New-York tribune., 1904-09-08
RrppER oN INpgPENDENTs.


Herman Ridder. Editor Of the 'staats-Zei-
tupg." told "Nhy the Independents Should sup
lsort Parker" Hs said:
N ,As hagt,nirr let mo say that the indepehoent
v5ters cannot be deceived by party c1ib I'm 4be Il nag
meals to save the country or staho :! ,,s, 1ues-
81 ey & eegs s ~ be settled forever. Judge Par
ker SO clearly stated IN bis famous teiS-et In our
onnioa s Re IS errc. eddesome spectaeular , 2u5e
the likely TO do sornethng 69 10 he Republican
ssSr+v LEADERS, are keeping Roosevelt quiet sh'"s
nov W- aS S g@s been President Alr. Roosevelt mas
.ho1-n an inter disregard for, law ano piec.1
l neo ~ ns yete or net it is based law or Tig[
IS. IN the LANGUAGE OF ths Uas nertl we indie
s,endeSts do rot want this country toIs.T ~
ato mll,taTy Mill r 5port eaP Alton B. parker He is a
clear headed evenly balanced ArneiicSn 49, -,-i+ ~
sltet IRE sort of experience required 70 oIIsel Is
erratc Roosevelt II mas not aie, nSSI1 for fear he
rnav display unsafe chaTacteristies MaJeVeI
EaTker @ ..as ,n,eretans 10 I 10 one can mistake his
attitude on any question he mas ulssuse .s t,at if
he Is eiected President he VIII not pursue a eouise %
at variance with the spirit OK AineTlcat t Sider nav
The spirit is abroad and a HOI5l 15 $500 :
want TO taxi. hand IN the game. Judge fatAeI ,
manly course on the money question mas ii'1oe
Roosevelt represents persona! goveTleht nv foT,eei
stands for imperialism. the latter for constitutions
government.
Then colonel johnson read letter from Jo-
seph Pulitzer. regretting that he could not at
tend the dinner. lie declared that the Demo
cra4s surely had truth and right their side
this year, and If no serious mistakes were made
would probably carry the campaign He hoped
that the Democrats wouldn't be discouraged by
the result in Vermont, which, after all. was
hardly representative. The letter went on:
eft is because I so strongly desire Judge
TarlSer's election that speak so plainly on this
subject I admire his judicial temperament
anpreciate the great personal sacrifices he mas
made in accepting the nomination. But having
accepted IT, earnestly beg Of you when you see
him tomorrow at Esopus to urge that ne accept
also the full responsibilities of his position; that
he viii not permit the campaign in NeW-fork'
the pivotal State, to be mismanaged by the small
politicians who beset him; that he viii in the
next sixty days be even more than heretofore
the PEOPLES leader and teacher. their tribune and
advocate"
HOWELL on NEGRO QUESTION.
Democratic Success. the Guarantee Of Ma
tional Unity" was the subject Of Clark Howell
Editor Of THE Atlanta Constitution" The race
Issue. however absorbed most of his attention
he sad:
: We Democrats stand for reasonable tariff reduc-
ffeH because we believe that II is as gooq-lf not
better-for New-England as II IS for the Sorth OF
West We demand more economical administra-
tiof OF the government at washington oeeaIse er M
OF any Stare or section We denounce untetLeIe9 1
where H. leads and because It eontTaalcts ana eI-
slermlnes the very basis on which our goyeTi1lneit
international complications.
Disguise as they may the % & prpoe GapSe
evade the record Of their administrator IA us
1To ,be ater fg Of FEDERAL appointments and in the
brutal and indefenslble manner IN when I netr
doras box-that our people. BLACK and white may
be tornented with the devils that nave emerged
i sneak the sentiment of the South Of to-day-the
a4tte of the Repnbiican President has
done more TO check the real progress OF the negro
us stubborn disregard Of the advice OF even his
g5 party tt m Wte Should
5e served By hS p neET4 6 3ee PC Siafed in the Nort
has rekindled the slumbering emoers OF radical @
hostility 10 degree that has not been known SINCE
was il necessary? Let them ask the memory of
ne ,her msFse8 ed Wis South and North kneei-
ing together at his bedside, uniting tnelr prayers
bst s Geo e was ea aE sas fair rus 10 White and black alike
1here was something in his gentle deIneanoT ihat az
said 10 whole country that though placed. IN
fis exalted once by partisan instrumentality, h
indeed. the President Of all the states ana
Alas the pity Of the unfulaued promise that his
80 markedly Contributed to the spirit Of national
nnity and as the result OF which even W the o,St me-
10 break its solidity and make doubtful several
more certainly Democratic than ever.
I would not derry them a single right to which
they justly entitled-nor would our people. As
conscientious well Wishers Of race that Is among
us and which is here 10 stay, We hut ask the privi
.eGe OF cooperating with its better element toward
the upbuiiding and uplifting OF the race TO the
place OF good citizenship. and to that end protest
with al the fervor OF my nature against that po-
~ticai Interference which seeks to the negro
for the purpose OF partisan chestnut pulling
while making t difficult for his real friends
20 help they would II left unhampered by po-
iitiDal mischief makers
An the South asks is 10 deal with this question
pledge that the solution win be for the best Of all
.concernee-best Tor the negro best for the whites
and best for the country at large.
I N of the fact that in response TO this
suggestion, the Republican reply is 10 point to an
occasional outbreak against the law evidence
that need help from partisan sources. but our
answer is that for every Statesboro there is a
Wilmington ard that occasional expressions of
mob violence, however unjustihable are no more
expressions Of public sentiment in Georgia or
Texas than when they occur, with less 70
provoke them. in Illinois Indiana Why, even
Mr. Roosevelt, in his winning of the West" has
gene further than the most rabid apoogist for mob
for IL defence OF lyRching for nothing worse than
horse stealing he wrote: In many of the cases OF
lynch law which have come 20 my knowledge the
effect has been healthy for the country"
Andrew Mclean, OF THE Brooklyn Citizen"
told OF The Democracy OF the Empire State"
John B. Stoll. OF THE South Bend CInd.) Times"
spoke about the Democracy of the West" and
Wills J. Abbot, OF ''The Detroit United States
Daily" believed in Triumphant Democracy
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