculture in all public schools.
school gardens. the opportunity of the
higher education to every boy and
girl. good roads. and the encourage
ment of every useful project and en-
terprise will he the rule. as il has