South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-09-05
SEPTEMBER 5, 1910.
WEAK" AND "vACILLATING".

WEAK" AND FACILITATING"
Like so many whining pups taking TO their kennels
the republican press republican heard from
Prest Wilson's speech acceptance, having
the time OF their lives trying to leg some
where This supplemented by the quick
action OF congress passing Adamson eight-hour
BILL a measure railroad strike prevention the
additional republican whine lest it be Injected into poll
tics making the situation ludicrous The
republicans would inject politics quick enough
they dared They had injected politics al
ready when they thought the president had failed
through the refusal Of the railroad magnates to
the adjustment which he rad proposed to them.
Already references were being presidents
weakness" and "vacilation"-but evidently somebody
else "vacillating"
5 been throughout
campaign, and probably will to the of it, is
Pres't weak and Facilitating
that is worrying the republicans It is not that Prest
weak" facilitating that is worrying
the magnates and financial interests who are backing
the republicans. 1t is rather that he weak
and 'vaclatng," that constitutes the fly in their
ointment" They say. they can never tell what the
president is going next" and right there they
evade and prevarcate again. What they do not like
about Prest Wilson that they do know what he is
going to do They know that he is going to do
right. which with him the right thing by the
people, who his constituents distinguished from
especial interests who the republican con-
stituency.
one republican worry too and that of its financial
constituency. is the presidents sense OF public
right. The president given to shining with
goId-plated goodness. Having determined upon an
and ann to be attained and announced his purpose he
makes the goal perhaps by a somewhat zigzag route
times. but he has made reputation for getting
there just the No can encounter difficulties
without having to shift his bearings and then
it change his general course even though
eventually he may have trihe farther than at
first anticipated in order to accomplish his purpose
The republicans and the republican press are quite
right in pointing out 10 the democrats the presi-
dent has pursued his strike elimination to the
limit. not for political effect prevent a strike
this the pubfic and that therefore
democratic newspapers and democratic orators should
seek TO make political capital it. We are
heartily agreed. We merely mention it passing as
indicative weak" and facilitating campaign
methods Of the republicans What would their attitude
toward injecting it into politics
president have gone TO congress after his failure to
bring the railroad nagnates and trainmen together.
and there forced the issue a successful conclusion?
still they the president literally took
10y the throat forced it to pass the eight
hour legislation. lie it weak" and 'vacilatingy"
suppose. weak and yacilating' about
IL that took him all of four days-the quickest rec
ord for drastic Hesitation in the congress
ssonal halls That succeeded the republicans would
like have nothing about it, had it failed would
they anxious silence then? II the republic
no; interested politically too we would
like To have explained TO why il was that only
one republican voted for the bill the senate while
in the house the republican side the split was about
"ffty-dfty2" Fact of the matter is the republicans
their financial henchmen after crossing the last
ditch. have discovered that they licked they
afraid that the democrats viii rub il in They know
that the president right the nation viii
uphold the hands of congress- and not daring to go be-
fore the people the they like to have as
little said about possible.
Splendid political acumen yes: for furthermore the
outcome OF spous the republican weak and vac
nlating" propaganda. With a frmness seldom exer-
cised ty national executive the president averted
a strike he put determined end TO free Pana-
canal tolls for shipping masnates same
saved the public ship build
ing Investments. same as has rebuked Col T. Roose-
Welt FOR his theft Of the Panama canal zone from
Columbia re-established American honor 10y agree
ing 10 pay stolen property as he snatched
the money power he hands OF Wall St. and gave
the country currency and credit free and easy
IN the the middle states west among
the former money kings. this through passage OF
the RESIDUAL banking system recently experimenting