Gilpin observer., 1904-10-20

army ana OF drmyl
expendi u res to
the point historic
ally demonstrated
to be safe and suf-
ficient."
The situation in Colorado has been
bravely met by the Democrats In their
national platform and by Alton B.
Parker in his speech Of acceptance.
These quotations sound a clarion note
Of peace and law and order.
From the national Democratic plat.
form:
Constitutional guarantees are VIC
lated whenever any citizen Is denied
the right to labor. acquire and enjoy
property or reside where interests or
inclination may determine. Any denial
thereof by individuals. organizations
or governments should be summarily
rebuked and punished.
I'VE deny the right Of any executive
to disregard constitutional privilege or
limitation. Obedience to the laws and
respect for their requirements are alike
the supreme duty Of the citizen and the
official.
"The military should be used only to
support and maintain the law. We
unqualifedly condemn its employmer
for the summary banishment OF citi-
zens without trial, or for the control
of elections"
acceptance:
'In a struggle between employers
and employees, dynamite is said to have
been used by the latter, resulting in
the loss of life and in the destruction
Of property. The perpetrators of this
offense against the laws Of God and
man, and all others engaged In the
due trial and conviction, have meted
out to them the most rigorous punish
ment known to the law. This crime.
added, perhaps, to others. led to the
formation OF a committee of citizens
that, with the support Of the military
authority. deports from the state. with
out trial. persons suspected Of belong
ing to the organization of which the
perpetrators Of the dynamite outrages
were supposed to be members. In both
cases the reign Of law gave way to
the reign Of force. These illustrations
present some evidence Of the failures
Of government to protect the citizen
and his property, which not only Jus
titled the action Of your convention In
this regard, but made It IT'S duty to
call attention to the fact that consti-
tutional guarantees are violated when
ever any citizen Is denied the right to
labor. to acquire and to enjoy property
or to reside where his interests or In
clination may determine; and the full
fllment of the assurance to rebuke and
punish all denials of these rights,
whether brought about by individuals
or governments agencies; should be
enforced by every official and sup
ported by every citizen. The essence
Of good government lies in strict OBJ
servance Of constitutional limitations,
enforcement Of law and order and rug
ged opposition to all encroachments
uponu the sovereignty Of the people"
In contrast to this policy Of peace.
read this arraignment of Theodore
Roosevelt by the New York World:
you have glorified war and threat
ened the future peace Of the country
by proposing a bullying over-lordship
of the other countries in this hemi-
sphere and Offering to constitute the
United States the constable and col
lector for Europe in the rotten and ir-
responsible states OF Central and South
America.
you have. by your recommendations
to Congress and your signatures to its
extravagances, increased the national
expenditures during your term to more
than $2,500, 900 900, an excess OF $211,-
100000 over the expenditures during
President McKinley's term (which in.
cluded the expenses OF the war with
SPAIN and exceeding the cost of Pres
ident Cleveland's second term by
$3.50. .000.O 900.
You and the Congress OF your party
have converted surplus OF $50. .000, 900
In 1900 into deficit OF more than $40,-
100000 for the fiscal year just closed.
This extravaganza is encouraged,
and, in fact. made inevitable. by the
high tariff and policies Of war and i'm
perialism Of which you are the most
strenuous champion. The greater the
revenue from customs the greater the
temptation for lavish expenditures.
The more colonies and dependencies
we have. the greater need we have of
more warships. more Notifications,
more coaling stations. more soldiers.
Every high protectionist Is a lingo,
and every lingo high protectionist.
These cardinal features OF the Repub-
lican policy are interrelated and inter
dependent. They stand to each other
in the relation OF cause and effect.
I'm view OF this surprising record
OF extravaganza. It is perhaps not
strange, but will be regarded by the
taxpayers as significant that the words
economy 'retrenchment,' and reform