The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-05
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Tho Impression grows Mt national head
quarters that the Democrats are going
10 carry States not believed heretofore
II II, IN doubtful West Virginia is no
longer looked upon as other than saleis y
Democratic The committee has received
reports IN the past few days whici indl. !.
cate that the sever, electoral !, Soses u, o.
d the state Will he cast for Mr.. RooseVclt.
tAs al, Indication OF the enthusiasm ana
carncstncss OF West Virginia Democrats
Chairman Taggart said to-day that on
i orc day last week forts-onc Democratic
!. clubs were organized in that State Therc
IS now at least one Democratic CLUB IN
every county in West Virginia
Hearst to Go to Work.
y ny The way William Randolph Hearst
who Is chairman of the National Assocla1-
nm az Democratic Clubs, returned yes
fer,ray 'frono California, where he has been
n,,,tc sick FOR some weeks He announced
], ,hat no would enter the campaign a once
Y md give the best service OF Wnch "
was capable The announcement was re-,
coived with peculiar pleasure ~ nat'oNiil
Headquarters. III.
man of the Executive Committee OF me
National Association of Ant-lmpcflal-
tst Clubs which organization IS repre-
scented IN all the States, called on Chnar-
man Taggart to-day. He gave mos,
encouraging account of the work rle
association Is doing. 1t has over q nun
drcd thousand members IN tins cry , l'ols.
mo question of Imperialism Is almost.
4he most prominent in this campalsn'
g7o,, instance one of the strongest Ike
publicans in the country year ago was was
Hon. John INinerty. of Illinois, n former
member Of the House of RcprcsentatlVcs'
Mr.. Finerty has declared he Will Vo'n iol
Parker and Davis. and at his request ing
National Committee has made fifteen ap-
noiniments for him TO speak in illinois.
The Judges Definition.
Judge Parker, in his letter Of accept
ance. gave n somewhat novel meaning
n 80 thc word Imperialism, which seems
10 have caught the ear OF the country.
The Judge made the term stand. not
only for expansion of territory, but Tor
s8 cypansion OF expenditures oil govern
Il ncnt as wel.eand for all departures
from the old ways Of Republican SIM
nlicjty: The more than doubling of the
Us size Of the arnlysin less than decade,
the more than doubling Of the cost oil
I, government in less than decade are
both attributes Of the imperlailstic pollcy
OF Mr. Roosevelt and the Republican
party.
+,S5s, The action OF President Roosevelt IN
s.5, ordering troop OF cavalry to escort
q Governor Taft from the railway station
& tn Washington to his hotel on the day nc
s returned homo from the r'hlllpplncs;s me
Presidents order requiring messengers
4 in his office to wear uniforms, instead
II OF the plain clothing Of American CT,
SN teens; the order o precedence established
~ Mt the White House last winter, under
! t1cl ,nnrnCnntnf1veS
8s European nonarchics are allowed 70
N pass in ahead OF the members Of the
III United States Supreme Court at White
House rcceptions2all these indicate the
NJ tendencypf the President and Of the Re-
publican party to engraft upon Il Repub-
lcan form of government the glitter and
III the forms heretofore peculiar TO mon
archy, and formerly the object OF the
Americans honest contempt and the. sui
Il ject or his best jokes. They al come
a within Judge ParkeI's definition OF in,-.
perlalism. The National Committee has
received information from all over the
country that the definition which Judge
Parker gave to Imperialism was one of
IS the most popular features of his letter.
FIVE REASONS FOR HOPE.
That letter Of Judge Parkers must I'M
6doubtedly be held responsible for much
4 of the remarkable increasc&in confidence
few days 1t more than answered every
argument advanced in Mr.. Rooseyelt-s
letter.
Judge Parker's frequent visits to New
York. and his active dire.ton of much
of the work of the campaign has also
Eqnickcned Democratic hopes
The recent vigorous attacks made
OF Mr.. Roosevelt have met with
d such "a general response of up
p1oval that the managers Of the. cam
&paign have been forced to believe that
Our Fellow Citizen in the White,
81 Houge."Gas John Sharp Williams calls
Il Mr. Roosevelt is not regarded by u
h majority of the American people as
1 man who can be trusted.
The Indignation manifested In many of
the doubtful States at .he, shameless man.
ner in which Mr.. Corteyou, chairman Of
the Republican National Committee, is
using the information concerning the nf-
fairs of corporations which he received
while exercising his duties as head
of the Departments of Commerce
and Labor tS cstnpcf wealthy business
organizations 10 subscribe to the Republic
can campaign fund. also encourages the
: Democratic managers to believe that the
people will vote for change Of admin
S istration.
TO these four reasons for Democratic
confidence might add fifth: The many
evidences that the current OF quiet con-
sentative, public opinion is towards the
Democratic candidate. AS a matter OF
fact the fifth reason is embraced inacnch
of the other four.
But whether the reader appreciates the
reasons | have given, or whcS',r they be
correct, there is NJ doubling that the
national leaders of the Democratic party
believe Judge Parker VIII be elected or
I, l,St,, 10 k,l &hn &c