Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-10-02
Kennedy's Campaign in South.
west Brings Truth Home to
His Hearers at Each
Speech He Makes.
BY HARRY o. PALMER.

don't believe in being disrespect-
full the office of president OF the
United States of America no matter
who is OCCUPYING the presidential chair,
but the remark OF travelling salesman
made day or two ago in the smok-
ing compartment OF parlor car
where he was surrounded by a jab-
bering, smoking mass of argument,
struck me as full of wisdom. He
said, do you boys know we've been
taking President Wilson too seriously.
The democratic press of this country
has almost got us to the point OF
believing that our constitutional
right as travelling statesmen to ex-
anime critically any public officer
They have been spending columns and
and his conduct no longer exists.
columns OF matter every day lauding
Mr.. Wilson and as much space cry.
ing scold, scold, to any one who
thinks Of finding fault or offering any
suggestion as to how things might
have been done otherwise. Now, for
my part, I'm not much OF hero
worshipper and ! don't propose to
have my rights circumscribed just
because the democratic press and
the democratic national committee
hav tn notion that Mr.. Wilson will
run fastr If he meets with no inter.
ference from the realm of public
opinion"
"And with this he started in to
name the many things which Mr..
Wilson might have done, and might
have not done, to add to the com.
forts Of American people during the
past two years, and there were a lot
OF them. Anyhow he didn't finish be.
fore our train reached Omaha and we
had to alight. Ny democratic friend,
Henry Richmond, was in the compart-
ment until the tariff was raised. Then
he flew. He told me afterward, in
all confidence, which I violate with
fear and trembling, that he had never
known anything about the tariff and
he was afraid he might learn there
Henry isn't unlike most democrats in
this respect, They all show little ap-
titude in this direction.
Speech-making as a means OF at
tracing votes, and as a method Of
forming popular opinion has not
passed out Of vogue. Robert w.
Devoe, republican candidate for at
torney general, and John l.. Kennedy,
republican candidate for United
States senator are doing fine work in
this respect for the republican ticket.
state and national. The other day
listened to speech by Mr.. Kennedy
in the city hall at Trenton. He was
talking good republican doctrine, and
as ] listened, | was made proud of
the fact that had been inoculated
with republicanicocus at a very tender
age and that the bug was still ac-
tive in my system. But | was not
the only person in that audience who
felt so. In the row OF seats just in
front of me sat farmer and his fami-
ly and at pause in the speech Mr..
Kennedy had pointed out how the
democrats had been legislating for
the benefit OF the south at the ex-
pensc Of the Nebraska farmer, by
giving protection to the products OF
the southern farms, but leaving the
products Of the Nebraska farm unpro-
tected, he learned over and said in
loud whisper to his neighbor, Isl,
! don't see how man with damned
lick of sense can be a democrat" -
Last week, down in Furnas county
] talked with party of farmers about
the Adsmson law, and inquired as
to the feeling In that community as
to the attempt of the democratic con-
gress to capture the labor vote by
eight-hour-day legislation. A college,
bred farmer in the crowd observed
that, Of course, the Adamson law did