The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-18

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The reats ork paper which
has been ID DIN such Yalant service
Judge arker. throws up the
sponge and virtually comedies Mr..
RooseEelt's&eIectf we give below
leading editor1a1 for yesterday.
Ginger Needed lin Democratic Cam
paign.
The heavy registration Of voters in
ssaicates that tn prevailing quietude
ID the political arena is not at any
ate%dne tofndinerence.
Democratc managers promise de-
sKelopments#t that viii put ginger into
the campaign, during the three re-
ssIna1ning weeks It is needed, for the
present aspect OF their canvass is by
mo means favorable.
the ballots had been cast the day
after Judge Parker's gold telegram,
was pubIished he would have been
elected: was then thought that the
found master whose
sSaggressiYe8lea leadership would unite all
YdiscordantSe1ement in his own party
3sand attract the very large contingent
sssofsR epubl leans opposed to Mr. Roose-
ats dictatorship.
That hope has waned, and the clean
88ascut fssuesSof Constitutionafsm versus
imperial sm has unfortunately become
some what diluted and obscured. In
his carefully written and eloquent
5#speech sat Esopus on Saturday, Judge
sSEssarkerE denounced imperialism, bur
81 EasStHe Philippines he talked of and
Us wrong done the Fi1ipinos in in1lict-
I'm upon hem government without
ssth he consent of the governed The
american 5people may be free from
~ Ell faint OF sel fsEness that attaches
;fzt lost others. but they assuredly
are very practical people. They re-
s#gard sst heSq question OF our presence in
i Sttshe}:Phnippin as res judicata and are
more italy interested in i1nperia1fs-
SlIsuTp ations at home.
8s5sEsI to- be regretted also that while
JUDGE arker's high character is uni
versa ny recognized and admired his
n \ ife@h as been So sequestered and his
ispositfonSis4so retiring that he indi-
DUAL y remains unknown to the
people west of the Alleghenies, and
s5Indeed to$a large proportion of the
people his own State In striking
contrast the personal conspicuous
mess Bryan swinging through
3sthe Western cOuntry-ten speeches
;iIlsEsIn diana on Saturday. But while
mot cues ionlng his absolute loyalty
many thoughtful Democrats doubt
whether his activity is of correspond
he lpa to e Jud ge Parkers canvass.
Present indications are that Mr.
$RooseVelt may carry this State, help
5sed ina measure by the disaffection
produced among Democrats in some
Scommunities by the specious speeches
3Sof52th he popu1ist candidate, much, as
the leaders, Democratic and Republi-
scan, are disposed to scott at him.
Surveying the whole situation it
appears that the cloud over Judge
sParker's campaign is largely due to
the facts thats5the confidence of the
country in the Democratic party is not
414dHS S4IC ClS-
.trus Il Mr.. Roosevelt and desire the re-
turn OF safe and constitutional admin
42ishaGon vaguely fear that a change
might disturb the existing prosperity.
NOTING the bitterness with which the
British delegate to the International
Peace Congress was Missed in Carne,
8gie Hall the other evening one might
E|bes pardoned for suspecting that there
are some Americans who rather like
the big stick However, there's no
Hnowing what the remaining three
weeks Of the campaign may develop
Y nor whether the unknown silent vote
of citizens who say little and think
much maysnot after all prove the de-
S9ciding factor.
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