Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-07-04
The Rough Rider in the Can
VaSS.

On the udy WHeu lne NOMINATION. Vi
Mckinley and Roosevelt was announc-
I'd the Globe Democrat mentioned the
part which the Wide Awakes perform
I'd in the presidential campaign of
1860 and that which the Boys in Blue
COX in the campaign of 1880, and said
hat 'in 1900 there will undoubtedly be
great professions Of Rough Riders on
The Republican side" Many Republi-
can papers are endorsing the Globe
Democrats view The st. Paul Pho
reer Press, for example, exclaims en-
Enthusiastically, in regard to the use of
he Rough Rider costume in Republic
can professions and Republican dem
onstrations in general, Put it on, Re-
publicans, and glory in it, Only those
whose sympathies are with aristocracy
md copperheadism will condemn your
;aste."
This particular exclamation is called
out by criticism by the Washington
Post of the Globe Democrats assertion
hat the Rough Rider garb will be
used in campaign parades, the Post
asking, rs 1t not prostitution of the
uniform to wear it thus?" All the
aag-furlers will look at the matter in
he Posts way, and perhaps some of
he Democrats who are not fiag-furl-
RS. The Rough Rider costume was the
distinctive garb not only of the war in
Cuba. but also of that in the Philip
pines. The war in beth quarters was
conducted to a brilliant success. 1t
was managed by Republican admin
istration, whose head Mr.. Mckinley,
is candidate for reelection. One of
the most promenent figures in 1t was
Col. Roosevelt, the Republican can
didate for Vice President.
Everybody saw the propriety of the
Rocky Mountain pioneers as feature
in the Republican procession of 1856,
when the Pathfinder Fremont was the
candidate. The idea which the Con-
necticut man had in mind when he
gave the designation Wide Awakes to
the young Republicans of 1860, but
which term was Immediately restricted
to the glaze-capped and capped torch
bearers who, originating in that state,
participated in the Republican process
sions of that year, was that the Re-
publican party, especially the younger
element, was wide awake to the peril
from slavery encroachment in Kansas
and the rest of the territories which
Douglas repeal of the Missouri COM
promise half a dozen years earlier
brought. There will be an equal pro-
priety in the use OF the Rough Rider
garb in the Republican professions of
1900. The Rough Rider costume
stands for expansion, which is strictly
Republican doctrine in the present
age and is opposed by the Democratic
party II means that the flag which
has been raised in the Philippines and
Porto Rico must stay up. notwith-
stand the Democratic efforts to pull it
down, as Cleveland pulled it down in
Hawaii in 1893. 1t stands for the de-
fense of American citizens wherever
they are imperiled, as they are in
China at the present moment, TO which
quarter the Republican administration
Is hurrying troops. though Bryan is
reported to be against the protection |
Il American citizens in China, and the !
Democratic convention in Kansas City |
will probably denounce the admins !
ration for attempting to save these |
Americans. 1t stands for intelligent, |
'obust and progressive Americanlsm, |
such as has within che past two years
advanced the United States to a place /
It commanding influence among the i
worlds nations, and the persons most /
identified with this ad- |
vance are the Republican candidates, |
and Roosevelt. The Rough !
Rider costume as an emblem OF intel ,
ligence, courage, progress, American
Ism, is a Republican symbol in 1900,
and will be conspicuous in every dem
Dnstrati m OF the Republican party
his year.-Globe Democrat.