Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-03


The record of President Roosevelts
/ three years stewardship is such that
his party has unanimously nominated
him as worthy to be continued in his
high place and It Is this republican
proposition that ] now propose to
di 'cuss fairly and upon the facts.
have no thought of reaching those
who close their eyes 10 that which is
plainly visible and their ears 10 that
which may be plainly heard But
believing that the great majority of
the people who have the power of de-
termning the course Of our country's
affairs bring to The exercise OF that
power the same degree of interest. in.
telligegoe and care which hey are
aocustomed 20 exercise in the dis
charge of their personal matters. |
viii assume that they have desire
to perform their public duties CON
scientiously and well, and vii! act
upon their judgment, based upon
what they know and what they he.
lieve.
Against the proposition Of the re-
publican party, with its record Of pa
triotism and progress. that Theodore
Roosevelt be accepted by the country
for what he liz, what he has done ami
what he stands for, there is opposed
the democratic party, with its plat
form Of uncertainty and abuse. it's
record of opposition to everything
that has materially advanced the ma
tional welfare during the last fifty
years. and candidate of singular
| conception and pleasant personality,
who proclaims as admirable his par
tvs bin of petulant exceptions 20
everything that has been done for the
country through republican initiative
and republican performance
The democratic platform, so far as
it presents anything tangible enough
to be understood, proclaims the rar
tvs adherence to certain great funda-
| mental principles which the repubi.
| can party has made living every day
realities in their application 10 lrac-
| teal affairs. Then in violent terms
1t assails the existing republican ad.
| ministration as ''spasmodic, er~atic,
| sensational, spectacular and arbitra.
ry,' given to extravaganza, dishcnes-
ty, tariff, executive usnrpation, imper
| ialism, violation Of constitutional
| guarantees, race agitation, civil scr
| vice, and an isthmian canal The
democratic declaration of devotion to
essential principles is praiseworthy
and usual in the circumstances. Its
| Incorporate language is no surprise,
as we were not expecting from them
the flattering truth about the happy
condition of our country which Is so
largely traceable to the sound poll
cies and wise administration that
! have prevailed during the years that
have passed
The personality of the president
has been assailed in the democratic
| platform and III authoritative demo
by innuendo. His temperament is
unsatisfactory. he is too robust, he
sees too quickly, he acts too effective
ly and, generally, he is not the type
the opposition prefers.
The high mental and Temperament.
| tai qualifications for his great office
with which he las been endowed by
his creator are imputed to the presi-
dent as fault. His ability to see
quickly and comprehend clearly,
which enables him to act positively
and timely. have brought upon him
the charge OF being arbitrary and
spectacular Indeed, the presidents
peculiar fitness for public service,
which has made him a peculiarly fit
public servant Of his state and the
nation is the "vice Of darkest shade
for which he must account. He is ac.
cused of lack of gravity, and surely
lacks that type which is said to be
a mysterious carriage Of the body in.
tended to conceal the defects Of the
mind.
The presidents motives are i'm
pugned. and his very successes in
most important and far-reaching mat
ters resulting in lasting benefits to
the nation and to humanity are
counted against him as proof of nm
fitness to longer serve his county
in the maintenance and development
of the very matters for which he has
at times extorted unwilling applause
from his political enemies.
Criticism is easier than perform
ance. but both carry their RESPONSE
III .Ix.x