The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-19
THAT'S THE VIEW OF SENATOR
PLATT-sAYs TRlcksTERs
ARE NOT ELECTED
PREsIDENT.

anniversary ofshis birth u the forty
8ei~ghth9ofShis entrance into politics.
veteran Republican chieftain
d passfng the first period Of his
march toward the our score cycle,
recited his reasons for believing that
Judge5Parker cannot be elected, but
thatshe VIII be defeated as disastrous
sIy&as was Horace Greeley by Ulysses
S.#Grant&in 1872. He charged that
StheSDemocratic candidate for Presi-
dentwas nominated as the result of
a esbunko. game; characterized the
Democracy of to-day as IAN old lady
more insane than ever" accused the
party Of cowardice in lodging the
smoneySquestion at st. Louis; prophe-
sled that if President Roosevelt were
not given a second term David B. Hill
would rule the Nation, and that the
tarin&would be the paramount issue of
the campaign.
Aboard a Manhattan Beach boat,
then a train, and finally on the
porch at the Oriental, Senator Platt
indulged in "reminiscences of the days
when h e used to sing for Fremont,
5awaysback in the fifties. He chuck
and added: Il feel younger
than sIsdid yesterday. and l expect to
grow younger every day. But 1 am
o going to go back into history.
One of the greatest political battles
Sol modern times confronts US. And
n @intend to be in the thick of it. I
shall take no vacation this year. On
the contrary, l shall devote my time
highland day to insure the election
of Theodore Roosevelt. And he will
be elected by al large a plurality as
that #General Grant secured over Hor-
Greeley in 1872"
sNhy do you think so?"
-Because, in the first place, Parker
@was#nominated through a bunko
game. whether Hill or sheehan or
Belmont or some one else was the
Democratic delegates named him
the xpress assurance that he
was a#neutral IN the question of
money
ss8ss.tSecure in his nomination, he sud
82adenlysproclaimed himself a champion
q the gold standard. This ought to
alienate¬ only the millions of sill
advocates who supported Bryan
in91S96 and 1900, but it should make
sold standard men distrustful OF his
sfncerity. think am perfectly
safe IN asserting that had Judge Par
kerss now No gold telegram been
received in ST. Louis 24 hours ear
her than it a he never could hav
e nominated. The people vote
STRAIGHTFORWARD, honest men into the
r.z,:Ia-a ~ %rG41 IN -. t,,--A ~ use Frr
trfclSsters.
Again. Parker's election would
mean that David b. Hill would rule
the Nation. Vein New York know
Hfllism means. We have only
TO 80 hack to the stheft OF the State
of#New York in 1899. Parker in the
White House would mean Hill in con
troll OF the National government
That the people viii never permit.
0 But the Democracy seems to have
united on Parker; Even Col Bryai
declares he viii support him"
That reminds ~ of a letter
nave just received from a Buffal
friend, He writes: The recent prog
i INVESTIGATIONS Of D~emocracy.s return t
sanity seem TO have produced an az
aGEESIdSalSu ieLtapSe. !eS lAS ~ 'iH W
man more insane than ever. OF a
h stupid blunders of her represents
atIve during the past half centrr!
their action. at St. Louis is the mos
Eidiculously stupid, and Judge Parke'
personally a decent candidate wi
meet a worse fate than did poor Ho
Greeley, if he remains on III
ticket,
II say amen TO all that The d.
mocracy is not only more insane tina
ever. but it is cowardly. Its dodgin
OF the moneyEquestion in its platforl
is iudisputable evidence of that
Bn the money question is not I
be the paramount issue in the can
paign, is it,"
No, / believe the tariff will be, an
that we shall win IN it. The peopl
will not tolerate the Cleveland FIRE
trade soup houses of 1893, 1894, 1873
1896. They remember them. Ho
could they forget them? The was
Garner is nc fool. He will vote fl
Roosevelt because he has prove
himself the friend of every workin
man, as well as one of the creates
@ b~estsaGand most patriotic Presiden