The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-15

land into place of mourning, am ~
that last day / can see our pieoiu.
holding in his hand the accusing pr
ture of Henri Danger, of -Chrlst up e.
the battlefield. with the dead ana
dying all about him. with the roar o.
cannon, the screaming of shrapnei, en
wall of the dying, and above MS nei9 .
written these words: And he Sdiu
unto them, love one another. men
that day shall come. who is it that
would have our president exchange
places with the ood-bespattered
monarchs of the old world? l can see
him with the white light streaming
upon his head and hear the Master
say, Blessed are the peacemakers, for .
they shall be called the children of
God"
Achievements of Woodrow Wilson.
The Democratic party is proud of
He has brought prosperity and plenty
to 100, 10000 Americans. He has
gwen work to every willing hand in
the republic. Every toiler has the full
dinner pail-full to overlooking
He has by legislation taken labor
out of the brutal category of mani
mate things and treated the toilers as
men with hearts that beat and lips
mat pray. and they are no longer sub
Jecteu TO oppressive injunctions or fed
eral court manipulations: ne has dig
hl1ed the associated toilers of the field
and the factory, men seeking bv or
ganlzatlon and association to brighten
ana make delightful the lives OF the
wealth. producers and creators of the
nation; he has freed the industries of
the republic; he has liberated the
business of the nation; he has provid-
ed federal trade commission whose
outH IL Is 10 destroy favoritism. weed
oul uhIa1r advantage. and give to in
dustry everywhere an equal opportun-
ity' ne mas given to individualism high
nope and new life; he drove from the
treasury OF the nation a ship MONOPOLY
that was enjoying subsidies ON the
canal tolls of millions of dollars a vaar
ana at the same time proclaimed To
the world that a treaty made viii,
america was more than .'scrap of
paper, but was indeed n bond 80
] honor that should be faitbf,1I, -, -.
ne mas struggled amid the worlds wa r
WIN the great nations of the earth
LOT the freedom of the seas and tbe
lls,-lts or Americans and of neutraJs
I eservWhere; he has stood for th. law
OF neutrality which was written o.fora
me war commenced and agreed la hI,
- ,dtions or the earth and couId
10 oe changed during the war to
demands of others. siie
/ With critics all about hin, ;.,
s iece ana strength and great fore
sight' he has kept nation at peace
YIN nonor. He has driven from the
control of the finances of he neonie
or this nation an oIicarchv of L. peoP r. :,
ana substituted in its stead a iust
government, interested only in SIM
piylng the legitimate business needs Of
me country with sufficient currency
70 meet its demands and requirements
II ought not to be necessary to norni-
nate MN in partisan convention pa
trlotlsm in this world crisis should
rise above politics. and all parties
should rejoice at an opportunity to
proclaim him the whole-hearted and
nappy choice of a republic of ,eace-
Iui freemen. And as we cannot a f.
lord to swap horses while crossing a
stream, who would say that we can
a1ford to swap horses while crossing a
bloody stream ? So America cannot
afford to change leadership during
TINS great cataclysm that shakes the
nations of the earth. for to Woodrow
wilson more than any other citizen in
all the world the Christian people
wherever the rain falls or the sun
shines this world around, look anx-
' 1ously, hopefully, and prayerfully that
! he will bring peace to the struggling
| armies of Europe. What party is il
= now that would dare undertake to dis
credit this master diplomat, this I'M
, conquerable leader, this great Amer
t lean, for by that you may palsy the
hand that may write the peace treaty
M he