The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-10-13
REPUBLICAN REASONS
Rev. D. R. Lucas 1s!'s Why
Roosevelt Should Be
Elected.

Elected.
The Indianapolis Star is con-
Quoting a debate between repub-
iicans and democrats. Among
those chosen on the republican
side is Rev. d. r. Lucas who
says: The reasons why the re.
publican party should be contin-
ued in power are, from my stand
point, in brief as follows:
1, The democratic party is a
discordant one. 1t is composed
of gold democrats. Cleveland
men, Bryanites, Populists and
many other elements that offer no
hope to the sensible people of the
country that they could organize
an administration that would be
any sense be better than the one
we have now.
9 If the democratic party
should come into power it would
not be controlled by business
democrats of the north, but by
the men of the south who are
themselves-many of them hold
ing positions simply because of
the force and fraud they have
used to perpetuate their power.
Their states eleven of them-are
conceded to Parker, not be-
cause he gets them by a fair vote
but because, whatever the vote
may be, these men control it and
direct it. Surely the American
people do not wish to turn the af
fairs of this nation over to men
lected in that way.
3 If, as some democrats say,
there are no issues but the per-
sonalities of the candidates, then
surely no reason can be given
why Judge Parker should be pre-
ferred to President Roosevelt.
Bryan says of Judge Parker:
His nomination was secured
by crooked and indefensible
methods.
If this be true-and no one can
question it, for it can not be de-
MED that if his telegram had been
sent before his nomination he
could not possibly have been
nominated-then how can any
man who believes in fair and hon.
est politics vote for a man whom
his own supporters charge with
using crooked and indefensible
methodist"
4 AS to the labor question
Bryan says: The labor plank, as
prepared by Judge Parker's
friends on the subcommittee,
was a strad0ling, meaningle S
plank" There is thus nothing
for the laboring man to consider
of any advantage to him when
he remembers that it is the poll
cy of the republican party in the
protection of American labor
that has given the laborers their
high standard in this country, so
much above that of any other
when brought into comparison.
5. So far as the trusts are
concered Mr.. Bryan, who GER
tainly is fair judge. and can
not have any republican preju-
dice, says:
1.-The nomination of Judge
Parker virtually nullifies the an
THRUST plank" This fact is evi-
dent to the most obtuse mind, and
any man who looks for any meas
ures in restraint of trade from
the democratic party will look
| in vain,
6. Another reason, which,
from the standpoint of the veter-
an soldier, is of the utmost i'm
portance, is the clear statement
of Judge Parker that if elected
he will revoke the order of Pres:
ident Roosevelt fixing the age
limit for disability. It scarcely
seems possible that he would
think of such action.
Both Presidents Cleveland and
Mckinley in their orders fixed
an age limit, and it certainly is
fully III harmony with the rul-
lings of the pension department
from the very beginning.
This statement of his warning to
every veteran and every friend
of the old soldier that if the dem.
ocratic party comes into power
President Parker proposes to do
what President Cleveland did-in-
augurate his administration with
a raid on the pittance that the
government pays the old soldiers
in the way of pensions. What is
worse. he proposes as substi-
tute for in order to recommend