The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1912-09-05

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The Winning Of the West The Life
Of Thomas 81. Benton and a half doz-
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, bow.
ever. when I was informed that the
literary young men were engaged IN
culling from these books some Of the
many denunciations and bitter criti-
cisms and attacks made ~ Theodore
Roosevelt upon public men and meas
ures and his aspersions upon great rep.
resentatlve bodies Of our people, such
% workingmen and farmers.
II found them preparing to send
forth broadcast all over the land such
excerpts from the writing Of Theodore
Roosevelt a.:
"'Cowboys are much better fellows
and pleasanter companions than small
farmers or agricultural laborers, nor
are the mechanics and workmen Of q
great city to be mentioned In the same
breath
"'Mr. Bryan and his adherents have
appealed to the basest set In the land
the farmers
They (workingmen who object to
government by injunction) are not in
sympathy with men Of good minds and
sound civic morality
Hits Quaksrs 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 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
lanche Of votes. They said that Roose-
welt would not answer that exposure of
his views, and, of course, he never did.
I agreed with them that it was the
proper thing to do to herald these ut
terances through the country.
"As to whether or not that sort of
campaigning had any effect the result
OF the campaign eight years ago speaks
for itself.
1.-THE Republican party is attempting
to do today the same sort of thing
that the Democrats tried in 1908. The
Democrats out-Rodenberged Mr.. Ro.
denberg. They were eight years ahead
OF him In this sort Of thing. 1t didn't
work with us then, and it will not
work with them now.
Stands on HE Record.
1.-THE attempt to attack Governor
Wilson because of certain, statements
which he made in writing history and
In commenting upon events Of history
a. they appeared to him az historian
will fail signally. As one great metro
i politan newspaper pointed out, Mr.. Ro.
denberg and his kind are simply BLOW.
ing against the wind Governor VII
con b running for president on his
record a. public man, and with that
record the public Il fairly we'll CONVEX.
SAINT, and It win continue to learn more
% the campaign progresses. a
He u running for president on his
record as governor Of New jersey
what he said and did in that capacity
rather than what he wrote as a histo.
rian, chronicling events and comment.
Ing upon them as they appeared to an
impartial observer whose duty it is to
write Of things as they are rather than
a. they should be or az he would have
them.
"Our Republican brethren are enti-
tied to all the thunder they can make
out OF Governor Wilson's writings. I
hope they will read them carefully
and thoroughly. They will be able to
gain great deal Of valuable informa.
ton. and when the context ID read
along with the excerpts which have
been taken from his works for the
| purpose Of placing him in a false light
I Nave no fear 40 to the results. All
that u needed u q thorough under.
standing.
"Inssrsoll sought to disprove Bible
truths and to assail Holy Writ BY the
same methods which the Republicans
40 seeking to assail Governor VII
oon." ~ -