Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-10-08

up the slums, enforcing law and Civ
ing Gotham such an example OF r.
deity to the letter and spirit Of the!
law as she had never before witness
ed? What was Roosevelt as assist
ant secretary OF the navy when he
was cutting red tape and getting the
navy in shape for the war With
Spain? What was Roosevelt when
as governor of the state of New
York he called q recalcitrant legis-
lature in extra session and focused
upon it the force OF public sentiment
to secure a law which enabled New
York to equitably tax its giant
street railway corporations in New.
York city? What was Roosevelt
when as president he was lighting.
the standard Oil and other corpora
tions to secure the creation Of a
bureau of corporations2 What WAS
Roosevelt when he enlisted and sup
ported Dolliyer in the fight for rails
way regulation? What was Roose-
lvelt when he ordered the prosecu-
ton OF the Standard Oh and the
Northern Securities companies? What
was Roosevelt when Taft as his sec
rotary of war went out into Ohio
and denounced Boss Cox? What was
Roosevelt when over the protest Of
Cannon, Knox. Penrose, Barnes and
2cHF b. shaureJ the nomination
eIaction OF Talt2
WASH Roosevelt progressive
clear down the line2 Now isn't
1 that strange chat so coed man
las Paul still1nan cannot see any pro-
gresslye qualities in this thirty year
record OF strife for square deal?
Roosevelt Is enc Of the premier pro-
/ gressives in. the country He was
lat Il before he was dry behind the
ears. lis father before him was q
NOTABLE progressive,
! lie never helped progressives, did
some one remark? Roosevelt had,
when he ran for ONCE in bis own
inane, two and half million more
votes than his opponent, lie had
more electoral votes and carried
Imore states than any candidate in
1.-THE his ory Of the countrS in recent
years. ftIs RECORD AND HIS PER-
| soNAL CHARACTER CARRIED
MORE REPUBLICANS INFO OF
FIcE IN THE COUNTRY. from
| township trustees to governors, con-
gressmen and senators, than were
/ ever carried through in a similar
election Who can honestly look mp
! on the records Of republicans elect
cd to office in 1903 and then nm
tblushingly say Roosevelt never help,
ed other progressiycs4 He helpee
them in the most efIlcient way Ht
made record which they coult
island on aud appeal to Voters Will
lunahalSen confidence Can you i'm
agins d nlUre absurd statement thar
8 TIE one that Roosevelt ueYer heipec
frograssiyes Tie term should b
made broader No man Of his Tins
ever did 80 much Tor 50 many re
; ipubligans He served his party vel
/ iby 5erving his country truly
And. fnally, Isn't it a stfangel-
/. perverted vision which sees progress
t tsive republicanism nourishing b.
: acQuiesing in the leadership 0
d Barnes Barnes and his crowd fig
aired on just this sort OF an outcome
ii ferimer says men are like sheep, II
e insists that they all nave their bel
9 wethers, He named his own Aid
a Erieh ct al Harness counts himsel
S the republican bell wether now an
r he Is an that he claims in this iins
ri Progressive rsaublitanism wi
get any where by assistin
e Barnes to shelye Roosevelt. Now
"a good time to show Mr.. Barnes an
e the rising generation OF voters tha
& he and his kind cannot bell wetl
"a