New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-29
CANDIDATES CONTR4STED
Charles j, Bonaparte's Opinion of
RO0Sez eli and Parker.

mares J. Bonaparte. of Baltimore the we'll
Nl''"h lawyer ana Civil Service refo-mev in
sleeoA oelIVered recently at Forest HuI Nd drew
stFlklnS contrast between the characters OF Pre7-
4aent Roosevelt and ex-Judge Parker Ntr Bona
paTte spoke In part a follows
aot nave @ome come, here TO say arst, why Theodore
S,crcr't, Wy FTed Talbot ought not 10 stay in
Roosevelt sh6a remS '" T reasons IN zach case;
y : man ana also because he is an honest man
cause he not u, for his J paei a Eeca8s 9s
h4Ee man 10 pun il who IS
- When say Theodore Roosevelt, is a man. mean.
any otner KIND Of automatou. what he taIks out
mas not been talked into INN by somebody else;
IN Daxid ;; ~ ia ne moTniEs NJ doesn't cal
phone 10 ask IL he may say that is IS a fne DAY
agree win him bui ne s5Ss VIII .I no, ad"aEs
meaning a. N'S
PARKER's DILEMMA.
i must be owned that Judge Parker IS rather
en- Iiea.cameat reinaas me OF Ghc story toid Of
fore P Mi 10 pieaeh on trial be
tdsAlo-ahie watering place and VINO ran over mis-
friend TO select one suitable, he thought himself
but his adViser sbooL I ~ gt DLEorce might Do.
az the congregation had been divorced Al least
de offered IN its place one on The fvls OF Gam
o5ing. put This was pronounced even worse. al his
during most Of their spare time. and thgee-fourths
lie had 5hrd on The Es Of DR 2GeI 6 bgf fhe
Mise counselor turned i do~a likewise too many
personal A. last he tshcd out an od oT tfass ~
his cclese DAYS on Tn SIN Of sfe Sc str StS sHd
5.nar3sees Ihais i Exactly cried Gi7 delighted
reno Fltch INTO INC s'rtoes and PhaEisees ror
ter. for they amt got no friends nowadays"
4 % Lai answer tgF tnc truth Of this story, but
ar .aintS .1-e+ Parker is 10 very mnca ;he same
says that he viii rub ano her set the wong ra "
a. 20. - az ful l{-
Newly orkers forget that he voted twice for Bryan
may also, forget those two votes He must be
~, ~ ~ an ~ 20 peas ~, ne mo!!d ana
He has tried hard 70 aId substitute for the
picked out ExtTavsgance
The choice s rather Ingenious. Tor economy. in
70 advise n and praise II the trouble comes IN
~sh we 10y 20 Practlse ~ man may (elt nus
cut down. bat when she asks II ne means to give
our Democratic friends started out 70 echo very
gilby an ne Judge had to say about eAtJaEasa4ce:
would of-would they down pensions or
ttnterruip- ali public Observation-Disclosures they seem
subject
RoosEvELTs MILITANT HONESTY.
Finally. say Theodore Roosevelt Is mar. be
cause. although he talks a good deal and always
70 ,h PPM ne doesa k s N an T 81 81
New-York, said the other day the Democrats want
one. quite prepared to accept that issue: We
Republicans President who viii do Things.
do them thoroughly and do them AZ once, we want
Il man who Is anxious that he shall 90 his ,WhoIo
Cenious qubbling Mr. Hornblower or some other
astute lawyer try make out tnat ne mas
done something than his duty We want
President Ike Andrew Jackson, not o PRESIDENT
like james Buchanan, and. unless eEeatly !ts,
take the temper OF the American people; we shan
and IN November that. like the people want
man their leader and ruler
But Theodore Roosevelt is not only a man, ne rs
also an honest By this do not mean merely
that he has never picked pocket or tapped 4 vi,
that his personal Integrity e unquestioned ana ne
has made gain from public uGsts. an TINS
cav cheerfully OF his competitor as wei. but oy
honesty IL q public ! mean something MOI -,
I mean what The President himself has cailed
..rnitant honesty" the Of honesty which leads
2 man tn hate and despise dshotlest Inetloas ala
dishonest men and honesty in other thliS DeHthes
money honesty which looks On the tfeIt OF, a
mans vote az no crime than the inert OF MS
As 20 these things can friends across the
sneak and do, without HIsglViflgs.
No man stands to Theodore Roosevelt as David b.
l4ill stands TO Alton p. Parker; Tor Whatever, N
date - that David p Fil made him. If there is
anv Of real prominence IN American p22lIlcss
less respected and less trusted or less worthy OF
respect or confidence then David Is I'M, 90 nor
has retired from politics" just our own Fred
TaIbott promised 10 be again a candldate atter
ais last election. but does anybody. Democrat or
Fepubicar outside Of asylum for idiots. really
doubt that II Parker should pass the next four
years In the White House Hill would be there
Or fberea bouts for the tTne2 And with tnat
Lind ~ a sage In that kind OF retirement 10
,,roTnrt his fverv word and act do you think Par
ile~'s term az President would mean four years or
militant honesty DO not