The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-10-18
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Solomon Bays that theoborroweFii IS
ssyyant .qptpott the 'lepaern nIf this zap
piles to n who rborToYs ideas Mr..
Roosevelt does hot recognize the obi
Eat56h. foruRe has not only borrowed
fremthe Democratic paFtydasfe% pub
dc men have borrowed from an ,oppos-
ing party, but ne has shown himself
Stangely ungrateful for the ideasltak-
ebM eourseiitY# win dsetI be E~dntended
chat Pr Idea can be, patented. II ls the
only thing IN fact that is not subject
10 -hohbp0lS.O sGsnsd nj A99W
Even Mr.. Perkins, withBallr his fond
nefs ffqffFI ttPe tFgSt YpgFldr n1Ptfoptend
thai 2 monopoly in Ideas could be
isufned ana made subject TO Regulation
by hnbqpesut appointed blythe fpresi-
dsgt Mr. Roosevelt, boweyer, has won
his popularity by the advocacy of
Ghihesi previously Y advocated by the
Democrats, and still he is alIrthe while
assailing the Democrats, bitterly and
has, shown toward, them a hostility
Ehat' Is hard to- explain j JB
T@showithe extent Of his borrowing,
let ne eppmerate some of the things
which he now advocates that were adj
vOcatsd9by the Democrats at an ear
Her td&teiIgni II 9uoyT97d
Shall the People Ruler
Take his paramount Issue of the
present campaignAnamsly, the rule Of
the people. The PLATFORM adopted by
the Democratic national convention at
Denver four years ago contained the
following: Slojo p99d 2 no
@Shaftthe Observation-Disclosures
Whelmipg issue which manifesto itself
IN all the Questions now Hsdef Discus
GionTA @ AN& I'M
Here is the very phrase which he
employs, and It is not only declared to
be an issue, but the Overwhelming is
Sne 1t "a dWelt upon by the candt-
dates and by other speakers during the
campaign, 30 that Mr.. Roosevelt, then
president, may be assumed to have had
notice Of It He not only, refused to
admit then that it was the paramount
issue, but he displayed extraordinary
activity in urging upon the country
Mr.. Tart whom he has since declared
10 be the agent of bosses and the enc
my Of popular government.
H6would seem thatJhhe oughtto make
some slight acknowledgement. Of his
Indebtedness to the Democratic party
for sukgestings THU issas To hfmoE AT
IeaBts he might pat the iaspe IN quota
ton marks. :,
He Is now advocating the direct
INSTRUMENTATION but n hegver ex=
pressedAtmgqlf iWfEYpr1pf tA,sFeform
earlier hAn-AwO s~ys6rsdagosM e 1Aet
has escaped my observation, and l
hAve-net-onV watched carefully, but
waited ~snxtopslys for some tsyorable.
GEprssion nom him.
Long EIsHT F99EsseIF Ise4Ss Pr
The DehQeratic party began 1.-The
nght for thelpopulaIs election Of senht
tors twenty years ago this GUNNER,
when a Democratic house Of repre-
BentatiYes at washington passed for
the 11rsts time a resolution submitting
the necessary arnendmenG Since that
time a similar resolution has been
passed. by the house dn fSe other CON
gresees FIRST, in 1884 by nptheF lem
Ocratic house. them after two. kaon-
pesses had elapsed, by three Republi
can houses, and, last by the present
Deupcratic B6dseE6aring the twentS,
yea& the refsFR hAs he81E Endorsed in
nhrea Demooratic platforms. the plat
fOrnaab Of 19Ob9IMSkM 19b8IASANR
has bee1p HfeEaed JbY the JeaRatWFs
of d Dairy tW6sthifdBN Of he states. Mr..
Roo evelt must have k~now0t@mhdiefs
fort which WIS being made by the PEG
pie 3 sscure inc popular ELECTION OF
Senas oT8S.@1Rt mEbHD9 part in
the Eight. During this time he was
pred lent for seven ano0sk8 alGkHA
and IL is quite certain that a ringing
messing I'm NM \
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