The Glenwood post., 1904-07-16
GREAT CONTRAST
BETWEEN CANDIDATES.


single idea in view namely, that of securing offices
of the country for the democrats There will be no
great principle at stake in their The party has
two platform the one adopted at St Louis and
TO oe promulgated by the partys candidate for presi
dent Judge Alton b Parker According Mr. Bryan,
the views of the candidate utterly variance
material respects with the st. Louis platform The
party believes in things Parker opposed to
those things and there yet absence of
harmony between the two factions of the party
What contrast is presented to the voters of the
country in the posi- tion occupied parties The
one represents simply scramble for the offices
partisans The other occupies dgn6ed position as
party of action and accomplishment 1t its helm
virile representative of Americas best manhood
dore Roosevelt is platform in himself and his ideas
we'll represented in the republican platform promulgated
at Chicago.
The candidate of the party stands for whaty 1t
is an open question which can be asked by anyone
answer is as yet enigma.
Does anyone doubt where Theodore Roosevelt stands
any important public question:
Does any doubt his ability to safely conduct tine
affairs of the nation according standards of right
and duty
Roosevelt is not known anybody's man or candi-
date He represents the best thought and principles
of the country and looks politician to express his
ideas subject either by mouth or mplica
ton.
Parker, where does he stand
Ask the winds or the waves or the little bird or
Hill
We know that Roosevelt s composite type of
American manhood He represents the the
and the south He born but experienced
the new birth in the He understands the problems
hat are confronting of the country today
who can say that he is the candidate of any
The greatest accomplishments towards the develop
ment of the west have through qualifications
of Mr. Roosevelt. Understanding needs of the west
he has systematically recommended pushed with all
his might the problems congress of the United
States and he has done it with intelligence born of
knowledge and not of theory hand inorma.
ton He has done it because he intensely interested
in the growth of the nation and he the hope the
future in the great west.
And Parker. What qualifications does he possess
that fit him for the highest Office gift of the Amer
lean people?
He has devoted his lifetime bench as a jurist
and has attained considerable emnencs in that calling
He has grapped with great problems of govern
ment except from the standpoint of cold unnercifu ius
tce He has been called decide the laws
according but he has never entered
into the problems of humanity has refused to
do until the great honor being a partys candidate
for president thrust upon him.
The great democrats of Colorado home from the
st Louis convention bearing the "crown of horns
the cross of gold which Judge Parker says 'irreyo.
caby established " mighty burden for a Colorado
democrat to and yet they are doing
the act nobly and with equanmity.
When Judge Parker spoke thus he spoke as the judi.
cal observer and not the human being the fact
that the gold standard is fixed that there no parv
that stands for silver today He regards the act smpv
as measure that is not open question undoubtedly
wnen his other views expressed they will be of the
same nature In dealing with questions moment that
arise quickly would Mr. Parker with all his judicial train.
ing be able to grappe with them Roosevelt
has doneS 1t is not likely for his whole is out of
touch with the human element and in alliance with
abstract questions of law justice Such mind
can not of necessity, be in sympathy with purposes
and plans of great nation because would away,
be the hesitancy in action natural purely judicial
element in his makeup
Theodore Roosevelt. loved by the American people
for his readiness for combat in the
always acting according to the dictates
and hestatng entering the fray he believ es
he is right unaraid of the great politicians who are un
able to him from his principles tempted
by the offers of the trust element Bryan says