El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-17

keeps right on doing its duty from
now until adjournment; and that. with
out New York, even And that party
is very liable TO carry New York also
President Taft and Roosevelt hav al
ready succeeded In killing each other
off. If not in the convention. then at
the polls The strong friends of either
viii not support the other.
1 speak advisedly when I claim that
Roosevelt is a crazy man. His wonder
ful success has turned his head. and il
is probable that he win disappear from
the political field after November next.
However. George Francis Train was as
crazy as he is and continued TO make
a loud noise long after ne ceased 10
be political factor Even new Eng
land. under the patriotic lead Of staid
old Massachusetts. viii not follow the
erratc Rough Rider as she has hitherto
done. 1t is true that he is the shrewd-
est politician ever in the white house,
and II IS astonishing that he has not
yet found out the difference between
stage thunder and the real thing.
Massachusetts has too much culture
TO vote for a man who used the pro-
noun III times in a single personal
letter written for publication and
too much patriotism to vote for any
man for a third term That Taft has
convicted him Of lying, is not very
strange. considering the fact that the
New York reporters discovered many
years ago that he was "a professional
he rose from police commissioner 70
president
He mas lost large proportion Of the
popularity he enjoyed when he leIt
Africa, but il seems that he has not
Yet discovered that fact; and some OF
the governors of these United States
seem also not to have discovered IL
What are governors, any way, except
Just folks" as a ceretain mayor used
10 say The disgust that has followed
the undignified and disgraceful fight
between Roosevelt and Tart Is Iast
opening the peoples eyes For the
first time in the history OF our coun-
try, the presidency has been dragged
in the filth and mire of politics 4
president and an eE-preS1dent have
done IL. and the people Of America VIII
not stand for it,
No man can carry the Democratic
vote who is favorable TO Wall street
or whom Wall street favOrs- Conse-
GHa1tly. neither Harmon nor Under
wood has any chance at all Ihey
may be able to prevent either wilson
or Clark getting the nomination. as
in the Democratic convention two
thirds vote is required II they sue
coed in deadlOcking the convention,
look out for stampede 10 Bryan, the
only man in the United states who has
gotten stronger each time ne has been
defeated. Such contingency would
be deplCrable. and ne hlnself IS do
ing all he can to prevent H. II II is to
DC EEeNeuLeQ AT all nc e--N-A1 ~ tAAE OllE
to bring it about He is. and has been
for years. the most influential single
facor in American politics, Yet fl ap-
pears impossible to elect him. ROOse-
Welt is doing all he can and working
as he never worked before to bring
a bout that other catastrophe Of which
he smoke wher the third term talk
first began to materialize several
months ago Which illustrates che op-
posing views Of patriotism entertained
bv Roosevelt and Bryan
IF Ro0seveIt should run against a
radical Democrat. the total vote would
he auemcuted by millions and Roose-
Welt would be worse beaten than Par
ker in 1904: and never again would
the third term idea be rcsurrected If
Wall street should control the nouIi-
nation AT baltimore. the nominee will
follow Parker into Obscurity. I nv
self am a Bryan Democrat and glory i'm
fl. but want TO see some other Bryan
Democrat nominated, II Wall street
controls rhe nomination Of my usrtv [
shall vote for the Socialist candidate
and ann not at all particular as 10
who thar candidate shall be- as he viii
have no chance whatever Of election
don't know what YOU viii do with
this communicate and don't much
care. but I expect TO cast my vote m
November for the next president The
more the question Is discussed. the bet
ter will the people be prepared to
make au intelligent decision.
Patriot.