The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-10-31
The Choice of a Candidate

in The New York Times on Sep
tenn 10, 1940)
"The New York Times supported
Franklin D. Roosevelt for the Presi-
dency in 1882 and again in 1886. In
1910 it will support Wendell Willkie.
at has made it's choice, as all Amer
leans must make their choice, in one
of the great crises of this nations
history.
"a hostile Power, openly proclaim
ing it's hatred of the democratic way
of life, has swept across Europe and
is now battering at the gates of Eng
land, seeking to grasp the eastern APP
proaches to that Atlantic world in
which our own democracy has lived
and prospered.
"Both Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Will
kie understand the critical nature of
this threat to the United States.
"Both are opposed to actual inter-
vention in the war, but short of war
both favor every possible aid that can
be given to the one democracy in
Europe that still stands in Hitler's
path.
GAS matters stand, the choice before
US has been narrowed to this question:
In whose hands, Mr.. Roosevelt's or
Mr.. WILKES, is the safety of the
American people likely to be more Sc
cure during the critical test that lies
ahead?
eve give our own support to Mr..
Willkie primarily for these reasons:
Because we believe that he is better
equipped than Mr.. Roosevelt to pro-
vide this country with an adequate
national defense; because we believe
he is practical liberal who under
stands the need of increased produc-
ton; because we believe that the fiS-
cal policies of Mr.. Roosevelt have
failed disastrously; because we be-
lieve that at time when the tradi-
tional safeguards of democracy are
falling everywhere it is particularly
important to honor and preserve the
American tradition against vesting
the enormous powers of the Presi-
dency in the hands of any man for
1 three consecutive terms of office.
"The record shows that Mr.. Roose-
welt has achieved least success in the
solution of this very problem. He has
failed to create the conditions for a
confident and expanding business. 1t
is a reasonable assumption that this
same problem can be managed better
by man who understands business,
who has the confidence of business,
who has himself been part of business,
whose interest in business problems
has been first-hand and continuous
rather than casual and intermittent,
and whose experience includes sue
cessful personal record in stimulating
business and expanding industrial
production.
in this field Mr.. Willkie is the pro-
fessional and Mr.. Roosevelt is the
amateur.
ii. Liberalism and Reform
"Mr Willkie has affirmed his own
belief in the necessity of reform and
his own support of the major reforms
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eve believe that these reforms
would be safe in Mr.. Wilkes hands,
not only because Mr.. Willkie is man
of goodwill, but because his approach
to the problems now before US shows
him to be liberal.
"More than this, we believe that Mr..
Willkie could be relied upon not to
make some of the mistakes and not to
take some of the risks which Mr..
Roosevelt has made and taken.
"Mr. Willkie stated the case accu-
rately when he said that American
liberalism does not consist merely in
reforming things; it consists also in
making things 1t consists in expand
ing the production of the necessities
and the good things of life. Wealth is
only another word for production; and
in the long run there is no other way
to achieve higher standard of living
for the whole people of nation than
to produce goods in abundance.
III. ''The Road to Bankruptcy"
"Q) The fantastic silver policy of
the Roosevelt Administration, scarce
ly begun in 1886, has now grown to
almost incredible proportions. More
than two billion ounces of metal for
which our Government has no earthly
use-approXimately hundred times
as much silver as all the silver-mines
in the United States produced in the
year before this policy began-have
been bought by the Treasury at over
valued prices in an artificial market.
This policy makes no sense, except as
a political manouvre to win the sup
port of the so-called silver Bios
"(2) The national budget, which
was originally to be balanced so cour-
ageously, has been continuously out
of balance since Mr.. Roosevelt entered
office. The national debt has more