Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1912-10-04

Them Williams strung him up to that
sour apple tree, and choked the poor
fellow to death. In view of what |
did in trying to save that innocent
mans life-which didn't do no good
because we was outnumbered-I want
you to vote for me-"
And there were tears in the eyes OF
the benighted people, and they focked
to the speaker, and cried, You mt
nobly."
The Discrimination of President Taft
to reply in kind to the thrusts of
Roosevelt has strengthened the adj
miration for him as an American citi-
zens even among those who are
earnestly working to overthrow him
because of his obstructiOnist policies,
barring, possibly, those who are blind
ly and stupidity worshiping Roosevelt
as a Zeus on Mount Olympus. Mr..
Taft will be president of the United
States until March next, and while
he is president the Democratic leaders
will do their utmost to see that he is
shown that respect by Democrats that
the great office demands. And IT. is
sincerely believed among Democrats
here, that, if the verdict of the people
at the polls November 5 fayors Dem
ocratic supremacy, next to being In
augurated a second time, President
Taft will experience keen delight
in escorting to the White House as his
successor Woodrow Wilson, whom the
president knows to be of sound moral
Ghra cnd ipfa11netnalIv
President Taft has restrained him.
self when designating Roosevelt in
political observations, and has refer
red to the ex-president as MIR. ROose-
velt.p Note comparison in Phoenix,
the third term candidate spoke of
President Taft-the President of the
United States of America-holder of
the Hottest office in the gift of an
enlightened and powerful people
as "a dead cock in the pit
The cheapest of demagogues ranting
before rabble could hardly stoop to
such language, and the severest term
that probably could he applied to it
has been applied by politician here
who is unalterably opposed to Presi-
lent Taft, and that is: 1T was I'M
American. The man who would re-
sort to such reference to the Presi-
dent of the United States, while he is
president, is not worthy to be classed
as an American citizen. He is an an
archist; vandal; an enemy OF law
and order: one who would overthrow
government, and all that would con-
serve the sanctity of the home and up
lift society,""
Among those whose duty 1t is to
observe the trend of politics here at
the nerve center of the nation, there
is great respect for the president,
great respect for Governor Wilson,
and even respect for Debs, the red
flag candidate for president, for he Is
Known TO be sincere and an upright
man, but by his Bowery slang and ms
prize-ring vernacular. coupled with
his shifty and vacillating policies
Theodore Roosevelt has lost the re
spect ordinarily due an ex-presldent
among those who are sober-minded
and who are happy to reverence all OF
hose things which are conducive to
the preservation of the nation.
"Original Woodrow Wilson men
have been making themselves known
throughout. the land, but DR.. Mechlln
of Hampden-Sidney college, Virginia
maintains that he is the, the Give
the's) original Wilson man.
Il was in Staunton, Va, the day
Woodrow was born" says DR.. Mech
lin. land old DIR. Wilson, the presi
Dental candidates father. took me tt
his home and presented me to the
baby, then less than a day Old"