The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1904-10-15
JUDGE PARkER's LETTER.
Made That the Document
VIII Induce Many Republicans
to Change Faith.

Judge Parker's letter Of acceptance
has been treated by the metropolitan
press Of the country as a document hay-
ing few equals from presidential candi-
dates. Its sober, judicial tone, its nicely
Worded assertions and its careful dis
tinctions have been praised freely.
That IL will be the cause Of many voters
swinging from the republican to the
democratic party, and so casting their
ballots in November. is asserted in al
most every section Of the country.
Editorials touching upon the subject
from a few of the leading newspapers Of
the country follow:
The New York Herald says:
Judge Parker's letter Of acceptance,
though calm and dignined, will stir the
country even more profoundly than did
his famous telegram, announcing his
firm and irrevocable adherence to the
gold standard Its calmness is the calm
ness Of power-like that Of the oceanic
tide.
"As a great but conservative tribune
Of the people. which the author Of this
statesmanlike letter now shows himself
to be, his strong protests against the OPP
preston Of monopoly, and the subver-
sion of constitutional government and
law, by audacious and arrogant extrem-
lists Of imperialism, will have immensely
greater weight with all independent
voters, because the statements evil
IDENTIFY emanate from q man who soberly
weighs his words in the nice balances
Of judicial accuracy and are supported
by irrefutable facts"
The Boston Herald says of Judge
Parker's letter:
'Tt is an able, candid, vigorous, COM
prehensive, definite consideration of the
peremptory issues Of the present can
vass. II gives assurance that its author
has the insight and the capacity Of
craftsmanship. He has now spoken
with freedom and power. confirming the
faith Of those who had faith, and the
hope Of those who had no satisfying
grounds for faith.
at is the letter Of a sincere, high
minded, conscientious citizen, anxious
that the people, who are to render judy
ment, shall rightly understand his polit-
zeal faith and purposes"
The Louisville Courier Journal says
On Judge Parker's letter of acceptance:
"Vigor and clearness are the chief
characteristics Of Judge Parker's letter
Of acceptance. It is not nearly 80 long as
that Of Mr.. Roosevelt's, but 1t omits
nothing that ought to be mentioned. Its
tone is judicial, while that of Mr. Roose-
welt was not II is perfectly courteous.
and at the same time perfectly out
spoken. 1t does not undertake to bully
those of a different way Of thinking, nor
to hold them up as idiots or public enc
mics, but il leaves no one in doubt as to
Judge Parker's views Of public policy"
The New York Times says:
Judge Parker's statesmanlike, virile
and convincing letter Of acceptance lifts
the democratic campaign once more to
the level Of the gold standard telegram,
or very near it. The incident Of the
telegram. extraordinary and startling.
was altogether unique. 1t could not be
repeated and nothing like II could hap
/ pen again in the canvass. II, in the quiet
days that followed. democrats have felt
that the battle Jagged. and that their
lines were being beaten back here and
there by the impetuous onrush of the
confident foe their apprehension and the
reaction that caused it were but natural.
''The letter Of the candidate ends that
phase Of the campaign. II stirs. 1t
moves, 1t inspires, II gives the needed
forward impulse. Il is the letter Of a
strong man. a man confident Of the
rightness Of his views, and sure Of his
strength at every point"
The Buffalo Courier says:
His views are democratic In the
broad sense. Fair-ninded republicans