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through, it is peculiarly desirable that we should Lave a true judge in the Presi- dential chair-a man who knows the law; who reveres the law; who will never per- nit his emotions to mako him overlook the law who will never presume that his will is law, and who will constantly keep in mind that democracy will drift into chaos as soon as it's government ceases to be a government of law.
 High Self Respect.
 His conduct has also shown that he Is man of high self-respect. nomina- ton for the presidency is very great honor. But while MT Parker may have strongly desired it, he did not run after 1t. With quiet dignity he waited for it to come to him. and when it came under questionable circumstances, he would not take it at a sacrifice of his conception of duty. His famous dispatch to the St. Louis convention extorted a. first a gen. eral shot of admiration even from his po- litical enemies. Only when they perceived the moral prestige it gave him, they began their mean and pitiable partisan ef- forts to drag that noble deed down to the level of shabby campaign trick. More highly even than that dispatch I deem letter written by Judge Parker previous to his nomination in answer to the urgent request of some influential friends that he should break his silence. It has been recently published by It's re- cin4ent. and runs thus:
 Letter to Friend.
 Albany, June r. 19o4-Dear Sir: You may be right in thinking that an express sion of my views is necessary to secure the nomination. If so, let the nomination go I took the position that I have main- tained, first, because I thought it my duty to the court; second, because l do not think the nomination for such an office should be sought. I still believe that I am right, and therefore expect to remain steadfast. Very truly yours, Alton B. Parker The modest gentle man who wrote this can be trusted lie will be no mans man. He has the cour- age not only to resist his opponents but the higher courage, much more valuable in a President in obedience to his sense of duty to resist his friends.
 The reasons have here eandidly given compel me to believe that the American people will act wisely in making Alton R. Parker their President. I have spoken not as a partisan, but as an independent citizen, who has long been accustomed to regard the good of the country as in- finitely more important than the advan- tage of any party and who has no in- terest in political life than the honor and welfare of the republic to which he is profoundly and gratefully devoted. Very truly yours c. sCHuH@-
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that, if put in power, under present cir cumstances, it can do the coutnry very important service, partly of negative. partly of positive kind. Of course, I do not expect the millennium; but I think we may well expect that 1t will put stop to the strenuous pyrotechnics which for some years have distracted us, and bring the republic back to the sober ways of conseientiously constitutional and legal government; that it will arrest the existing lavishness of public expenditures and introduce a wholesome economy into our government household that It will thoroughly overhaul the various govern ment departments which Is all the more necessary as the recent investigation or corrupt practices in the postal service have only scratched the surface, ana as further investigations by the republican party fin it's own time and its own way
 are not promising substantial results, that it will scale down our enormous ana unnecessary expenditures for the army and navy to figure answering the real needs of the country; that 1t will start a vigorous movement against the extor- tions and corruptions of our tariff sys- tenn and that it will do away with our utterly undemocratic, financially waste full and politically demoralizing colonial policy, thus restoring to their old dignity the principles upon which this republic was founded, and reviving the popular reverence for our great traditions which forms the conservative influence so much needed by our democracy--in short, that it will reverse in all these things the principal tendencies of the present administration.
 I do not mention the gold question. for the movement against the gold standard. which practically died in the presidential election of 1896, is now so dead that the desperate and disreputable republican partisanshp. which seeks to frighten timid people, tries in vain to give it d fictitious appearance of life. I hardly know anything more interruptions and shameful than this effort to disturb the confidence of the business world merely for party advantage.
 Will Do These Things.
 The things I have mentioned the demo-
 cratic party in power may reasonably be
 expected to do; and in dong them 1t will
 render a most urgently needed and im- mensely valuable service to the republic.
 I believe also that. in view of the pecu-
 liar requr ements of the time, the demo-
 crats have chosen an emiEently proper man for their candidate. MT Parker evil dently is by temperament and mental
 habit. as well as by acquisition of knowl- edge. par excellence. a judge: and 1t seems to me that just new, after all the confusing experiences we have gone
