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

The Dakota Huronite, edited by wv. s.. Bowen, dscuSsingI
II eodore Roosevelt, closes its comments as follows:
aMr. Roosevelt does not possess the ingredient Of sin
e eerlty.. lie cannot pc relied upon to endorse ANYTHING anything with
figure: Assigned to the job Of bringing the progressives and
repu bnn together, ne would no, DO # 4 ne could, for
Hughes. 4 second democratc victory would, il his selfish
opinion, make him the only available republican for the
accurate estimate Of the character of Theodore Roosevelt. Men of
t6at tb ars ~. unable etbs to reach reach 3 I calm; unbiased 3 tsa opinion 1an,9, fo s 5h e;n reason
and loyalty Of Mr.. Roosevelt or they are pronounced # not prejudiced
critics.
Theodore Roosevelt has been a man Of peculiar position 50 tar
as the public is commemorative since he was elected to q seat in the
New York legislature where he manifested such ability as td
attract the attention Of Grover Cleveland who declared young Roose-
velt to be one Of the coming men Of the country, people have either
For our part, we don't. know-but We are inclined to think that
the. future historian will accord him 9 high place IN the annals Of
history a q man OF intense Amercanisny who, given Q choice, would
rather be right than be president.
require a hundred years to give Mr.. Roosevelt the place e which he
Is entitled, either well towards the top of the ladder or down on
the rungs near the bottom.
3. Pr. republican party has placed upon the ticket fer the ese
three candidates for the house-Messrs j. G. Stein, Hans Mathiesen
made records Of which they need not be ashamed. Nj. southwick,
Tor the senate, has a long record of business success in the community
that assures senatorial service in keeping with sound principles.
All Of these men are 50 well known as to need no introduction to the
electors Of the county-in fact, they have been among us and Of us,
have experienced the ups and downs that the rest Of IS went
through IN pioneer days, and if they are not elected il will be be-
g sa thsle. are more more. people seIs of i some other party i the county than
ty-fye years, s not apt to be the case
Up IN the South Shore-Germantown commissioner district there
IS only one party nomineeSf for the office, the democrats rot having
nominated q candidate. (There is an independent candidate, how
ever in the person Of Fred ssten) The republican nominee,
t HithGut f opposition ssaaea1 s. John mr.. B M Vie mls,s, who VI. = has ] served = !. with ith dig
sloners who steadfastly sought to eliminate what has come to be
generally regarded as the bridge trust. Codington county was
among the foremost -ef the counties Of the northwest states to
break loose from the big bridge builders and start out on indie
pendent lines, thereby saving money, considering the class Of bridges
hTllt. Mr.. Michaels is q man of the progressive type of citizen in
o. at ne believes IN moving forward and net standing still in gov
.rnmental affairs as well as r prisaGe business transactions and III
earnning 49, -
The Saturday News is not supporting the democratic ticket.
9uts the committee having used its columns for q d announcement IA