El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02
By s. A. Martin. News Editor FL Paso
Herald.

I "HEODORE ROOSEVELT should
= be elected president of the Unit
\ ed States because he fits the JOB
! he has demonstrated this. He has new
Z er faced crisis too big; never hest
I tated to act when the time arrived; he
! has never been on the fence.
. The United States is a country of &C
{ dOns country OF people who like to
see things done; who admire men of
I convictions who live by their cOnvic-
! lions. In his entire public life, ROOse-
! Welt has never kept anybody in doubt
as to his convictions and he has never
! hesitated 10 act upon them. He nas
been firm with foreign powers and IN
law enforcement and national lnte5-
rity at home Roosevelt never would
have said TO Mexico, You must respect
Americans and then have sat down in
the white house and let them be NAL
treated and even slaughtered and for
get it, as Taft did when he sent a mes
sage to congress declaring that Mexico
had not further offended after having
( been warned at aqua Prieta, nOtwith-
I standing that % persons had been eth
er killed or injured in FL PaSO Dy Mex
lean bullets.
nevsT failed. Taft has been tried and
has proved his weakness in so many
ways that enumera ton is unnecessary
Wilson has not been tried in large
way and has little in his career to
guarantee that he win give the United
States anything better than Taft in the
way of an administration.
The third term" talk about Roose-
welt is advanced by those who can t
think of anything else 1t IS made,
among others, by men who have voted
for 1e and 10 years to keep the same
local men in office in El PasO, and
elsewhere it comes from men who, II
they were called in and fired by the
boss tomorrow beca use they had been
eight years in service, would consider
themselves the most abused men IN
o Z
enterprise fires a man Tor serving II
we'll for a period equal to two presi-
Dental terms? Generally, It IS an IN
crease in wages each year instead. Inen
why should the nation be less business
ike when it gets a manager who IS
equal to the jQD?f
Precedent" What should precedent
have to do with people who have minds
of their own? This is the age when
people must think for themselves; when
they must study and choose what IS
best for them. What matters 1t whetn-
er George washington served one or
two terms That was a considerable
time ago. We are facing situation
today, now, and all the sentiment IN
the world, all the precedent OF history
is not solving any problems Tor US.
There are some who express admlrsl-
ton for Mr.. Roosevelt, but say they
are going TO vote for Wilson.
Il have voted the Democratic ticket
all my life" Il was born in the south,
my father was a Democrat and / never
scratched q Democratic ticket" and
other statements are advanced not cnce
in awhile, but often. What matters II
how your father or grandfather EotedE
Do you consult them as to whom you
shall marry OrhhoU you snail. i've. 10
You follow them in other things2 Then
why in politics. ] was born IN the
south; my father was a sOutherner,
but a federal soldier. and my grand
father was a confederate w hat their
opinions were and what parties they
% rot sHsc
am facing the situation now. Condi-
tiOns politically such as they faced then
are no more represented now by the
Demo cratic party and the -RepuDllcan
party than are the transportation IA
cilitieS today the same as they were
then: than are the methods OF living
now the same as then. New problems
have arisen. Today it is a question OF
whether the people viii rule or whether
they viii be ruled by bribed judges,
subsidized officials and bought law
makers Roosevelt has stood for the
square deal" and he has given
square deal" He believes the Ameri-
can people have sense enough to know
what they want; he believes in giving
them a chance. He is against ruling
man like an OK, with party yoke and
whip; by fair means or foul.
It is no longer a question of what
party stands for anyhow. 1t is queS-
ton of men. Democratic congressman
from west Texas vote for q tariff on
wool because their constituents want
it, which is right. yet the Democratic
party prOnounces for free trade or vir-
tually that Democratic congressman
in Texas make speeches II the country
precincts against "a bis standing army
when we haven't enough TO make
decent parade. and then dig millions
out of the public treasury to build
big post in Texas to please the city
people in the same district The Re-
publicans are as inconsistent in their
practices. 1t IS the same with all par
ties: the Bull Moose party viii be the
same: every man Will please his own
regardless of what the
party platform pronOUnceS for, 50 the
party platform and consequently the
party yoke is obsolete. Party lines are
dead; the issue is the man, locally end
ma tionally Pick out the best one. Ma
ticnally the man IS Theodore ROoSe-
welt. because he has proved 1t.