The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1916-07-28
"STR|CT AC-
COUNTAB|L|TY'
A Joker Placed in The
Democratic Plat
form

The ~hcl- glory tor ignoiny) Of writ
ing the Dem cratic platform belongs to
President Wilson No one DISPUTES b 9
authorship now, nor does the fnture hold
promise Of any controversy Ike uato the
ShAkespearian-B Bsconian cont "a ton of
late date. There will be no reason for
such literary squsbtle No man would
be asham I'll 70 be the author or to be c
cused # being the author of what either
Shakespeare or Bacon wrote, but after
the seventh day OF November, not even
the best beloved disciple OF Wilson
will have the ternerity To admit that IA.
had hand in the formulating of Evil
sons essay" alias the Democratic plat
form, on which the Democratic party =
toboggsning TO certain defeat.
The 'sweetmeats' of Democratic plat
forms are not intended &C. be- taken ~
riously by people who take tbems. lve-
seriously. The crop Of unwary and gul-
lible voters is the special object Of solici
tude Of all Democratic platforms and th.
building thereof, hut, indeed, the Er-.er-
sonisn essay composed 10y the scholarly
Mr.. Wilson, snd handed out % the Den -
ocratic clans at the II Louis conv, mt IN.
30 lar surpasses all previous Democazti,
campaign documents in 'thrillers," tina
n forever puts them in the discard and
takes proud rank side by side with ia.
imaginings OF Baron Munchsusen, Dean
swift and all the present day array Of
fAnciful talent in the fine art against
which the Mosaic code inveighed in on.
OF IL tel unforgetable prohibitions.
Theodore Roosevelt has diagnoses th.
mslsdy that sffiscts Mr. Wilson and be-
has given us much light on the Wills n
mind, the mirsges and phantasms o.
which have plagued our land for rnor,
than three years. Roosevelt has trans
lated much OF Mr. Wilson and will tram
late the remnant during the camI nj n
now under way. Then we shall come O.
know bow 20 gusge with accuracy IN
perspective Of man, who during MS care, r
~ pedsgogue bcsme accustomed g.
strike terror 70 the hearts Of erring school
boys by the fia-h Of his eye and the -tiny
Of reprimsnd. We shall learn, 10 douls
that the President regards the United
Stst - government a. naught more ths n
an enissemeDt II the school room i'm v m n
IN years recently past, hs let fall wo d-
Of the visest INSTRUCTION, counsel and
command To the immature students nn
der his wing When Mr.. Wilson he-
came president, he, evidently dermei u
entirely uEDeces-sry n vary bi- method.
IN dealing with the questions Of govern
mental policy coming n the classroom
Of the government Of the United States
for solution.
The President hs- in turn tried (bu,
vsinly) q everswe Germsny, England
and Mexico by pouring forth Of IN
same elegant cullisgs Of choicest English
that never failed him in the old days
among the youth Of q great uLiver-ity.
We all know vhn lack of woDd4s Mr.
Wilson's lectures have produced At home
and abroad; then, IN view of the p.sr
what else could Mr.. Wilson have mean
when he wrote IN the Democratic plat
form, that snv government under which
American cstizens we're vronRed in Per
son Or property should be held ~ Strict
sccosn' sbility." than that whenever and
- often - the lives or property Of Amer
icans are destroyed, the governments M
der which The outrage occurs will receive
. verbal reprimand 90 csu-tic and Yet Of
such noble spirit that sbe offending pow
e. Oil drop under The burden Of die
pse.1rs which hs naschis. shalI cling