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The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
THOROUGHLY EXPOSED.
Tho Weakness of Parker and Davis
Grows Palmer Each Day.

Grows Palmer Each Day.
It appears that Judge Parker of
Esopus is going to New York City to
run his own campaign. The revelation
has come, but it has come more swiftly
than most Of us expected. The revela-
ton is simply this-that the idea of the
country that the Democrats had nomi-
mated a fine old judge whose character
led up to the standard of what a judge
should be is shivered into splinters. Two
years ago the country knew nothing OF
Judge Alton B. Parker of New York,
and little Of Henry Gassaway Davis of
West Virginia, two men picked up, for
purpose, by the men who controlled the
Democratic national convention. How
clear to everybody now must be the sit
uation! Instead of this stately judge
who sent the stately telegram to st.
Louis, appears, and for all permanently
merely a decent creature of the famous
New York politician, David Bennett
Hill.
stantial and Indifferent that Hill could
have nominated one Of his creations for
the Presidency!
As the days pass in this autumn Of
1904 the eyes of the American people
are opening as to the political situation.
There is no anguish following the open
ing. 1t is practically all over, save the
exhibition of a certain exuberance next
November.
1t is impossible that such a people
as are the voters of the United States
could vote generally to place the gov
eminent in the hands of Tammany and a
weak but crafty Democratic leader,
whose aims and objects have seemed
ever to be for himself alone, one who
has never heard or thought of the ex-
preston, "the greatest good for the
greatest NUMBER and who, above all,
seems incompetent for the best manage
ment of the United States.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
UNWORTHY OF TRUST.
Gold Dem ocrats Stunning the Hill
Sheehan ombination.

Gold Dem ocrats Stunning the Hill
Sheehan Combination.
The Gold Democrats of Indiana are
unwilling to trust Judge Parker's spon-
sors. They are willing to contribute $1O,-
600 to the campaign fund, but the money
will not be sent to the Hill-Sheehan
combination. They have asked Parker
himself to take the money. If the Demo
Gratis are unwilling to trust their leaders,
how can the mass of the people be ex
pected to take any stock in the profess
sions and promises of the party? If the
Gold Democrats are correct in their esti-
mate of Parker's managers, the latter
are no better than a gang of sand-bag
gers. Sterling r. Holt, one of the lead
ing Gold Democrats of Indiana, said
few days ago: 1.-The Gold Democrats
are not going to be coaxed behind
barn and relieved Of their money and
then driven to the polls and voted.''
1t is gratifying to learn that such
man as Mr.. Holt entertains the same
view of Hill and Sheehan that Repub-
licans do, but it is somewhat remarkable
that Mr.. Holt does not realize that Par
ker is merely the creature of his man.
ayers, and that any money given to the
judge will find it's way. through some
channel, to Democratic headquarters
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
RAILWAY MANS VIEWS.
Country IL Prosperous, and Roosevelt
Will Be Elected.

e. n. Hartman, one of the best in
formed railway officials in the country,
says continuation of national pros
perity is assured. Recently he said to
New York Herald reporter:
conditions which in other years
caused panic and national distress do
not now exist. Ia all localties-in Ne
braska and Kansas, in the East and the
Far West-the local moneyed interests
are conservative. 1t is possible to in
vestigate with accuracy any financial or
industrial question. The small money
centers as we'll as the large ones are
well supplied with funds, and this fact
insures careful investment and mini
mixes risk. There has been a slow,
steady enhancement of values, and it is
still going on"
When asked for his opinion on the
probable outcome of the election, he said:
1T will be Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
Every one wants them. No one can af-
ford to change"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
SUGGESTIONS TO DEMOCRATS
Great Thoughts of Great Democrats
Should He Widely Circulated.

Should He Widely Circulated.
The Democratic party is boasting of
the fact that in this campaign it is
sending out a great number of tons of
literature, though why literature should
be sent out by the Democratic party no
one can understand. Upon second
thought though, it must be admitted,
as matter of fairness in speaking of
people who vote the Democratic ticket,
that quite a number of them can read
However, this is merely a suggestion
to the men whose business it is to handle
the Democratic campaign of education.
10 be consistent they must keep up
the campaign lies. In their tons of lit
erature they must first reiterate the
falsehood of Senator Bailey Of Texas,
when he declared in a recent speech
that the President advocated Iynching
as punishment for stealing
They should issue a few million
pamphlets advocating the attitude of
Democracy's great representative,
Champ Clark, in assuming that when
some one in the audience disagrees with
the speaker on the platform it is the
prerogative of the speaker, after his
speech is over, to cut the throat of the
obJector from ear to ear.
There is an old saying that lie we'll
stuck to is as good as the truth. 1t
is not sound proposition, but there is
in it suggestion as to what the Demo-
Gratis might do with their money in cir
culating campaign literature
1t is to be hoped that they will be
grateful for these suggestions, but the
chances are ten to one that they won't.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
The Party for Young Men.

