The Muskogee Cimeter. (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 17, Ed. 1, Saturday, October 26, 1912 Page: 1 of 4
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WATCH FOR B ARG AINS IN OUR ADVERTISING COLUMNS i
The Muskogee Cimeter.
OLDEST COLORED PAPER IN OKLAHOMA.
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VOL. XIV.
MUSKOGEE. OKLAHOMA OCT. 26 1912.
NO. 17
ROOSEVELT NOT A
GOOD VOTE-GETTER
Hit POPULARITY NOT SHOWN BY
THE VOTES HE HAS RECEIVED.
RECORD WILL SURPRISE MANY
In Nw York When Ha Ran for Gov-
ernor He Did Not Oct Full Party
Support Presidential Vote
When Analyzed la Not to
Hla Advantage.
Colonel Roosevelt la regarded every-
where as a marvelouH voto-getter.
"We arc for Teddy because he will
elect our county ticket" chorused tho
Roosevelt shoutcra prior to tln re-
nomination of President Taft. And
even now when having failed to get
the Republican nomination for a
third term ho la heading a bolting
Third Party organization there are
many Republicans who seem to think
that he haa a strong hold upon th
people. The fact la the record shown
that he la not a successful vote get-
ter. The belief which prevails In
some parte of the country that Roose-
velt has a magic hold upon tho people
la not supported by the facts. Mr.
Roosevelt's own activity In self-advertising
la largely responsible for the
belief.
Take for Instance hla home state
of New York. Here are the figures
of the Republican vote caat In the
three elections of 1896 1898 and 1900
the two years before and the two
years after Roosevelt was a candidate
for governor:
1896 Black 787.616
1898 Roosevelt 061707
ltOO Odell 804859
When Roosevelt ran as a candidate
for governor he had behind hl:n his
prestige ef service In the war with
'8ata H..ma4 a spectacular cam
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soldiers riding with" film upoiHttua
rear platform of hla special train.
Even with this advantage he polled
125000 less votes than Ulack and
nearly 145000 less votes than Odell.
This shows that In his own state he
la sot the vote-getter which he claims
to be.
Polled Leas Votes Than Taft.
Colonel Roosevelt received an enor-
mous plurality when he ran for presi-
dent In 1904 but that was because
1180000 Democrats declined to vote
for Judge Alton B. Parker. Tho real
teat of Kooaevelt'a plurality is the
number of "Republican votes caat for
him. He polled 7623486 votes but
even this number waa 65000 less thau
were caat for Tajt In 1908 with
Bryan In the field and practical
Democratic harmony restored. Do
these figures show Roosevelt to be a
great vote getter?
'The figures as to Illinois are also
.Interesting and Instructive. In 1904
the total Republican vote for Roose-
velt was 632645 but thla was 1384
less than were cast for Charles 8.
Deneen for governor. Roosevelt was
supposedly tho Idol of tho Republican
party while Governor Denean's nomi-
nation was secured at the end of a
three weeks' convention In which bit-
ter factional fighting developed. Yet
Doneen sb stated received 1384
more votes for Roeeevelt.
An attempt 1b made to demonstrate
Colonel Roosevelt's popularity by cit-
ing the fact that his plurality In Illi-
nois In 1904 was 305000 while Taft's
waa ohry 179000 In 1908. The fact Is
that In 1904 Roosevelt received 632645
votes. In 1908 Taft received 629929
votes so that out of about 630000
votes the only difference between
Roosevelt's popularity and Taft's
popularity as shown by the total Re-
publican vote was 2713.
Illinois Is cited merely because It Is
typical of other states.
Seme Primary Figures.
As Republican candidate for presi-
dent last spring Colonel Roosevelt
polled 61 per c6nt of the total vote
cast at the Illinois primaries but only
43.87 per cent of the Taft 1908 vote.
A majority of the Republicans of Il-
linois have not expressed a prefer-
ence for Colonel Roosevelt for presi-
dent. In a recent statemont Colonel
Roosevelt said". ''The primary In 1111-
nola last spring definitely decided
that I was tho choice of tho Illinois
Republican voters for president."
Colonel Roosevelt should bo Informed
than 42.37 per cent of the Repub-
lican vote In Illinois does not decide
what 67.63 per cent shall do with a
bolter who denounced their party be-
cause It would nqt nominate ltlin.
Similar conditions prevail In other
tates.
The foregoing record proves that
Colonel Roosevelt without regard to
ls other eeesatlal deficiencies Is net
a powerful vote-getter. The "win-wlth-Teddy"
buncombe Is quit popu-
lar with Colonel Roosevelt and his
supporters with the hope of dragglag
lata 11m timid voters and pot-huntlag
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bwn as Rtiong as his party llo was
not as HtioiiK ns Black or Odell In
New York where he Is best known;
although running against a cripple In
Judge Parker lie ami inoia limn a
million votea huhliid IiIh . paily
ctrcugth; ho waa not ub strong ns Taft
in tho country at largo; and .ho was
not ns strong as Tuft and Deneen In
Illinois.
