The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
CHOICE OF PARTIES,
Why Young Men Should Vote the Re-
publican Ticket

chned to make a speech for Judge Par
ker, has found it worth while to write
magazine article on why a Young
Man Should Vote the Democratic
Ticket" With what may he regarded
as the pardonable egotism of advanc-
ing years, Mr.. Cleveland gives his own
mistake in choosing between Fremont
and Buchanan half a century ago, as
a sufficient argument why young men
should make the like mistake of ally
ing themselves with the party which has
learned nothing and forgotten nothing
since.
If Mr.. Cleveland had cited his choice
OF Buchanan as his political idol and
guide as warning to an young men |
to avoid when making choice of the |
party with which they are about to affiili- |
ate his reasoning would have been COM
prehensible. 1t may be recalled that |
buchanan was the last Democratic Presi-
dent before the war. The party to which
young Cleveland (age 10, gave his
callOw allegiance in 1856 went into de-
served eclipse in 1860, from which it did
not fully emerge until 1884, when he was
elected President by the Mugwump d.
version Of that year.
| From 1860 to 1884 the Republican
party successfully administered the gov
eminent OF the United States through
the tribulations of terrible civil war.
to which the temporizing vacllation Of
Buchanan attributed, and through the
trying period Of reconstruction, resump-
ton of specie payments and wonderful
national expansion.
When Lincoln was first inaugurated
the population of the United States was
~ 1tx
first election it was 54,911,OOO. During
the same period the wealth Of the re-
public had risen from SIG, 59,G16,OOO to
about $5O,OOO,OOO
When Lincoln was inaugurated the
, national debt was less than $90.OOOOOO;
by the close of the war Of secession it
had risen to S2,674,S15,S56. By 1884,
when Cleveland was elected. it had been
reduced, through Republican financing.
over one billion dollars, to 81 ABS. 542, 995.
When Buchanan was President, full
; filling all the ideals of young Cleveland
of safe and sane government, the cir
!, culation Of money in the United States
. ranged from $15.S1 DOWN to $13S5
per capita During the succeeding
twenty-four years of Republican admin
istration it ranged from $13.9S UP to
$22.65 per capita.
; During Clevelands first term the
, money in circulation ranged from .O2
: DOWN to $21.S2 per capita, rising from
SD 80 to $24.56 under President Harn-
o son, Republican, only to drop again from
= S24O3 DOWN to $21.41 during the Sec
ond term of the sober and conserva-
r tive" Cleveland.
J. Starting at $21.41 in 1S96-the lowest
k point in sixteen years-the per capita cir
/ culation of money in the United States
y has risen steadily during the terms OF
S Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt un
f. til, according to the latest statement OF
IL the Treasury Department on October
n 1904, it was $31.16 estimated on popu
s. lation of S2,214.O 600.
Is The fluctuation Of the per capita cir
I'd culatio of money during RepubilcaI
OF and Democratic administrations affords
a representative barometer of the success:
~ or failure of the conduct of national at
III fairs.
II Mr.. Cleveland says he was attracted
to the Democratic party by its doctrine
n and methods" The Republican part.
to invites and attracts all young American
to it's support by the soundness of it
principles and an unbroken record
splendid and substantial results.
Mr.. Cleveland finds a slight resem
blance" in and attempts an invdiou
comparison between the campaigns an
candidates of 1856 and 1904. He speak
~ of Fremont's nomination as an appea
. so the peoples romantic sentiment an
love for the spectacular" while on tn
a., ~ other hand 1.-THE Democratic party cha
s lenged the sober and conservative thougl
n' of the country by the nomination OF tn
20 mature, undramatic and experience
- Buchanan"
sc There can be no installing the unwa
iu ranted parallel this is intended to SUI
III cest and emphasize. That Roosevelt doe
- appeal to the romantic sentiment OF u
~ American people rs true, but ne appea
-" TO them because of the singular cahu'
-, and genuineness of his nature, the pos
ne tiveness and courage of his actions, I'll
ns remarkable versatility and resourcefu
en- ness of his mind To depreciate Nj
Is Roosevelt by inferrng that he suite
o. ANYTHING by contrast with Buchanan r
MS yivad in the person of Judge Park
an as being immature, dramatic and Inc
IS; ner;enced is to invite a comparison alt
retber favorable to the Republican ca
lie didate. In age Mr.. Roosevelt is with
ny two wears of being as mature as NJ
ISL cleveland was when he was elected Pre-
lys ident and in experience he has n;
10 more variety of responsibility than DO
me Mr.. Cleveland and Judge Parker roll
~, into one.
When it comes to choosing betwe
per parties because OF their candidates t
Young voter will not look beyond Ihe
at dore Roosevelt as the best living lnct
nation of the spirit of aggressive man
ses ness-a duty-loving, duty-dons citizen.
lty If the choice is between the records
no. the personnel of the two great paru
the choice is equally easy. The Den
so cracv to-day offers nothing TO young IN
starring out on careers but worno
md creeds and unfuilled croakings. 1t OF
survives as brake on the swift
all vancing wheels of American public Ii
Nv On the other hand. the Republic
marty invites the afiiliation and supp
e. Of Young men because of its splehi
big achievements and the vitality and vi
anu ity of its treatment of government
fairs. 1t stands before the country
day as the party of conscience, cam
and progress as opposed to preten