Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-08-11
ALONG THE FIRING LINE

/. ALONG THE FIRING LINE
Announcing his decision not to run
as Democratic candidate for Governor
OF Massachusetts, the Hon. Andrew j.
Peters, now Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, uses fine restraint of Ian
guage Democracy under the leader
ship Of our honored President" he
says, "should achieve another victory
this fall" The choice of verbs is
significant. 1t expresses the element
OF doubt which has so largely contri-
buted to Mr.. Peters's decision not to
run.
A Washington correspondent dis
cussing the Presidents chances in the
election thinks it is almost certain
that he will poll not only larger vote
than he did in 1912, but larger vote
than has any of the Democratic candi-
dates before him." He will have to,
let US add, if he is to be elected. In
1912 Wilson received 6,293,0l9 votes,
the combined vote against him was
8, 743, 523, of which the combined Taft
and Roosevelt vote was 1904, 463. Will
son received fewer votes in 1912 than
any Democratic candidate for the
Presidency in twenty years-save only
Alton B. Parker, who enjoyed in 1914
the support of Mr.. Bryan--which Will
son is to have this year and which sue
ceeded in netting to Parker only 5,077,-
9ll votes. Bryan three times got more
votes than Wilson did, while united
Republicanism three times showed Mr..
Bryan under. United Republicanism
will do the same for Mr.. Wilson.
Boston Transcript-hir Redfield re-
ports that the high cost of living in 1915
was reduced 81 per cent net" but
didn't he mean 81 per cent, nit?"
Racine wis. Journal-News-The
Democratic Congress appropriates mil
lions without thought, while the post
office Department saves few hundred
by gripping the service.
Washington (Pa) News-Calling out
the militia may have been a political
move, but it will not stuff the ballot
box with votes for the Democratic
ticket.
The Democratic policy is "Buy where
you can buy the cheapest" The Re-
publican policy is "Buy it Made-in-
America"
The New York Sun believes that fu-
ture historians will classify the diplo-
matte notes of the Wilson administra-
| ton under the heads, Vinegar, Pepper,
Sugar and Molasses, but never as Aqua
Forts. Why not add Milk and Water
to the list?
Senator Reed of Missouri believes
and has told his colleagues in bebate--
that if our troops are withdrawn from
the border the Mexicans will at once
begin to ravish American women, to
destroy American property and to MUIR
der American citizens. Yet the ad-
ministration which Senator Reed up
holds has recognized de facto gov
ernment in Mexico because of the be-
lief that government was stable and
capable of maintaining order.
,e hot he Mi
speaking engagement which the Presi-
dent has made is for Kentucky in Sept.
Last year the President wrote letters
into Kentucky and succeeded in re-
ducing the Democratic plurality for
Governor from 81 1881, as il was in 1911,
to All. By going there in person this
year he ought to produce a Republi-
can margin of about $1,000.
The recent hot wave seriously affect
ed the normal operations of Chairman
Vance McCormick's mind. In the midst
of unequalled meteorological torridity
he arose to exclaim that anyone who
sought to find political motive in the
Presidents plan to hold the Guardsmen
on the border is ''traitorous. Why so
hot, little man? Everyone knows that
the President has done nothing for
months and that he will do nothing for
months to come except as he has
weighed all the elements of political
probability and determined a course
calculated to end in his political ad-
vantage. The President himself, if he
were to make use of that analytica
power which he has so freely applied
in his study of the various bandits in
Mexico who have from time to time re-
ceived his favor, would doubtless be
among the first to admit this. Mr..
Wilson is out to get reelected If posi-
BILE and to this end he will omit no
word or act"