The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-10-03
WILSON STANDS
ON HIS RECORD
Josephus Daniels of Demo-
cratic National Committee
Wants Voters to Make
an Investigation.
WILL WIN LEGION OF FRIENDS
BIander 10 Not TO Play Part In
Democratic Campaign, Declares
Publicity Chairman.


New York, Aug S.-Josephus Dan.
iels, chairman OF the publicity com
mlttee 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
the Democratic national committee, |
dropped in at the headquarters " the
committee. found the literary bu-
reau OF the committee very actively
engaged in perusug the volumes Of
Theodore Roosevelt, When saw on
every desk The Winning OF the
West, The Lilo of Thomas II Ben
ton aud a half dozen others OF the
works OF the then Republican nominee
for president. wondered whether or
not had gotten into the right place.
Il was Immediately set Alright. how.
literary young men were engaged IN
culling from those books come Of the
many denunCiatiOns and bitter crit.
cisms and attacks made by Theodore
Roosevelt upon public men and meas.
ures, and his aspersions upon great
representative bodies OF our people.
such as workngmen and farmers
Il found them preparing to send
forth broadcast all over the land such
excerpts from the writings OF Theo-
doro Roosevelt as:
Cowboys are much better fellows
and pleasanter companions than small
farmers or agricultural laborers: nor
are the mechanics and workmen OF
great city to be mentioned In the same
brenth
MIR Bryan and his adheror's have
appealed 20 the bIsesi set IN the land
the farmers
They iworkingmcn who object TO
government ny Injunction are not IN
sympathy with men OF good minds and
sound civic morality
They quoted from what he said
about the Quah"rS. that those who
would not rsht were traitors to their
county
They said tn, when the farmers
and wo;Emon and the Quakcrs came
to know what Theodore Roosevelt had
written about Thorn they would rise
up With wrath and Indignation and
bury Th"odor" Roosevelt beneath an
avalanche Of votes They said that
Roosevelt would not answer that ex
posurc OF his views. and, - course. he
never did agreed with them that
It was 'hs proper thing to do to her.
aid these ut,nraGccs through ~" coun.
try
AS to whether or NOT that sort Of
campaigning had any effect he re.
suit OF The campaign eight years ago
speaks Tor itself
The Republican party Is attempting
to do today the same sort Of ming
that the Democrats tried in 1905 The
Democrats ut.Rodcuberged MIR. Ro-
dcnberg They were eight years
ahead OF him in this sort OF thing 1t
didn't work with III then and It will
not work with them now
Stands on Record.
"The attempt to attack GOV Wilson
because OF certain statements which
he made in writing history and in
upon events OF history
as ,hcy appeared to him rs historian,
viii fail signally As one great metro.
politan newspaper pointed out. Mr.. |
and his kind are simply |
Blowing against the wind Governor |
Wilson IL running for president on |
his record as public man, and with |
hat record the public is fairly well |
and It will continue to |
earn more as the campaign pro- |
crosses
lie is running for president on his +!
'ecord AZ governor OF New Jersey.
what he said and did In that capacity, |
'ather than what he wrote as a histor-
an, chronicling events and comment |
ng upon them as they appeared to an
impartial observer whose duty II Is |
o write OF things as they are rather
han as they should be or as he would
laYe them.
Our Republican brethren are en-.
titled to all the thunder they can
make out of Governor Wilson's writ
ngs. hope they will read them !
carefully and thoroughly They will |
10 able to gain a great deal of valua.
de information and when the context |
s read along with the excerpts which /
rave been taken from his works for
he purpose OF placing him In false
light. have no fear az to the results
All that is needed Ia a thorough un.
'Tngersoll sought TO disprove Bible
truths and TO assail Holy Writ by the
,ame methods which the Republicans
ire seeking to assail Gov. Wilson"