The broad ax., 1904-10-01
MERCHANTS FAVOR Parker



business msn 10 Judge Parker q fur
nishsd By the New York Hsralds care
ful poll Of the New York Produce az
ehanga In that Organization there II
reputed large preponderanee Of re-
publican members. and during the
Bryan campaigns their support was
powerfully directed to- Mckinley, al
though the organization ~ such took
no part In the campaign Whereas
the exchange voted almost solidly for
Mckinley and Roosevelt at the last
election. the Hsrald's poh shows that
about one to every four and one-half
VIII swing this year from the republic
can 70 the democratic ticket" Six
hundred and sixty-five members have
replied to the Herald's inquiries as to
their voting intentions; out o. which
number III who voted for Mckinley
In 1900 announce their determination TO
vote for Judge Parker. The exchange
has some 5000 members. and Il 10. OF
course, impossible to ten from these
data how . majority q IN members
win vote In coming elections. bat. -
the Herald observes, ~thess strGws
show which way the wind bloVhs
In q critical hour Of national life,
when the dangerous impsfialistie
trend and revolutionary Innovations q
the administrator threaten tbs stabii-
ity Of goVernmsnt. an eminsntly sane.
safe ana conservative candidate cannot
but appeal to the business community.
The st. Louis Republic wisely OBJ
serves that II the periIous policies Of
Mr.. Roosevelt should fnd popular In
dorsement IN November and be carried
further 70 their reasonable and prob
able conclusion, the business interests
Of the country viii suffer grave dis
turbapee, and the consciousness Of this
fact BY those interests is powerful In
nuence for Judge Parker.
The accessions 70 Judge Parker's
strength are not marked BY loud hue
xas and torchiight professions. Il d
reason which Is At work for Judge Par
ker; Il n business prudence and fore
sight, and the result IL achieved quietly,
becoming public only when. a. In this
instance, special inquiry Il made.
In the republican press the desertions
from the Roosevelt standard are reject
Cd hy constant efforts to Allay fear, and
ne md the frequently rspeated state
ment that there Is no menace to
business IN this campaign" Mr.. Roose-
welt r. the ''mensee to business" which
occafions the alarm and prompts the e.
fort. A presidents riotous ambition 10
create q great word power" and To
achieve . crowded hour Of giorions LIE
for himself and to emblsSon his fame
on history cannot result otherwise than
in the constant disturbances Of buslueas.
not to say disaster. When international
entangiements and war clouds darken
the horizon, business Is the instant SUI
ferer, Securities deprsciste and enter
prise fEiters
Business men do not care to see a
president Of this great commercial na-
ton strut along the danger line Of IN
ternationai complications. They DO not
care to see him flourish the big stick
ana shout across the bemispheres.
They cannot but prefer the demeeratic
candidate because Of his Judicial tenn
pertinent. sound judgment and safe rea-
soning-s man Of quiet dignity and sub
stantiai parts. Of great strength Of char
aeter, unefraid to be conservative when
conservatism Is right; man with due
regard for the spirit Of our institutions,
for tradition, for president. for accept