The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-11-01
THE BULL MOOSE
PROSPAGANDA

" tAe new Ouhter OulIulng yesterday
afternoon at o'clock A lady lawyer
from South Dakota, Mrs. Lydia B
johnson, was the speaker.
Those staunch friends and faithful
fellow-workers, Dr. T. T. Winner and
the Rev. ]. NJ. Miller, We're the chap
erons of the affair The meeting re.
minded me of the fellow who was go
ing to be operated on for appendicitis.
he said he wanted minister present,
% that he could be opened with prayer
md closed with the benediction Mr..
hiller opened the meeting with pray
n, and when / left he was just an
0uncing collection for the benefit of
he Minister'S Alliance.
'N-wuppose he must have been count
ng on George w, Perkins to take care
{ the Bull Moose" finances.
Mrs, Johnson's address was more
Ike preachers than lawyers talk.
he ministers will have to be going
ONE, when they do better than the
romises of salvation which she hand
d out, conditional on our electlng
roosevelt to the presidency. Judging
rom her address, if we elect Roose-
elt, there won't be any more child
!bor, there will be no more underpaid
omen workers, the sick and the old
Ill all be pensioned, the command
ent, Honor thy father and thy
other" will become the universal
lie of American life: in a word, the
liilennium will be here. But
Mr.. Roosevelt was president Of these
nited States for seven years. He
rs had one chance to see what he
>uld do towards curing the social
Ills of which We all complain. There
ere just as many children working in
e factories of the country then, as
ere are now; just as many sick, dis
lied and aged workers; just as many
en- and women working for less than
living wage; just as many wives of
nvicts needing the money which
cir husbands could not earn by work
: in prison Mr.. Roosevelt did not
sn attempt any practical methods
relief of these evils. And for a
ry good reason. The constitution of
United States would not permit
I.kto do so. Practically all the mat
~ of which Mrs. Johnson spoke are
tiers within the exclusive control of
various states. Roosevelt prom
a living wage to the workers Of
country, il he is elected president
he knows that this is a matter on
ich congress could not legislate
law of the United States could
ulate the hours that women should
rk in Oklahoma. Mr. Roosevelt, in
er words, is making promises which
cannot fulfill without overthrowing
whole government of the country.
is hypocrite, self-deceived en-
siast, or a revolutionary. Either
means to abolish the constitution,
he knows that his program is i'm
sible of accomplishment by the
ernment of the United States.
he study of history throws light on
tendency of the Roosevelt propa-
da Every once in while, some
compares Roosevelt to julius
sar And the Bull Mooses" laugh.
they may Perhaps Caesar,
Ugh, wouldn't take it as joke. He
bit consider it an insult But
nmsen has shown, in his History |
Rome" that the destruction of |
ian liberty though it eliminated /
aesar, began with Claus Gracious,
ty years or so before. Look min
at Gracious, with Roosevelt in
j. Gracious was an aristocrat. /
made himself the champion of the I
lie, He taught them to believe
lahe was the only man in Rome
eould be trusted to manage the
lment in their interest lie
i'd them to him by promising them
I'd from the public treasury just
Roosevelt bids for them by talking
1T the living wage, old age insur-
by the state, etc. At the same
he played for the support of the
THY capitalists by giving them the
ilege of grating on the provinces,
the collection of taxes, just as
sevelt has always stood for the
ectiye tariff graft of the manufac-
rs. protected the Harvester Trust,
let the Steel Trust absorb the
nessee Coal & Iron Company
cchus ended by oyerthrowing the
stitution, reducing the senate to a
of helplessness, and turning the
rts over to the big capitalists. The
Die got promises of bread and the
ltalists got control of the courts,
immunity in their business graft.