The daily sentinel., 1912-06-28

4 hAiAAl AAiNAA sHuuoN NONNAs al Allt tiuAA-
RoOsevelt's policies in all their fun
damentals have been perpetuated by
Taft II either is elected these poll
cies will continue. Yet each loudly
proclaims himself progressive,
The Necessity for progress presup-
poses u condition so bad that we must
run from IT, Taft and Roosevelt are
responsible for present conditions. The
cry Of progress upon their lips is a con
fession of failure and guilt.
Recognizing the fact that the people
condemn their official acts, these gen
tlemen seek to shift the issue from Il
comparison OF performances to a pro
gram OF promises.
The Republican contest is only bat.
tie between the great interests. 1t is a
contest of syndicates.
The truth is at last manifest, and
Democracy will triumph
| want my party to win. but want
1t to win more than an office. | would
have It win because 1t stands for great
and righteous principles.
want IL to meet all great problems
In patience. in fortitude. in wisdom, In
courage. | want 1t to strike with an
iron hand, but to strike only In justice.
/ want 1t TO so act that Democracy
shall be a blessed name upon the
tongue of man.
A Democratic Bayard.
The situation is epic. The contest
will not be a summer day excursion.
| 1t will not be won in a single cam.
paign Special privilege is intrenched
Its emissaries fill high places; its re
sources are incalculable; its allies are
legion. Ii fights to retain the right to
| plunder the greatest nation on earth.
The prize is enormous. 1t will not be
| yielded without the most desperate re-
sistance.
Fronting such a contest, we are about
to select leader to whom we must
intrust the party and the national hon
| or. ! want that leader to be man
who In every impulse Of heart and sen
timent OF soul is devoted to the cause
OF the people. l would select a Dem
ocratic Bayard. who stands without
fear, without reproach. without taint
| OF disloyalty.
Half OF every battle Is the general.
No army OF men ever fought well be-
hind leader whose loyalty the rank
and tile doubted No army was ever
well generated by raw recruit or did
its best behind novice who tripped
upon his own sword.
In such a struggle as lies before us
give me for leader no summer SOL
dier or sunshine patriot" Give me no
political dllettante who comes into camp
when honors are most ripe to pluck.
want no half fiedged chanticleer who
is only just beginning to acquire
Democratic crow.
Let me rather have for general him
| who has suffered the hardships of the
camp. the tolls of the march. the dan
gers of the field: who has stood at the
bloody angle; who has proved his met
tie in the baptism OF fire
Let me tell you Of such leader, He
was born In that good Democratic
| state
Where men are brave
! ana women arc talr.
| The grass Is blue
| And whisky rare
The land OF old Kentucky.
Loves tho Common People.
There his eyes first opened to behold
| the loveight shining In the face of
Democratic mother. Mingled with
the notes of her lullaby. the myriad
sounds Of farm life were borne to his
baby ears. About the next thing he
heard was his Democratic father read,
ing Democratic platform. He has
been Democrat ever since.
He was not born to luxury. He
| sprang from that stock which produced
the men who subdued the west. the
| people whose hearts are instinct with
patriotic love OF country and liberty.
A boy OF tender years. he began the
struggle of life for himself 1t is II
story of tolls and achievement. Al
twelve years OF age he was earning his
living clerking in grocery store. Al
| fifteen he was teaching In the country
schools OF his native state. At twenty
| three he was president of Marshall col
iege. West Virginia.
Two years later he graduated witt
distinction from the Cincinnati Schoo
OF Law. He paid his way through
school and earned his money by tn,
hardest kind of labor.
As a lawyer he rose TO distinction
| The same habits of study which hat
marked his youth characterized hi
| professional career. In point of learn
ing he is the equal of any mau ii
American public life. There is not
page of our history or principle o
our constitution or laws with which III
is not familiar.
This man sympathlzes with the com
mon people. He recognizes the nobil
ity of labor. His feet have felt tn
sharp stones of adversely. He love
the common people because he is of tn
common people. He has seen them la
bor at their tasks and has bent hi
own back in MOL. He looks his felloy
man in the eyes from the level. io
do not need 10 strain your neck to ST.
him He has never ceased to love tn
common man. He has never bee