The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-10-14
ARTFyL D0OGER
JUDGE pARks US pexTeR,1Y IN
THE ART OF EVASION.
A Few Reflections Upon The Demo-
cratic Cnndidate's Letter of Accep-
tance Document that Does Not
Convince the Reader.

Few people outside OF those politicnll.
interested will be found who claim to
have wadcd through all OF Alton Il.
parker's letter Of acceptance. Those
who have performed the feat must adj
NIT fatigue. Although the ton of the
letter is more clear and emphatic than
that of the nerveless and insipid speech
of acceptance. il is without that supreme
quality which fixes attention. AS one
reads the mind wanders. The perform
ance, in short. is not convincing.
In some passages there is marked e~i-
Bennett Hill. Here is the voice of
Jacob indeed. but the hand is the hand
of Esau. But. even with the injection
of Hill there is little in the document
to ward off the gentle influences of
Sunderland.
In his remarks upon "ImperialiSm."
intended 10 be impressive, the Judicial
candidate succeeds only in being solemn
and dull, and his long words and long
sentences Lad nowhere, for fe gives no
instances of the violation of the liber-
ties and constitutional rights he is so
anxious to uphold. He merely winds
round and round the subject he has
introduced with a flourish. as "Consti-
tutional VS.. Imperialism" and ends
abruptly with a general and scattering
fire upon an imaginary Determined. am
bilious and able executive" who might,
could, would or should do something
real deviljsh" some day, if the Repub--
licans are retained in power.
Will Not Follow Democrats.
And the statesman of Esopus forget,.
a good many things. or, possibly he
doesn't forget. Perhaps he never knew
much about the history of the people of
The United States.
"sIIALL WE FOLLOW THE
FOOTSTEPS OF OUR FATHERS
ALONG THE PATHS OF PEACE
PROSPERITY. AND CONTENT
M.N:' he asks.
NOT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP
on THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
comes il many-voiced reply.
When has the Democratic party ever
led among the pleasant fields of peace.
along the streams of prosperity where
fed the fat tlockS of contentment?
PEACE.
What party plunged this nation into.
such a war of Rebellion as the world
has never seen. and kept ii there, at
unfold expense of blood ami tears and
tittSulc IoI -FOUR iollS years
PROSPERITY.
What party undermined the wealth
and productive force, the credit and the
industrial life of the United States To
the appalling conditions of 1898. CON
ditions which so worked upon the minds
Of men as TO render them easy victims
to the schemes and visions of the silver
| craze of 1896.
COSTENTM ENrt
What party has f~ostered within it's
bosom all the t~ireless agftators, the dis
turbers, cranks and misanthropic pessi-
mists, who nave had a full hand in a
full country!
Save us from the Democratic version
of peace, prosperity and contentment!
Further Evasions.
In his utteranccs upon the Imperial,
bogy MIR. Parker is gushing. When it
gets to the tariff he settles down into
the jog-trot of party d~ullness and fog
In his discussion of pension order, No.
Is, he begins lodging questions with
neat deXterity, and he keeps this up.
with varying success throughout the let
ter, executing a grand sumnnrsault when.
whizzing by the trusts.
The amusing assumption of Republi-
can ideas on the Panama Canal, the
irrigation of arid lands, foreign relations
and American citizenship need no com
ment. They constitute what is an old
story to Republicans, but may come
as Il revelation to Democrats.
Following President Roosevelt's ex-
ample. Mr.. Parker winds up his letter
with eight Or ten questions, but in select
ing the questions MIR. Parker departed
from the excellent model at first chosen
and asks only questions which answer
themselves.
1t is comforting to be assured that
the Democratic candidate and his asso-
GATES await the peoples verdict with
calmness and confidence"
SO do the people themselves, especial
ly the Republicans among them. There.
is really nothing to get Hurried about:
nothing to. scare the most timid Demo
crat in the bunch of scary brethren.