Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-06-15
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Leslie NJ. Shaw was secretary of the
treasury under Mr.. Roosevelt. He
| made very remarkable speech at
Indianapolis recently in which he ex
pressed grave doubt as to whether or
| not the republican party could de
feat, even if it should try, OF whether
it ought in fact to try to defeat, the
party now in power in view OF the
noble record it has made in the last
! four years. He stated frankly that
the democrats had really done in four
years more than the republicans had
done in forty years. III we have a
small and inadequate army and
navy" said Mr.. Shaw, ''the republ
can party is eighty per cent respon
sible for its inethciency, for the re-
publican party has been in power
50 per cent of the last century. If
our coast defenses are silly, submit
| it does not lie lie the mouth of the
republican party TO say much about
| it."
| That seems to cove: the political
| situation fairly We'll from an honest
| republican point of view aud the case
might very we'll go to the jury upon
this plain statement Of facts. Upon
| the facts. not the Misrepresentation
of self-interested campaign subscrib-
ers, the people will Judge at the polls
| in November. There is absolutely not
one honest argument that can be
made in favor of the restoration of
the republican party to power. The
evidence is conclusive of democratic
efficiency and republican failure
less than four years of efficient
democracy against forty years of re-
all over the country and compare it
with the record made by the republl-
cans in business, in commerce, in in
dustry and the balance is all in favor
| OF the democratic administration.
Naturally, the party in power has
| caused very serious distressto certain
Interests entrenched in power but
that was precisely what the admins
tration was elected to do, not to de
stroy any legitimate industry but to
place the rich and the poor on exactly
the same :oo;ing before the law, to
destroy the machinery by which the
very few have grown fat upon the
very many and to bring about that
happy time when all the people will
be placed upon the same level.
The Wilson administration has been
a constructive administration The
! president was not elected to destroy
but to save, and he has performed his
whole duty. Without his masterly
leadership, his uncompromising de-
votion to great cause.-the popular
opportunity in popular government
his party could not now appeal to the
country for it's approval of the work
that has been done, and done so we'll
that while the rest of the world is
involved in the sorest distress the
human race has ever known, the
United States was never so prosper.
GUS as it is today.
With the banks fairly bulging with
money, the mills and factories run.
!, ning over time to fill their orders
j with labor never so well paid as it is
today and peace within ali our bord
ers, with labor and capital working
together hand in hand, with breaC
for all the hungry and with the fields
: never yielding so abundant haryests
the voters might well ask why they
, should be expected through their bal
} lots to swap the man who brnugh
about the present happy conditions il
J this country for any amatuer III state
craft or any experienced admin
lstrator who has only bis discredlteC
work to commend him to their favor
Day after day the reports from al
parts of the country encourage th,
belief that Woodrow Wilson will b.
retained in the service of his people
, There is, in fact, no charge of incom
: potency that can be made agains
him. He cannot be charged with an,
partisan treatment Of the great ques
tions with which he has dealt. Fl
] has saved the United States from
5 participation in the European war
5 The people praise him and trust hin
1 for his courage and patience and fai
: dealing in all our foreign relations.
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