Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-07-27


ieves He Should Be made Ruler to
Save the Country.
New York, July 25.--A bitter attack
upon both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties was made by Theodore
Roosevelt in an article entitled plat
form lnsincerity" which appeared in
the current issue of the Outlook to-
day.
The Colonel said:
1.-THE bosses of the Democratic
party and the bosses of the Republi-
can alike have closer grip than ever
before on the party machines in the
States and in the nation. This crook
ed control of both the old parties by
the beneficiaries of political and bust
ness privileges renders it hopeless to
expect any far reaching fundamental
service from either"
After putting this spoke in the wheel
of the two older political parties, Mr..
Roosevelt turns his attention to that
Gath born of his virtual bolt at Chi
cago. He said:
THE best prospect for liberated
party exists in extending the revolt
of the progressives, who have so sue
cuessfully worked out their control in
Pennsylvania, California, Washington,
Oregon, Wisconsin. the Dakotas, Kan
sas and Nebraska. 1t IS the part of
wisdom to make use of this effective
organization of progressive sentiment
and to appeal to all voters to come to-
gether without regard to past politi-
cal differences and fight the new fight
on the new issues instead of again
dividing on WORKOUT and purely arti-
flcial lines
Mr.. Roosevelt characterizes the
position of both parties as models
of dangerous insincerity and a bad
faith" He said:
THE present condition in the two
old parties and the platform put forth
by both of them show that it is hope
less to get anything good out of them.
To endeavor to punish this remission
in each party alternately by voting
for the other is to follow the course
most greatly appreciated by the cor
rupt bosses of both"
The Colonel seems to feel that the
Democratic platform is the one uyon
which he must center his analytical
attack, for he dismisses the party con-
stitution adopted by the Republicans
at Chicago with an attack upon Mr.
Taft and his, administration and the
assertion that "the platform of the Re
publicans is bad anyhow"
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
ANY declaration of good inten-
ton in the Republican platform on
any subject is rendered worthless,
first. by the fact that the present ad-
ministration has broken the most i'm
portant pledges, on which it was cleo.
ted; and, second, by the fact that the
national convention at Chicago which
nominated Mr.. Taft acted with such
deliberate bad faith such fragrant vio-
lation of every obligation of decency
and honesty as to make all it's prom
Uses not worth the paper on which
they are written"
In criticiZing the Democratic plat
form Mr.. Roosevelt said.
THE Baltimore platform offers per-
haps as good an example as any plat
form OF the last thirty years of what
has become a typical vice of Ameri-
can polities-the avoidance of saying
anything real on real issues, and the
announcement of radical policies with
much sound and fury and at the same
time with a cautious accompaniment
of weasel phrases each of which sucks
the meat out of the preceding state
ment. Neither the Republican nor the
Democratic platform shows the slight
est grasp of the real situation that
confronts this country-the fact that
we are now face to face with a great
industrial evolution which. unless
frankly accepted as such by the Gov
eminent, will become an Industrial
revolution. Three or four of the is
sues involved in this movement have
been touch on by the two parties in
their platform-the right of the peo-
PIC W nave AhEAl itpt NHktlltu Is rear
ly represent them; the right Of the
people to embody thir sens Of civic
Justice in their statute laws even over
the objection of reactionary courts
the cost of living; the tariff problem;
and the trust problem. On all these
matters both parties have spoken loud
ly, but on no one of them has either
party spoken clearly.
What the Baltimore platform says
on the tariff and the trusts Illustrates
completely what / mean. 1t first de-
clares that protective duties are I'M
constitutional. If the Democratic
party is sincere in this belief then
it is necessarily committed to a con
struction of the constitution which
would gravely impair the powers
which the Government has employed
time sno time again for industrial and
social betterment. If il is unconstitu-
tional to impose protective duties for
the sake of helping wage-workers,