The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1912-08-20
WILSON STANDS
ON HIS RECORD
jOsephus DANIELS Invites Close
Study Of Writings
sLANOER WON'T WIN NOW.

SlRNUIn WIN ] WIN NuH,
Chairman Of Democratic Publicity eu.
.eou Points Out Errors Of Campsipns
Of Previous Years and Finds . Good
MoraI-Roesevelt Also Wrote Books
and Made Bitter Attacks on Various
Men and Glasses.
New York.l-Josephus Daniels. chair.
man Of the publicity committee Of the
Democratic national committee. said
today:
Eight years ago during the presl.
Dental campaign Of 1904 came to
New York. and. being q member Of the
Democratic national committee. drop
ped In at the headquarters Of the com
mittee. found the literary bureau Of
the committee, very actively engaged In
Roosevelt. When ] saw on every desk
The Winning Of the West The Life
of Thomas H. Benton and half dog
en- others Of the works Of the then Re
publican nominee for president won
dered whether or not had got into the
right place.
II was Immediately set Alright. how.
ever. when was informed that the
literary young men were engaged In
culling from those books some Of the
many denunciations and bitter criti.
cisms and attacks made BY Theodore
Roosevelt upon public men and meas
ures and his aspersiOns upon.grent rep
resentative bodies of our people. such
as workingmen and farmers.
IL found them preparing to send
forth broadcast all over the land such
excerpts from the writing of Theodore
Roosevelt as:
Cowboys are much better fellows
and pleasanter companions than small
farmers or agricultural laborers. nor
are the mechanics and workmen Of u
great city to be mentioned In the ga me
BREATH
"'Mr. Bryan and his adherents have
appealed to the basest set In the land
the farmers.'
"'ThSy (workingmen who object to
government by Injunction are not In
sympathy with men Of good minds and
sound civic morality.
Hits ouaksrs Too.
''They quoted from what he said
about the Quakers, that those who
would not 6ght were traitors to their
4 country. "a .s~ii1 oJssoGot ca.,a
''They said that when the farmers
and workmen and the Quakers came to
know what Theodore Roosevelt had
written about them they would rise up
with wrath and Indignation and bury
Theodore Roosevelt beneath an ava
lancbe of votes. They said that Roose-
velt would not answer that exposure Of
his views. and. Of course. he never did.
! agreed with them that It was the
proper thing to do to herald these ut
terances through the country.
"As 10 whether or not that scst of
campaigning had any effect the result
Of the campaign eight years ago speaks
for itself
",rhe Republican party Is attempting
to do today the same sort Of thing
that the Democrats tried In 1908. The
Democrats out-ROdenberged Mr.. Re.
denberg. They were eight years ahead
Of him In this sort Of thing. 1t didn't
work with us then, aud 1t will not
work with them now.
Stands on His Record.
"rhe attempt to attack Governor
Wilson because Of certain statements
which he made In writing history and
In commenting upon events Of history
rs they appeared to him a. historian
will fail signally. Az one great metro.
pOlitan newspaper pointed out. Mr.. Ro.
denberg ana his kind are simply Blow.
Ing against the wind Governor VII.
son Is running for president on bis
record as public man. and with that
record the public 10 fairly well cOnvsr.
SAINT. aud II viii continue to learn mors
a. the campaign progresses.
"He Is running for president on his
record as governor Of New Jersey
what he said and did In that capacity
rather than what hs wrote - histo-
rian, chrOnicling events and comment.
Ing upon them 40 they appeared to an
impartial observer whose duty II II "a
write Of things % they are rather than
~ they should b or ~ be would have
them.
"Our Republican brethren are snti.
tied to all the thunder they can make
out Of Governor Wilson's writings.
hope they will read them carefully
and thoroughly. They will be able Ia
gain great deal Of valuable informa.
ton. and when the context 10 read
along with the excerpts which have
been taken from bis works for the
purpose Of placing him In false light
| have no fear ~ to the results. All
that ia needed 10 thorough under
itanding.
"Ingersol sought to disprove Bible
truths ana to assail Holy Writ by the
hme methods which the Republicans
are seeking IN 0aaail GOv0rnOr Will