Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-25

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nation was made unanimous on mo
ton OF Hawes. tremendous ovation
followed his nomination and speech
of acceptance.
In his speech accepting the noml.
nation for governor today. Folk said
II your selection shall be ratified by
the people, shall do my best to carry
ont the policies outlined The expos.
ure of corruption in Missouri has
made the people realize the menace to
good government If 1t is tolerated. and
me necessity OF stamping out the in.
huences of corruptionists In our no
ltlcal life. | have been fighting them
with all the powers at my command.
and have lashed them with the whip
OF the law, | have no favors to ask
OF any and no quarter 10 give. It Is
uhrelenting warfare to the end. In
| their frenzied desperation they have
| committed slander and abuse. There
are TWO things | am proud of-the aid
so"u cti1ehs nave given me and the
intense hatred of corrupt enemies"
Nhen the convention reconvened
Thos. l.. Ruby was nominated lieuten.
ant governor by reclamation.
sam Cook was renominated for sec.
rotary of state on the first ballot over
three rivals. a bitter fight was made
ON Cook, as he is not supposed to rep.
resent thoroughly the ideas advanced
by Folk
WASHINGTON. July 2l.-The fact
that Parkers managers will be able
to secure two dollars to one for Roose-
welt on Wall street Is not worrying
those in charge OF the Republican
campaign,
Months ago President Roosevelt and
MS friends caused IT to be made known
through these dispatches that they
did not wish large war chest this
year Elihu Root, then secretary of
war spoke out frankly. He said that
there was danger that the tendency
To use enormous sums of money In
presidential elections, n tendency that
had run riot In recent years. might re
suit In a very serious national scan
dhl IL 1t was not checked, and that he
believed now was the time to call a
matt That the secretary echoed the
sentiments of President Roosevelt
was natural inference, and your cor
respondent improved an opportunity
10 make donbly sure on this point The
selection of Mr. Cortelyou to be his
campaign manager was in one way
an indication OF the presidents wishes
in this respect. 1t meant II clean, bus
lnesslike, honorable campaign. one in
which money should not play lead.
ing part
To this end 1t was thought that two
million dollars would be ample to con
duct the campaign, but now 1t Is real.
ized that 1t Will be difficult to raise
even this sum, while on the other hand
1t Is limited that the Parker fund may
reach six millions, IL thing which has
not been since 1892 when William c.
whitney had more money than he
knew what to do with and when. as
everyone will remember, Mr.. Cleve-
land was elected for the second time.
II money, therefore. counted Parker
might be considered to have the best
OF the deal. But there are special rea-
sons why this principle need not be
considered as sharply applying to this
campaign. II is only necessary to
mention one of these reasons, to-wit:
President Roosevelt's courageous
prosecution OF the Northern Securities
case deeply offended some OF the rich.
est men in New York. men who gen
orally contribute generously to the RE
publican war'chest. But that prose-
cntion was so popular with the masses
of the people, especially in the West,
that it was worth to the Republican
cause more In assured votes on elec-
tion day than ii has cost in the dollars
which Wall street viii subscribe to
the Parker fund.
u is now generally understood that
the program of the Democrats, as out
lined in dispatch from st Louis the
day after the convention Is to be fol-
lowed. That Is to say. the old ALL
ance between the South and the West,
which obtained in the days of Bryan
ism, Is no wabandoned and instead
ism, Is now abandoned and instead
solid South and New York. with Il
plan to carry enough. or nearly
enough. electoral votes in the East TO
make majority of the college with
the addition of the ISL votes of the
solid South.
Former Senator Davis was delib-
erately and with calculation put on
he tail end of the Parker ticket by
orders Of Judge Parker's managers,
undoubtedly either under direction of
the judge himself or with his cordial
assent for two purposes:
/. Mr., Davis was to aid In the rails.
ing OF an enormous campaign fund,
subscribing large sum himself and
helping in the getting of money out
OF other rich men and corporations.
2 He was to be used as an inter
mediary In assuring the benehciarics
Of the protective tariff that In the
event Of Democratic success at the
polls their interests were not to suf
fer.
The selection OF Mr. Davis for vice
president was intended as a notice
upon the business interests, especially
those which are leenly Interested in
the tariff schedules. that not the free
trade or drastic revision element Of
the Democracy. but the Gorman-Dayis