Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-06-15


Hughes by the Republicans and the announce
ment Of Col. Roosevelt that he has retired from
politics, has in no wise daunted the Progressive
wing Of that party, and it is asserted in no UNI
certain terms that they will have candidate
for the presidency despite all these lamentable
castatrophies. AS their case now stands the
nearly as strenuous Victor Murdoch may be the
third ticket candidate, and although the Col.
has declared that he will not take part in the
third ticket move, it is limited by some Of his
one-time friends that the statement Of Mr.. JUS
ice Hughes, outlining his position in accepting
the nomination, is SO unsatisfactory to him on
what he considers the vital questions confront
ing America today, that he may be induced to
change his mind
However, there is calmness, confidence and
enthusiasm In the Democratic ranks, and as the
omens point, they have all the advantage Of a
strong platform and standard bearer, who has
measured up to the requirements Of the un-
paralleled situations, both foreign and domestic
and one who comes before the voters Of the
country as having made good and already in the
saddle. The fact that there exists throughout
the length and breadth Of these United States
sentiment that holds il poor policy to swap
horses in crossing stream, and especially so
turbulant streams as are the Rivers Nov" and
Immediate Future, seems to give Mr.. Wilson
an additional advantage over the Ex- Justice.
One plank that will most surely be incor-
porated in the Democratic platform when the
party's principals are promulgated at St. Louis
will be as old as the party, and yet never more
pertinent to the future Of the United States than
at the present time. 1t will read something like
another great American principle, that is the
admiration Of the civilized world, Equal and
exact justice to all and special privileges to none,
which was the fashion OF saying in the oldenI
days, that those who choose our country can
give her no divided allegiance but must reyer-
ence our institution, our government and our
flag, above all other considerations. Those who
are fused in the melting pot Of naturalization
must come forth refined into American citizens,
loyal and sincere to her. unhyphenated with
neither pre6xes nor suhxes, but just Americans.
One thing that will antagonize the American
Americans is the fact that so many Ger
man-americans (note the small az have de-
clared themselves in favor of the Republican
candidate.
We trust that neither German-American,
nor English-American, nor Irish-American, nor
the many other hyphenated-A Americans, who
make up this country, will support any candi-
date, because Of an idea that he sides with them
or their race, but that all AMERICANS will
vote for MIR. Wilson in November because his
record IN the past four years has been Amer
can and because he has measured up to the
seyerest tests that ever confronted President
Of this country since the days Of Washington
and Lincoln, and because he stands for what
America stands for---for adequate preparedness,
without miitarism; for fairness between capital
and labor, without any Partially to ether for
principals that are as old as the country and are
YET abreast with the times; for tariff for reye-
nue. only, and for the high place which
America has attained under his guidance, the
exemplar Of the the nations, Democracy, Peace
and Prosperity the bulwalk Of International
Law and the guarantor Of humanity to all the