The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-08-31

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these were General E. A. McAlpin,
former president of the Republican
national League aud treasurer of
the republican state committee;
Theodore Cox, once president of the
New York State Leagus of republic
can clubs, candidate for congress in
the Ninth district and delegats to
the repu blican state conventions In
1898 aud 1900; William Morton
Grinnell, assistant secretary of state
under Harrison, and William. II.
Stayton, lifelong republican and
a member of the bar; John A. Nc
Call, ,presidentlof the New York Life
Insurance Company, former dem
ocrat.
1t is notew orthy that nearly all
the republicans who. decline to sup
port Roosevelt do SO on the ground
of his violations of the Constitution,
disregard of law and generally ar
bitrary, erratic an'l dangerous
course of action. AS .x.Seeretary
Boutwell,, of Massachn 1T, said to
the correspondent of Toe World:
"The election of Mr.. Roosevelt
would be dangerous thing. No
man can tell what he is likely to
do. He probably could not him
self tell, 50 strange Is bis tempera-
ment, 80 uncertain his orbit"
These judgments emphasize the
truth of The Worlds declaration to
Mr.. Roosevelt in its Open Letter:
.'The paramount issue of this CAM
paign is not, as you would have it,
free trade or free silver, but YOU
yourself-Theodore Roosevelt. They
show, furthermore, the weakness of
the common republican charge that
though Judge Parker himself is ju-
dicial, deliberate, conservative and
upright, "the voters behind him.
are dangerous. The mass of repub-
lican voters are undoubtedly safe
and sane; yet a large number of
republicans will not vote for Roose-
welt because they do not regard him
as safe. IA Parker Constitutional
Club" has been formed in this city,
starting with fifty leading lawyers.
Including the most eminent mem
bers of the bar, to advance the
cause of constitutional government,
civic freedom and adherence to law
by promoting the eleetieu Of Judge
Alton Brooks Parker 10 the presi-
dency." These men know that rad
ical democrats will not administer
the Office of President in case Judge
Parker ehall be elected, just as they
fear and know that conservative re-
publicans will not be able to shape
the course or check the belligerent
impulses of Mr.. Roosevelt if he
shall be given a vote of confidence
by the people and told to ''go ahead"
in his own egotistic, sdf-willed and
arrogant way. Sensible men real
ize that they are to vote for presi-
dent, not for mass or mob of
partisans; for an executive, charg-
ed with the duty of recommending
to congress, armed with the veto
+ power, authorized to make treaties
= = and conduct our foreign relations,
sworn to maintain the Constitution
81 and enforce the laws. And an in'
), creasingly large number of voters
are coming to believe that Judge
!. Parker would, make better and
. safer president than Col. Roosevelt
Il London, Aug. pa dispatch te
> a news agency from Antwerp says
that seven workmen perished in the
. oil fire at Hokokeo, and that only
two out of 40 tanks escaped. The
loss is estimated at 100000.
: The Standard Oils nine tanks
= contained 10000 barrels of oil
Fhey are total loss but were in
E sured for $4,000. One Russian
oil firm lost 10, 900 barrels, insured
= for $3.50, 900. .