Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-07-12
An AdeRnssNE oAnrAIdN.

AN AGGRESSIVE CAnPAldN
Every day that passes witnesses
the strengthening Of the forces Of
the Republican party This progress
Of the destinies of Mr.. Taft to The
conclusion Of success il is believed
will continue with accelerated pace
as the campaign develops The re-
action Of the country from radicallsm
is everywhere apparent. The men
who stand for the overthrow Of the
foundations Of the country's prosper
ity are losing influence with the
masses of the people. Tie fact that
there are two candidates in the field !
who represent only panaceas, and
each of them is preparing to exploit
his wares with the vociferousness Of
an Indian nostrum vendor has had
the effect Of alternating great masses
Of the thinking voters Had Roose-
welt and Wilson come into some form
Of agreemsnt, pooling their interests
in any manner indicative of mutual
confidence in the theories they adj
vance, the effect would have been 70
convince their unstable followings
that they might count with assur-
anee upon the progress Of radicalism
ina definite direction. As the matter
stands, the radical positions are un-
defined and inharmonious, as pro-
posed BY the two leaders Of the radi-
cal parties. They are in need OF
clarifying, and lacking the ability to
give them clearnes Roosevelt has
simply reiterated his cry Of stealing
from the people Wilson seems to
be as deoyo.d Of resomeefulness in
initiative. His platform ia a plain
straddle upon every important sub
ject and lacks the ringing earnest
ness of vision and inspiration. There
is no substance in it for really sue
cessful exploitation Of radical posi-
tons. II is simply Democratic hode-
podge. Buncombe is the essence Of
its phraseology.
The third party advocate sees that
he must play the part Of a parasite
in order to make anything like a re-
spectacle showing. lie sees that it
is up to him, 50 to speak, to break up
the Democratic party, il his scheme
Of having the old parties divided in
to radical and progressive shall pre-
vail. He preceises that it is only
through the faculty Of being first
class trouble maker and a spoiler that
he can save himself from being utter
ly submerged. Hence the real prey
OF Roosevelt will be Wilson and not |
Taft. The President has position.
He has party. He has a record.
He has history behind him. He has
the industries Of the country for his
support. He has the wage-worker
on bis side. Despite the rising prices
that go along with prosperity the
wage worker is better clothed and
housed than ever before in his life.
The farmer is with the President
He has his farm cleared Of mortgages
and is revelling in the best range Of
prices for bis produce ever received
in tie history Of American agricul-
ture.
The Republican party is in the
mood and has the opportunity for an
aggressive campaign. Ii viii reap
simply by the thousands the votes
that Roosevelt and Wilson will fail
to secure through their divisions,
and the advertisement thereby Of the
unstable and untenable nature Of
purely radical propositions and par
ties. Democrats and Republicans
alike whostand for the conservation
Of capital will vote for Taft. They
only need to have displayed to them
the fact that the Republicans by an
aggressive campaign are bent upon
safeguarding industry. The wage
workers looking to the operation Of
the manufactures Of the nation fer
their continued employment viii shy
away from the man who wants to
bring free trade havoc among them
the theoretie Wilson they
will equally shy away from the man
who confesses be knows nothing a
bout the tariff the inpulsive Roose-