Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-09-29
JOSEPH PULlTzeR'S LETTER.

Committee OF National Confer
ence of Democratic Editors
Waldorf-A Astoria, n Y;
My Dear Sir: Accept my thankl
for your urgent invitation TO speal
to my brother editors of the Dem
ooratic faith upon the issues anC
duties of the Preside ntial cam
paign,
1t would give me great pleasure
to be with you, but physical in
iirmities forbid You meet AS the
representatives and instruments
cf Publicity, the greateat moral
force. No other body of men can
do 30 much in this campaign for
Truth and Publicity as the indie
pendent and Democratic editors
81 the country. | firmly believe
at this year the Demoo. acy has
the Truth and the Right on its
v,le, and that if sufficient Public
~ shall be given to the Truth,
AID no serious mistakes are made
IL the campaign at vital points,
Judge Parker will he elected.
The result in Vermont orted
81 lay should be accepted AS "a war
mag, not rs Encouragement.
Remember that the argest total
,.fs ever cast in Vermont is only
fiji, Blk thousand about one tenth
,aJ vote of New York city alone.
Che Democratic vote is usually
only ten or twelve thousand and
was never more than twenty thou
sa,d, winch is less than the Dem.
uciatio vote in several wards of
Nav York. 1t is absurd TO sup.
pnse that the result of the Presi-
dental election is decided, or even
f rsshadowed, in the Businesses
AMI farms of the little Green
Mountain State. The contest is
to be fought out in New York, the
Empire State, whose habit it is to
Nnto independently; In the rich
nud populous industrial cities Of
Connecticut and New Jersey; on
'na vide plains and busy marts of
/ diana, Wisconsin and Illinois,
u.d in the doubtful states of the
r,tther west There are signs of
renotion against protection, phi
>iloge and plutocracy; against Per
rOual government, militairism, OK |
iravaganoe and the political power
Il the trusts. Mr. Rooseyelts
""akness rs. a candidate in his
own State has been demonstrated |
at overy election. Should he car
,, tho country in November, as it |
!, possible that he may, the adj |
verse vote of New York would |
Gs-ve as Il salutary check on his |
usuTpation Of power, and no eff
urt shonld bo spared 10 secure
: his result.
The lesson of the Vermont cleo
ton is That the Independents and
the Democrats must work with in
c.'3ased vigor and under more
go nplete system. Truth may be
&c evidont but il is not self en-
l"rmng. Truth is mighty, but it
" il not prevail without all the
~ - IF publicity. Truth must be
Inpclsimed, illustrated, establish
od, enforced. Most important of
all, Truth must have II leader.
The result of the Vermont cleo
hsm makes it, in my judgment,
nII ihe more imperative that Judg
l'arker shall realize and perform
his duty to the millions of bonest
lers who seek no office, look for
personal gain in this election; out
who see in him an ideal and a
hope, and aspire to preserve thro'
!, m the institutions they love.
Tho people need a judicial Chief
Magistrate but not too judicial a
candidate. The judge is trained
+ look at both sides OF case;
the candidate should have h s.
hands full in boxing after his
own. From the judge is expected
cautious deliberation; from the
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