The Detroit times., 1914-01-28

sweats progressiveness a. every pore,
And right In between tie Democratic
and Repu blican circus tire Bul!
Moosers have planted prodlgio4s
sisu. Main Entrance.
But ON the inside they ask the pub
Tic not TO confuse their highly mora!
exhibition wiki other attractions max
ms similar claims
The new freedom in Michigan seems
30 .nply large measure OF liberty IN
approprtattng the standards and
slogans tAat swept tse country IN
1912. oar next triangular political
contest IS bound 90 be one OF degrees
~ proEressiy eress-p positive. compare
tive and superlstiye--with the odds
favorlHg the party mat can prove us
progresslN epess in personnel - wen
as ia policies That is why they are
all for progresslveness now Just as
they arc all for eternal LIE.
I want 10 remind YOU that the man
from home is not dealing with the
political hippodromes as press agent
but as reporter mindful OF hts obli
cations TO the public tie has always
preferred ti'e role OF annalist To that
OF advocate since the embittered DAYS
% his hoyhood when ne could never
find the man for whom he had carried
water all day for the elephant when
the hour for the evening performance
drew near and The band was crashing
forth it's maddening invitation on the
inside
Recent experience has convinced
him that the same thing happens to
grOwn-ups who fetcu and carry for
the Democratic donkey, which had
grown quite attenuNted from en-
forced F1ocherism and confirms him
in the lifelong belief that the
newspaper publisher should fling away
partizanshIp ana PERSONA parucipa-
ton In party activities. FOR by that
sin have fallen patriots ana martyrs
how can ne hope 10 rise by ite
There are only three short reels In
this moving picture OF politics en-
Titled The Modern Uoratius at the
Bridge and I will show them 10 yo's
as illustrative OF the very latest politi-
cal Incidents AT home.
The FIRST set OF Aims show gather
inc OF progressive Democrats in the
orfice OF the man from home. whose
independent newspa ,er is the first In
the mddlewest and the only metro
politan daily In Detroit or Michigan
10 declare for the governor OF New
Jersey as the man or the hour In the
approaching presidential campaign.
The time IS late fall OF u \ strong
sentiment for Gov. Wilso.. has devel-
opcd in the state. but II is impossible
willing 10 combat the Wayne county
and Michigan machines. both for Har-
mon or anybody TO beat Wilson. so
the man from home mas sent out into
the state for volunteers and these
men respond. You Will notice Edward
Frensdorf OF Hudson IN the picture.
Hon Samuel w. Beakes and Horatio
J. Abbott, OF Ann Arbor; Judge Tucker
al Mt Clemens; Judge O'Brien, or
Iaurium; T. J. Anketell and sidney T.
Miller OF Detroit and others men
untried In politics, for the most part,
but aname with zeal for progressive
Democracy and the new leader.
The second set OF Aims reveal the
dauntless group defying the Etruscan
hosts OF reaction. first at Bay city and
later at Baltimore. They are able 20
NAHa .H..ar ut
the state convention but these 10 go
TO swell the mounting column OF VIII
son supporters. who hold the reaction
aries at bay while Bryan destroys the
bridge over which they had planned TO
capture the domination. The original
Wilson men OF Michigan were the
Horatius. Lartius and Terminus OF
this brilliant victory.
The third reel OF our moving pic
ture deals with the fall OF i9l3--two
years after. You see the same figures
on the screen. But this time they are
IN the office OF the Postmaster-Gen-
eral They are seeking recognition in
the bestowal OF appointments for the
men WHO helped them 20 save the day
for progressiveness. so that the new
order may be strengthened ia Michi-
gan. The man from home Is appoint
to present the ease TO the cabinet Off
GER in behalf OF the reform movement
that came into being at his call when
leaders were sorely needed. I'm be
Il-u IL tlNAfU W YOU INC
General says TO the man from home.
bat let ~ bear IN mind before you
begin that Ties" are only so many
names To mo-
To closing aim Is merely Macau-
ley's recital OF what they did for Hoo
ratius IN the brave days OF old
THEY gave him OF the cortland
That was OF public right
As much as two strong oxen
could pillow from morn til night;
And they made molten image,
And sat it up on high.
Ana there "a stands unto this day
To witness IN lie.
10 STANDS in the romitium
Plain for all folks TO see
iforattus ia his harness,
ialting upon one knee.
And underneath is written
In letters all OF gold
How taliautly he kept the bridge
fn the brave days OF old
20 viii be obserN eel that the recog-
milton ana rewards did not 20 TO the
reacttnparies. Lars Porsena and False
So LIE but TO the original Wilson men,
E0NtiUs, Hlerminius and iartius.
Neither the lay OF ancient Rome nor
the lay Of the land w modern Michi-
gan seems 20 have been pondered b.
Tire Postmaster General. although he
Was out there helping The progressive
Democrats combat the organflatioh IN
1912.
Tie man from home Is not protest
ing or arguing with YOU he is Just
telling YOU We are inexpressibly
happy over the nationwide bensfesnes