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ldential election by apparent popular ap- proyal, 1t may bring us some novel ex- perences of controversy and excitement which It would be eminently wise to avoid.
 1 do not overlook President Roosevelt's action regarding the reassembling of the reaee conference at The Hague. It is to be commended and welcomed. But it would be infinitely more valuable and re- assuring had he at the same tune advo- cated reduction of our own armament for war, the magnitude of which is far beyond our requirements for defensive purposes. It is useless to say that If you would have peace, prepare for war" when at an enormous cost you prepare for war while there is not the slightest danger for your peace. What are we to think of a professed peace apostle who constantly elamors for more and more unnecessary warships. which looks like threat to the world instead of setting the good example of a reduction of arm aments to the actual needs of the coun- try? No wonder some European papers see in his recent action only clever electioneering play.
 Out of Ills Time.
 President Roosevelt is an exceedingly interesting. picturesque and forcible character, who would have found most congenial and glorious field of action at the time of the Crusades, but sometimes strangely fails to appreciate the higher moral aims of modern civilization. He is patriotic man who has done very good service in several ways, and, being still young, is capable Of doing mucn more in various important positions asioe from the presidency. His is master TNt : ture, but this republic does not want in the presidency a master-least or all one who cannot master himself. TO re- elect him, and thereby to make him uh- derstand, as he most certainly would un- derstand it, that the American people are immensely delighted with all he has said and done under the inspiration or his strenuous tendencies, that they sim ply yearn to have more of 1t, and that to this end they put Into his hand the great power of the presidency, including the supreme command of the army and a big navy, with all the temptations and possibilities of such power, so that his ambition to regulate the world accord ing to his notions may have full swing this I humbly submit, would be so haz- ardous a venture that clear-headed and sober minded Americans may well, for their country's sake. shrink from the risk.
 The Democratic Party.
 The alternative is the election of the democratic candidate, Judge Parker. I do not indulge in the slightest delusion as to the democratic party. I know its faults and shortcomings very we'll. and I have opposed it often. But l believe
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to promote his chances is good and every adverse influence wicked, and that, there fore, those who decide to vote agalnst him-about one-half of the voters of the United States. more or less-are unpa- triotic citizens and bad Americans.
 Ills Fighting Joy.
 And behind all this there is at work in him his fighting joy, and that worship of force in the concerns of mankind which makes him not only an advocate, but the very embodiment of that gospel of mas tery by main strength, winch is doing so much to blunt out moral sense, to lower our ethical standards, and to disigure the civilization of our days. Of that tend ency which exalts armies and nayies as the most potent factors in human af- fairs MT. Roosevelt gives very char acteristic exhibition in his letter of ac- ceptance. Seeking to prove that the right of American citizens in foreign countries would be safest when entrusted to the care of the republican party, he said: Tt is a striking evidence of our oppon- ents insineerity in this matter that with their demand for radical action by the state department they couple a demand for a reduction in our small military es- tablishment Yet they must know that the heed paid to our protests against ill., treatment OI our CltlzenS Will be exactly proportonate to the beliefs in our ability to make these protests effective should the need arise" This is most startling Did it never occur to President Roosevelt that by expressing 1t, he offers a burn ing insult to the civilized governments of the world? Does he really think that they will respect the rights of our cit- zens in their dominions only in the lex act proportlon' to the number of our sol diers and warships? Does he think that American citizens abroad would be op- pressed without scruple if we had no army and navy? Does he think of law and justice and humanity in dealing with them? Will they. indeed, listen to our appeals for justice and right only ''in proportion" to the number of guns we have ready for action? Or Is not this rather another instance showing how in such things not the moral forces of our civilization but the army and navy, are always uppermost In President Roose- velt's mind,
 Stronger Than Reason.
 Here is again his temperament. strong CT than his reason. It puts itself ire pressibly in evidence throughout this latest of his public utterances. In it speaks a sovereign contempt of adverse straint. a vehemence of self-assertion, war-lord tone of assumed authority to which in this republic we have so far not been accustomed. If this spirit should be encouraged in the coming pres
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DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.
AppITloNAL SPECIAL PRIZES FOR EARLY ESTIMATES

