The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-10-22
SOMERSAULTS
OF ROOSEVELT
william Jennings Bryan Analyses
Record Of Third Term Candidate,
HIS SUDDEN CONVERSION.
No Message In Behalf of Peoples Cause
In Seven and a Half Years I. r.
Was President.

NO Message In Behalf of People Cause
In Seven and a Half Years I. r.
Was President.
BY WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
Solomon says that the borrower Is
servant unto the lender. If this APP
plies 20 one who borrows ideas Mr..
Roosevelt does not recognize the obi.
CATION. for he has not only borrowed
from the Democratic party as few pub
lie men have borrowed from an oppos-
ing party. but he has shown himself
strangely ungrateful for the ideas TAX.
en-. OF course II will not be contendcd
that un Idea can Le patented. II is the
only thing. Ia fact. that is not subject
10 monopoly
Even Mr. Perkins. with all his fond
ness for the trust. would not contend
that monopoly I'm ideas could he
formed and made subject 10 regulation
by bureau appointed by the presl-
dent Mr.. Roosevelt however. has won
his popularity by the advocacy OF
things pre-, lously advocated by the
Democrats. and Stlll he is all the while
aSsaillng the Democrats bitterly and
has shown toward them hostility that
Is hard 10 explain
To show the extent OF his borrowing.
let mc euumesatc some OF the things
which he now advocates that were nd.
vocntcd 10y the Democrats at an ear.
Her date
Shall the People Ruler
Take his paramount issue OF the
present campaign namely. the rule OF
the people The platform adopted by
the Democratic national convention at
Denver four years ago contained the
following:
Shall the people ruler Is the over
whelmlng issue which manifests itself
In all the questions now under discus
sion"
Here Is the very phrase which he
employs. and II IS not only declared 10
be IN Issue. but the Overwhelming is
sue. IL was dwelt upon by the candi.
dates and by other speakers during the
campaign, so that Mr. Roosevelt. then
president. may be assumed TO have had
notice or II. He not only refused 10
admit then that II was the paramount
issue. but he displayed xtiaordlnary
activity In urging upon tho couatrv
Air Taft. whom he has since declared
10 be the agent or bosses AMI the enc.
my OF popular government.
IL would seem that he ought 10 make
some slight acknowledgment OF his In.
debtcdncss TO the Democratic party for
suggesting this issue 20 him. At least.
he might put the issue IN quotation
marks.
He IS now advocating the direct cleo.
ton OF senators. but az he ever ex-
pressed himself IN favor OF this reform
earlier than two years ago the f1ct
has escaped ms observation. and have
not only watched carefully. but waited
nnXlously. for some favorable czrres.
sion from hm-
Lon9 Fight For Popular election o.
Senators
The Democratic party began the Gcht
Tor the popular election OF soprtDr,
twenty years nro this summer. when
Democratic house OF representative
az washington passed for the nrgt fine
resolution submitting the necessary
amendment Since that time n similar
resolution has been passed by the house
IN i've other Cougrcsscs-G in iSot
~ another Democratic house. tbcn
after two congresses had elnpsed by
hfee Republican houses. aud. last. by
the present Democratic house During
the twenty years the reform has beso
Endorsed in three Democratic PLATFORMS
the platforms NJ 1000 1908 aad ININ.
and 20 bias bccn In11rseI bv Nm. Ice
isia nrcs n nearly two.tb.ri. .f fhe
Fi1ir- Nr Roosevelt ur.f L,t.
known az the eIort which rr. beirq
nude hv 'hg people fo secure tre rDuu.
lnF Gle t.nn Of senators. auI sol f. f1ot
ho part iu tIs GGil Uurl- flis fI.n.
De- WAS president f1r setcn and ONE
hair years ard % is QrIfo rerf.l1 ftqt
Ii-H- w'.sa-r fum u. wound
have brought victory n tar rYt....
cause bat goo rr.-8.. came r.ir
year, ago the convention rb.n t.
controlled ma which romIn.t.l ,f.
IHfi rejected by sof. uf .,..Y t,
ore resolution nI.r.f. fI. r.t....
5000 Nf Roosevelt IH ulr 3D.. ...
thing De neither r.Ur.r.l ,,. e.t...
icln convention nur .f.r.. t..
sif.TE pHnk which wis ..Ell
thr Denver platform Itan N- Tr0
went eo far duH fIa ... FL. ~
JOS as to s1y fHat rrreUttfry rs
W INCLINED I'll. fr.. tH ....I..
c'l i..n an scH.laI. o.. t.. I.f
Mr Roosevelt Ii nnf r..n ..I. .f. ...