The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-08-22
not as numerous as they were before
the value of stocks shriveled.

upoA The prdCCtCeS OF NlBN FINANCE
must be coupled with the fact that
the high financiers have been the
most liberal contributors to the party
campaign chests. In view of this fact
Roosevelt's speech stamps him as
either very brave seeker after pub
lie favor or one who already has been
convinced there is very little hope
Cor assistance from the quarters which
he attacks. There may be justifica-
ton for both versions. It already is
obvious that the Republican attack
on Roosevelt will be that he is a
radical and that it will be coupled
to assertions about Hoover's safety"
Facing thig situation, it is probable
the governor felt he might as well
be condemned for a goat as a lamb
and thereupon spoke what really is
in his heart. II he did he deserves
applause on that point, if on no
other. Frankness is rare in presi-
Dental candidate. Ordinarily there
are too many toes which might be
stepped on.
From the standpoint Of political ef-
fectiveness, the thing Roosevelt did
to confound his Republican foes was
to read the record of the last four
years. 1t is something which per-
mits of no argument.
For persons who think in terms Of
policies rather than Of men, he men,
toned the tariff, but was not spe-
cific about it. He attacked the un-
bridled excuses of stock manipula-
tors and proposed to do something
about that. They are items calcu-
lated to win support.
One would judge. from the renewed
emphasis laid on the forgotten man."
that Roosevelt found the popular re-
action to his first mention of that
individual good rather than bad. At
any rate he took occasion to mention
him again. Only now the phrase has
been broadened to forgotten man
and woman"
1t probably is good politics to re-
member the potent women's vote but
somehow the original phrase seemed
best. 1t painted picture, not only
of the utnlucky individual himself,
but Of his forlorn wife and bedraggled
family grouped about him. But the
canvas must be outlined in broao
sweeps when one struggles for votes
and it may be that the addition Of
the woman was politically sound. On
this basis Roosevelt should be glad
that children do not vote. otherwise
he would have been forced to a fur
Their extension Of what may easily be-
come a campaign slogan.
If, as the Republicans claim, Presi-
dent Hoover won a million votes with
his speech of acceptance, it is possible
that Roosevelt won a lot Of them
back with his speech at Columbus. At
any rate, he approached closer to
some of the fostering sore spots in
our economic and political life than
any other person of his prominence
has done in a long time.
1t is to be hoped that President
Hoover will take occasion in the near
future to answer the points raised. It
is to be hoped that he will do so
himself, rather than permit some
other of the party stalwarts to do it.
After all, we have to choose be-
tween two men as well as between
two parties. We are entitled to the
opinions of the leaders themselves,
not the secondhand opinions relayed
through minor functionaries.
We will want to know what we are
doing next November. We will want
all the information possible before we,
as the voting public, take in hand
the pencil in the voting booth to
mark the x that marks the spot.