Tho current belief stimulated by
Uoosevelt's own expressions that
Roosevelt Is u powerful voto-gettor U
dlsproven by tbe faota.
NEWS ITEMS.
Tho light Is .i."
Anunlasoa nnliil1'.
Hotter throw bouquets than brick-
bats. Falluio Ik ciusod fm'in gorniH from
within.
A fc'ib lalluir Is jilne-leiftliH liar.
Wntuh it!
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No patrjjt will ank for pay for hla
vote.
Thoio In plenty of "HtandliiR room'
at Arinngedon. -
To nettle an argument Just mil tho
other fellow a liar.
Novel tliole.HH and notwithstanding
our optlinlsm Is unshnkon.
Are you really a reformer or more-
ly an ngltator seeking offlco?
And now vo have tho "Xegro mil-
llonalio" elso thnn on paper.
Tho Fifteenth Amendment Is still
a vart of tho organized law of the
land.
Tho truo race Journal must ho an
ndvocato as well ns a newspaper
Tho friend who Is alwnys willing to
oblige his fellows Is n busy man.
It takes "Krenso" to imil'o tho
wheo's of any ontorpriso to tun
hinootlily. v
This Is a ibail year for "wlilto
honoR' "four-llusheis" and false lead
cr3hlp
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Give President Newman or Hownri
t'lihoislty. u nhoiito to punn his
v tilt.
Tho opotllglit slilnos for a'l who
ilerono tone Included within Its r.s.
Oon't shove!
That eminent pcnsmlth nnd plat-
form chlertaln W. Allison Sweeney
js "como bnck."
Nubhvlllo will lvo tho National
Medical Association tho time of lis
Ml ucM August.
No hlK leader can Justly ho hold
ci nsihlo for tho plg-hoadcduess
nl his ro 1 "friends."
A follow might havo some monry
A ho didn't Hud it nouvsary to buy
ko maiij things ho doesn't iiomI.
I.ut It not be forgotten that it was
Piosllciit Ta'.t who put peonage "on
tho hlink" In the Southland.
No big man should he blamed fo
tho Miles of his fool friends J.'
which ho Is hiiio to have an uuim
Unnco.
Haiti has nuother new cahlncl. Itf
tcnuro will ho de.eriulnuil l' !"
ciiii'Htances rather than by law
N'o hoy or clrl tralnod at Tusl;o
goo Instltuto has bton known to fall!
In tho battlo of life. Stick u pin.
there-
lllsliop Clint lea Ilonry rhllllps Is
making the welkin ling In ninny
(luartcrs for the -historic C M. E.'
churcli
In almost any kind of a "Con-
gros" the fool with a notion getH
in pro notoriety than the tcholar with
an Idea.
Who Is It that does rot wish to co
"boss" of something? Why 1I1I3 con-
coiled yell against tlu so-called
"hogs ' '
Keo'.ilng peace anion his followeis
Is one of tho III st and most exacting
tasKs to wtitcn a 'tenuer must dt-
1 or li.i ta'onts.
Mifirlnge between hv rnces m.i
ho riglit but It Is doubtful oxjieill-
t'ney as n iiuinhor f leconl Incl-
dents will Illustrate.
If n bundi of bachelor girls outer
Into a common agreement not to
get married Is that n "combination
lu restraint of trade?"
No "Oyp tho Hlood" or "Lefty1
l.nulo" has appeared among tho .no-
gioes of the land. Wo are n t the
fr.rtlicst down in either erlmo or
poverty.
"Church expansion" in .Ion is post
pone I hut tho spliit is not dead. It
will ho gi rally in evidence ut the
l.uuli vlllo general conference In l!MC.
Tho success the. Negio Is achieving
In iclaliilng their hold upon th(
Elks Kulshts ot Pythias etc. U
lcndbg black men to try to become
Ited .Men.
Tho shoe dealers anxious to woil-
off tnelr winter goods aio nrouslnp
the comfort-loving populate to th
dangers of wearing low shoes aft 01
Oct her 1.
"T .p-r.pcod" ii'iist ho nmdo t'erj
day If you would win out In th
llerce coinpoiltlon or tho times. Then
Is no such thing as "slacking up" li
tho race.
No "Wood" Kiiik Is not named nr
tor "Woodiow" Wilson as far as wi
have hcenahlo t: find out. Ills coc
nonicii Is a contraction of "Elwood
- so there.
Tho marvel of the ik -ado is the
steady .growth f Tuskcgeo Institute
Thero Is 'milling of tho nuislirnoii
about Itonkor T. Wnshlngl n's ''Mhick
Molt" heo-hlvo.
