Cañon City record., 1904-09-29
NOT ONE ISSUE is EvADED
Professional and Business Men Read
the Letter on Train and Unite
In Commenting lis
Directness.

ing the nomination for the presidency
was issued through the newspapers, a
trainload of people were travelling from
Boston to New York. The train left
Boston quite early In the morning. and
every man In the parlsr ear settled him
self down to an uninterrupted study OF
his morning paper. With plenty OF time
before them. with nothing to distract
their attention. with no business cares TO
come between them, 1t was quite natural
chat every man in that car should give
the letter an extraordinarily close read
{ng. In point OF fact. IL was easy To
zee that every man In that car read that
letter through. practically from beginning
60 end, and read II carefully. too. This
took mp 4 considerable time. and but
little was heard In the ear save the
rustlinE Of the newspapers. as the train
sped on between the beautiful manufac-
turing towns OF the Old Bay State
After 4 while the newspapers were
laid aside One man after another DRIFT
ed into the smoking room. and there fol-
lowed the usual Interchange OF opinions
on current topics The men In the car
were Of the usual type of high grade.
prosperous American citizens. They rep
resented all sections of the country. and
all yocations as we'll One was distinct
H q minister OF the gospel. quite num-
Der were bankers going on to attend
che big convention In New York. there
were several younger men who had their
golf sticks with them and the rest pre-
scented fair assortment Of business and
professional men.
IL was the man with the short white
mutton-chop whiskcrs who began the
smoke<aIk. and as a matter OF course. he
took for his topic tho Presidents letter
OF acceptance. which every busy man in
that car had jus, finished reading.
Doe. Not Mace words.
There Is one thing like about Roose-
veit." said be OF the uirfton-chpps. -snd
chat is that yon never have TO guess
assiri ~ to what he Il fsikinx about. and
what he means I have just finished
reading that long letter in the morning
paper. aud | don't believe there Is an
erasive word in Il. ! haven't been a
Roosevelt man. My business interests
sre such that got to paying good deal
OF attention to this talk about the Prcsi-
dent being dangerous man. a wild.
crazy, err~tic fellow. l was opposed TO
hls nomination at the outset. because l
believed all these stories. When Mciiin.
icy died, I was fearful that Roosereit's
hot blood womb involve us In diricul-
ties, and. like many other business men.
I was extremely anxious about the fu-
ture. have been cured of all that by
tho way things have moved in the las.
three years. On the whole. however.
thousht this man Parker would make
pretty good President. and u seemed to
me. anyway, " was about time for
change. I read Parker's speech OF ae-
erptancc with whole lot Of interest. be-
cause I wanted 10 see what he had Ia
say. He didn't say anything at ALL II
was the most disappointing thing Of that
Kind I ever read. This letter OF Rccse-
velt's Is exactly the opposite. II doesn't
leave you ia doubt n single minute as
30 what the candidate believes In. IL Is
honest and straightforward, IL does not
nince words, there IL not the slightest
suspicion of trickcry. nnd after reading
Il through from beginning TO end. for
one cannot find single line TO which
could take exception. not a single argu-
nent which seems 10 be that of n danger
ous or an ambitious man. II IL bold and
brave. hut IL is not dishonest, and II Is
not deceptive. After reading Iarker's
speech and Rooscvcl,'s letter. tell you.
gentlemen, there is absolutely no choice
al all as between the two men. and am
. Roosevelt man from now on"
Boid and Honest.
"whnt l like best about tho letter"
said the broad -shouidcred young fellow.
whose brown face and strong hands gave
evidence Of n summer largely spent in the
open air. 'is the fact that he hits out
straight from the shoulder. l like that
sort OF campaign literature. It's the let
ter OF q man who looks you In the eye.
and then punches you good and hard. He
doesn't run away from the subject. and
he doesn't dodge. His letter is like the
man, bold and honest. l don't much
cnre whether he is dangerous or not. but
know he suits the young fellows In this
country, and Il isn't question OF poll
tics at nil. I'm going to cast my first
presidential vote next November. and It'll
be counted for Theodore Roosevelt. or
III know the reason why. The young
men OF the country can understand
Roosevelt and they can understand this
letter. He talks OF the things that have
been done In the last four years. and
doesn't waste any time on constitutional
law. or In sermons as to the duty OF good
citizens. The Republican party has done
certain things In the last four years. aud
lie about them. he only tells the facts.
and then he asks the people to vote for
him. II they believe that the government
OF the country has been run properly. IL
they don't, I believe he would rather
have them vote against him. He's that
kind Of = man. He ashts out In the
open. aud he's always square. 40 it's NO
wonder thst every young man know 10
going TO vote for Roosevelt"
rapksr'6 Hiuuasr.
That vas an awful dig he gave my
1f3oa0 Pnrkee," anid Z Well-kuoWn law