The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-06-03
INTELLIGENT ENDORSEMENT.


The Republican state Convention of
California, which endorsed Mr.. Roose-
welt and elected a delegation to the
Republican National Convention, pre-
scented a striking contrast to the Demo-
cratic State Convention, held at Santa
Cruz, which, by very narrow major
ity instructed the delegates to the
Democratic National Convention to aid
in the nomination Of William r.
Hearst.
The Republican Convention was
practically a unit. Its chairman was
Judge Burnett of Sonoma, whose in
troductory speech was one of the most
cogent arguments for the choice Of the
Republican party that has appeared
during the present campaign. He re-
ferred to Mr.. Roosevelt in a manner
that effectually answered the only
point that has really been suggested
against him, by emphasizing the fact
that he had quelled all the doubts
that had accompanied his translation
to the highest office in the Republic
by rigid adherence to the policy of
President Mckinley, which has been
sanctioned throughout the country, and
by "a calmness and conservatism and
equipoise of temperament that have
shown him to be one Of the safest as
well as one of the strongest men who
ever occupied the presidential chair"
Neither capital nor labor" added
Judge Burnett, has any just groun9
to fear the administration Of this
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he will treat them both with absolute
fairness and an unselfish desire to do
right"
These are the keynotes to the sue
cess that is already assured. Mr..
Roosevelt has declined utterly to use
his exalted position with any reference
to his own political future and his ad-
ministration has been stamped by judi
cial fairness, by genuine conscien-
tiousness. and by firm reliance upon
the people. These are elements that.
in a presidential year especially, In
American history have always proved
to be controlling.
The Democratic Convention, on the
other hand, simply illustrated the
political atavism that has character
lied the Democratic party since 1892.
On the first day of it's session, the
Hearst forces were beaten and an anti
Hearst chairman elected. In single
night, through methods that have been
justly excoriated in the California
press, a sufficient number of plastic
delegates were secured to pass the in
structions for Hearst, which antago-
nized the action of Democrats in nearly
every great state in the Union. The
platform adopted had scarcely any
evidences of identity with American
democracy, as it formerly existed. 1t
advocated the election of Federal sem
ators by the direct vote Of the people,
which Is not party question, and
which eminent lawyers and statesmen.
Of both parties, consider a serious dis
turbance of the constitutional balance.
It further presented the socialistic doc
trine of government ownership of rail-
roads. 1t also in effect denounced the
Panama canal, now in process Of con-
struction. The result Is that the lead
ing aspirations of American citizens
were condemned and a government re-
version to an antique and exploded
type, inconsistent with American in
situations, advocated.
Hearst will not and Parker, the re-
spectacle though unknown leader Of
the negative quantity in American
politics, will be nominated. But Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the representative of
positive and advancing Americanism.
within the lines of the constitution and
of definite and successful politics. will
not only be nominated but elected. The
result has long since passed beyond the
region of uncertainty.