The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-06-16
HYPOCRISY OF ROOSEVELT AND
REPUBLICAN PLATFORMS
New York World. !

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While Theodore Roosevelt was de-
nouncing the most evil service" and
the shabby deeds" of President VII
son yesterday, the Roosevelt party
was framing a platform in which
there is not a word that directly chal-
lenges a single policy or a single
measure or a single act of the Wilson
administration.
While Roosevelt was ranting
against the sinister professional
German Americans" the Roosevelt
party was framing a platform in
which there is not a word that relat-
es to the German-American conspir-
acy or the hyphenated propaganda.
While Roosevelt has been assail-
ing the President for his weasel
words" in respect to universal voIun-
tary military training, the Roosevelt
party frames platform in which
there is not a word that demands
the compulsory military training that
Roosevelt processes to advocate.
1t is platform that is silent about
Belgium and all obligations of the
United States about which Roosevelt
has frothed and famed.
1t is a platform that is silent about
the presidents submarine policy,
against which Roosevelt has roared
and Numbered.
1t is a platform that accepts sub
stantially President Wilson's prepar-
edness policy, concerning which
Roosevelt has torn passion to tatters.
1t is a platform which smothers
all of Rooseyelts militant speeches
and vehemently declares that I'VE
stand for peace"
1t is a platform which stiles all
pretense to principle and lamely as
serts that the issue is one of men. "
In other words the thing to do is to
adopt the Wilson policies and yell
for Roosevelt to carry them out.
On only two issues, it appears,
have the Rooseveltites strong con-
victiOns One is in behalf of a mon
Opoly traiff and the other in behalf
of war with Mexico. These two con-
victions they share with the Repub-
lican party. When it comes to the
tariff and Mexico, both platforms are
resolutely unCOmplomising as bofits
a case where there is no Mexican vote
and where the tariff grafters are
looked upon to furnish the campaign
fund.
The Progressive platform reveals
a party that is as bankrupt in prin-
ciple and issues as the Republican
party. Indeed, the two platforms
might have been put together by the
same master hand. The historian in
deed will be puzzled to find out what
all the turmoil at Chicago was about !
What stands forth above every
thing else in both platforms is the ut
ter shamelessness and hypocrisy of
the Roosevelt and Republican at
taCks upon President Wilson's Euro
pean policy and the handling of the
diplomatic affairs of the United
States during the world war. When
the time came to act officially, neither
party dared 90 before the country
on the fraudulent issues it had tried |
to raise. Neither party dared to pre-
sent a policy of its own in place of |
the presidents policy. Neither par
ty dared to say what it would have |
done that the President left undone |
that he did. Both parties raise an
issue and both run away from it,
What both of these republican par
ties have sought to do is to frame |
platforms, which in spite Of much |
sophomore rhetoric about American |
rights and national defense, are de- |
signed in the main to hold the Ger |
man vote, which is mainly republi- |
can, to hold the advocates of peace, |
who are as numerous in the repub- |
lican party as in the democratic par
ty to hold the opponents of extreme
preparedness, who constitute a ma
jority of both parties, and to hold |
Wall street and the tariff monopOlists |
who must be relied upon to provide |
the soap for the campaign.
Yet these platforms were put to- |
gether by men who have had the CO.
lossal impudence to challenge the |
courage, the patriotism and the |
Americanism of Woodrow Wilson
The final draft of a constitutional
amedment to be presented to the vot- |
ers this fall on old age pensions has
been completed, H. S. Beiglow, of |
Cincinnati, being at the head Of a !
committee which is preparing to sub
nit the question to the voters of
Ohio. The amendment will provide |
for a pension system for the aged, |
but the exact terms have not yet been |
announced. The organization back |
OF the movement is said to have plen-
ty of financial support.