Tho icpoitor Is yet to ho hniti who
can tatlsfy a'l of tho conflicting olo
inenls that mnkn up n political reli-
gious or fraternal convention. Try
It you who "know It all."
The hat if Dr. .1. It. filhert Is still
In tho ring for tho Zlon bishopric In
V)n emphasl.lng tho golden oppor-
tunities of tho Churcli of Vnrlck In
tho productive West.
It Is charged Hint many of tho
donates In tho f'lmrlotlo confer-
ence ot tho 'ion church wont there
not to eloct nnybody hut to keep
boircliody from being elected.
Whllo at Howaid I'lilvorluly. Pres-
ident Tlilrklohl said "go South" to
aspiring young colered nion. ItlRhop
I Thli'.tloJd now at Now OileaiH s.ije
"como South." Sago adIce
As far ns we lave been able to
observe tho otfeel cf prohibition Is
to liinko men drink 111010 lliiuor and
I of an Inferior grado. "TIh true 'lis a
pltv; and pity 'tis 'tis true.
Tho colored Haptlsl-. nc-ordlng to
ftntlstlcal report made nt the lions-
ten cnnvcnflnn no mimler 111 1
I nunc la 1 tit Ant nl fiii It stjttitfiii I
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ear
RELIGIOUS FAITH
OF PRESIDENT TAFT
RCV. DR. JOHN WESLEY HILL'S
SERMON 13 ELOQUENT ANALY-
SIS OF TAFT'S CHARACTER.FAITH IN GOD AND CHRIST
Praises the Sunday School as an In-
stitution of Greatest Importance
and Shows Hla Sympathy for All
Forms of Religious Belief.
Rev. Dr. John Wesley Hill presi-
dent of tho Intel uatluual Peace l-'orum
or New York city rotontly preached
to u large audience at All Soul's
church Chicago a senium ou "Tho
Religion of Pieoldent Talt."
Dr. Mill began Jj. jaIng it high
tt Unite to' the United States us a
Chrlstlnu nation aud said thai It was
a htilklng let-tlmony to tho ndlfclout
character or the American peoplo thut
they have ulways Insisted upon tho
'elevation or devout conscientious
godly men to tho highest otllco within
their gift. Mo asserted that Prebldent
Taft met these rotjulroiuontH stating
that the piealdeut had gone further to
conserve thu causa of Christianity In
Its homo and foielgu propaganda no
leas than lu the application of Its prin-
ciples In social and chit justice than
any of his illustrious predecessors.
"Horn of godly parents" said Dr.
Hill "and reured. In an atmosphere
saturated with tho Puritan spirit his
character and career rest upon that
teliglous busts which has do eloped
his sense of. personal accountability
to God love of truth and justice sen-
sitiveness to the feelings of others
reverence for sacred things adher-
ence to law and order fidelity to
duly and devotion to tho spreud of
L'hrlutian civilization.!'
Dr. Hill illscussliiB'Presldent Taft's
religious belief said that tho presi-
dent as a Unitarian.' belongs to the
Cliautilng school. uel&vliijf "ai clearly
Christ as did Kdward KveroUlfaioT
whoso prayers were always offered In
the name of Christ. To show that his
faith constantly manifested itself in
Mr. Tart'u public uddrcsscs Dr. Hill
quoted from n speech delivered by the
president nt the Tompkins Avenue
Congregational church In ltrooklyu
wherein ho praised the Sunday school
is "uu institution of the greatest im-
portance to our country whom the
lessons of tho lllblu are unfolded and
where boys und girls learn of God nnd
3f Jesus Christ und so lay the foun-
dation of enduring religious character.
Dr. Hill pictured President Taft aa
a man or simplicity sympathy and
Christian democracy who practices
Chrlstluulty In helping the poor and
needy and who while president of the
United States after addressing a vast
iudleuco lu Citrneglo hall Now York
found time to visit tho llowery Mia-
lion and utter encouraging woida to
111 audience of u thousand wretched
fallen discouraged and despairing
men. Dr. Hill asserted also that
President Taft Is a man of prayer and
that his rollunce upon God Is tho se-
;ret of that groat self-control which Is
the crowning virtue of his character.
