El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-02

a New
Election Is but two days distant.
The issue Is clear cut There need be no compcatng
problems injected into the campaign by those who wish to
muddy the waters of public thinking.
1t Is Roosevelt against Wison-the constructive against
the destructive elements of American political history aft
IS eliminated from the present presidential All but
his press agents admit this moments of candid self
fesson The personal element IN this great political cam
pag be considered as much as the platforms upon which
these two men are striving for the presidency.
Teddy Tried and True.
Roosevelt has been tried by the supreme Judges of
American achievement the American people themselves.
Selected to fill the place vacated by president Mckinley
Roosevelt received the endorsement of the people of the
United States at the next election and his reelection al
most unanimous This the best test Of American states
manship What Roosevelt did during two terms stands be-
fore the world today the greatest epoch contemporary
American history. He fought the peoples fight against
special privilege Wall street was opposed to him and IS
still opposed him his present fight for the people There
element of doubt regarding Roosevelt the things for
which he stands.
Wilson ThafsAH
Can as much be said for Prof Wilson, the Democratic
candidate for the presidency college professor bred amid
college environment and primarily teacher Wilson knows
little of the executive side of the high office to which he
aspes. What has his career governor of New Jersey
given the country at large? What has he done to elevate
the state which known one of the trust ridden commun
ties of the country?
Roosevelt made the most of his opportunities when he
was elevated from the office of vice president to that of
president Wilson has not done as much He has been
gwen practical test his home state with conditions ideally
favorable for great the states chief executive Yet
he has accomplished no more than those who before
and those who follow after Having failed to rise to the
occasion IN this, his first practical test of American political
fe follows logically that Wilson will fill the presidential
chair as has been filled during the past three and half
years by safe president and nothing more.
Taft Failed
Taft promised much before he was elected He also
spoke much of tariff reforms and of the reduction of the high
cost of living He has failed because he not of the type
which develops great executives able to cope with situations
they exist and they would have them be they
are said to be ponderous books of law and economics
Roosevelt delivered the goods Taft failed to follow his
lead and has been eliminated because of this failure Roose-
welt standing again for election not because he cove the
high office but because he has been chosen the leader of
great moral and social movement the greatest since the
Civil Pnncp pies and not personalities are what he
fighting for. Twice president the executive office and
hOnos nothing more to this great man, whom the
world has acclaimed He accepted this leadership because
he believed that would go forward better with him its
head than with anyone else Had he thought otherwise he
would have gladly stepped aside for another At Milwaukee
when he had been shot and did know but that he was
making his last speech he said that it was the cause that
interested him.
The Cause
1 am IN this cause with my whole heart and soul, he
said. Ibeieve the Progressive movement-a movement
for the bettement mankind That Roosevelt position
sentence The cause Is the big thing with him and he is
giving the best he has; even eblood for that Yet