Courier Democrat., 1904-10-20
APES GERMAN WAR LORD
Roosevelt's Bellicose Disposition
a Menace to Peace.

No0Sevelt'S s 6elllc0Se eOlSpoS:tl00
Menace to Peace.
LIKELY TO EMBROIL TEE NATION
Ex-senator Hill Contrasts Judge
Parker's Dignity and Courage
With the BraE and nluster of The
"Hero of Single Flight
Ferdinand Ziegel, president of the
Commercial Travellers league, recently
received at the New York hcadquar-
tiers letter from Ex-senator David
B. Hill, in which the latter said:
II you are to have an executive who
loves war more than peace and who
has proclaimed his affection OH the
house tops; who advocates that the
United States should go abroad, in
his own words, with big STICK"
who says that we should act the part
Of policeman among the republics of
South and Central America, compel
ling them to keep order within their
own territory and even to pay their
debts; who has already threaten.
ed war on q small country, the United
States Of Colombia, without consult
ing congress; who, before he was
president, according to the testimony
Of his then superior officer. Secretary
Long, when his honored predecessor,
Mckinley, was doing all that lay in
his power to prevent bloodshed, urged
that we, before congress had acted,
should make piratical attack on
Spain and destroy her ships; who says
in his letter Of acceptance that diplo-
macy is useless unless accompanied by
threats Of force; who has abandoned
the traditional language Of diplomacy,
which is courteous, and has dealt in
violent and threatening language ad-
dressed to foreign nations-is it likely
that we shall escape from being
plunged into any great war between
nations even if we do not become in
volved in a private war on our own
account?
Roosevelt's bellicose disposition and
ms love of military display show on
every occasion. He even went to the
national convention that nominated
him for vice president partly in mill
tary uniform, wearing military hat.
His enemies might argue that this
was due solely to vanity and to q de-
sire to advertise the short military
service that he had experienced. It
seems, however, more charitable and
more appropriate from respect for the
high office which he now holds to say
this was nothing more than badge
Of his love for the strenuous life.
The people Of the United States have
loved and honored many soldiers with
experience in battles, but not one who
failed to display personal modesty or
who believed that war was a good
thing. The most famous and most ap-
plauded saying Of Grant was, LET us
have peace.' General Sherman's de-
scripion Of war as "hell'' will be quot
ed after his march through Georgia is
| forgotten.
The voters Of this country have new
er shown d preference for policy Of
brag and bluster, advocated by hero
Of single fight, nor will they elect
president blusterer, a swaggerer, a
Bombastes Furioso or q Tartarin Of
Oyster Bay.
Although the gospel Of war is new
doctrine in the United States. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has not been original
in this. He has been the enthusiastic
imitator and disciple Of another, a
| foreign master, whom he has surpass-
ed in the others own field. His Ian
gnage was the copy until it grew more
violent than that Of his great and
good friend. the war lord, the Emperor
| William. Hoch der Kaiser.
Do you not believe that when the
dignifed. courteous and conservative
gentleman who presided for so many
years in our highest court Of justice
in this state is in the White House he
will be able to assert the rights Of
Americans with more temperance and
equal firmness?
During the last eight years, while the
Republican party has been In power,
we have seen a constant increase in
discomfort between the different classes
Of the community-more and more
strikes and lockouts. Larger national
expenses. the burden Of which we pay
in taxation, raise the price Of every
thing that we buy.
Many Of these evils can be cured by
the repeal Of statutes that directly tend
to produce them, some by resolution
and fearless enforcement Of the pres
ent laws. In this emergency the ship
| Of state should be steered by a man
whose firmness, consistency, delibera-
ton, respect for law and that moral
courage which is rarer than the audac-
fty of a boxer or the bold words of q
bfaggart who always has cannon in
his mouth.
| In which of the two candidates are
you more likely to find these qualities?
| Both have been tried by experience in