The St. Joseph observer., 1920-08-07
HAVING NoNE-THEY INVENT

FRANKLIN ID. ROOSEVELT
HAVING NONE-THEY INVENT
There are number Of republican
papers who now that the Chicago
platform gives them no ground on
which to stand. have begun a cam
paign. the nature OF which is to claim
that the general incompentency of
the democratic party and the ascend
ency Of the Southern hill-billies" In
its councils should be sufficient for its
overthrow.
This is n favorite scheme of these
newspapers--and 1t is such clap-trap
instead of argument that they use
when presidential election comes on
and such abuse is as untrue as it is
absurd.
In the past eight years the COM
potency of the democratic party to
govern has been fully proven, for it
accomplished in that time what the
republican party had been promising
for a quarter Of century without
fulfilling. In addition it organized
the nation for war with speed and
efficiency that amazed the world,
raised, trained and equipped an i'm
mense army, transported two million
men safely across seas and saved the
day for civilization when it was on
not only did that but In the after
math of war it averted panic and
hard times, so that today, after our
tens of billions OF expenditures for
war purposes industry is on sound
foundation, business is flourishng
agriculture is prosperous, wages are
high. there are jobs for everybody,
and our standard of living Is higher
than it ever was before. Under demo-
cratic administration what were the
luxuries Of the rich in Mark Hanna's
time have become the everyday con-
veniences of tho whole people. The
American dollar has become the
standard Of the world. and but for
the do-nothing. dog-in -the-manger
policy Of a republican senate the
United States would today be the
worlds leader for peace, for progress,
for rehabilitation, and the undisputed
leader as well Of its finance, industry
and commerce.
As TO those southern "hill-billies"
cf democratic pursuasion, they are
good American citizens. devoted TO
the republic and it's flag and gain
their living from the soil the same as
we do. A good many Of their sons
are sleeping beneath the poppies. in
soil that their blood mingled with the
blood OF northern boys to make for
ever sacred
To say, however, that they "domi-
nate" the democratic party is false
and ridiculous. They are a small
minority of the democratic brother
hood. Wilson and Marshall were
elected from New Jersey and Indiana.
Cox and Roosevelt will be elected
from Ohio ana New York and their
campaign will be conducted under
the chalrmanship OF White Of Ohio.
Tho democratic party has no more
allowed the country to be governed
hy the hill billies" than by the
gamblers and financiers Of Wall stree
who were ln tho height Of theh
power and glory under republican
rule and who are depending upon ,
republican victory to restore to then
the privileges prerogatlves and fav
Ors taken from them with the inaug
uratiou Of a democratic administra
tion.
And il is not the influence Of thes
or Of the farmers north or south, tina
this country has to fear in the neN
four years. but in place. the influ
ence Of the great special interests q
Pennsylvania, New York and Ner
England that dominated tho republi
can convention, wrote its platform
nominated its candidates. and this
have arranged for a senate oligarch
Of their own choosing to take charg
Of the executive department as IN
regents Of a reactionary plutocrac
in the event Of Mr.. Harding's election
The democratic party is not a SEQ
tional party. It Is. TO the contrar,
the only national party in existence
the only party that Is strong and vie
orous in every state Of the unloI
Neither is II a class party. or a part
dominated by a class. 1t is a pre-
gressive party. ths party OF the com
mon people Of all sectionA. and th