Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-11-05
PARKER AND BUCHANAN.
Nr. C1cve'nnd's Companion Causes .
N5tion- vs. idc : m lie.

NNbhtcR- " Fts3tics
" hen pglsslerous person plants his
feet IN saailes puddle there Is likely
10 oe a mighty splash. This is precisely
vhat has happened as the result Of
President CieysiAnd's discovery OF the
''slignr resemblance'' between the candi-
dates ia 1856 and 1901.
The comparison OF Roosevelt with FIRE.
mont because of their faDcied resen-
blanee a. appealing to romantic senti-
rneai and popular love for the speetaeu-
lar, scarcely produced a ripple on the
surface of political thought But the
hSsuing Of Judge Parker to James Bucal-
anan as the model of what a mature.
Hifirauistic and experienced" candidate
for the Presidency should be. has pro-
yokesi scornful laughter clear across the
continent.
II ex-Presideni Cleveland had searched
the roll OF prominent Americans for a
name less likely TO arouse popular en-
thuSiasm than that Of james Buchanan
he would have had 20 look among those
whose records we're positively odioas to
find T. There was nothing actively yici-
Gus or. what Mr. Cleveland would cali
''pergiriOusiy aciiye' about President
Buchanan. He was not what. accord
INK To tbe sage Of Buzzards Bay. would
be called an offensive partisan"
But Ia the vital emergency that low
erei above the Republic during his ad-
miuistrati0B he Was tried In the balance
and found wanting Where man
worthy 70 he President would have
sraSpei the nettle Of secession with the
firm hand Of American patrioiism aad
crushed IL Ia it, incipiraey. MF. Bneh-
anaa dsllied with the question. He held
FhHs HAL
with the anti.siavrry agitation. that Il
was a question for the individual StHtes.
and that s; was better for an parties.
Including the slaves themselves. that ii
should remain 50.
As President he deferred 70 pre-siav-
cry leaders and quaile5i before their
threars OF secession. While he temper
lzet the seeedeEs perfected their plans
Instead Of meeting ih~ir threats with
the words aud measures Of an Andrew
jackson he took the Illogical and impo-
tent position that. while the States had
a right 20 seeeie the nation. with
little n, had no power TO prevent them
doing So,
And this is tine man Of mature. TN
dramatic experience" who. ia Mr.. Cleve-
lands Judgment. T. the prototype OF
judge Parker. Irresoiafe aud Ineffective
as Nr. buchanan vas. We are not - sure
tnt injustice is done him in comparing
him with Judge Parker. lie was certain
ly a man Of greater maturity than the
man from Esopa- not oaly in years bat
In experience with affairs aud in knowi-
edge of men. Everything that expert
enee could teach or politics and state
craft buchanan knew-oHly the intrinsic
capacity 20 master them vas lacking.
Judge Parker has had absolutely none
OF the experience and training that seem
cl to fl Mr.. buchanan for the Presl-
deaey. In 1877. at the age Of twenty
five. b. was eleeted surrogate Of Ulster
County. New York. and under the shell
,eFiag wing Of David g. lin he has
s~setatei In some judicial position ever
since. That there II certain parallel
ism between his weak, undramatic and
vae!liatins uiteranees and those Of Mr..
buchanan cannot be denied. Their views
upon the uncoustitutiouaiity Of the pow
er al self pernetaation in the onion and
% the folly OF an army and navy com
measurlfe TO the dignity and necessities
Of great natian, are strikingly similar
and equally false. barren and reaction.
airy
buchanan lived 10 repent the "anIra-
matte moderation that warmei seecs-
-Ian into life. lie supported idneoln's
administration and lent ali bis influence
a. the prosecution of the war. But Il
does not appear that either Judge Parker
ar Henry Gassawhy Davis. WIN also
harris back 60 the days 81 buchanan.
follow his precept ani example vhea.
.n the Gcrce fame Of civil war. he saw
bright Light that taught him that the
Union must be saved II nli hazards.
When b. came te the eraeiusipn that hi-
couafry was more 10 him than his own
Interpretation or its constitution. Judge
Parker and Mr.. DAVIS qaft his company
and continue Is steer their courses hs the
chart that ran his administration ON the
breakers.
The American people viii never elect
counterfeit replica Of James Buchanan
ta the Presidency. II they are warned IN
time. and. thanks 20 eV-President Cleve-
land. they recognize that Judge Parker
has all OF the fsilings aud none Of the
retieeming qualities OF President Bueh-
anan.