Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-07-27

adopted in St. Louis. The record OF
our party, both state and nation IS
such that It meets the approval OF all
persons who are interested in the
welfare of our country. Our record
is one of achievement. We have in
corporated into the laws Of the state
and nation the platform pledges Of
the party. We have kept faith with
the people.
Our pledges are now recorded in
the book of deeds, and on this record
we come before the people of the ma
ton and state to ask for an endorse.
ment of what we have done and for
renewal Of the commission for the
administration of the government.
, Never before were so many and
such vexing problems presented to
any administration involving our
amicable relations with the rest OF
the world. Never did president
meet these problems with better
understanding of their subtleties, or
higher conception of his own and
y the national duty, than did President
Wilson. Despite the most vexing
complications, he has maintained
with firmness the national honor and
upheld the rights of American citi.
zens until the justice of his attitude
has been conceded by those who had
assailed it. He has sturdily main
tanned peace with honor, and with in
finite patience has mastered delicate
situations that, in less skilled hands,
must have eventuated in either a loss
OF national prestige or the horrors
OF war. We endorse, without reser-
Walton, his conduct of the delicate
negotiations with Mexico, and well
come the prospect he affords us OF
soon resuming our normal relations
with that republic through processes
mat seem certain to win for our peo-
pie friendship from the Mexican
people such as they have not enter
tanned for more than half century.
we congratulate the people of the
United States because 'he;r president
has inspired every Latin-American
republic with better comprehension
OF our good intentions toward them
than it ever had before, and has
paved the way for a Pan-American
union that must tremendously adj
vantage all of us in the promotion of
better nelighborhood and better com.
mercial intercourse. His adminins.
y tration has been such that he merits
the approval of all parties and the
democracy of Nebraska pledges its
heartiest support to President Will
son and Vice President Marshall.
We believe the people, without re-
gard to politics, recognize the unex-
ampled prosperity of every part of the
country, under four years of demo-
cratic. rule. The national wealth has
been increased more than fifty billions
OF dollars. The people have more
money in the banks than they have
ever had before. The notable pros
perity of the agricultural classes is to
every one apparent. Business is on
a sound basis and yielding unusual
profits. Labor finds more employ
ment at better wages than was ever
enjoyed in this country. Z
AS testimony concerning the con-.
dition of the industrial classes, we in
wife attention to the recent statement
of Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, that
more has been done for the laborer
under President Wilson and the
democratic administration than un-
der any previous administration. We
believe that the people of all classes
are satisfied with existing conditions,
and that a great majority of them
do not crave a change.
We direct attention of the voters
formerly allied with the progressive
party to the recent statement of
Theodore Roosevelt that most of the
great principles of the progressive
4, party have either been enacted into
law or embodied in party platforms
and suggest that none, except the
democratic party, has been enacting
laws during the past four years.
We congratulate the people Of Ne
braska, on the fact that our dis
tinguished United States senator, Gil
bert M. Hitchcock, and our demo-
cratic congressman, Daniel v. Steph-
ems, Ashton C.. Shallenbarger and
Charles O. Lobeck, have rendered
notable services in the support of con-
structive legislation of benefit to the
masses of the people. The first
thought of these men, has been the
welfare of the common man. We
heartily endorse their candidacy for
4 re election. We also endorse the
candidacy of Hon. w. L. Stark, John
A. Maguir and Edwin McDermott
for congress. To secure constructive
and beneficial legislation we must
elect democratic United States sena-
tor and members of congress.
We recognize in our candidate for
governor, Keith Neville, a citizen of
high character, good business judg-
! ment, and earnest loyalty to the
state, and its welfare; and we pledge
to the voters of Nebraska that, should
he, be elected as their chief executive,
he will bring to bear, in conducting
the state administration, the same
high sense of honor and the same rec
ognized capacity that has made the
administration of Governor John H.
Morehead popular among the adher-
ents of all parties.
We bespeak for the other demo-
cratic candidates on the state ticket,
the privilege Of aiding him, just as
have Governor Morehead's colleagues,
in providing a clean and capable gov
eminent. ..... I-,yg,.
We commend the candidates of our
state ticket to the voters of Nebraska
as men worthy Of their support.
We invite attention to the honest,
capable and efficient administration
. of the states business under the dem
ocratic administration for the last four
years. ss ,-s
We invite attention of taxpayers in
particular to the fact that state taxes
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