The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-08-30
WILSON STANDS
ON HIS RECORD
Iosephus Daniels Invites Close
Study Of Writings.
ISLANDER WON'T WIN NOW.

I'd
Chairman Of Democratic Publicity Bu-
reau Points Out Errors Of Campaigns
Of Previous Years and Finds Good
MoraLRoossvelt Also Wrote Books
and Made Bitter Attacks or Various
Men and Glasses.
New York.-Josephu Daniels, chair
man Of the publicity committee OF the
Democratic national committee. saio
today:
Eight years ago during the presi-
dentlal campaign OF 1904 ] came to
New York, and, being member Of the
Democratic national committee, drop
ned IN at the headquarters of the com
mittee. | found the literary bureau OF
the committee very actively engaged In
per,rsing the volumes OF Theodore
Roosevelt. When ! saw ON every desk
The Winning OF the West The Lie
OF Thomas II. Benton and half doz-
on others OF the works OF the then Re-
publican nominee for president ! won
lered 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 tne
many denunclations and bitter criu-
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
us 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 pieasanter companions than small
farmers or agricultural laborers, nor
are the mechanics and workmen OF a
great city to be mentioned in the same
breath
".AIr. 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 ouakers 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 II was the
! proper thing to do 10 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
The Republican party is attempting
% do today the same sort OF thint
: that the Democrats tried IN 1908. Tbs
Democrats out-Rodenberged Mr.. RIO
r. ienberg. They were eight years aheat
Is OF him In this sort of thing 1t didn'
y work with us then. and 1t will no
Ne work with them now.
ie Stands on His Record.
= 'The attempt to attack Governo
- Wilson because of certain statement
y which he made in writing history an
~ in commenting upon events Of histor
~ rs they appeared to him as historian
y. will fan signally. AS one great metre
~ politan newspaper pointed out. Mr.. Re
" denberg and his kind are simply BLOW
W ing against the wind. Governor WI
u son is running for president ON hi
record as a public man. and with tina
record the public is fairly well convel
10 SAINT. and It win continue to learn NOR
,h as the campaign progresses,
III -He Is running for president on hl
~ record as governor OF New Jersey
~ what ne said and did In, that capacit
~ rather than what he wrote as hist
pe Ran. chronicimgf events and common
81 ing upon them as they appeared to a
ne impartial observer whose duty II Is
M write Of things as they are rather tina
20 n they should be or IN be would has
~ them. nua tGi
~ Our Republican brethren sre ent
~, no tied to all the thunder they can mai
II out Of Governor Wilson's writingA
~ hope they win read them CAREFUL
10 and thoroughly. They win be able
gain great deal Of valuable tnformI
tion. and when the coutext u rca
le along with the excerpts which ha,
,ul been taken from his works for u
err purpose OF placing him In faisc ligl
Zip have no fear as TO the results. A
ty. Tint is needed Is thorough unde
his standing.
he "Ingcrscll sought TO disprove BIB
IN truths and to assail Holy Writ by Il
3 same methods which the Republican
are seeking to assall Governor w
m. son"
,st. -
NIB. The average business man has ava
IN ened to the fact that It IL good 1
III. vestment TO give some of his time
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