Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-10-18
WHAT IS 1T ALL ABOUT, ANYWAY?

The attempted assassination of Theo Roosevelt at
Milwaukee on Monday evening has had most SOLDERING
effect the presidential campaign.
The heat which marked the campaign during the
summer subsidized people became busy with the
harvest and the resumption of fall business Then came
the worlds series for the baseball championship and the
politicians found it hard to keep the public attention
Now comes this nearragedy at Milwaukee. and is
lead to ask 'Wnat is it all about anyway?'
In the face of an attempted assassination Ameri
sypmahies one and American common rules
out the unmportant for the important
The assassinations of American public have
been due to the untoward combination of three circum
stances the intensity of political discussions the in
effectiveness of the American police system and the weak
mental equipment of the assassin.
The various candidates president and their part-
lead weekmnde person believe that it is his duty to
rid the country of each or all of them
YET except that is our duty to always press for
ward there occasion say that things far wrong
in this country The historian but say that today
there much righteousness and patriotism among the
people and among public there was. But it
is the prophet who is telling go forward,
forward.
phets urging that be content with the ac-
compshmens of yesterday. but must press forward
the solution of the problems of today first and last
we will probably solve those problems in just about one
certain way irrespective of whose program decide
follow. The paths of progress all lead in the gen.
eral direction They start at the station of Discomfort
and arrive at the station of Further Discomfort Whatever
progress make. there is aways more progress be
made.
There are big problems for the American people to
sove but each candidate for president anxious
solve them the other and in the face of these
problems the differences between the candidates are
paratively insignificant.
For the determination of these smaller differences
elections held and the argument sometimes
intense. We cannot blame people for becoming intense
in politics than blame them becoming
intense in base ball. but weakmined men are sure to be-
come so unbalanced as to attempt assassination.
And when assassination is attempted some one is
sure to blame it the intensity of political discus
son when the real blame rests upon the fact of the
sence of this very sa percentage of unbalanced men,
The great body of the American people know, that
their citizens patriotic that the country SAFE
and that the public earnestly pressing forward
to the solution of present day problems and they cannot
be expected to regulate their discussions such way
that they will not be misunderstood for they sure
be misunderstood by some anyway.
We know that Taft has stubborny plodded along on
the path of progress, but don't like it that he got
technical nomination at Chicago know that Roosevelt
has been great leader but don't like it that he is
ambitious know that Wilson has defed the bosses in
his state but don't like it that corrupt politicians
are supporting him. And in intensely commencing that
we like and condemning what don't like we are sim
ply voicing the universal demand that and things
must be better. To se that discussion to sfe pro
greSs .~....