The sun., 1916-09-03

With that fne and now we'll known
air Of personal detachment from all
common and base and vulgar things.
and with the also familiar staccato
utterance denoting careful considera.
ton in the choice Of words and great
sense Of responsibility for the thoughts
behind them. the Candidate said. at
half past four o'clock yesterday after.
noon, gazing over the heads OF those
assembled on the Lawn:
II rave no disposition to boast OF
what the Democratic party has accom-
plished. II has merely done its duty.
II has merely fulfilled It's explicit prom.
ises."
After a few minutes devoted to the
enunciation Of elegant periods previ.
ously fabricated, the Candidate ut
quarter before Ave o'clock returned
to the subject Of Promises honornbly
redeemed:
II have not spoken explicitly. Gen.
tlenen. Of the platform adopted at ST.
Louis; but 1t has been implicit in all I
have said. The people Of the unitci
states do not need to be assured nov
that that platform Ia . definite pledge.
a practical programme. We have proved
10 them that our promises are made TO
he kept"
Made to he kept,
At this point there was n disturb.
ance on the Lawn. An angry Shadow
pushed his way TO the front and
shook his fist directly beneath the
Hon. Woodrow WILSON'S smugly smil.
ing ~countenance.
II am Baltimore Promise Number
One" shouted the angry Shadow. IL
nm til" Singl. Term Promise made
in your behalf and by you accepted
anu utilized Ia yOur profit to the ca-
tent Of election for four years nj u
salary of S1i.'sW and ~pinolnments. I
demand to know IL I WINS kept |
''H'uHV w W. 'olu, uVt III Nf''>'I
words hut in straightforward Eng.
fish, why. when there was n feeble
attempt in Congress TO start an
amendment TO the Constitution max.
ing The President Of the United States
ineligible for reelection. you privately
and personally lnterposed your politl.
cnl Influence to block It,"
But before TuMrLrY could call the
detectives another Shadow was men.
acing the Candidates nose. II am
Baltimore Promise Number Two. :" he
rnnred. II nm the Promise to Return
10 the Simplicity and Economy which
Belts Il Democratic Government. !
want Ia know II ! have been kept
] want TO know what this wielder Of
words has Ia say to the unprecedented
total Of lavish appropriations by Con-
gress during his Administration. tho
p%rofigate waste Of money wrung from
the people by taxation, the utter abnn.
donlnent Of even a pretence Of fulfil.
Ing the Baltimore pledge
And the Shadows Of the broken
promises made at Baltimore camt
crowding up to the speakers stand
tumbling over one an0ther's heels In
their e%ngcrncss to give the lie to the
Candidates impudcnt declaration that
he and his party had proved that thciy
pledges we're made to be kept"
The Shadow Of the Promise to ~.
duce the high cost Of living: tn,
Shadow of the promise OF n tariff fof
venue only: the Shadow of the
promise 10 maintain the integrity Of
the coordinate branches of thr Fcd
eral Government and not TO allow tn
Executive to cncroach on the JUS
powers of the others: the Shadow oi
the promise to restore the merchant
marine without bountics or subsidies
the Shadow Of the promise to cxemp'
from tolls at the Panama Canal Amer,
lean ships engaged in the constwist
trade; the Shadow of the promise I,
enforce honestly and rigidly the ciyi
service standards of merit and nbllit,
rather than political service rendered
the pnrty-in angry procession IN,
Shadows OF the broken promises oI
Baltimore surged into the presence
of the Candidate in Il demonstrates
: amounting almost 10 Il riot.
And last of all came the yOunges
and blnckcst of the gathering Shad
ows. the Shadow of the Baltimore
promise of n "return to the rule of tn.
people,; protection from the misuse
of delegated power and the usurpn
ton of governmental instrumentali.ie'
by special interests"
"YOu dare to say you have KEEP
your PROMISES" shrleked this Shn
dow. "and you dare to say It n th'
very moment when you are forcing
reluctant Congress to misuse Its del,
gated powers ut your selfish dictation
to permit the usurpation Of govern
mental instrumentalities by a specln
interest represented by the fou
brOtherhoOdsT
"The highwayman," continued tn
excited Shadow. "sometimes obtain
} that which he demands at the pistol
point Sometimes. later. he get
hanged along with any aiding an
abetting criminal, whether In polics