New Ulm review., 1912-09-04

/ x00 winning OF Tue WeoI Au0 AA0
Of Thomas 81. Benton and q half dos-
On others Of the works Of tho then Re
publican nominee for president won
dered whether or not I 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 critf-
cisms and attacks made BY Theodore
Roosevelt upon public men and meas
ures and his aspersions upon great rep
resentative bodies of our people, such
- workingmen and farmers.
r found them preparing to send
forth broadcast Ill over the land such
axcsrpts from ths writing Of Theodoe4
Roosevelt -: e - -~-sas1sc4e1s s.
Cowboys ars much better fellows
and plsasanter companions than smalD
9aEmats Qe agricultural labosen. noe
afo to mechanics and workmsn OF q
grsat city TO b mentioned IN the sans
BREATH 2gi5if j2 3,.s,a*Ss4
""i1fr. Bryan ana his adheeents have
appealed to The basest set IN The land.
tho fafmeEa' #@&1 &a.t.
They twofdngmen who object 10
government BY Injunction arc not I'm
Umpathy with men Of good minds and
sound civic morality
,. Hits oual<ers Too.
They quoted from what he said
about the Quakers, that those who
would not fight were traitors to their
country.
'They said that when the farmers
and wofkmen 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
lanche Of votes They said that Roose.
vslt would not answer that exposure Of
his Views, and, Of course, he never did,
agreed with them that It was tho
proper thing to do to herald these ut
terances through the country.
As to whether OF not that sort Of
campaigning had any effect the result
Of the campaign eight years ago speaks
for itself.
The Republican party is attempting
to do today the same sort Of thing
that the Democrats tried in 1908 The
Democrats ut-Rodenberged Mr.. Ro-
denberg. They were eight years ahead
Of him in this sort Of thing. It didn't
work with US then, and It will not
WORK with them now.
Stands on His Record.
The attempt to attack Governor
Wilson because Of certain statements
which he made In writing history and
In commenting upon events Of history
10 they appeared to him a. historian
VIII fail signaily. Az one great metro
podtan Newspaper pointed out, Mr.. Ro-
denberg and his kind are simply Blow.
Ing against the wind Governor VII
Don = running for president On his
record a. q public man, and with that
record the public IL fairly wen conver-
amt. and It win continue to learn more
- the campaign progresses.
he 70 running for president on his
record - governor Of New JerSey=
what he said and did in that capacity
:ather than what he wrote as q histo-
ian, chronjchng events and comment
ng upon them a. they appeared, to an
impartial observer whose duty II II to
VEite Of things a. they are rather than
% they should be or as be would have
hem ......lf
"Ouf Republican brethren are enti-
led to all the thunder they canymake
ut Of Governor Wilson's writings
lope they will read them carefully
nd thoroughly. They Will be able to
ain q great deal OF valuable! Informs
lon, and when the context IL read
long with the excerpts which have
zen taken from his works for The
urpose Of placing him IN false light,
have no fear a. TO the resultG All
hat n noodod 70 q thorough under.
~Ingesson sought to, disprove Bible.
ruths and 10 assail Holy Writ by The
ams methods which the Republicans
70 seeking 10 assail Governor VII
on" ".'- -s -.#.
The average business man has awsk-
ned to the fsct that It u . good IN
estmsnt to gfvs some Of his time 10
Official a6ain ,This = one Of Dsmoe-
lcy1 best dsns o6 victory. :
Perhaps the Republicans, % rspes-
lntsd b. Taft, ~ satisfied VIA IT,
ta1iR TIN But - ~ ;,
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