The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-20
PLAIN TALK TO
THE HOLSTERS
Senator Stone of Missouri
Makes Speech in Indiana.
PARKER SENSIBLE AND SAFE
ROOSEVELT LIKELY TO PER
FORM QUEER ANTICS.
PARKER SENSIBLE AND SAFE


Bluffton, Ind, Oct. Ex-senator VIII
liam J. Stone of Missouri delivered an
address before a mass meeting Of DEM
oerats in this city tonight. The hail
was well filed and the speakers re-
marks were wen received. Senator
Stone said:
Case Plainly Put.
bosWitdny should any Democrat in Indiana
m vTres'te 20 vote for Judge Parker? Much
/ tIs3aS. why should any Indiana Democraf
tnihk for a moment of votfrg a.r' t a.
In I'm. am told that there are sonne
CIIi9ocrats in this state who are great
ear i,lgIS s OF mr., BRYAN and who have
vaiis,sSttIly supported the things he has SO
tdhanuy fought for. who are unfriendIS,
No no me candidacy of Judge Parker and
/ Roosa rS,sf expresses purpose to vote for
au1ress myself, for to these ] feel have
| d Ilsht 10 talk. ] had as much To do a|itb
| 3soe making Of the Chicago platform I'm
i e as any man, and 1 have been as
! ernest faithful and uncOmpronisinc- IN
/ iiuy advocacy Of the principles enumerated
~ -. lna1 PLATFORM as any man; and. there
/ tOIe' Ieel l have a right TO be heard nv
! ihose with whom / have been associated
/ al the great struggles of the recent mast.
A 1,h so L ask again why any Democrat,
! +, iANSAiNA VI the SO-CdlleQ BrVaU or anil
! - an type, refuses to support Parker or
tnihks Tor one moment Of supporting
roosevelt? One of these men will be the
LeAt president What manner Of man
snould be called to fiji the great office of
preSldent' Partisanship is apt 10 blind
4 US ana the sense eOf public duty IS often
warped by party zeal, but if we could put
Such considerations aside and speak sole
] ~ for the public good how would Won
answer this question | have asked as to
the manner of man who should be made
president Of the republic?
Power of the President.
NO public functionary in all the world
can exert greater power for good or I'M
endn the president. The power he can
J exert concerns not alone our own country
I and people. but II Is power Worldwide
/ in its reach. Therefore the president
| should be typical not only OF the very
zenship. but he shorld be possessed of
those traits and characteristics which be-
/ fit him for the responsible duties of flat
exalted station.
| 5YDes. Both are honorable and clean. and
both are strong in their several ways
Let us look at them. One is trained
lawyer and iuriSt, familiar with our con-
/ stitution and forms OF government and
who has a reverent respect for law He
IS man experienced in public affairs. OF
judicial temperament. Of sound Judgment
and mental poisc. He is a man who
moves with elaboration and cautious step.
who thinks before he asks and looks be-
| fore he leaps He els a man who would
never play to the galleries. Whatever he
might do would be done without osten-
4 tatious display. In his hands the great
business interests of the country would
be safe. for his course would be charac
teTiZed BIZ prudence and conserva tisTn.
Which one Of the candidates for the Dresi-
dency comes within this DESCRIPTION? one
of them is such man as ] describe. Can
there be a moments doubt in the mind
fgf NJ ole in = n
THY Of the man?
Estimate of Roosevelt.
'"Then there les another tyne OF man
the nation for the next four wears. lie
is of the strenuous type. impulsive. err
ratio. spectacular and domineering. He Is
a man who delights In attltudinizing anu
is domino ted by more impulse than jude
ment He is self ODinionated and self
asaertive and is satisfied 10 reach his ends
without much concern for the means
whereby ne accouaplishes them He has
sublime faith IN himself and courage and
audacity. IN his hands the Great indus
tria' and business interests Of the country
might be safe. but az to that there would /
be ar ever-DTesent doubt and aDDrHhen-
sion. What candidate for the presidency
comes within this definition? There rs no
need to make specific answer to this, Tor
every intelligent elector IN this state rec
ognizes the man l have thus imperieclly
though accurately described
eff we could put party feehng as'de
and be swayed By our Judgment and by
considerations for the public good which
Of these men would be called tn the
presidency? Which would we say is best
fitted for that hi-h office?
No Good Reason.
Answer that each for himself. and then
let any Democrat here tell me why he
should cast his vote against Judge Par&er
or refuse actively 20 support him. What
good reason can any Democrat give Tot
opposing Parker or for supporting RooSe-
welt? T have been told there are rev
such Democrats in this state. have not
found anv since ] came. blt If there are
any here 7 would like to have one or them
tell re why he prefers Roosevelt 70
Parker. why he VIII support the RepnD-
ifcan marty and candidates against his
own party and candidates. fhe on1y Iea-
son 7 have ever heard i1timated as
justification for IBIS strange pf9geS Ill
is that Judge Parker is a gold Dug.
Granted that he Is, what pf 1t ls not
Roosevelt also a 'gold bur even more
strenuous and uncompromisins than IS
Judge Parker did not belleve in the
Chicago platform declarations N favor OF
free silver coinage. int he was ioHdl
partv man and yielded his Own opipion
70 tbe authoritative Judgment Of bis par
tv. expressed throuEh national conNen-
ton Ha supported Mr. BrTan IN hotn
camuaigus This is record whlch
should aDpeal to the maen0ninlty or
every BRYAN Democrat IN the country II
Judee Parker. living IN New York. under
the influences which envirOned him
there had the courage to vote tor Rryan
i'm 1896 IS il possible that BRYAN Dem
4, ocrat I'm indiana can so far forget HIM
eclf as to vote against Judge Parker at
/ this time when the coinage issue has
ceased 10 be q vital issue or immediate
! and pressing importarce2
Silver Not An Issue.
L am a believer IN bimetsllism, but
| after all the money question Is a bust
! ness question. What NAV De wise mon
! etary policy today might not i,e at all
/ suitable to conditions a decade hence.
! The conditions which prevailed In 1886
were very different from those which we
/ have today. Then there was IN made
] auate supply OF currency and IN insult
1 ficient money volume AS a result of that
| inadequate money supply. wages ana
! property values had deprecated indus
| try was stagnated. debts and mortgages
l were accumulated, and business cOnd-
1 tions were bad. A majority of Democrats
| believed that silver should be restored 20
: its old right under the constitution TO
! free coinage at a fixed ratio with gold,
! TO the end that the volume OF standard
/ money might be speedily and materially
! increased. They believed that IL this
should be accom- lished the value OF prop
( erty and of wages would be enhanced.
! that enterprise would awaken and in
/ dustriai and business conditions be Inn
proved. The election went against US, and
l We did not succeed in opening the minis
1 To free silver coinage We failed If that