Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-09-13
WRITES ON POLITICAL
SITUATION OF 1912
General Nelson A. Miles Contributes an Able Ar
ticle on the Conditions which Confront the
Voters in this Campaign.

The change from servitude and OPP
preston on the part of people te
libertya and Independence is wrought
by violence, heroic deeds and grea,
sacrifice. The change from demo.
cracy To depotism is slow, subtle,
insldious aud fatal The usurpa
tiOn, the tyranny, the spoilation oi
the Caesars, the two Napoleons
Cromwell, Robespierre and Diaz,
was all accomplished under the
name and pretense of republic
False prophets have arisen anG
demogogues have fourished, but
never before has one appeared in
our country possessing the worst
elements of both, and at the sam.
time consumed with his own eltish
ambition. This is the true charac
ter of Theodore Roosevelt, the pres.
ent candidate of his own misnam ed
Progressive party.
There is no character more despi.
cable than hyporcrit. Yet here Id
a man railing against the trusts,
who when in office prosecuted oni,
a few that he thought unfrIendly To
him and protected the great majori-
W of trusts of our country, aud
personally and actually helped Ia
create and establish the most colos-
sal trust now i'll existence. He II
constantly denouncing partisan
bosses, yet he is more indebted to
them for his success than any other
man Of our country. He has been
for years recognized as one himself,
and while IN public Office he was
the boon companion Of the worst
political scoundrels that this coun-
try has ever produced.
Do we wish to cripple and de
stroy our great industries, close our
workshops, factories and foundries;
paralyze our commercial avenues;
close our savings banks; impoverish
our people, and drive out capital as
it can be easily done, to other coun-
tries? He and every other man
knows that labor in our country is
today better paid, better housed,
better fed and clad than laboring
classes ever have been in any other
part of the world, Any measure
required for their betterment ia
within their own hands, and can be
easily accomplished by their mum.
cipal, state and general government.
II il madness to create IN the minds
of any class of our people a disre.
gard and want of confidence iii their
system of government that has Ior
more than one hundred years bless.
ed the people oil this county. Moth.
ing could be more injurious than to
] create feeling of distrust and die
affection that must result in choas
and desolation. A man TO crafty
his own selfish desires and am oition,
who would disregard or destroy the
traditions and prinoi pies established
by Washington, Jefferson and Madi
son and maintained by their compat.
riots since that time, is u traitor tC
his country. What we need il
more business and less politics,
more statesman and fewer hypocrit,.
cal demagogues. have faith tha'
the intelligence aud patriotism
Of our sovereign citizens will Devel
follow such q leader. During hi,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. he did more tt
lower the dignity of the high otiic'
he occupied. toward the centraliza
ton of power in the executive ot
the nation. than all the other mel
who had preceded him and fnali,
left he country in state of financia
. panic from which il has not ye
fully recovered. As this third tern
adventurer and his coterie of design
ing men are still most injurious an.
dangerous to the welfare of the re
public, l trust that our people will
awaken from the apathy and IL
, difference, which in some section
is manifest to the serious realization
of the condition of our affairs, ant
l hope that none of our people wil
be carried away by the false theorie
! and heresies that are misleading am
, most destructive. The institutions
privileges, rights and advantage
that our people now enjoy are to
precious and sacred to be light,
considered. Our people must neve
throw down the arc of their sover
r eighty, the hope of humanity, tn
citadel of our liberties and indepeT
dence, the temple of happiness f0
all mankind. Rather let us folio
r avenues Of peace and true manhoo
and intelligent citizenship for th
r improvement of our condition :
race and the people, upholdinG
supporting and maintaining the 81
= premacy of law and civil goverl
d ment, cherishing and preserving
9 all its grandeur and beneficenoe Il
~ blessed inheritance voachsafed to !
: y the fathers