The Globe-republican., 1904-09-01
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, l. 1904,
DISCOURAGED ABOUT PARKER.

The Globe Democrat has the following
editorial in refersn &c to the apathy ex.
listing among the managers Of Judge
ParEer's campaign:
The principal reason why Taggart,
Sheehan and the rest Of the leading man.
ayers Of the Democratic campaign are
apathetic Is because their candidate de-
presses them. The democrats Of the
whole country determined this time to
let New York select the nominee, and
that choice has become disappointment,
even to New York. There Is nothing
attractive In Parker. He has no courage,
initiative, drectneSs or positlveness. In
order TO win, the party in the opposition
must have pronounced views on the lead.
Ing issues. IFimust be aggressive and &C.
tive. 1t must make attacks on the party
In power and the candidate must lead in
them. Nothing of that sort has been
done In 1904. No assault has been made
upon the Republican party by any demo-
crat which any other democrat pays any
attention to, or which arouses anything
except dersion from The republicans.
Congressman Clark of Missouri und Coy,
Vsrdaman Of Mississippi have made some
references to the President and his party
which their authors suppose to be dam.
aging, but which no reputable Demo.
cratic paper publishes. Congressman
Williams of Mississippi perpetrated
something which be intended for sar-
cnsm in bis notification of poor old |
grandfather Dayls as vice presidential
nominee the other day, but the decent
Democratic papers have been Ashamed
10 print Il.
As every intelligent, fair.minded
Democrat will acknowledge, the Parker
ties have neither a candidate nor cause
which can appeal to any considerable
number Of publlc-spirlted persons. Par.
ker himself 10 negatlon. He has no
views on anything except what bis back.
ers impose upsn him. He voted for the
silver standard In 1895 and 1900, and he
says now that the Republicans beat him
and Bryan SO badly that the silver stan.
dard is put out Of the way and the gold
standard is irrevocably established. He
does not say, however, whether be be-
lieves in the gold standard as a principle
or whether he isglad that 1t established.
Several New York papers have been
contending for the houOr Of having bull
dozed him into even making this slight
concession in bis Sheehan telegram, re-
garding the gold standards victory.
Some Of them, too, are intlmating that
they forced him to declare for indepen-
dence for the Philippines in bis Milburn
letter. The latter has angered and dis.
couraged the Brooklyn Eagle, the New
York Times and many other Parker pa
pers, Some Of these are now asking him
what he really thinks on the tariff and
other issues which be CLOSED over In his
address of acceptance. As Harpers
Weekly, which will probably stick to
Parker now until after the debacle of
November 5, told Its candidate the other
day, nothing In q national canvass
"counts for so much as courage and d.
rectness in appealing to the people,"
and added; "We unhesltatingly record
the belief, therefore, that the effect Of
the two speeches Of acceptance has been
material Improvement In republican
prospects," Somewhere about the mid.
die Of September, Judge Parker intimates
he will make public bis letter of sccep-
lance, which will deal more fully and
explicitly with the issues Of the day than
did bis address, but there 10 no special
interest felt by anybody, Democratic or
Republican, IN anything that he may say
hereafter. It Is entirely safe to say that
the 1877 Republican majority over Bryan
in the ELECTORAL college Of 1900 will be
considerably exceeded by Roosevelts
lead over Parker in 1904.