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FACTS ARE UNCHANGED
Wilson The Same as Before Non
nation Roosevelt as When
President. A.

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strangest contradictions.
In July, Wilson was the enemy of
all bosses; now his election would
be the enforcement of the bosses.
In July, Wilson was the champion 81
the progressive movement and New.
Jersey was a model commonwealth !
now Wilson is duped by the trusts
and New Jersey is the mother OF
trusts by Wilson's consent and APP
proval. What has happened in the
short space of three months to bring
this revolution in their thinking? 1t
cannot be any change in Wilson, for.
the Baltimore convention had done
its worse and only a month ago Will
son trounced James Smith, Jr.,
whose undoing a little while be-
fore was cited by thousands of pro-
gressives as proof of Wilson's true
value to the nation. 1t cannot be
that Wilson has fled to the bosoms
of the bosses whose opposition was
cited in July as proof of Wilson's
independence.
Is it Roosevelt who offers . so
much to command our approval? /
cannot think so. 1 am no enemy of
Roosevelt, but I cannot see how
any real Democrat, anyone who has
followed Mr.. Bryan through the
wilderness" can turn now to- Roose-
velt as simon pure reformer. Pro
gressives say that Wilson is SUR
rounded by bosses and yet admit
that Roosevelt has as his choice
friends Dan Hanna, William Finn,
Tim Woodruff and George Perkins.
The difference between the posi-
lions of the two candidates is that
Roosevelt defends Perkins and his
bosses (see his last Boston specify !,
while Wilson repudiates and goes
into primaries to defeat his. This
our ardent third party men refuse
to see or seeing refuse to under
stand. How can Roosevelt offer lib
Grafton from men whom he defends
And why is Wilson to be condemned
as tool of the bosses he denoun-
ces?
They say to us every day that the
| Wilson fight against the tariff is q
sham and cite the attitude of GER
| tain plunderbund senators as evil
dence because forsooth they are
protectionist bosses.
Again we are told that Joe Bal
ley is to be the man who will rule
the Democratic party if Wilson
| comes to power" Does not every
one know that the Bryan-Wilson for.
ces of Texas have already sent Bal
ley to the political rubbish heap?
Baileys day is done; he has only
three months more in the Senate.
Culberson and Burleson are the
masters in Texas and they are as
genuine progressives as LaFol-
lette himself. They. are Wilson's
intimate advisers in this campaien-
Why resurrect the dead Of Tex
/ TO brighten young voters IN llIl)
North where the fact of Bailey's'
political death may not be known.
In Virginia there has been long
and bitter war between the pro-
gressive and the reactionary wings
of the Democracy. The reactionary
wing has won its victories by an al
lance with the Republican office
holders brigade. Everybody in that
State knows these facts. In 1907
Virginia progressives went to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, who was about to
GO to Norfolk to make a political
speech, and asked him in the name
of the progressive cause and honest
government to denounce the bi-par-
tisan alliance acknowledged to be
the same thing that Lorimer stood
for in Illinois. Roosevelt replied:
81 am Republican and would lose
Republican followers were I to do
what you request, though I know
the conditions are as you describe
them
The Musical Sharplies, in a
comedy musical act, at the Auditori-
UNI tonight. See the Aviators' Love
Affair, with Geo. w. Beatty as the
lover.
Mr.. James E. Reese, better known
as Squire" is confined to his
home on Muir street, on account of
illness. His many friends hope
that his illness will be brief and
that he may be seen on familiar
grounds at an early date.
Attorney E. Earl Hearn left on
the B., c. & A. steamer last night
for Baltimore, where he will attend
the annual communication of the
Grand Encampment of Odd Fellows
of Maryland, as delegate from
Cambridge Encampment, No. 5.
Messrs. Chas. M. and VIM. w.
Moore, executors of the late Sam
uel w. Moore, of Elliott's, will sell
at public sale tomorrow afternoon, at
the Court House door, four shares
of stock of the Farmers and Mer-
chants National Bank, of this city.
There seems to be more than
the usual demand for residences