The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1916-05-17

times 1t is necessary to give fruitful
child a pacifyer, did these long sight
ed gentlemen give this dinner for the
purpose of really backing Mr. Roose-
welt for the presidency or was the OBJ
iect to induce Mr.. Roosevelt to de-
horn the most aggressive Bulls in the
Moose herd, or in plain word leave
them to shift for themselves. It is
claimed by Progressive leaders that
Mr.. Roosevelt will go to Chicago with
300 votes, but no one has informed us
where these 300 delegates are to come
from.
The Ohio delegation is solidly be-
hind Senator Burton, New York. will
never swing to Roosevelt, either JUS
! tice Hughes or Senator Root will get
the Empire State delegation. Pennsyl
vania will be at the disposal of Sena
tor Penrose, and the Senator from the
| Keystone State would hang himself
with a borrowed rope before he would
swing his influence to Roosevelt. 1t is
probable Mr. Roosevelt will get part
of the West Virginia delegation. and
! possibly some of the Southern delega-
| ton. Now, the question naturally
arises what is the cause of Mr.. Roose-
velts declining popularity. AS the In
dian would put it, Heap much talk"
Mr.. Roosevelt has taken issue with
too many people, his criticisms of
those who he deferred with too often
has degenerated into vituperation, the
| law suits he has been engaged in has
embittered many against him who
otherwise might in time have been
won over to him. In the Western
states Mr. Roosevelt is not in accord
with the Western people on the ques-
ton of Preparedness, his views are en-
tirely too radical on this question for
steady going farmers In his zeal for
Preparedness he has coined new words
TO describe certain citizens, he has
talked much of the Hypenated Ameri-
can, like the boy with new drum nc
uses this word so much that il dis
gusts all who hear it, The Hyphenated
American. until recently has been the
German American, but since the revolt
in Ireland Mr.. Roosevelt has discover
ed that there is a Hyphenated Irish
man.
We note in a recent speech he made,
he was quoted as saying; Il do not
want any Catholic or any Protestant
70 vote for me, do not want any Ger
man or any Irishman to vote for me,
do not care what your religious faith
may be, or what is the land of your
birth. | want Americans to vote for
me-" We have many good Irish citi-
zens in our country. they are not here
because they love Ireland less, but be-
cause they love liberty more. The lit
tie green isle in the sea Is still dear to
their hearts. their many struggles for
AAbNAAg NNNl lNllllAll uot lldN We
900 once struggled against the same
oppression. A hundred years after
Roosevelt is forgotten, the name of
Robert Emmett will still be enshrined
within the hearts OF the people green
as the Shamrock of his native land for /
which he died" Such remarks as these !
attributed 20 Mr. Roosevelt Is taken
by both the German and Irish citizen /
as an insinuation that their loyalty to !
America is not as genuine as 1t should
be and his Pro English sentiments has 4
lest him at least the German Ameri- !
can vote. However. we wish to fur
ther refer TO the sentiment among the .
leaders Of the Republican party In the
West, as we'll as the rank and file of
he party There Ii a strong feeling
existing in the West that the East for
twenty-five, years has come down to
Chicago and dominated and controlled
the Republican Conventions. This
year the West will be heard from. Po-
litlcally the Fast boasts Of her many
and diversified manufacturing interest,
Of her densley populated cities, of her
payrolls. Of her factories. mills, and
mines, Of her colleges. and schools,
and believes for this reason she is SUI
perior TO the West in wealth, learning
and population.
They forget the center of population
Is rapidly moving Westward, that their
schools and colleges are fast taking
rank with the best in land, and that
the wonderful agricultural resources
Of their lands, rich as the valley of the
Nile is today putting bread upon the
tables OF the world. The Western
statesman today measures up 10 the |