Edward Hoch, Republican nominee for
Governor of Kansas, in an address at
Marion, in that State, said:
But now these vociferous gentlemen
have suddenly discovered that the gold
standard is all right, and their candi-
date for President blandly announces
that that question is irrevocably set
tied Young men should join a party
that espouses good principles and poll
cies at the beginning, and not a party
that opposes every good thing until it is
'irrevocably settled against it, and then
tags along with a belated approval of all
that it had stubbornly opposed"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
A Rear Guard Action.

Already in the presidential campaign
of this year the Democrats are fighting
a "rear-guard action" The Russian
Gen. Kuropatkin has his troubles and
has been fighting rear-guard actions for
some time, but his condition is good as
compared with the condition Of the pres
emit leaders of the Democratic party.
The Democracy is fighting a "rear-
guard action" and about the only trou-
BILE the Republicans have in the premises
is that there will not be fun enough in
the campaign. Even the 'rearguard ac-
ton" appears to be about over.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

Mr.. Parker, Democratic nominee for
President, has never journeyed west Of
Buffalo, n. Y. What does he know of
the great West, its people, their achieve
ments, their possibilities, their needs /?
How can he reconcile the demands of
the different sections, and decide great
questions properly and for the good of
the whole country? Of limited expert
ence. narrowed horizon, he is not COM
parable with Theodore Roosevelt, who
has Travelled the country over, lived east
and west, knows the people, the country,
and is President of the people, not con-
trolled by Wall street and its influences,
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Democrats Admire Roosevelt.

Radical Democratic newspapers are
forced to admit that President Roose-
velt's letter of acceptance is a strenuous
presentation of the issues from Repub-
lican standpoint. Even the New York
World and Denver Times commend the
Presidents keynote" The fact is, there
is not a Democrat in the land who does
not admire Mr.. Roosevelt's direct way of
going at things, and all would vote for
him if they could at the same time re-
tain their party organizati ton. There
will be no real regret among Democrats
when Mr.. Roosevelt is elected. He is
ten times more popular with the mass
of Democracy than Judge Parker is.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Parkerites Alarmed.

There are large number Of BRYAN
Democrats in New York State. and
their present attitude is viewed with
|alarm by the Hill-Belmont-Sheeha or
|ganization. 1t is said every follower of
wv. j. Bryan will vote the Populist Ma
tional ticket. The Populists have nut
b State ticket in the field. the first in
many years, and Bryan Democrat In :
been placed at its head. The Parkerites
pre- charging Bryan with bad faith. as
berting that the detection of the BRYAN
Democrats will cost Parker at least %
DOC votes.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
PARkER'S DEFICIT SCARE.
It IL Easi1y Exploded by an Appeal
to Facts and Figures.

to Facts and Figures.
The Ulster County candidate, labor
ing hard over Judge Parker's speech to
the faithful Democratic editors, scissored
out some statistics with which to ham
mer the Republican administration. But
while the judge was toiling over his
empty sentences,
His cogitative faculties immersed
his aptitude for figures went on a vaca-
ton and he prepared, or accepted, some
very queer conclusions, which he gave
to the admiring editors with much pomp
and circumstance.
The trouble is that the Ulster County
politicians deficit is not a deficit at
all, when it comes to realities. The Re-
lenge of the Democratic candidate, for it
tistics themselves.
Judge Parker asserts" says a Wash
ington dispatch to the Chicago Chron-
icle, that there is now deficit of $42,-
100000, instead Of surplus of $SO,OOO,-
600, which Mr.. Roosevelt found on be-
coming President. Both statements are
reckless, as a careful examination of
the records of the treasury will show
In regard to the deficit, the receipts and
expenditures for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1904, show an apparent deficit
of $4O,OOO,OOO in round numbers, but
during that time the United States paid
$5O,O0O,OOO for a Panama canal and ad-
vanced $4.5OO,OOO to the Louisiana pur-
chase exposition, which latter amount is
to be returned to the government If
Mr.. Parker will deduct his apparent def
cit of $42,OOO,OOO from the $54,5OO,O
paid for the purchase Of the Panama
canal and the encoura cement of an ex-
position of worldwide scope and impor-
lance. he would find balance of $12,-
100000 and upward On the other side Of
the ledger"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Retail Merchants Busy.

