Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-30
THE BULL MoosERs.

The convention was right in sug
costing the best remedy for the break
ing of the influence of these political
bosses on the governmental affairs OF
the country. These men nave assumed
unwarranted authority. The antidote
for this situation is Theodore Roose-
Welt. He had fought these forces at
every turn OF the road from Dan to
Beersheeba. When they sent tele-
grams to senators at Washington or
derins that certain legislation be held
up, Roosevelt gave the country such
shock as it had never had before by
publishing these kilograms. He boldly
pulled the sleeps skin from the body
Of the wolf of the greatest financial
oligarchy in this country in that act
When the Pennsylvania coal barons.
Divine Rights" Eaer among them. es (.
saved to crush and coerce labor while
the public suffered in helpless want,
Roosevelt constituted himself the pro-
tector of the people and the iaborers
and called the mine owners before him.
He said to them. Gentlemen, you must
arhitrate. They did it. They were
given square deal They were de-
prived of no right which was fairly
theirs. The intolerable condition which
they were creating WAS avoided. No
other man than Roosevelt in America
would have done those things.
The convention did well to quote the
righteous words of the 1908 republican
platform wherein i, says concerning
Roosevelt's tenure in the presidency:
American manhood has been lifted to
a nobler sense of duty and obligation.
Conscience and coura &c IN public sta
ton. and higher standards of right
and wrong in private life have become
cardinal principles of political faith:
capital and labor have been brought
into closer relations OF confidence and
interdependence: and the abuse OF
wealth. the tyranny OF power. and all
the evils Of privilege and fsvoritis.n
have been put to scorn by the simple.
manly virtues OF justice and fair play.
These are the things which will make
Theodore Roosevelt his place in his
tory"
Roosevelt is the best man in the
country TO sit in the presidential chair
as the representative Of the men who
only ask for square deal and defend
them against the encroachments OF
the fellows who seek unfair advantage.
Finally. the convention and the
tion TO state and local tickets. This
Iea-es democrats and republicans alike
free to support the candidates OF theic
party who in this state have been fair
ly nominated under a primary law
which permits the people to rule. No
political bridges were burned which
ought to stand. No Rubicons were
crossed which should be recrossed. No
political structures were RACED which
stand on firm foundations. The con-
vention pointed its finger relentlessly
toward an evil in party government as
we'll as evils in the general govern
ment and it suggested as leader a
man who gives great promise OF lead
ing an assault upon those evils which
| VII! as effectually wipe them out Of
| existence and substitute a better dis
| pensation in their places az did his
| assault upon the disease breeding ten
enents in New York and their subsu-
tuition by model. modern structures In
which the children of the poor might
have fair chance for life and health.
The work Of this convention ought
! to be ratified by the people Of Iowa IN
| November.
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