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Show PREACHERS Johnson Says Roosevelt Eas Widest Pulpit in the Country Onawa, lota, Sept. 14. "Roosevelt has done more toward arousing tho civic consclonce than all the preach-ors preach-ors In the land," Govornor Johnson of California declared in a speech here. He has tbc widest puluit of any man l in the country." . I The crowd applauded this statement state-ment enthusiastically. The governor also paid his respects to Governor Wilson regarding his attitude on the minimum wage scale (or women and ho tariff. "If the Democratic nominee were- to attempt to carry out his party's dogma dog-ma of forty years ago, a tariff for i avenue only, be could not do it. Tn the first place the heterogeneous elements ele-ments of his party would not permit it and if It were to be carried out the plan would prove a failure. His reasons rea-sons for opposing the minimum wage scale long since have been exploded In England and In official reports In bls country." "It is astonishing that men wuom you could .trust to settle your estate with the utmoet honesty would stand for such fraud i polities. This Is Just the thing this movement would correct. It is a movement for common com-mon honesty both in politics and business." oo |