Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-11-24
SEEKING TO DIScREDlT, WILSON,!
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(Waterl0O IlmeS'l T1Dune.J
Political news from Washington is
meant to be disturbing to President
Wilson and the Democratic party.
Inspiration is free to all the cor
respondents Of newspapers at Wash
ington now. The press bureau of
the political parties as well as of
the candidates are earnestly grind
ing away. In the back rooms of the
suites of the parties and candidates
are a lot of wise and imaginative
men, looking to the west, north and
south with dreamy eyes and, they
write: "President Wilson is con-
stantly growing politically weaker -
THE progressives are folcking back
to the republican party by the
Millions
1t is not necessary for these wise
clerks to 60 over the country to
find out about the way the people
are talking they can dope it all out
in those back rooms in, Washington.
If President Wilson, though, were
stronger than, ever before, they
would not say SO, if they knew it,
because that is not what they are
hired to say.
Political writer's and politicians
months ago, the country was going
to the dogs on account of the tar
if. At that time practically no goods
were coming in, because Europe was
not making goods but was engaged
in war. Never in the history of the
country were imports so proportion
ately l!ght-such small amount of i'm
ports have we experienced during the
past year that heroic efforts were of
necessity put forth to get money
to sustain the government.
That issue shot full of holes, then
we were to suffer after the war,
when the Cheap goods of the cheap
labor" would be coming in. Some
way the country did not grasp the
idea that the European countries
would be prepared to furnish cheap
goods; that there would be CHEAP
labor with all those men killed and
injured, with raw material not on
the ground, with factories rusty and
dismantled. -. -.
Now the president has lost his
grip on public esteem and the pro
gressives are returning. How has
the president lost his grip? What
has come up they are not saying.
Because it would embarrass them
to say it. Because some German
American societies have declared
the president would lose, the Ger.
man vote? Maybe that is what they
mean, but they dare not make such
a thing an issue In the United
States. German-American voters
would not, allow such an issue and
would vote for Wilson out Of pro
test to those who would try, to- ad-
vance it., Loses, should there be
any, would be made up by other
so-called hyphenated, Americans
among people of French, English,
and Italian ancestry.
& It is a wrong idea to figure all
as republicans. Hun
dreds Of thousands of. radical demo
Gratis voted for Roosevelt in pref
erence to Wilson: And, If we take
The last election as a test, the pro-
yressives were voting on state is
sues, not national issues, and 5000
for a republican candidate
or governor of a republican state !
ike Massachusetts is nothing for!j
Wilson opponents to crow about, es-
,eciaIy when governor is running |
or a third term.
The uppermost thought in Wash
ngton is not alone issues (they are !
lard enough to find) but to find i
who can beat Wilson. The
,oys in Washington are in great |
difficulty. IL .s!i 'szs ri & s5 5&