New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-04
A FIGHT WITHOUT HOPE.
PARKER'S CAMPAIGN.
HIS Methods COntraSted 1Cith Those
of Republicans.
TrRoM THE TRIBUNE BuREAU.l

! Washington Nov 3-While the deterioration
| of the tone of the Democratic campaign Is q
/ matter Of regret it is recalled by the oluer
! politicians that in almost every great poiilicai
contest the losing party has perceived the nope
| IessnpSs of its cause the end approached ana
| bas resortad In desDerate and sometimes shame
less methods III the hope of averting the In
/ ovitoha defeat that confronted it. This Is held
/ tn he thp explanation of the entire abandonment
bv Judge Parker and his allies of the methods
! mapped out in the earlier days of the present
contest.
# i recalled that on August II Judge Parker
wrote TO George Z. Parker, chief of the Demo
! cratic literary bureau, admonsh1ng MN tha'
| nothing must appear in the Democratic text
! book which would In any way rehect on the
| honor and integrity of President Roosevelt
Sucb DoIicv caused no surprise, in the light of
! the character of the Democratic candidate as
| depicted by his political sponsors at ST Louis.
! Now Mr. Parker is himself reiteratinS from the
! stump. which he had earlier declared IT beneath
| his dignity to ascend charges of a personal ana
offensive character, attacking the honor or the
, President and the honesty Of Chairman COrtei-
| YOU. and repeating calumnies as baseless as
they are beneath the dignity of a public man, to
say nothing of who aSpires to the Presl-
| dcncy Of the United States No concrete in
| stances are rected by Mr.. Parker, no dates are
! given no amounts. no facts
Every intelligent observer Of the campaign Is
! forced to the conclusion that Alton B. Parker.
the victim of his environment. surrounded by
! politicians of the type of d. B. Hill, Pat" Nc
| Carren. William F. Sheehan ct al, and goaded
| to desperation has cast his better Judgment and
! his finer instincts to the winds and thrown him.
| self into the unworthy part outlined by his po-
IiricaI mentors In playing this part he is i'm
pressing the American public with his mental
| and moral unftneSs for the great Office to which
! he nspires.
! While never in recent years has n Presidential
| candidate demeaned himself to this extent, 1t is
! equally true that in recent years has Presi-
dental candidate been surrounded by and made
! the proteg6 OF such coterie of dscredited poll
| ticians as Hill McCarren, Taggart and Shee-
| han, who nominated him with the expectation
! of using him. He has demonstrated the extent
| to which they would have dominated had his
! campaign proved successful. Lacking all knowl-
! edge of public affairs. inaccurate In thought
and shifty in methods. he has proved failure.
and with heartess relenuessness these men are
spurring him on to methods which may forever
/ blast his reputation.
SERIES OF ERRORS
While Judge Parker adhered TO the respect
able methods by which he doubtless hoped TO
! win. his campaign was series OF errors. From
| his gold telegram TO his wild assertions regard
! ing the cost of the Philippines in lives and
money he made no important statement which
/ proved wholly veraciOus Most of his assertions
were promptly disproved by the official records
or refuted by overwhelming evidence. and even
/ his legal opinions which he was supposed to
| be strong. were promptly shown to be unsound
| He was compelled to shift from pillar TO post
as In the case of his declaration in his speech
| of acceptance that the common law afforded
ample legal remedy against monopolies" Con
| frontcd by President Roosevelt with the faIlacy
of his opinion Mr.. Parker promptly cited an
irrelevant legal decision in support of his CON
| tenton. When rhe irrclevanCy of this citation
exposed by ex-Attorney General Knox,
Judge Parker once more shifted his position and
declared that Il am of the opinion, and have
said so. that existing law etc.
Taken to task for having evaded the race
question. he declared that it was fully covered
in his speech Of acceptance and subsequently
one of his newspaper supporters was compelled
to say that " The World freely admits that it
does not find in Mr.. Parkers speech or letter
any explicit utterance this NEGRO sufragel
question
Judge Parker's efforts TO elaborate is
sues at Esopus having failed his newspaper
supporters undertook to create campaign ma
teral. The NewYOrk World published its
detailed but false account of ]. F. MOrgans
visit to President Roosevelt at Oyster Bay
which 1t displayed in large type on its front
page, with pictures and charts. all Of which.
a short time later, 1t was compelled to adj
nit, in small type. its editorial page. was
a fake pure and simple. The New York
Times also suffered from the misguided zeal
of the Democratic Presidential candidate
and lent itself TO the shameful accusation
against Lieutenant Governor Higgins In con-
nectlon with the alleged "Furnaceville scan
dal" Once more conscientious investiga-
of on JyhiC rkpr'S m
Continued SECOND