The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1900-07-28

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Washiagsoa Pnse.
Apart from the circus feature Of
the Republican programme. which
Iappeass TO have beea confded ex.
clasively % the Rough Rider cand,.
date, there 10 another cheap cam.
paign activity toward which the
hero Of San Juan il visibly tending.
no doubt by the Law of gravitation.
We refer to the war shrek OF s.,he
fifty cent dollar" We rather thiuk
that the arran9ement was inevitab bic
from she outset. Nothing could be
more harmonious chan the associa-
ton of cowboy antlcs ami the
idiotlc drivei Of the ''6fty-cent dol
lar, and in no other person could
this combination have fonnd con.
genial lod8ment. 1t will not be
necessary for Roosevelt to slough
off his Wild West, buck jumping,
dime-museum toggery in order to
descant, with perfect propriety, on
the terrors of the MANNED and uu
tilated dollar. The same people
who take Teddv's herois,n and his
breeches seriously will gaze in good
faith At that coin reduced ny half,
AZ d straightway fear the worst. 1t
is a mere matter of intellectual des-
tituti0o. The innocent credulity
which accepts Roosevelt's circus as
a triumph of craftsmanship will no
doubt be equal to the task of ac-
cepting his 6fty-cent dollar as a
irss-class bugaboo.
We do not altogether agree with
those who protest against this meIo-
dramatic cavorting as an affront to
common sense and, therefore, a
thing to be rePudiated. No doub,
It pains intelligent people, but all of
us are not intelligent, and who can
so logically take charge of the
others as the Hon. Rough Rider
Roosevelt? They canno, be reached
through any medium less maudlin
than the five-cent novel, and their
imaginations are dead to reason
and probability. In fact, we find
the arrangement absolutely ideal.
Well-informed people know, OF
course. that the fifty-cent dollar is
under existing conditions, an idle
nursery tale. They know that, even
if he were elected president, Mr..
Bryan would be as powerless to
make free coinage at 16 to as he
is at this moment. They are per
fectly aware that Republican legis
lation has made free coinage i'm
possible until such time as we shall
elect a silver Democrat for pres
ident and silver Congress to re-
peal the present laws. Well-in-
formed people are also aware that
Roosevelt was not the hero of San
Juan Hill, or of any other locality
or occasion, AMI they suffer greatly
because of his ridiculous antics and
But the thousands of !
voters who are not we'll informed,
and who prefer a circus to an acad-
envy every day In the week, must be |
looked after in this contest, and |
who so competent as Roosevelt?
We shall watch this gen,leman's |
career from to-day until the close of
the campaign, and firmly ex, ect to
see him or hear of him wherever
and hysteria preside.
The law holds both maker and circula,or
Of counterfeit equally guilty. The dealer
who sells you dangerous counterfeit of
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve risks your life
to make a little larger profit You can not
trust him. DeWitt's is the only genuine
and original Witch Hazel Salve, a we'll
known cure for piles and all skin diseases.
See that your dealer gives you DeWitt's
Salve. For sale by Lafayette Drug Co.
Free of Charge.
Any adult suffering from a cold
settled on the breast, bronchitis,
throat or lung troubles of any ma