The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-15
THURSDAY, AUG. 10, 1912.

Never was the formation OF any
party accompanied by so many ABSURD
tiles and inconsistencies as is TO be
found in the Bull Moose party. On the
delegates badges were the portraits
OF Washington, jefferson and Lincoln
1t is we'll that the ''cold ear of death
does not permit the slumber OF
these great men to be disturbed with
such hideous nightmares. Even Roose-
velts ability to warp, twist, and turn
everything to his own advantage can
not mislead the people into believing
that these statesmen, If alive, would
ioin Roosevelt in his bawling of gov
ernmental heresies. Happily they
have left behind them certain views
upon certain questions now in issue.
With regard to the third term,
Washington, in speaking of that ten
dency of men to at times seek security
in the absolute power OF an individual,
said in his farewell address: sooner
or later the chief of some prevailing
faction, more able or more fortunate
than his competitors, turns this dis
position to the purposes OF his own
elevation, on the ruins Of public lib
erty." Jefferson, in considering the
third term said: "The danger is that
the indulgence and attachments OF the
people will keep man in the chair
after he becomes dotard, that re
election through life shall become
habitat and election for life follow
that"
On Tuesday OF last week Roosevelt
said "If this country is really TO 90
forward along path of social and
economic justice, there must be new
party OF nation md nonsectional
principles. The mission and
spirit OF this progressive movement will
thrill the republic from end to end. "
In reply we quote the words with
which Lincoln answered the ultra
radicals of his day, in his Cooper In
stitute address, "You have consider
able variety OF new propositions and
plans, but you are unanimous in
rejecting and denouncing the old policy
OF the fathers"
Roosevelt in the same speech said:
"When judicial decision involves an
Interpretation OF what the people
mean by the constitution which they
have framed and laws passed are multi
fed because the courts say those laws
are contrary to the peoples will as
expressed in their constitution there
must be reference to the people. "
We reply in the words Of Lincoln S
first inaugural address. "While it is
obviously possible that such decision
may be erroneous in any given case,
still the evil following it, being limited
TO that particular case, with the
chance that it may be overruled and
never become a precedent for other
cases, can better be borne than could
the evils Of different practice. y
Thus we see how near the views oil
Roosevelt coincide with those OF
Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln.
The National Progressive party is
Heterogeneous organization. The
celebrated coat OF Joseph would moi
compare with it in diversity of hue>
and colors. The types are as varied
as one would find in gang of hoboes
taking their vacation. There is the
man who is honest, but misguided; the
individual who knows better, but is
smarting under The discipline of the
Republican party and a too reckless
use OF the G. o. =. steam roller: the
iackal, despised carrion-monger Of the
brute creation that skulks and sneaks
on the outside of the political arena
waiting for the din and tumult TO sub
side, when he will slip in and feast or
the carcasses Of the fallen gladiators
then there is the jackass, that wher
the leaders gallop by raises hi,
stubby tail, fops his long ears forward
and throws himself into an ungainly
canter, braying and heehawing for nc
other reason than that which prompted
the first Of the breed 10 break the
stiffness Of the primeva! world an
irresistible desire TO hear the sound O
his own voice.
However, there is danger that the
condemned will not live to be legal,
and lawfully executed with It's accom-
plice, the G. o. r., by the Democrat,
In November. Indeed, from the hys
terical agitation in Chicago, the sing
ing Of Psalms in the conyention--th,
famboyant confession Of faith" b,
Teddy, the wind tanning OF 3everidge
and others the party is in imminent
danger OF being asphyxiated by It's ow.
gas.