Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-18


skilled men and to tell the truth the
plant was able to accomplish but lit.
Tie, Armour said: The strikers are
to be complimented for their conduct
believe there are fewer drunken men
now than before the strike"
Small receipts at the local yards to-
day We're eagerly snapped up at ad.
vanced prices.
ST. LOUIS. July 14.-Iudge Parker
believes he can beat Roosevelt. He
is going out to win He has taken the
management of the campaign into his
own hands His coup d'politique in
forcing the party to the gold standard
after the convention had decided to
ignore the money question entirely is
Il part of his well-planned scheme TO
defeat the president.
The Democratic candidate believes
the great battle for the presidency is
TO he fought in the East lie has lit
tie confidence in the middle West, al
though efforts viii he made In both
indiana and Illinois The hardest bat.
tie, The one into which money is to
be poured. will be in the East
When Judge Parker's managers de.
cided to name ex-senator Davis of
West Virginia for yice.president they
were simply carrying out the candl-
dates plans The program Is u-meet
the enemy On his own ground 10 fight
with his methods. In other words.
the Democratic leaders say the Re.
publican party wins through thorough
organization. through rigid discipline
in It's own ranks. through practical
politics In handling the masses In
plain English. 1t is the Democratic
plan TO fight fire with hrc--to use a
large sum of money in he campaign.
to rally corporation ana railroad in
liucnces, TO buy or bully their way to
success
Former Senator Davis Is a very rich
man. He Is worth as much az 500.
0o0.0 He has promised to make a
liberal contribution 10 the Democratic
campaign fund. all the way from 5000
900 to S5O0,00O, In addition he has
promised to swell the campaign fund
TO mammoth proportions through his
influence with other rich men and with
corporations lie has also promised
that West Virginia and Maryland shall
be Democratic
When the bare outlines of this plan
TO beat the Republicans was unfolded
to the heads of delegations from the
South they said It met their ideas.
They were tired of campaign Of sen
timent and speechifying such as Bryan
had waged They were disgusted
with the idea OF an alliance with the
West. The West had never given
them enough electoral votes to come
anywhere near success. They were
more than willing to place themselves
under the leadership of New York, to
go in for practical politics and to
make their fight for the White House
on an alliance between the solid South
and the East
AR the scheme was described TO
them by Judge Parker's representa-
tlves. there is more than fighting
chance TO carry New York. Connect
cut. Rhode Island. New Jersey. Della
ware, Maryland and West Virginia.
Here are eighty electoral votes. Now
add the 1873 votes OF the solid South.
and the total Is 233. or within six Of
the number required 10 elect These
six may be had in Montana or Ne
yada.
To make mp for the possible failure
to carry New Jersey. Connecticut and
Rhode Island. make a fight for lndi-
ana and Illinois, but avoid scattering
too much Waste no time on Nebras
ka. Kansas and other states, where
Democratic efforts must he regarded
as rainbow chasing.
When this practical scheme for the
beating OF Roosevelt was placed be
fore them and they were told that vast
sums of money could be insured to
carry 1t out. tho southern leaders
dropped all their opposition to the
Parker gold standard play. voted al
most unanimously for the Williams
telegram. which placed the conyen'
tlon solidly behind the candidate. al
though il had earlier refused to go that
way. and said to New York! "All
right. the South will stand with you.
We follow your lead II you want Da
Wis for vlce-presldent we Will help you
nominate him" And they were as
good as their word Moreover. the
southern leaders frankly confessed Ia
their friends from the West that they
had repudiated the alliance which be
gan with the silver movement In 1896
that they had cast their fortunes with
New York and that they had more
confidence in practical politlcs'-
that Is to say. in the use OF money. in
the cities OF New England and New
Jersey and among the farmers and ne
groes in Delaware. Maryland and West
Virginia-than in the sentimental
school of politics and devotion "a
principle and displays of oratory that