The broad ax., 1914-05-23

Greatest Administration United States
Has Ever Had. he Is q Man with
Clean Hands and Plenty Of Fighting
Blood for What is Right.
The United States is at the Great
Turning Point. The Wilson Admins
tration has achieved things that others
may have dreamed of, but were either
afraid to demand or were too fettered
by affiliations to try to put through.
The real American manhood and self
reliance demonstrated by President
Wilson has encouraged many of our
people to act for themselves, and now
is their chance to add another man to
our law-making body in Washington
who is Of the same caliber-Carl Schurz
Vrooman. Mr.. Vrooman is in hearty
accord with the administration, and
we have enough confidence in him to
assert that he will carry out his con-
yictions if given the place Of senator,
for which he is q candidate. The voters
of Illinois now have their golden
chance of selecting the man THEM
SELVES, which they never had before.
That chance lies in putting Mr.. VrOo-
man in Washington as one Of our sens-
tors. If the feeble voice of the West
ern Trade Journal can be of any as
sistanee in getting support for him
from the wavering, we want to speak
for him. He is q man of firm eonvie-
tions and one who, we know, viii jump
right in and take off his coat (fgura-
tively) and do things. If you are not
familiar with his history, here is some
of it:
In the first place, few men in our
state are more familiar in an intimate
way with public affairs as they bear
upon the people in general. He be-
ieves in regulated eompetition''-that
is, giving all lines Of business a fair
chance and keeping down the big ones
who strive to throttle their competitors,
and thus keep prices normal. he be-
ieves in voluntary cooperation in
business. He believes in the gradual
government ownership Of natural mo-
nopolies-sueh as power dams, etc.
he believes in the recall, the short
ballot, the full right Of suffrage for
women and in the right Of labor to
organize. These are but a few Of his
beliefs. In short, his platform is
eight for what is right" Mr.. Vroo.
man is a relative of former vice-presi.
dent Adlai E. Stevenson. he was re,
Gently called to Boston to help work
out q solution Of the New England
transportation crisis. He is an able
magazine writer, being considered an
authority on economic and political
conditions. He devoted four years to
personal investigation of railway con.
ditions in this country and in Europe
he was regent Of the Kansas State
Agricultural College from 1898 to 1900
and for several years has been con.
Quoting an immense model farm on
scientific principles. He represented
Harvard on the winning team in the
debate with Yale in 1s93-94, and was
later made president Of the Harvard
Debating Union and an honorary mem.
Der of the Princeton Ciosophie Society,
In 1895 he was honored by being ap-
pointed to represent Oxford University
in the annual debate with Cambridge,
We simply cite these to show that on
the floor Of the senate chamber he win
know how to place his arguments and
make himself heard clearly, as q result
Of this admirable training.
In conclusion we do not hesitate Ia
say that Carl Sehurz Vrooman is the
kind Of a man we need. BE knows
what to do IL sent to Washington and,
more than this, BE WILL DO IT. We
nave been demanding elean-handed men
to represent rs, now we have the chance
to get It least one, 80, let n ses to
it that his grip win be packed in pro
per time, and he win 60 to Our national
capitol with his proper eredentials.-
The Western Trade Journal, Chicago,
Nay 10 1914