The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1904-09-22

not enough money To 1u around
The only ~sy h f,es silver nj ID u
IL And what could Parker ds
against that he.dioug cry Ar
you sure that he would he wi-el
and firmer than he Was in isss
aud 800? He might: but what !,
the u-e Of taking such chsnce
And, anyway, why think of voi
ing Tor . maa h0,ronly four year
ago, Was foolish enough 10 vote Tn
he iunscy OF free silver aud Brya,
True, Ii Is never too late To mend
But 1t is better not to have TO g.
mspded. 1t 1896 and 1900 Rosrs
Welt voted for sound money ana
for Mckinley and his beneficien'
policy, while Parker was voting fol
what he now admits Was In error
aud to upset what Mckinley had 81
wisely builded.
Agstu Look at the Trust Question:
We know that Roosevelt and hi
party will deal with the trusts seri
ously and vigorously, As In the past
But how Parker and his party
will deal with the trusts, no ont
knows.
In other words, Roosevelt stands
clearly on his record as TO trust
abuses. When he Was told that the
Northern Securities was violating
the antitrust law he instantly or
dered the most searching inve-tiga.
ton, and the SUPREME Court d-cid
ed that the law had b en- violated,
and ordered q dissolution.
We can be reasonably sure tina,
that man will keep on in that sain.
vigorous attitude toward the 81 .
forcement Of the La vs..
en- the other hand, the Demo
cratic candidate was, We know, Yer.
timid and tame in speaking OF tn.
trusts in his speech Of acceptance
wholly unlike the vigorous words OF
Roosevelt.
Back of that strange caution in
Parker's speech is the we'll known
alliance of some Of the biggest tru.t
systems to secure his election.
Things have changed indeed sin g
Bryan was in the saddle against the
trusts. Some Of them have now
gone over to the Democratic side
They resented Roosevelt's merciless
enforcement of the law, and turned
against him. While they fear the
uncertainty which Democrat vic
tory would bring into business, there
is another thing they fear more:
they fear enforcement Of the law
more than any other peril. Bryan
taw IN the convention how they
were working for Parker, end he
the alarm that the "mOney
power" was capturing the nomina-
ton.
How much these great trusts are
shaping Parker's campaign, cannot
yet be told. But the coc lness OF
the Hearst system of newspapers to
ward Parker is very significant.
Those papers have fought tooth and
nail against the trusts. Before the
convention they opposed Parker be.
cause of his sympathy with these
trusts. Now their support of him
is 80 perfunctory as to "damn him
with faint praise.'
There is Io doubt that there is
something doing" between Parker
md the trusts,
It is absolutely impossible to pre-.
dict what treatment he will give
them if he is called upon, as Presi-
lent, to enforce, the laws against
hem.
But every body knows Of a GER
;ainty that Roosevelt will enforce
he laws without fear or favor. That
8 what he has done; that is what he
promises to to do; and Roosevelt has
lever been charged with breaking
lis word.
1t is important to test the two
nen on our foreign policy.
Roosevelt and his party will be
ure to continue the John Hay
'Olicy.
But Parker and his party are
likely to plunge into the Unknown,
With paths that leads no where in
John Hay as Secretary Of State
las been the bright particular star
t the present Administration, and
70 one recognizes it 80 we'll as
roosevelt himself. Hay and Mar
uis, Ito. of Japan, are the two
reatest living statesmen,
Hay has been our greatest Minis.
Or OF Foreign Affairs for forty
ears.
But if Parker is elected, what
I'LL our foreign policy be? Who
ill conduct it? The last Demo
rattc Administration nearly got us
ITO a war with England by its
rusqueness. 1t hauled down the
ag from Hawaii. Parker and his
arty want to haul down the flag in
ne Philippines. Then it will be
auled down in Porto Rico for the
me n ason. And in the place of
'hn Hay we would be likely to
e David B. Hill-the man to
HON Parker owes most.