Milford chronicle., 1904-10-21

sane.
the Republican party well
l'usr .omnqrison Of the character
b vi aiitc of its candidates with
.ho candidates of the St. Louis
y ~ # prefers to urge the cleo
'.''gI, 'pr,oeeyelt and Fairbanks as mt
..ontatives and instruments OF
,y.. policies and intentions.
li'g .ars true. which it is not, that
oovtbing in the career Of Judge
p % Parker to justify the conten-
h, he would make a "saner and
li5 p.,si5eat than Theodore Roose-
fact would remain, that, tied
u - ,be Democratic party, Moses
'- 4. modern equipment Of a Glad
y ,T not insure as safe and sane
mani as the Republican party
iniaisterei under President Roose-
rot pretended that Judge Parker
,py superiority of statecraft,
-.r or experience to Grover Cleve-
In fact he has been accepted by
,,srvatiye elements of Democracy
5;s,ppoinung alternative for the
.,,s oracle of Buzzard's Bay. and
4. orlv been accepted by the radical
P.rop element Of the party. because
M demonstrated the lack Of Cleye-
4. safety and sanity by voting for
liver in 1896 and 1900.
t5ese two votes the proof is com
that there is nothing in Judge
IL, convictions, character or con
~ 10 promise anything better, should
& 3 elected. than weak, vacillating
..sc,ionary Democratic administra-
T,.,e than this. whatever may be
NM of Judge Parker's personal char
n and ability. he stands before the
n as the presidential creation of
smB Hill. and his chief associates
advisers since his nomination have
N Hil "BM7 Sheehan. Pat" Me-
na. Charlie Murphy and others
he Manhattan brand Of Tammany
asaan for revenue only.
"Mr. Facing both Ways"
Nothing in his campaign utterances
Suggested that Judge Parker pos
s,as any of the stern attributes of
ils,slip that bind parties to the will
strong. conservative, conscientious
a On The contrary he has earned
0br.qaet. bestowed upon him by
baker Cannon Of "Mr.-Facing- Both
ss"
Therefore a vote for the safe and
Ins' Parker and his octogenarian mate
only to be Justified by trust in the
itey and sanity Of the party whose
|miaee, they are.
Fr forty ye8rs-barring the two |
Ieglni iutervaIs-the Democracy has !
"a excluded from power, because the |
la-can people have mistrusted its |
lay its sincerity and its sanity. Dur |
& al that period ii has embraced with |
s ranks nearly all the elements Of /
l0atelt, discori and reaction that are /
signs and proofs of hopeless politi- J
lsaslancy and decay.
As a party it threw every impediment .
iAin rs reach in the way Of the ener-
'g Prosecution of the war for the
'arvaton Of the Onion
That the reader may understand that
Democratic leopard has not changed
spots in forty years it may be re-
.sl that on July >. 1864. the Demo
PIC members of Congress put forth
'll'eSs to the people Of the United
.les in which. according to George
lalm Curtis IN Harper's Monthly.
'Sient Lincoln was charged with the
.N"4ent of power; with military in
.se-ea IN elections: with the crea-
7 q. bogus States. with Illegally rails
l9llS; with unnecessary aud hateful
aplon with the payment Of ex-
A't oouaties; with employing c0lored
.'~ an equality with white soldiers;
Y 'a'i'ng up q false ana ruinous linan-
9'iem' with placing us in peril Of
a-l interference. with andeavoring to
ls ,le race by lmtlglmadon with
Z August Of that same year August
A.l C. whose son is now pulling wires
.~4 I4e Sphinx of Esopus.' us tenn
y! CHAIRMAN Of the Demacratic Ma
Wy Convention, said that -four years
-''le by q sectional. fanatical and
.N party had brought our country
W verge Of ruin. The past and pres
@e sufficient warnings Of the dis
y ~ Consequences which would befall
, AH Llncoln's reelection should he
unity"
seymour's Sentiments.
,'l4uo Seymour, in his speech as
.'leht chairman Of the same CON
/. l'l inveighed bitterly against Lin
2 ADMINISTRATION and the Republican
4, saying; They were animated by
!. 'alce and fanaticism. and blinded
~ N ignorance of the spirit of our in
-lous l the character of our people
W w condition Of our land" "Step by
" continued they have marched
" -sslils from which at the outset
noll4 have shrunk with horror:
t.5 ,,5a now when war has desolated
+, '-a. las laid its heavy burdens upon
4 1ll when bankruptcy and ruin
..,l .is u.s. they will not have the union
a r. cs1'ept upon conditions unknown
TN .eolsJ.tution." He concluded by
n, tAe restoration Of the Union
a .le unconditional surrender of
~ @ Of national self-preserva-
h \. yle full recognition Of the
n .le States demanded by the
--.s seeeaes Of Belmont and Sey-
Hm H prototypes Of the Belmonts
4, 's e hlyans and Ben Tiumans,
4, o0lAians and Carl Schurzes Of