Reports from every city in the country
tell of great activity among the retail
merchants, who are laying in stocks and
preparing for a lively fall and winter
trade. When the retail merchants are
busy the country is prospecting, for they
depend largely on the working people for
custom. Democrats who are bowling
calamity and hard times should retire
to the Halls of Silence at Esopus and
immune themselves until the campaign
is over lest they be engulfed by the Re-
publican wave of prosperity.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
The Issue in a syIIosistic Nutshell

In one crisp sentence of eight words
OF his letter Of acceptance President
Roosevelt has given the first premise for
a conclusive syllogism:
First Premise-"A PARTY FIT TO
GOVERN MUST HAVE CONVIC-
TIONS."
Second Premise-The Democratic
party from Judge Parker down to Tom
Taggart has no convictions
CONCLUSION-Th the Demo-
cratic party is not fit to govern.
And there you have the process OF
reasoning that will decide this election.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Many People "from Missouri"

1t is now said the Parker gold tele-
gram is myth, that Parker sent no
such message to st. Louis, and that it
was concocted by Sheehan and Hill in
the hope Of winning the support Of gold
Democrats. There are a great many
people from Missouri" who will have
to be shown the original telegram before
they will believe it was genuine, but
they are mainly Bryanites. However,
if the telegram was not myth, it GER
tainly was an afterthought
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
CATHOLIC PAPER BOLTS
Sunday Democrat, Of New York, Pre-
fers Roosevelt to Parker.

fers Roosevelt to Parker.
The Sunday Democrat of New York,
one of the oldest Irish-American and
Catholic journals Of the United States,
has declared for Roosevelt. 1t says edi-
torially:
For more than thirty years, in political
storm and sunshine, the Sunday Democrat
has supported the Democratic party, advo-
Gated its principles and sustained its can
didates During all that period 1t has
rendered valuable service to the party.
out the constitution and laws Of this coun-
try In a fearless and just manner should
be realized and appreciated, and feeling
the interests of our people win be best
served by his election, this journal has
concluded to lend its support to Theodore
Roosevelt for President Of the United
States
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
The Aatnte Mr.. Wataon.

Candidate Watson knows a thing or
two. He calls Roosevelt the genuine
article" and Parker the Spurious sub
stitute." Rollicking Tom need not be
alarmed for the republic. The voters
will never be fooled by something ''just
as good' from the pack Of the itinerant
statesman of Wolfert's Roost
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

When we increase our population we
increase our national revenues in pro-
portion. Unless we reduce the rate of
taxation we would double our national
revenues if we doubled our population.
AS President Roosevelt said in his mes
sage: The western half of the United
States would sustain a population greater
than that of our whole country to-day, if
the waters that now run to waste were
saved and used for irrigation.''
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Parker's Political Conferences.

1t is announced, with a flourish Of
trumpets, that Richard Olney, who was
in President Cleveland's cabinet, has Wis
tied Judge Parker, spending two hours
with him at Rosemount Nothing is
said about the visits of ''blue-eyed'' Billy
Sheehan of Tammany fame, who is a
near neighbor of Judge Parker, and who
can run in any time. 1t would take many
pounds of Olneyism to cure one ounce
of Sheehanism.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
The Renl Question.

On the day of the issue of President
Roosevelt's letter of acceptance-the day
Pf the Maine election, by the way-the
Dress reports noted long visit to Judge
Parker by David Bennett Hill.
1t is probable, if not certain, that the
Two friends who ''have drunk from the
(ame canteen" throughout more than one
lampaign, discussed, thoroughly, one i'm
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Sure Sign of Confidence.

The price of railway shares on the
New York Stock Exchange is steadily
advancing, which is a sure indication
that railway traffic is good. 1t also is a
sign that holders of stocks are confident
there will be no change in the national
policies which have made good times
for the whole country.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

eve are not unmindfu1 of the i'm.
measurable contribution which our
foreign-born population has m ade to
the upbui1ding of the Republic. Its
work and influence have been felt
throughout the country, and much of
all that is great and sp1end id about us
Is the fruit of its genius and indus
try."- Senator Fairbanks in the Senate, Janu-
arv IL, 1898
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

Under the Republican policy OF pro-
lection our manufactured products have
become oue-third of those of the civil
lied world, and American workmen Sc
cure almost double the pay for their
la Dor that similar labor receives in 9TH
er countries.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

The annual report on the coal industry
of Illinois, furnished by the State bu-
reau of statistics, shows that miners were
never so prosperous as under the McKin-
ley and Roosevelt administra tons The
coal output of the State now is nearly
twice what it was under Cleveland; To-
600 more men are employed than six
years ago. and wages are fully so per
cent higher than in 1897
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

"It may Well be that our opponents
have no real intention of putting their
promise Ito give Filipino s ind pend
encel into effect. fthis is the case, if,
in other words, they are insincere in
the promise they make, it is only nee
essary to say again tn at it 10 un wise to
trust men who are false in one thing
to deal with anything. "-Roosevelt's let
tpP of
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

