Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-11-02
ONE HUNDRED YEARS HENCE.

he Dakota Huronite, edited by w. s.. Bowen, discussing :
ore Roosevelt, closes its comments as follows ~: Il
Mr.. Roosevelt does not possess the ingredienS of Sim
rity. He cannot be relied upon to endorse anst.aing with { .
purpose that does not contain himself as the central
Assigned to the job Of bringing the progressives and
publicans together, he would not do it, if he could, for
e reason that his plans contemplate the defeat of Mr..
ughes. A second democratic victory would, in his selfish
pinion, make him the only available republican for the
Ext time
will take about one hundred years for the people to form an
Ee estimate Of the character of Theodore Roosevelt. Men Of
lare unable to reach a calm, unbiased opinion, for the reason
hey are either warm champions of the integrity and sincerity
yalty Of Mr.. Roosevelt or they are pronounced # not prejudiced
aeodore Roosevelt has been a man Of peculiar position so far
public is concernedEyer since he was elected to a seat in the
York legisaturea where he manifested such ability as toll
+ the attention of Grover Cleveland who declared young Roose-I
be. one Of the coming men Of the country, people have either
or condemned him, either eulogized or cursed him.
pr our part, we don't know-but we are inclined to think that
ture historian will accord him a high place in the annals of
as a man of intense Americanism, who, given a choice, would
be right than be president.
doesn't matter now anyway, for, as we have said, it will
a hundred years to give Mr.. Roosevelt the place to which he
tied. either well towards the top Of the ladder or down on
ngs near the bottom.
a.gepublican party has placed upon the ticket for the cleo
MH* week men of conceded ability for the legislature. AL
M idates for the house-Messrs j. G. Stein, Hans Mathiesen
MMN#McFarland-haye served In former legislatures and have
&Sfds of which they need not be ashamed. Mr.. SouthWick,
H6kA ate, has a long record Of business success IN the community
sTe s senatorial service in keeping with sound principles.
MISE men are so#well known as to need no introduction to the
MN# the county-in fact, they have been among us and Of US,
Ke rienced the ups and downs that the rest Of us went
HIN pioneer days, and if they are not elected it will be be-
H&&re are more people Of some other party in the county than
&66cans-Which, taking the general average for the past TWEEN
lars, is not apt to be the case.
il the South shore-G ermantown commissioners district there
bne party nominee for the office, the democrats not having
ID a candidate. There is an independent candidate, how
the person of Fred W.sStein) The republican nominee,
@M opposition, is John R. Michaels, who has served with dis
6HHSEfor several years past. Mr.. Michaels is one Of the commits
rho s~teadfastly sought to eliminate what has come to be
E&R regarded as the bridge TRUST. Codingtong county was
N&&he foremost of the counties of the northwest states to
E86 lose from the big bridge builders and start out on indie
NXNkines, thereby saving money, considering the class Of bridges
believes in moving forward and not standing still in gov
EEL 4 affairs as we'll as in private business transactions and in
Saturday News is not supporting the democratic ticket
committee having used its columns for an announcement o
Hidacy of AT Gornwel for the state senate, it is but APP
e to say that we regard Mr.. GornWell as a high-minded tane
N $ual gentleman. The editor of The Saturday News served il
e senateSof South Dakota when Mr.. Cornwell was a. membe
lower house from Clark county and, therefore, The Satur
&&4M Tvs speaks from personal observation and contact.
the legislative ticket, so far as the republican nominees ar
led, two Of the three andidates-Mathiese and Mcfarland
ZEN residents Of the city for many years, one having com
the very early days and the other beginning his professiOna
here.a The third candidate y g Stein.is also q pioneer
been engaged in farming for the past quarter Of a century Q
few miles north ofaWatertoWn, where he commands universe
regardless ofspolitical affliation.
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