The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-29
FELL THE WILL
Of THE CAMPA|GN
1t Grows in Warmth and
vigor.
OUR MODERN JANUS
Roosevelt, Really an incarnation OF
the Worst Elements OF the Lead
ers of the French Revolution,
Now Poses as. a Friend
of Peace.
BY CICERO w. HARRIS.
Especial to News and Observer.

(Special to News and Observer
Washington, Oct. 2S--The agrees
siveness of the Democratic leaders
everywhere, including Judge Parker
himself has greatly stimulated the
Democrats. We, here, feel the cur
rent of stimulation most decfd-
edly. The strong assaults of our cam
didate on the recklessness and extrav-
agance of the administration have been
supplemented by Senator German in
his fierce and Well-timed speech at
Lowell In fact, on both sides vigor
has been given this week to the national
campaign. From now to next Satur-
day night a week. ii is believed, the
canvass will become hotter every day,
eliminating the last week in series
Cf tremendous meetings in the big cit
les of the doubtful States and degree
of enthuSiaSmS to which only the great
est campaign of the past were compar-
able. But besides this blue, and red
business a great deal of effective silent
work is being done by the managers.
The Republicans are working like
beavers. They have at last discovered
that the Democrats have chance TO
win and that their cinch is only one OF
hard labor and serious pecuniary eX-
penditureS. Hence orators galore.
hence the officials here are leaving in
troops for their homes. Why, at GER
tain Office at the capitol where l go
every daY every man of a large state
is absent except one, the third in COM
mand, off on political mission at his
home, and that one man is not only at
tending TO his own office affairs, he is
running the affairs of the Chief Clerk s
office, taking as place there of three
men 1t is the same way in other Of
hceS The great secretaries, Shaw.
Hay, Taft, ETC., are on the stump The
clerks Will many of them, set off to
Note-more than usual / hear. Thus
in the departmental as we'll as Con-
gressional service we have unwonted
activity The Republicans realize that
it is up to them" Can they pull
through?
Parker as Il Leader.
The fact that Judge Parker is to
confine his canvass to q very few
places i'm the old East at and around
New York-to make only four or five
spe eches in the last week of the cam
Faign-iS what might have been eX-
pected, what in fact, was desired by
long headed Democrats. Judge Par
ker has developed fine qualities in this
campaign as q leader, and as it comes
TO a close wins additional praise from
the discreet. / may say without ego
item that l recognized just after the
defeat of 1900 the qualities in him
which he has manifested recently, and
prepared myself TO see him the Demo-
cratic leader this year. He is an able
and judiciOuS man, with no false pre-
tense in his makeup. There is moth
ing for mere show, everything for use,
everything for the good of his party,
his country and humanity. The strik-
ing difference between his utterances
and those of President Roosevelt cam
rot fail to impress the people of the
United States. The one does not hest
tate, when no serious consequence is
involved to lambast the best and
wisest Democrats and Wings of the
past who happen not TO please his fan
cy i'm this opinions or actions. The
ether has reverence for the men Of the
past ages who have served their fel-
low men in the light of their day and
generation. | recognize in Roosevelt
the worst element of the French polit-
zeal adventurer of revolutionary times,
hut see that for selfish reasons he can
in a political campaign feign / con-
serve tism totally foreign to his nature.
Just now he is on the conservative
racket because the trend is toward
conservatism. Let us hope the Anne ri
can people see through his thin dis
guise.
times filtered through interested Re-
publican forces, from Connecticut and
New Jersey gives pleasure to Demo
Gratis. Thus the New York Tribune $
correspondents say that Smith and
ether Democratic leaders in the latter
state have received large sums OF
money and are waging gum shoe
canvass with StrCng hopes OF success
1t is true the correspondents also state
&
sell out Parker for seat in the United
States Senate and the choice of gov
crnor. The latter statement is made
to save diSSensionS. The fact is that
il the Democrats can carry the gov
errors and legislative election they
can carry the presidential election, and
mean to do all and not part, and
these correspondents know it. The
poll i'm Connecticut shows very small
Watson vote a much larger vote from
MCKINLEY to Parker and the only no.
ticeable feature otherwise is the alleg-
ed trend of certain Democrats to the
socialist ticket This will not last
Any Democrat who goes over TO social
ism after all the arguments OF Bryan
is hardened case. Most of those eX-
IRENE fellows will hear Parker's speech
in Connecticut. or read it next morning
and decide that his DUTY is TO support
the Dem ocratic candidate.
Think it Nip and Tuck.
To show how close the contest real
~ is. take the estimates of the two
sides in two conversations ! had today
with intelligent men: n New Yorker
who holds a place at the capitol and
who three weeks ago told me Roose-
welt had walkover just after he had
made a visit to his State. said this
morning: Il would not bet one cent
on this election. The thing puzzles
me. L can't tell who has the best OF
il" Another man who represents a
leading paper published in the city of
New York. said: II still think there
is no chance whatever for Parker.
Anyway, if the Republican committee
will circulate Parker's decision in the
case cited by the New York Sun the
ether week. which is a perfectly rot
ten one. the employers of labor would