Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-15

indianapolis, Ind, Oct l3.-George
AIDE, the writer, thus sets forth his
reasons for supporting Charles E.
Hughes for president:
Il marched with the progressive
party Until it became a dwindling mi
nority Of bleeding martyrs, and !
would have continued to march il
there had been probability Of our ar
irving anywhere. ! liked my travel:
ing companions and the scenery, but
man cannot continue on journey
which offers no terminus.
Deed-Factory Needed.
~ believe the first duty OF every
good citizen this year h to join the
movement to change Washington
from a word-factory to deed-fac-
tory. For one, have had enough al
paca coat, and chautauqua, and col
lege rhetoric and the oleaginous JOSE
phus to last me for 100 years.
Colonel Roosevelt did the sensible
and patriotic thing last January when
he indicated that he was ready to
jump in and support any good repub-
lioan who could defeat Wilson.
1.-THE colonel saw what was wrong
at Washington from the very start.
Mr.. Wilson means to be sincere and
he wants to- do what Is right, but he
was brought up on a college campus.
He was accustomed for years to be
dogmatic and oracular before lot OF
college boys who couldn't talk back.
He finally came to believe that when
ever he said thing it was so.
Accordingly, when a Tampico
crisis or Lusitania crisis, or a rail-
way strike crisis confronted the good
doctor, he didn't tackle it according
to the method OF old-fashioned states
men brought up i'll the school Of hard
knocks.
mo, he collected lot OF pretty adj
jectives. symmetrical phrases, choice
metaphors and high grade SMILES and
mixed them IN silver bowl with
frankincense and myrrh and maple
sugar and touched off the whole thing
and then, as the smoke arose. he sa,
back and saw things in the smoke.
They say he has vision. He has
so much vision he sees things that
amt.
HE is a perfectly nice man who
believes he can solve problems by
talking about them.
Pities Benumbed Good Men.
when | recall what has happened
to this country during the last three
years, pity. all the good men who
are sitting around benumbcd by re
peated insults and bcwildered to iearr
that their native land Is regarded By
the rest Of the world as joke. bu
the large share OF my pity is reserv
ed for the poor historian Of fifty years
from now who will have to explain
away our shame so that school chill
dren will believe it. 96rsse
"Our late Mr.. Wilson has been talk
ing preparedness, but his voic,
doesn't sound natural. Why did h,
have to wait eighteen months after tn,
European wardrobe out to discov
er that we needed regular army an,
ravyf He did not speak out on tn,
preparedness issue until democrats
politicians had worn a path to TIL
White house telling him what he ha,
better say II he wanted to be re
elected.
Making all due allowances for tn
democratic effort to put the plat
form OF 1912 into effect, can an,
voter in 1916 ignore the followinI
~ rzIA a,d -, f..xn9
A Demos Word.
1The democrats said in 1912 tina
they would reduce the cost OF living
All necessities and staples are nov
higher than ever before. We do no
blame the democrats for high prices
We do blame them for Continual,
making idle promises.
For instance, how about the def
mite promise to enforce economy am
trim down appropriations? The
have been in the pork barrel up 1
their elbows.
The democrats tinkered the tarii
and hard times followed. The pres
ent abnormal prosperity has resulte
from flood Of European war order,
The war will end in 1917 or 1911
Europe, desperately in need Of NOR
ey, will make an unprecedented figh
for foreign trade. The United State
will need protective tariff as neve
before. Does any fair-minded vote
with 2 memory . foot long, beliey
we will get It II the democrats are i
power9
Yielded to Temptation.
"Thc democrats have yielded ,
temptation and become sections
They have shattered political appoin
nients and public funds on sma
percentage of voters living in ii
south. The present administratio