The state herald., 1904-10-21

ment = Opposition Is Neither snfe
Nor Sane.
Although the Republican party well
comes comparison of the character
and personality of its candidates with
those of the candidates OF the st. Louis
convention, it prefers to urge the eec-
tion of Roosevelt and Fairbanks as fit
ting representatives and Instruments of
the party's policies and intentions.
III it were true, which it Is not, that
there is anything in the career of Judge
Alton Ii. Parker to justify the conten-
JiOn that he would make a ''saner and
safer President than Theodore Roose-
welt, the fact would remain, that. tied
up with the Democratic party, Moses
with the modern equipment of Glad
stone, could not insure AS safe and sane
Il government ns the Republican party
has administered under President Roose-
Syelt.
1t is not pretended that Judge Parker
possesses any superiority OF statecraft.
character or experience to Grover Cleve-
land In fact, he has been accepted by
the conservative elements OF Democracy
as disappointing alternative for the
ponderous oracle of Buzzard's Bay, and
he has only been accepted by the radical
or Bryan element of the party, because
he had demonstrated the lack OF Cleve-
lands safety and sanity by voting for
free silver in 1896 and 1900.
In these two votes the proof is com
plete that there is nothing in Judge
Parker's convictions, character or con-
science to promise anything better, should
he be elected, than weak, vacillating
and reactionary Democratic administra
ton.
Worse than this. whatever may he
thought OF Judge Parker's personal char
acter and ability, he stands before the
world as the presidential creation of
David b. Hill. and his chief associates
and advisers since his nomination have
been Hill, "Bill' Sheehan, Pat" Me-
Carren, Charlie" Murphy and others
of the Manhattan brand OF Tammany
statesmen for revenue only.
"Mr. FACING both Ways"
Nothing in his campaign utterances
has suggested that Judge Parker pos
Resses any of the stern attributes of
leadership that bind parties TO the will
OF n strong. conservative. conscientious
chief. On the contrary he has earned
the sobrquet, bestowed upon him by
Speaker Cannon, OF "Mr.-Facing Both
WAYS"
Therefore vote for the safe and
sane Parker and his octogenarian mate
is only to be justified by trust in the
safety and sanity of the party whose
nominees they are.
For forty years-barring the two
Cleveland interyals-the Democracy has
been excluded from power. because the
American people have mistrusted its
safety. its sincerity aud its sanity. Dur
ing all that period il has embraced with
in its ranks nearly nll the elements of
.discontent, discord and reaction that are
the signs and proofs Of hopeless politi-
cal stagnancy and decay.
As party il threw every impediment
within its reach Ia the way OF the ener-
setic prosecution OF the war for the
preservation of the Union.
That the reader may understand that
the Democratic leopard has not changed
its spots in forty years II may he re-
called that on July .. 1864. the Demo
cratic members OF Congress put forth
an address TO the people of the United
States In which. according TO George
William Curtis In llarper's Monthly,
President lincoln was charged with tho
,cngrossment OF power; with military in
reference In elections: with the crea-
ton Of bogus States; with Illegally rails.
ing troops, with unnecessary and hateful
conscription. with the payment OF es-
-orbitaut bounties; with employing eolored
troops on an equality with white soldiers:
with setting up false and ruinous hnan-
cial system; with placing us In peril OF
foreign interference: with endeayorlng TO
corrupt the race by amalsamntion with
negroes"
In August Of that same year August
Belmont, whose son il now pulling wires
behind the sphinx OF Esopus." ms tenn.
porary chairman OF the Democratic Ma.
tional Convention. said that -four years
of misrule by a sectional. fanatical and
corrupt party had brought our country
TO the verge OF ruin. The past and pres.
ent are sufficient warnings OF the dis
nstrous consequences which would h.fnll
MS II Mr.. Lincoln's reelection should he
made possible by our want OF patriotism
and unity"
seywour's sentimssts.
Horatio Seymour, IN his speech as
permanent chairman OF the same con
vcntion. inv-ighed bitterly against Idn'
colin. administration aud the Republican
party. saying: They were animated by
intolerance and fanaticiSm. and blinded
by un ignorance Of the spirit of our In.
.ti,utlons. the character OF our people
and th. condition Of our land" step by
step" hs continued. "thcy have marched
on TO results from which at the outset
they would have shrnnk with horror:
aud even now when war has de,olnted
our land, has laid l,s heavy burdens upon
labor, and when bankruptcy md ruin
-overhnng US. they will no, have the union
restored except upon condition. unknown
TO the Constitution" lie concluded by
demanding the restoration Of the Union
through the unconditional surrender Of
the principle OF national self-pressr,n'
ton and the full recognition Of the
rights OF the States" demanded by the
people OF the South,
These speeches of Belmont and soy'
nour-ths prototypes Of tho B-lmonts
and Illis. Bryans aud Ben 1illmans,
ssurks Cockranr and Carl Seizures Of
our day-wsr. but the prelude 10 the res
olntions of the convention In which Liz
coins administration was denounced
from every traditional point sf view with
Ia the vocabulary Of PARTISAN ,itnpera'
ton. and IN. war was denounced .. fail
ure ln III. following perennial Democratic
phrsscologyi
u...iy.a THAT ,hs gou,eutIon does st