Roosevelt and Fairbanks First Vot-
ers Clubs are being organized in every
State in the Union. If you are a first
voter and intend to cast that vote for
Roosevelt and Fairbanks this fall. you
ought to join one of these clubs. For
detailed information apply to the Chair
man of your State Central Committee.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

mortal saying of their well-beloved
Thomas Jefferson, namely:
"IF A DUE PARTICIPATION OF
OFFICE is A NATTER OF RIGHT,
HOW ARE VACANCIES TO BE
FILLED? THOSE BY DEATH ARE
FEW; BY RESIGNATION, NONE"
This is, indeed, for the Democrats, "a
hard sayingv'
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

second administration the public credit
had been lowered, the revenues were de-
clining, the public debt was growing, la
Dor was unemployed and business was
paralyzed. The election of Mckinley
in 1896 transformed this condition into
one OF universal prosperity which has
continued till the present time. Why
invite another period Of business depres-
sion?
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Trust Marnates for Parker

A Millionaire club will raise a Parker
and Davis silk campaign banner at
Great Neck, \. Y. The club is COM
posed of Wall street and trust magnates.
Cord Meyer, chairman of the New York
Democratic State Committee, is a resi-
dent of Little Neck.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
The Policy of Silence.

A German proverb says speech Is
silver, silence is gold.' The Democratic
party certainly has come out for gold
if that means silence on the money ques-
ton, and it certainly has gone back on
silver, if that means any speech positive
ly committing it to friendliness to any
sane system of finance.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

When the industries Of the country
prosper coal is in demand and miners
get their full share of the general pros
perity. When the mills and factories
close or work on short time for lack of
orders, railway traffic falls off and the
mining industry suffers. Miners are as
much interested in maintaining the Re-
publican policy of protection as any other
class Of workingmen.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

Democratic claims of carrying New
York this fall do not appear to appeal to
the class of men whose money talks in
he betting ring. The 100000 hung up
by wealthy Broad street broker to
wager that Roosevelt carries New York
has scarcely received a ten per cent nib
bIo
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

A sound and stable currency, good at
par in all countries, is badge of ma
tional honor and a source of individual
profit. For this condition the American
people are indebted to the party that has
always stood for maintaining the public
credit and a sound currency.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
blocking to the Popu1is% Candida ate.

Bryan's bitter denunciation of Par
ker is bearing fruit. Dispatches from
several States report that the Nebras-
kan's admirers are focking to the Popu-
list standard. Some Of Judge Parker's
close friends are accusing Bryan of di-
rectly inspiring the desertion Of such
men as Melvin G. Palliser, the New
York leader of the Bryan forces.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

The value of farm lands has been ma
terially enhanced by rural free delivery.
This increase of value has been esti-
mated as high as s. per acre in some
States. A moderate estimate is from
s. to So per acre. For the rapid de-
velopment Of rural free delivery the
farmers are indebted to the Republican
party.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
He Haan,f I<0afNd.

The American Secretary of State has
accomplished about all that has been at
tanned by the great diplomats Of the
world within the last four or FIVE years.
In other words, John Hay hasn't done
any "loafin' round the Throne"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

And so in this year 1904 she has gone
this Maine of ours-on the side of the
Republican party, and oh, hasn't gone
half way yet! 1t is good to contemplate
the manner in which she will conduct
herself in November.
Maine is peopled with Americans, with
the descendants of those who wrenched
the wilderness into civilization on this
continent. Very acute and sensible are
the great grandchildren voters of Maine.
They have expressed themselves.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

A young man about to cast his first
vote should identify himself with the
party of progress. Why should he ally
himself with party that has to go
back a hundred years to find something
to talk about?
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Democrats Believe Roosevelt.

During the last session of Congress q
Democratic Senator arose in his place
and said: when the President afirms
that this government had no part in the
revolt of Panama, that settles it, 80 far
a. he is concerned. believe him"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

If Democratic promises were of value
it would be proper to insist upon less
expression of woe" and q little more
eight"
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

Experience has shown that the public
credit and the national currency are
absolutely safe in the hands of the Re-
publican party. Why risk entrusting
them to a party that has never shown
any capacity for managing them?
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
Whyr

The last four years of Democratic
rule that we had should be a warning
to the people not to repeat the expert
ment. AT the end of Mr.. Cleyeland's
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28

The record of the Republican party
is one of things done and pledges full
filled; that of the Democratic party is
one Of the things promised and pledges
broken.
The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-09-28
"A to Maine.

And did you hear the news from Maine?
From Maine, Maine, Maine!
She went hell bent for Governor Kent,
And Tippecanoe, and Tyler, too.