The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-28
.OUTC.R.OlINS
EARLY CREED ) |: |
MIR. Roosevelt Elnefgcs From.
Beliefs Of the Past, or
So It Seems.
Few QUOT. A.TIlIoIsN s 5.
Presidents Own Words Com
init Him to Free Trade-At-
titude8on Pensions.
{. BID

(From Our; Regular Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. D. CT, July 27--TheI
election OF Taggart to the chairma nship
of the National Committee Is regarded
as pretty good evidence that Indiana will
give It's electoral vote to Parker and
Davis Taggart says he can carry, the
State for tho Democrats, and .,ho lis not
in the habit OF falling to make good"
He has repeatedly demonstrated that he
can carry the HoosierS State II given free
band, and he is going to sct about the
task absolutely unhampered this year
Taggart knows the voters Of Indiana
as no other man knows them. Every
county in the State is said to be as famil-
lar to him as his own ward In Indlanapo-
Ills. He u will meet conditions every
where in the State and go the Republicans
one better Mr.. Taggart is confident Of
being able TO switch the large Quaker
and Thinker vote Of the State to Parker
because Of the utterances OF President
Roosevelt against sects which arc opposed
to war and arc sadvocat ties OF the doctrine
Of non-rcsstance 81.
Roosevelt and the Quakers.
There are said to be ten thousand
Quaker voters in Indiana, to whom Mr..
Roosevelt's doctrines are especially dis.
tasteful. It may be that tho Presid ents
attitude towards people WIN, for con-
science sake. are opposed to- war. Is not
generally known But 1t was pretty well
known lin Rockingham county Va. in
1861. when Mr.. Roosevelt was on tho
national ticket with Mr.. Mckinley. That
county had given q. ma jorlt " for Nc Kln-
ley$in 1896. n There a re, man " Thinkers and
sMennonites In the county. who are among
the most thrifty and prosperous people
In this country-honest, laW-abiding. In
Edustrious and Cod fearing, In 1900 these
hard headed fagF,ers learned OF the opln-j
ions Mr.. Roosevelt had expressed regard
ling the danger of such peaceful citizens
ITO the community, and a Republican ma
Fjorlty# Of over five hundred In 1896 was
turned to a Dem2cra tic majority Q $50 in
1900 IN his Life Of It honlas Der ton, Mr.
Roosevelt says. pa &c 33ssa
Il In those days ! t was common for peo-t
pie to- settle their quarrels during court
week. 80 IL Judge Allen took great de-
light IN these exhibitions. and would at
any time adjourn his court to illness
one. IIc always Travelled with a holster
of large pistols In front OF his ga ddle,
and with n knife with. blade at ;least a
fuotslong. Hamilton Shol'op Was no mere
creature Of fancy: on the contrary. he
5flourished iranky In every town through
outYthc Mississippi q ~ alley But fter
saIl. this ruf11anisn was not one s whit
worse K In It's effects than was the case
with certain universal peace and nom
resistance developments In: the North,
eastern States. gIn fact, 1t was more
healthy. clsssX OF professional nom.
complaints Is MS hurtful to the real
healthy growthsoe a nation as n class OF
fire-eaters for, a weakness or foil is
nationally as bad as vice or worse, and
In the long run a Quaker ma be quite
as undesirable tizen as a duellst. No
n Il who Is not wiling to bear arms and
fight for his rights can Give a good rea q
son why he should be entitled to I've IN a
free community, .s5 s$5
The sQuakers Of Indiana will perlla ps
lie asked by the Republicans to overlook
thissbold assertion of the President that
they5 can givcgno valid reason WHY they
should remain In this country. They
will hardly bc8wllling to accept his die
8Gfm that they cannot be citizens OF tho
United States unless they accept his d oc.
s.rines OF NIL itarsna, \;
At Hearta Free Trader.