Dr. Hill's unulynia or the pivsldc-ut's
religious belief was accompuulcd by
numerous citations fiom tho prcsl-
ient'H speeches delivered on various
Dccnslona to religious audiences. Ho
Insisted that there is nothing of big-
story or Intolerance In thu religious
life of President Tuft. "His addi ous-
ts" tuld Dr. Hill "breatho tbe spirit
it Christian catholicity and strive for
union of all truo believers lu sym-
pathy aud loving co-opeiutlou." Hid
breadth of religious view was shown
uliun addressing tho Catholic summer
ichool ut Cllrf Haven N. Y. Ho said
JI am uot a Cathallc" und then uddud
that ho bellovcd t.'hrlstluuu uru grow-
ing 11101 o toleiuut und uro uu longer
cherishing narrow views which spring
from religious bigotry but aro ublu to
recognize and appreciate the virtues
exhibited by the heroes of every and
jny Christian faith and creed llefore
i Methodist uudlence President Taft
Miloglzed Methodism as un utilrmatlve
iggreBslve pushing practical churcli
militant and according to Dr. Hill
lie has always shown the widest sym-
pathy for every religious belief.
After eulogising President Taft's ef-
torts to secure world-wide peace as
the crowning point of his career Dr.
Hill concluded us follows:
"Mrusured therefore from all these
dc points; by his faith In Almighty
Hod; his belief In Christ Christian ed-
I jcatlou evangelism missions and civ-
11atlon; his unfailing dependence
upon Providence; his familiarity with
tbe Word of God aud his sincere at-
I tempt to briug his life Into harmony
J with the precepts at that word; his
habit of prayer; his simple aud steady
confidence in thu ultimate triumph of
the right; his reproduction of the
spirit of the Muster as seen In the
gentleness of hts treatment of his
tnemles the patlenco with which he
sudure opposition being reviled nnd
itmiiiK not again; uy ms revi-uce
jlur tho Habliath hts churcli-mtmbtr-ship
ami his icspect nnil loo for all
the churches and co operation In their
nork: hts consecration to the cause
or peace; his love of truth and Jus-
tice; his ubhorietice of sham and by-
pocilsy; his ay i n path y with humanity;
nU adherence to the right a. God en'
abes him to see the right; his storl-
n(t( unquestionable Integrity; his
i noble moral sentiments and high
IdealH; his enthusiasm In tbe advance-
ment of every good cattHe; his practice
of moderation In all things; his ca
Some Republican Facts
Ihibliasd never bettor.
Wages not or higher.
Eactoiles running full time.
ItallioadH crowded with trutllc
Labor In groAl duiuund.
Hunk deposits Increasing
Everybody busy aud hopeful
Why Change When All's Well?
Some Democratic Facts
I tread lines a mllo lung
.Soup houses everywhere.
Hanks mostly busted.
Tlnee million men Idle
j.'ii million chlldieu hungry.
I. ...iiea plustoied with mort-
g"g 1.
Nobody making any money
Why Have Hard Times Again?
Taft's Fight Is Your Fight
Because
Do you remember the years
1893-4 the free soup houses
bank failures thousands of mn
.out of.wnrK-ana tn oreaa mt
UO'VOUTeniemwci-iininirw
time we had a Democratic presi-
dent Grover Cleveland?
Woodrow Wilson the Demo-
cratic candidate and his free
trade doctrine will bring this
condition on again and it is your
duty to see that he is not elected.
How can this calamity be pre
vented7 Don't throw away your
vote on Theodore Roosevelt be-
cause it is utterly impossible for
him to be elected and a vote for
him is a vote for Wilson as it
splits up the Republican party.
Can Wilson bo prevented from
being elected? Yes there is but
one way put a cross on your bal-
lot as follows:
(X) REPUBLICAN
WHAT A DEMOCRATIC
VICTORY WOULD MEAN.
Tho abolition of tho protective
tnilrf or the substitution for it
of a tariff for revor. only aa
pioposed by the Democratic
platform would plunge thla
country Into the moat wide-
spread Industrial depression we
have yet seen and THIS DE-
PRESSION WOULD CONTIN-
UE FOR AN INDEFINITE PE-
RIOD. From Theodoro Uoosevclt's
Coiifeehion of Faith delivered ut
Chicago August 6. 1912 before
tho Piogresblvo national conven-
tion TALKING ABOUT STRAW.
The Hillings (.Mont.) Dully Qaaette.
which has been a strong Roosevelt pa-
per until recently has come over to
Tart the editor giving his reasons for
the change lu a double-columu article
declaring thut ho sees no hope for tha
success of the Third Term party aai
Is con Inced that the cause of real re-
form can be best promoted by 00a-
tluulng the llepubllcan party In power.
The article particularly emphasizes
the danger of bringing about adverse
buslucKe conditions through a change
lu administration aud points out th
steady advance which has been mad
' under llepubltcan policies. it Is
. must slunlflcuut editorial and aa th.
Giuetto Is the most Important paper In
Montana Its Influence upon the elec-
tion (an hardly be measuted. It la oaly
uuother one ot the Innumerable signs
thut the Third Term party haa col-
lapsed that the country reallsea the
light la between the Hepubllcaa party
and tho Democratic party and that ua
possible benefit could he derived from
a change.
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