Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1904-09-29
PARKER'S BAD BREAK
His Attitude On Pension Issue Will
Cost Him Many Votes.
KEYSTONE VETERANS AROUSED
The Young Men Like President
Roosevelt's Candor and His Pa
trIotism and Are RaIIyIns to His
RannAr
cial Correspondence

Banner.
Especial Cores pOndence.l
Harrisburg. Sept 27
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance,
like his speech to the committee OF the
Democratic convention. fell very fiat
II did not arouse enthusiasm in his own
PARTY. and among Republicans it was
accepted az another evidence of his
unftness for the presidency. The Dem.
ocratic candidate for president presents
no new issues and he has failed TO ia
yorably impress the people on anything
he has TO say on any subject
In Pennsylvania, where there are so
many veterans of the civil war and
60 many sons of veterans and widows
OF old soldiers. the attitude of the
Democratic candidate on the pension
issue will cost him thousands of votes.
Parker and his party declare that
-the protective tariff is robbery" and
would let down the bars TO foreign I'm
portations at the expense of American
manufactured products. and would thus
deplete the national treasury. as well
as close the American manufacturing
plants They thus drive the working
men away from them.
Parker fails TO take a positive stand
on many of the great issues and leaves
the voters in doubt as to what he would
do on questions of grave import to the
American people.
Roosevelt has attracted the young
men to him by his candor and patriot
ism.
Roosevelt, in his letter of accept
Rnce, spoke for himself and his party,
and there was no uncertainty nor tim
idity nor shadow of evasion In
single sentence Of his letter "A party
At TO govern" ne said. must have con-
victions." and he left no opportunity
for any one to deny that he has both
convictions and the courage to main
tain them. Whether men agree with
him or not they cannot fail to grasp
his meaning, and cannot accuse him OF
ehuffiing or equivocation.
Active Republicans from different
counties of the state who were in at
tendance at the meeting of the Repub-
hcan state committee and the state
convention of the League Of Clubs last
week report that there Is an unusually
healthy spirit shown In the party or
ganization Of Pennsylvania.
It Is noticed that there are more
young men taking a hand in the af-
fairs OF the party than heretofore,
and that they are destined TO exercise
q more potential influence in the or
ganization than ever before.
The visits of Vice Presidential Can
didate Fairbanks. Senator Foraker and
other speakers of national reputation
to this state have been productive of
much good Colonel Wesley Il. An
drews, secretary of the Republican
state committee who has been in ac-
tive touch with the organization for
many years, is quoted as saying that he
does not recall a time when so many
young men figured so conspicuously
IN the party organization.
Senator Foraker seems to have struck
q popular chord with his speech at the
State League convention. This was
delivered at so late an hour that it was
not given publicity in the newspapers,
but few quotations from 1t will show
that the distinguished senator from the
Buckeye state has lost none of his
originality or his fighting spirit.
Here are few of his clever hits at
the Democrats:
Judge Parker's famous telegram
says the gold standard is irreyoca-
bly, established II was irrevocably
established eight years ago, when
Mckinley was elected. AS usual.
the Democrats are eight years late
in finding out the truths which the
Republicans always uphold
Democrats are never happy unless
they are quoting from Thomas JEFF
ferson and the constitution. And no
two OF them ever seem to agree on
either
There is a good reason for this
disposition 10 quote from Jefferson
and Jackson. Ii is because no Dem
ocrat since them can be safely quot
ed by a Democrat who wishes to go
before the country on his quotation.
on behalf Of Agunado, but Judge
Parker brings him farther up to
date by using him to prove some
thing on the Colorado dynamiters
II the Democrats don't let Jefferson
alone they will destroy all that gen
tleman's distinguished record.
Parker instead of at once stopping
protection. which his platform says
is robbery. would strangle 1t gradu.
ally
The Democrats say Roosevelt IS a
dangerous man. Well. he is to them.
They say he is war lord. and
carries a big stick He has been
president for three years. and IT.
stead OF getting us into war. he kept
US out OF 1t.
They say he is quick on the trg
ger He is but he hits the bulls
eye every time. He goes ahead and
does things while some Democrat is
looking in the constitution to see If
II is possible.
The Philippines are merely place
where our navy can hang up its hat
and stay over night In case of a for
,sign war We don't want te have to
dismantle our warships in foreign
port, like Russia has had to do with
the Lena at San Francisco.
Senator Foraker was always a fav-
Urite with the young Republicans of
Pennsylvania He made many new
friends on his recent visit to this state
Dinner Time.
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