Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1912-08-17

-eou Points Out Errors OF Campaigns
Of Previous Years and Finds q Good
Morsi-Roossvslt Also Wrote Books
and Made Bitter Attacks on Various
Men and Glasses.
New York.-Josephus Daniels. chair
man Of the publicity committee Of the
| Democratic national committee. said
today:
Eight years ago during the presi-
Dental campaign Of 1904 came to
New York. and. being member OF tho
Democratic national committee. drop
ped In at the headquarters OF the com.
mittee. found the literary bureau OF
the committee very actively engaged In
perusing the volumes OF Theodore
Roosevelt. When ] saw on every desk
The Winning Of the West The Life
| Of Thomas II. Benton and half doz-
en- others Of the works Of the then Re-
publican nominee for president l 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 denunclations and bitter criti-
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
as workingmen and farmers.
II 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 a
great city to be mentioned In the same
breath
"'Mr. Bryan and his adherents have
the farmers
"'They (workingmen who object to
| government by Injunction are not I'm
| sympathy with men Of good minds and
sound civic morality
| Hits ouaLsrs Too.
''They quoted from what he said
| about the Quakers, that those who
would not fight we're traitors 10 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.
l agreed with them that II 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 1905 The
denberg. They were eight years ahead
of him In this sort OF thing. II didn't
work with us then. and II will not
work with them now.
Stands on His Record.
| ''The attempt 10 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 MS historian
will fail signally. As one great metro
| f.I ~ Ne a.
denberg and his kind are simply Blow
Ing against the wind Governor VII.
son Is running for president on his
record as public man. and with that
record the public Is fairly well CONVEX
SAINT. and II will continue to learn more
as 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 he wrote as histo
rian, chronicling events and comment.
ing upon them as they appeared 10 an
impartial observer whose duty II IL to
write OF things MS they are rather than
ms they should be or ms he would have
| them.
Our Republican brethren are enti-
tied to all the thunder they can make
out OF Governor Wilson's writings. |
hope they win read them carefully
and thoroughly. They will be able to
gain a great deal Of valuable informa.
ton. and when the context Is read
along with the excerpts which have
been taken from his works for the
purpose OF placing him In false light
| have no fear as TO the results. All
chat is needed Is thorough under
standing.
truths and 10 assail Holy Writ by the
same methods which the Republicans
are seeking to assail Governor WI
/ Hon"