The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-08

his treatment of Miles and Schley the
 act of wise or constdsrass as presidsnsr s,sner l to the army or the people? Was ms proceeding in the postal scandals not q
 shuttle designed to suppress, whilst tions against the Northern Securities
 not the merest play to the galleries, l achieving. thus far, nothing beyond
 the throwing of little dust into the his whole career. illustrated by his l writings, his sayings and his doings- his needless criticisms, his spectacular veal to us a self -willed adventurer upon | the high seas of public life. having no l rudder or compass except his own am. bition. no principle or rule of conduct
 the founces and furbelows of civil l righteousness, whilst violating the ] spirit and sacrificing the actualities ot.
 the civil service by 9 line or as parti:aad ssad during the worst times of the spells | system he has so stigmatized and ex- | emplifed? Was Jackson, whose fgnor-
 toeratic sSs tic i than he is himseIfe Was Grant, whom, in life. he persistently
 antagonized more indifferent to the
 admonitions of public sentiment! And if we have seen such things in tfie | green leaf. what may we not expect to ] see in the brown? If elected President
 in 1904. why not again in 1908? The | DTOken, what may uOL oO thc
 Dread of the One-Man Power.
 As a Republican, would take no such
 risks; as an American, l shall not.
 dread the one power. Stiii more. ism al length barricading itself against the reach of the people; the opposition thoroughly debauched. and, because or
 degree less corrupt than the autoc-
 racy; the Government close corpora tion of organized interests, slowly but
 surely breeding caste distinctioni ous
 without the learning or the arts or
 Florence: the old. free system of Wash
 lngton and Franklin and Jefferson, a
 very syndicate of wealth and omciai. i.
 ism; a Republic only in name; a world
 power in fact, more imperial in its az
 sressions and resplendancy than Rome itself.
 means elect Theodore Roosevelt. Let
 us destroy all healthful and responsi-
 ble opposition. Let us construct an IT.,
 resistible power at WasnnettSSn tS raar ..
 Let us bring to the front only Social
 ism to fight with Absolutism battle
 which, no matter how 1t ends IS
 bound to be dangerous to the liberties
 of the people and the peace of the coun- .
 try Already the Republican press IS
 making a hero of Tom Watson' the the
 coming Ro5espierre; harrang,hss thn maY sor ane ne l
 other Reign of Terror, by and with the
 advice, consent and sustenance Of the
 Republican National Committee:
 | Behind Theodore Roosevelt stands a
 group of radical Republican leaders
 ready to do his bidding. If the prede. cessors of these radical leaders had
 been given their way after the war or
 sections. we should, at this moment,
 have in the South another Ireland, a
 second Poland. Wherever they have
 had their way, from old Ben Wade to
 Henry Cabot Lodge and Theodore Roosevelt. we have seen higher taxes. !, ] renewed sectional disturbance, total . disregard of the written law, and the constant menace of force. After forty three years of but twice broken donin- ion this party oligarchism Is proceed ! ing with as high a hand under Theo- dore Roosevelt, as. after but little longer dominion, the Democratic party
 proceeded, under Pierce and Buchanan and from the same cause; the boiler that 1t has the world In a sling and may do as 1t pleases.
 Public OpiniOn's Duty.
 Public opinion needs to rise upon its , hind legs and kick the stufling out of ] it; at least to kick 1t Into realizing
 sense that there is something yet greater than money ana partylsm ana l patronage; that the machine is not in- | vincible; that there are yet people; that there Is still a God.
 Nor never could a change of parties be effected with so little danger to ex- isting conditions. What risks do even l honest Republicans take in setting Roosevelt and Fairbanks aside. and in preferring Parker and Davis? The . money of the country Is safe beyond l human agency to disturb it. The revenue laws are not likely to be ad- , justed to suit me, and men like me, until the manufacturers come to see,
 as they surely will. that the protective
 tariff is a hindrance and not a help to to !. the danger? My able. learned and ingeniosls friend. the recent Secretary 1 of War, finds it in the age Of our nominee for Vice-President. If Mir. Parker is elected President; says MT :. Root. he may make MT. Hill Secretary
 of State. Then. MT. Davis, the Vice. President, might die. Then, some , Guiteau or Czolgoz. might remove ) President Parker-and then-and then r why, then MT. Hill will be Presi- , dent That recalls the familiar story of the good wife who was found by her loving husbandS in the throes of great sorrow. Suppose" she said, 2 between her sobs, suppose our Mary by the name of Jones; and suppose
 they should have a little baby named , Sallie Ann: and suppose the baby should , fall into a we'll and be down-n-d ded." | But even this luxury of grief has been denied MT. Root. for MT. Hill says he
 won't be Secretary of State. I always knew MT. Hill hated the Republicans, . but I never before conceived the in- . tensity of his hatred.
 , Mir. WatersOn's Belief.
 For one. I believ in the Democracy r of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. believe in expansion, but in that ex- ? pansion which carries with 1t the . promises of the Declaration of Inde- l pendence and the principles of the : : Constitution of the United States. : : believe in the flag, but beneath 1t only. q and always. uniformity of laws; I be-
 solely for the support of the govern ment economically administered. believe in the public credit supported , by a sound. stable circulating medium = expressed in gold and silver and paper. 1 convertible into coin nn demand the Y single standard of measurement per
 manent and absolute. believe in l the public order; all parties. the labor c unions and the labor employees to be made to obey the law. the government { the master of both Through my life s I have fought to attain these ends Some of them have been attained. Hence @ is it. that I still believe in the people
 and. believing in the people. l am con fdent that they will take no chance
 either in the would be-man on horse back or in new lease of power to q
 party already too firmly set in the sad
 dle. but will come to the rescue of their threatened institutions. whilst they , may They did this in 1878. and . though cheated out of the immediate , fruit of their victory. they yet scotched , corruption and put a check upon arbi- 2 trary power. Another Tilden has ar