For nearest correct estimate on or after Sept. 1 and before Sept 15, one Kingsbury upright piano, value s3T5.
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For nearest correct estimate re- ceived before August 1, one Con- over Cabinet Grand Upright plan O, value $500.
 For nearest correct estimate re- ceived on or after Aug. 1 and be- fore Aug. 15, one Conover Cabinet Grand upright piano. val. 645O.
 For nearest correct estimate re ceived on or after Aug. 16 and be- fore Sept. 1, one Kingsbury mp right piano, value E400.
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Association With Bosses.


 It might surely have been expected of the man whose righteous impulses were so strong that he could hardly find lang uage emphatic enough to express them that he would, when in places of author ity, never think of countenancing those mean and dangerous creatures, and that he would use his whole power to crush their influence for mischief; that when governor of New York he would leave no rightful means untried to uproot the iniquitous and demoralizing bossdom of Platt in his state; that he would lose no proper opportunity to discountenance Boss Quay of Pennsylvania, who stood for everything that was iniquitous, de- moralizing, and tyranical In politics: that he would be anxious to demonstrate his utter disgust with such creature as Addieks, who has openly invaded state with his corruption fund to buy seat in the senate; that he would at least keep his cabinet clear of men of ques- tionable political character. and so on.
 Contact With Platt.
 This might confidentially have been ex- pected; but what did we see? As gov
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This might confidentially have been ex- pected; but what did we see? As gov
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Is Perfectly Right.

He is quite sure that In all these thlnss ne has been perfectly right. Who ever doubts this may read his letter of acceptance. the most extraordinary doc ument Of that kind ever presented to the American people. In self-glorification it is immense. According to it President Roosevelt's administration has been DOS
 itively perfect. Those who find fault with it are simply insneere or lament ably deluded. He does not hesitate to attack the motives of his opponents. He is firmly convinced that his policies were the only ones effectively to serve the in- terests and the honor of the country. which interests and honor absolutely de- mand that these policies be continued
 To prove this his letter here and there twists facts in a manner which would lead us to call those statements disin- genuous. did We not think that he be- lieves them to be true. He stops little short of proclaiming himself the neces- sary man. There seems to be reason for experiencing that the excessive fiattery which has so mercilessly pursued him may have created or strengthened in him the impression that, yielding the pow CTS of the presidency. he is destined to do something wonderful in the history of the world. that no greater calamity could befall mankind than his defeat in the coming election. that everything apt
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bemoCraCy ana corruption.
 Here l may he asked whether there is not also corruption in places where the opposition, the democratic periy rules. Unquestionab'y there is altogether too much of it. out that corrup.ion Is local, sporadic. subject to te sttacked and put down by the aotion If local sentiment. But as 1t must b. recoe lized to be, 1t is not inherent in ? system of national policy It is not er s.enched n immensely powerful interests urh.id by the governm ent It has brought forth nothing like the condition fl th'ngs exist Ing in that state In which the worship of the fetish fl the rrct-ctive tariff seems to have almost altogether overruled the moral law, and which by an >5serva nt writer of great ability has With terrible force been described ss 'c srru2t and con- tented" Thus femocratic corruption. however obn xiote. can be re ehed and overcome by local fers6s The republican corruption. 1s organizes. by the com bination of protected interests on a nat aonal scale, can never he overcome so
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Ihe pemocratio Party.

The alternative is the election of the democratic candidate, Judge Parker. do not indulge in the slightest delusion as to the democratic party. I know its faults and shortcomings very we'll. and have opposed it often. But I believe
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-10-26
Lands You at the Gate.

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us my father get riscnY she cried.
"Oh, good lack, no, your ladyship,
nor will he for hours to come"
The girls head fell back on her pill
low, and she said dreamiy, 81 thought
there had been trouble of some sort
and men fighting"
Indeed, your ladyship, and so there
was, rloting going on all the night.
think the citizens OF London are gone
mad, brawllng in the street Mt hours
when decent folk should be In their
beds. Ills said that this new parlia.
ment is the cause, but how or why I
do not know"
Although the Earl of STAFFORD did
not quit his chamber until noontide,
he was undoubtedly concerned with af-
fairs that demanded attention from the
greatest minister Of state. There were
constant trimmings to and fro, mes
sengers dispatched and ENJOYS recelv-
ed, with the heavy knocker of the door
constantly a-rnp. 1t was two hours
after midday when Stanford sent for
his daughter, and she followed his mes
senger to the library, where she found
her father in his chair beside table,
although he wns equipped for going
forth from the house. There had been
seated before him De Courcy, but the
young man rose us she entered and
greeted her with one OF his down reach
ing bows which set her a-quake lest he
should fall forward on his face.
my child" said the earl, II am
about to set out for parliament, and 1t
may be late before l return. Yet /
think you shall sup with mo Mt 7 If all
goes well and debate becomes not too
strenuous, but do not wait In case l
should be detained. counsel you not
to leave the house today, for there
seem to be many brawlers on the
streets. Any shopman will be pleased
to wait upon you and bring samples of
his wares, SO send servant for those
you wish to consult. My friend De
Courcy, here, begs the favor Of some
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