The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-08-12
ENTHUSIASM ALL
ALONG THE LINE
Annual Outing OfQueensbOrOugh
Democrats.
HOKE SMITH THE ORATOR
CLOUD OF RoosEVELTIsm TO BE
LIFTED.

aIEW YORK. Aug. 1L-FoTmer Sec
rotary Of the Interior Hoke smith
of Georgia was the principal
speaker tonight at the annual OUTING
of the Democrats Of Queens borough
held this afternoon and tonight az
! College Point. Long Island over 5000
/ Democrats were present
Mr. Smith said n part:
This is a great day FOR q Demo-
cratic rally. our candidate has spok-
en- in response to the formal notiiica-
ton of his nomination. HIS plain,
clear declaration IN favor Of obedience
TO the law. his devotion To coBstitu-
tional government. his equal and Just
recognition of the rights Of person and
property. give JOY and hope to all who
love their country.
His nomination was due 10 no ef-
fort of his own. 1t was due to no ef-
fort of his personal friends. No ten
men in New York and no fifty men in
any state secured the delegates for
Judge Parker. The people Of the
United States nominated him.
Cloud of Rooseveltism.
Hanging over them like a dark
cloud was the possibility Of the cleo
ton of a man whose relentless egOusm
! placed the entire country in state
of uncertainty and about whom the n
quiry with no feeling of hope was con-
stantlv made What will he DO next
/ Mr.. Roosevelt as president mad over
ridden the rights of congress. he had
violated the constitution. The feeling
of doubt and uncertainty produced by
/ the administration Of Mr.. Roosevelt
I had checked the prosperity made pos
sible by. the administration Of Mr.
Cleveland and realized under the ad-
ministration of Mr.. Mckinley.
Conservative Democrats everywhere
sought a candidate who would repre-
I sent respect for the constitution and
| laws of our country: who would rec
ognize the Office of president to be one
/ of no unlimited authority, who would
not be carried into reckless activity by
[ intense adulatiOn himself. who would
! prefer TO exercise the legitimate duties
of the Office Of president to startling
the country continuously BY sending
warShipS to Morocco OF acting as an
agent for some European powers TO
force our southern neighb0rs to pay
! their debts.
The Democratic Candidate.
They selected man OF even, Of
I conservative temperament. devoted to
/ the law and its enforcement: brave,
able and modest. ready to discharge
/ legitimate duties. bat not prompted 10
! oveTweening ambition TO assume the
responsibility Of all others.
We'll may the Republicans shrink
i-from a comparison Of the candidates. -
! The speaker declared that though
( Republican speakers are trying to drag
j il into the campaign. the money ques-
7 ton is not now an issue our p0liti-
I cal leaders. Democrats and Republi-
/ cans. he said. have gradually learned
/ that bimetallism is impossible, that a
single standard is necessary
The nomination Of Judge Parker
would have been impossible had not
/ the delegates recognized in him a gold
standard advocate.
The platform under present Condi-
/ tions Of the gold standard having once
I been recognized. win be adhered TO. It
] can form no issue in the present cam
/ paign. The telegram of our candidate
/ 10 the national convention only con-
! frmed the views Of the overwhelming
majority of the delegates and OF the
/ voters they represented, that the gold
standard had been irrevOcably estab-
/ lished.