The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-22
MONDAY, JAN. %. 1912.
MOVEMENT BASED ON INTED11'
GENCE.

enthusiasm which a rcdblooded ieao-
ership always inspires. There ID a
certain amount of personal mag
neti.n about the versatile character
of Aoosevelt that always has and al
wavs will draw men to him. BUT
h demand for his candidacy for the
presidency comes from u deeper ana
mora substantial source than either
OF these.
Men who had reached their ma
turity when the country had its last
experience with Democratic prlncl-
niles nut in forcc--when North Da-
kota. wheat sold for fifty cents and
labor went unemployed and hungry
do not care to experience n return
Of those calamities which the cleo
ton of a Democratic president and
n Democratic congress will certainly
bring. Eut the younger men Who
were only boys during those years
of Democratic starvation. and espe-
cially those who have taught tne
sophistries of Golden ideas in the de-
partments of political economy in the
higher institutions OF learning
throughout the country. and are sat
urated with the false doctrines ana
Impractical theories OF those Tree
trade incubators. believe that Demo-
cratic success means ethical perfec-
ton in the body polite and the res
toration of the lost inheritance OF the
people. They forget. If they ever
knew that Democratic PATRIOTISM liRe
all other brands of the refined va
riety, is an %hungering for the loaSes
and fishes. n scramble for political
ME. This class of young voters grad
ually increases the strength OF the
Democratic party until it has sun-
Client strength at the polls to put IT.
self in power or partially so. One
experience OF the application OF
Democratic principles to practical
affairs shows this class Of voters the
results of their belief and they rush
pell nell into the Republican and new
err hackslide. That was what elected
President Cleveland in 1892 and a
Democratic congress in 1894. The
same thing is largely responsible for
the Democratic majority in the pres
emit house and will he responsible Tor
the election Of a Democratic presi-
dent this year, should such a GER
tainty happen.
But the lesson, while convincing. is
costly. Think what it would mean
ia the farmers of North Dakota to
have sold this years wheat crop for
fifty cents! And the conditions are
more favorable to that end now I'M
der Democratic rule h they were
in 1892 to 1894. Think what it
means for the millions Of men m
ploycd in factories and mines and
mills TO be without Jobs for two or
four years, just as they were when
the Democratic party was In power
before. Think what it means to
business to have tens of millions of
dollars idle and unproductive for four
wears. No wonder there is a general
rallying OF those who realized the
calamity of 1S94-including farmer.
business mar and laborer-to avert
the public danger.
President Taft can secure the nom
ination over any candidate who can
not break his strength In the east
and middle west. Whoever is nomi-
mated except Taft. must get his NOM
ination largely if not entirely from
Taft's strength. Roosevelt can do that
and he is the only man now available
who can do it. 1t is not u purpose
at this time to analyze the reason for
this. Every one who has followed
the trend of events during the last
six weeks knows this is true. But
one reason should be stated now for
1t is the controlling m Roosevelt
can defeat any Democrat the party
can name at the polls in November.
That's why Republicans who are fear
full of the results Of Democratic sue
sess are for him. It is not his mag
netism nor his fearlessness alone. but
the certainty of perpetuating the Re-
publican party in power that infiu.
ences them. 1t is cool. safe and
sane Judgment Of men who are look
ing intelligently into the future price
of wheat, the certainty of a Job in the
mine or mill Oh factory and the A.
surance of employed capital. These
are the reasons why the Republican,
are taking Roosevelt In preference ia
Taft; these are the why
Roosevelt can get the support Of Re-
publicans in the convention that nc
pther candidate can.
The spontaniety of the movement
does not indicate that it is a mush-
room growth, but rather that it ID
the expression Of a long suppressed
anxiety that was silent because there
seemed to be no avenue Of hope. No
such uprising AS that which has
swept from the Atlantic to the Pa
cinc for Roosevelt would be possible
II he were not the solution of 4 prob
lem that comes personally to every
individual in. the nation.
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