Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-09-26
Robert NJ. McWade.

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are few men in public life who. hay
ing had the temerity TO differ IVA opin
ion with Theodore Roosevelt, hav,
not been relocated by him to IN,
Ananias club, the most famous or
ganization Of the real followers o
P~etrarch in existence in this or any
other country. Politicians OF al
shades OF alleged political belief
statesmen OF Worldwide fame. Illus
trious writer's. na~turalists, chemists
like DIR, Wiley. bankers, physicians
diplomats, college professors. scian
fists, railroad and trust magnates. eX
plorers, soldiers and sailors of high
and low rank, artists, and farmers
have each in turn had the short ant
ugly word applied 10 them, just a!
women in social life have enjoyed a,
times the distinction OF being con
| ]spicuously pilloried by the same
sane, and eminent blackguard as mod
ern Sapphiras, Among the latest is
tho Democratic presidential standard
bearer. Woodrow Wilson. whom Theo
dore charges With having directly in
verted the truth" ....
II is significant of the solid com
nor sensc OF the common people
AS the V~ituDerative hero OF San
Juan Hill delights to style the work
iasmea and women of the nation
that coinCident With the utterance OF
the very lates, Rooseveltianism
comes the information that the
! Roosevelt sentiment is waning rapid.
~ all over the country. At the same
time, there is a noteworthy upward
trend toward Taft. for the whole peo,
pie have finally awakened TO the
fact that prosperity is II asset OF
the Republican party which its enc.
mics cannot eliminate or ignore. and
that President Taft is fairly entitled
10 the full credit for this most sat.
isfactory condition.
Granted that the full crops all over
the country are gratifying the heart
Of the farmer. it must De admitted
that those profitable crops bring in
their welcome train a vast difference
il prices. When he has found a good
market for his products. has wiped
| ont the worriSome mortgage. and has
/ planted some OF his money il bank,
the farmer has set the wheels in mo-
ton OF the railroads for freight and
passengers. Of the mills and factories
in every city and town has given en-
ployment 10 millions of men and
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stirred up and stimulated the bust
ness activities OF the land that dis
treSs is nowhere and prosperity is
omnipresent.
That situation brings about an is
sue that Mr.. Roosevelt cannot eX-
plain away, for the workinsmel and
women know the difference between
constant employment at fair wages
With fair hours OF work and the
Cleveland conditions, when the fac
tories were closed and soup kitchens
were il unpleasant evidence in every
industrial center. 1t is not the
trust that's the burning issue today.
for President Taft is shifting the
trusts hip and thigh, and in a legal,
forceful, and dignifed way. While
Roosevelt stormed. worked himself cp
into a frenzy, and assailed the
trusts with his customary elegant and
! expressive iavective during his term
OF office he failed TO bring them into
court; he failed to scourse them with
the Law. the only whip which they
feared then as now; and he failed to
compel their dissolution. On the
contrary, Taft has hailed them into
court, has forced the biggest Of them
10 dissolve, and has compelled a COM
pliance with the spirit and letter OF
the Law. with this result that the
trusts hate Taft and are boosting
Roosevelt That's the situation TO-
day.
prosperity is the ISSUE today.
| American Jews are forming an in
terna1ional board TO regulate and, if
possible, TO Improve the class OF Jew
ish Immigrants to the United States,
A study Of city conditions in Europe,
from which Jews may embark. has
just been made under American d.
rection. Machinery has been set up
that will, il is claimed. prevent the
most undesirable parties from sail
ing. and will teach those who are
permitted to sail for these shores
some things about America that may
prevent their becoming, shortly after
! their arrival, charges upon Jewish
charity.
This international board grows out
OF a desire or the part Of wealthy
Jews in this country both to benefit
poor Jews and to relieve Jewish
b~eneyolence, A part OF this new
boards work. to be carried on in Eu-
rope. is TO teach ,lews emigrating for
America that in the South and West
are opportunities without drawbacks
through competition. About twenty
benevolent organizations in the
United States are Joining in this uni
que movement, Some changes II i'm
migration laws are TO be asked. and
a change OF location in the use OF
Jewish relief funds is to be made
from this side OF the Atlantic 10 The
European cities OF e~mharkalon.
Life conservation is the primal pur-
pose of the work of the scientists
now in session here as delegates tc
the fifteenth congress on hvsiene and
d~emography. Prevention OF disease
through intelligent cooperation be-
tween its potential victims and
science is the main weapon. In other