Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1916 — Editorial Comments [ARTICLE]

Editorial Comments

Mr. Hughes has made Mr. Wilson’s policy pf deciding a case and then getting the facts afterward one of the most pitiable exhibitions of weakness that even the present administration can give. "Peace, preparedness and prosperity” are claimed as the Democratic campaign cries. More appropriate ones would be “Pie, pork and piffle.” And now nobody seems to know exactly what the new wage law means or to whom It applies. Another Illustration of Democratic inefficiency.

The Democratic congress has voted a tariff on dyes, thereby declaring in favor of the principle of protection. -How-the-party does change its colors. If President Wilson were really earnest in telling the suffrage women “I come to fight for you” he would have put a suffrage measure through congress by the same stop watch method that he used to force the railway wage Increase bill through. Shadow Lawn, as a residence for the next few weeks, will give its occupant an opportunity to get accustomed to the after election gloom. Here is reason enough why Mr. Wilson should be defeated. Why should Mr. Hughes be preferred? Gifford Plnchot, the Progressive, answers, giving facts to support his statement: “Hughes is a man of his word. ♦ * * I cannot vote for Wilkon because 1 cannot trust him. He does not do what he says. Hughes does. Therefore my choice is Hughes.”

When the Progressives come back they bring their punch with them. Villa says he bears us no grudge. Well, why should he? Haven’t we always treated him as a 4Jerfect gentleman? What has become of the old fashioned man who used to say of President Wilson, “Ye-es, he does make mistakes, but I believe he’s sincere." And we haven’t yet got either Francisco Villa or that salute. Next stop for the political express Nov. 7.

Irvin S. Cobb Is to make campaign speeches for the Democratic party in the west. Irv, you all recall, of course, is a humorist and is peculiarly equipped to do full justice to his subject. The least that may be said of President Wilson is that he has been right half the time, for he has been on both sides of almost all important questions.