Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-21
Tbe Ma1rbester Den1orrat
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Official Paper Of County and City.
r. M. Carr, Hubert Carr. Wade E
Long, Fred w. Hermann
Editors and Proprietors.
WEDNESDAY,, OCT. 81, 1914.
WEDNESDAY,, OCT. Fl, 1914.
cUmMINS' FAR-FETcHED CRlTI-
clsIMs OF WILSON.

While commencing President Will
son for honesty Of purpose u
Senior Senator, in his speech in
this city last Friday evening, had
a good deal of fault TO- find. The
President is not doing things just as
the Senator would likeoto have them
done. If we recollect correctly none
Of our presidents since Mr.. Cummins
has been a member Of the senate,
have performed their duties in a.
manner acceptable to him.
We will call the Portland (Ore8on)
Journal to the stand, and introduce
its testimony, which is as follows:
Has anybody stopped to think what
type of man Woodrow Wilson s?%Has
anybody seriously considered the. kind
o. administrative work he has done
and the kind Of legislative work he
has induced congress to do?
Did anybody ever hear OF an Amer
lean president, who, in SO short a
time, has done 70 much to elicit the
confidence, tho admiration, and the
applause of SO many of his country,
mon?
What he is to his country and what
his country is, to him are evidenced
In the Find Of legislation he has
brought forward. His currency law
has the unqualified approval of all.
It is so excellent in its provisions
that it lreceived not only the support
Of the democrats in congress, but of
many republicans and progressives. 1t
solved a problem that no other
statesman dared try to solve, though
congress and committees Of congress-,
and leaders and groups of leaders dial.
lied With|it and lodged it for a gen.
Grafton. # s% II II. !
His tariff superseded the most in
famous tariff in history. 1t received
the congressional support not only
OF the democratic members, but OF
.LaFollette and many other progress
sive republicans. 1t was fought at
the time and is fought now only by
s~tandpatters, cheap politicians, and
unfair newspapers for political pur-
poses. The vote of such a statesman
as LaFollette for the present tariff
shows; the country what kind Of men
its critics are. M e.. 1872. "
The antitrust legislation, the.
Chamberlain railroad bill for Alaska,
the income tax measure are others Of
a program to build up the country
and free business and industry. from
the ~autocracys of the trusts. What
president in American history has
done so much in SO brief a time to
plan for a greater national prosper
ity, a prosperity to come with unex-
ampleI abundance as soon as there
Is time for adjustment and for the
handicaps Of a bloody European war
TO pass away? :. -.,.yE !.
It is a kind of, legislation and "a
quantity of legislation never before
accomplished in so brief a. time. 1t
is Legislative achievement carrying
more relief and protection for the
people than any American president
ever secured in a whole term. It is
legislation directed to human wei
fare and to a wise constructive adj
justment OF the forces Of national
life and businesssout#of ;WhichSa ITO
bring the most prosperity to TIE
most people. It lis an earnest of the
kind OF things woodrow Wilson will
try to, secure for his countrymen dur
ing the remaining two and one-half,
years Of his term. "
What Woodrow Wilson brings to
his country is evidenced in the o
trast between the TRANQUILITY and
peace at home and the frightful oc-
curences overseas. Only yesterday
there was clamor for President VIII
son to lead the armies of the United
States. into Mexico. He was scourg-
ed and ridiculed and denounced and
%excoriated for his refusal to DO so.
His policy was called q grape juice
policy" It was jeered at as a Spine
less" policy. They said it was
foreign policy that made the Unit.
ed States the Laughing stock Of
Europe"
While in blo~od-drenched Europe
women weep and men die. while chill
dren call for sires who a never
come back, and mothers pray for the
safety Of sons they will never nor
See, there is time for the American
people to thank Almighty God tor a
president Of peace, who pleads Win
the nations to- sheath their SWORDS
ond he at war no more ~