Smyrna times., 1904-08-31

In a vigorous editorial on "Ihe
Issues and the Man. the New York
Tribune has the following to say:
The style, it is the man, " has long
been proverbial IN literature. With
certain notifications, the rule seems
TO be applied to the present political
campaign. The issues, they are the
men. Only, be it observed, the gentle
propagandists Of Rosemount and
Tammany Hall, as voiced at the cor
ner OF Fulton street and Broadway,
apply the rule in the vice versa, con-
trariwise, "heads, we are It; tails,
your name is Dennis" fashion. Presi-
dent Roosevelt Is personally, they
eoncede, above reprOach. A better
man, simply as man, could not be
desired. But, then, they say, the
mans personality is not at issue. 1t
is the policy he stands for that is in
iquitOus. Why, he is as militant as
Washington, as imperialistic as JEFF
fersOn, as autocratic as Jackson, and
has no more regard for the COnstitu-
lion than Lincoln. Wherefore, in the
name of Washington, Jefferson, Jack
son and Lincoln. he must be defeated,
or the strong pillars of the Republic
will crumble, ETC., ad lib. On the
other hand, they cOncede that the
party behind Judge Parker is simply
rotten. 1t has no principles. 1t has
no unity save that caused by ''the CO.
hesive power of public blunder." But
E1st look at the man! How sane aud
safe he is! How quiet How pure in
private lifel How amiable in all his
domestic and nelghborly relations!
And of course, it is his personality,
and nothing else, that is at issue.
Was it not Emerson who said that
consistency was something with which
great soul had nothing to do?
Let us accept the challenge. Let
us see what sort of an issue this can
aidate's personality makes. Only,
you have got to regard his personality
from the public point of view. You
soncede that in the private affairs of
life Theodore Roosevelt is as good as
Alton B. Parker; but in his personal
attitude toward public affairs, the one
is reckless and dangerous, while the
other is safe and sane. Very we'll.
With what measure this request is
meted to Roosevelt let it again be
measured to Parker. What is, what
has been, his personal attitude toward
great public matters? On the money
standard, for example? ooh, grant
for a moment, if nothing else will
satisfy you that it is no longer all
issneD Why, so long as it was an is.
sne he kept himself on the wrong
side of it; and only when, as he now
tries to pretend, it is no longer an is-
cue, but has been settled sduarely
against him; only now, when the
battle for honest money is won, does
ne venture to slip under the fence and
get on the right side. "We have won
a great battle, and-you were not
here"
Or Is there some question Of honesty
II government, or OF the purity of the
judicial bench matters that should.
one would think, appeal with peculiar
drectness to a Judge? A few wears
ago an internal crime against popul ar
government was committed IN this
State, and with unexampled effrontery
che perpetrators of it sought to vindi.
cate themselves by defiling the Judi
elal ermine. The people of the State,
0y an overwhelming majority, showed
what they thought of it. But what
aid Alton b. Parker do? Presumably
As voted to degrade the bench by
putting Maynard npon it. We know
that at the present time Danforth the
aAectlon thief, is his own familiar
triend; that he secured his presiden.
hal nomination at the unclean hands
Of Hill, whom the Brooklyn Eagle
rightly branned as ''the head devil,
Of that scoundrelism; and that he
looks on in silence while Hill plans tc
punish brave, just Judge for daring
70 call thief thief. What is there
an such an attitude toward such pub
nc matter to commend Judge Parke,
70 support?
The issue, it is the man. Let il
Se so, if you will. But pray moderat,