CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1904-10-27

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neat : oppesitio. IL Neither safe
Nor Sane.
AhAssxh the Republican party vel
ssmsa q comparison Of the character
and personality of its candidates with
thos< OF the candidates of the St. Louis
convention, IL prefers to urge the cleo
sion Of Roosevelt and Fairbanks as it-
ting representatives and instruments OF
the psrty's policies and intentions.
II IL were true. which it is not. that
there y anything in the career Of Judge
Aitos B. Parker to justify the conten-
eion that he would make .-saner and
safer'' President than Theodore Roose-
velt, the fact would remain. that. tied
sp with the Democratic party. 4 Moses
with tAe modern equipment OF q Glad
stosA. could not insure as safe and sane
government as the Republican party
has administered under President Roose-
velt-
Il b not pretended that Judge Parker
posse.ses any superiority of statecraft.
charscter or experience to Grover Cleve-
land II fact. he has been accepted by
the conservative elements Of Democracy
a. q disappointing alternative for the
vspdersus oracle OF Busxird's Bay. and
hs hss saiy been accepted by the radical
er Bryan element OF the party. because
be hsA demonstrated the lack Of Cleve-
And's safety and sanity by voting for
fsss silver In 1896 and 1900.
II ehese two votes the proof y com
pists that there is nothing in Judge
Parker's convictions. character or con-
scSeses % promise anything better. should
~ - elected, than a weak. vacIlating
asA sssctionary Democratic administrs.-
tisa.
wsr.r than this. whatever may be
shsaeh4 Of Judge Pzrker's personal char
aetex asd ability. he stands before the
vssh - the presidential creation Of
DAvA y. Hiii. and his chief associates
snd savfssrn since his nominstion have
h-en Hal. -BiIi'' sheehan. pat" Nc
CsrssA, Charlie Murphy and others
sf ehe Manhattan brand of Taumany
stsfssDes for revenue only.
"Ar.- vsci.g- Moth wsya.~
HsGAing II bis campaign utfefsnces
has sugrs.sed that Judge Parker pos
sessD asy Of the stern attributes Of
sesdsruAip that bind parties to the viii
sf Q 4reng. conservative. considerations
cAIsf. o. the contrary he has earned
shs sDsSSnes, bestowed upon him by
Speaker Cannon. OF Mr. Facing Both
wsyA-
Therefore vote for the ">sfe and
sAss- rAsker and his octogenarian mate
h oaly 20 be Justified By trust In the
safety and sanity Of the party whose
ssminsss they are.
Fer forty years-barring the two
Cleveland interval--the Democracy has
Al h.
Au<rSrau people have mistrusted its
safety. II. sincerity aud It's sanity. Dur
hg all that period IL has embraced with
10 In rasks nearly all the elements OF
AiscostaDt, discord and reaction that are
the xigns and proofs Of hopeless poiiti-
cal ssaEnsncy aud decay.
Az q party IL threw every impediment
withs iss reach In the way Of the ener-
setic prosecution Of the war for the
preservutiou Of the Union.
TAai the reader may understand that
the Deaocrstic leopard has not changed
ies apsts !. forty years Il may be re-
oaiiel that on July 2. 1894. the Demo
cratic oeabe~ Of Congress- put forth
an atdress to the people OF the United
otstes IN which, according to George
william Curtis in fiarper's Monthly.
President lincoln was charged with tho
ssrferenre In elections: with the cres-
ton sf bosus States; with illegally rails
ing trssps: with unnecessary and hateful
sss~rdption. with the payment of rs-
srbitaus bountic~: with employing colored
troops On an equality with white soldiers;
witt srtting up = false and ruinous fnan-
eial system: with placing US In peril Of
foreign Interference. with ~ndeavoring TO
eorrapt the race by smalGamation with
sesrsss."
In Aurust Of that same year August
Belmont, whose son IL now pulling wires
behind the sphinx OF Esopu-." az tenn
persry chairman OF the Democratic Ma
Wsnai Convention. said that -four years
81 nisrule by . sectional. fansiical and
ssrupt party had brought our country
v the verge OF ruin. The past and pres
est are sut7,clent warnings Of the dis
sstross consequences which would hefall
- IL Mr.. kncoln's reelection should be
made possible by our want OF patriotism
sad snity."
seymour. eentimssts.
Hsrstio Seymour, In his speech as
permaaent chairman OF the same con-
vention, tnveighed bitterly against IAn.
coin's administration aud the Republican
party. saying: They were animated by
intolerance and fanaticism. and blinded
BY AZ ignorance Of the spirit Of our i'm
stitutions, the character OF our people
and the condition OF our land" ''Step by
siep." he continued. they have marched
en- to results from which at the outset
they wsuid have shrunk with horror;
and even now when war has desclatcd
eur land. has laid It's heavy burdens upon
labor, and when bankruptcy and ruin
sverhanx ms. they will not have the union
sestored except upon conditions unknown
10 ahe Constitution" He concluded by
demanding the restoration OF the Union
through the unconditional surrender Of
the principle OF national seif-prcssrva-
s,au auI ssfho full rrrovnstion NJ ths