The evening times., 1900-07-25
The Rampant Roosevelt.

Democrat stand for laWessneSs and disorder
for dishonest and dishonor for license and dis
astcr al hCm', and CoWJrdly shrinking from duty
abroad"
It is IN such choice billingsgate that the
Republican candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency Of the United States sweepingly de-
nources the six and half million Ameri-
can voters who differed from his party in
1886. ard who. with many recruits from IT.
will differ again in the most effective way
at the polls next November. We wish his
masters. hackers. and associates joy Of
such an ass
What kind Of an American is il who can
thus insult fifty per cent. or as the event
may prove. a majority OF his fel-
low country Where is the decent
ReBublican-and there are millions in
private iife-who can listen to such vulgar
abuse without shame aud indignation .
UtteraECes Of the kind quoted are boomer
7Egs on their face-senseless. and danger
GUS to the thrower.
How. indeed, do the Democrats stand
for IawIessness and disorder. for disbon-
esty and dishonor. for license and disaster
at home Have they murdered the legal
Governor OF any State. and conspirad to
butcher opposition legislators in their
seats. in order to usurp goycEnmeG; ,
Rave Democratic Governors protected fugi-
tiv7s from Justice. charged with q foul
crime. and refused 10 surrender them 90
the authorities entitled 10 arrest and try
them. in defiance OF q mandate Il the Con-
~
violated The Constitution and thaI- oaths
in order TO opp-ess aad rob Porto Rico
at the command and for lhe benefit Of
criminal trusts Have they conspired with
Great Britain TO abandon the Monroe Doc
trice. TO defeat the construction Of an
American inte-cceanic canal. and 10 make
it forever impossible Have they Joined
in the plot 10 loot the Treasury OF ninety
million dollars solely for The enrichment
c. few transportation magua.ese Ger
tainIy they nave not We do not say that
all Republicans are responsible for The
fact, Lut il is q fact that their party or
Sanization. local and national. through the
executive and legislative power it has
welded for four years. has done all these
things
How about the Roosevelt accusation
that the Democrats also stand for COW
ardly shrinking from duty abroad" Was
IL q Democrat who declared that eft IS our
plain duty 10 remove ali tariff barriers
between the United States aud Porto Rico.
eHd TO admit her products 10 our ports free
Of custom duues2 II. afterward. there
was 'cowarLly shrinking" from ;hat duty.
were Democrats guilty q L.? Have Demo
Gratis really shown cCwardice in perform
ing any duty abroad ever imposed upon
them? Dewey at Manila, Schley at San
tiaso, Wheeler and Fi,zhugh Lee. in
CUBA, Lawton in Luzon-have any Of
Jhese Democrats displayed the white
feather? Is it on record that any Demo-
crat became sea sick al san Juan UiHe
Colonel Bacon is understood 10 have as
serted that one Republican did,
In the minds os a great many Americans
who. until recently. have felt kindly to-
ward Theodore Roosevelt. it is great
pity that the supposed exigencies Of the
present Presidential campaign should have
placed him in a position to let the country
see and understand what manner Of
j1berw0ck he really is. The result viii not
be votes for Mr.. Mckinley.