The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-11-15
DEFEATED CANDIDATES con.
CALCULATIONS.

Tom Watson Of Georgia, late Pop
Mist candidate for the presidency
when asked in New York a day on
% after the election il he had sent
President Roosevelt telegram Of
congratalation. said: No, have not
| differ with the gentlemen who be
lieve in the proprety 81 such mas-
sages. But do not wish to criticlse
them
On first blush it would seem that
if anybody should have sent MI
Roosevelt congratulatory message i
would have been Mr. Watson. for he
did more in he recent campaign to
elect the Republican candidate than
any man probably outside Of the t~o
leading parties.
Every speeeh he made in the cam
paign was largely devoted TO abuse Of
Judge Parker and praise of his op
nent In fact so vigorous was his
attack on the Democratic candidate
and so mild his criticism of Mr..
Roosevelt that he was generally chars'
ed with running simply as a decoy 20
the Republican ticket So that there
wonld have been no improperly IN
the Populist leader congratuiaung me
man toward whose success he con
tributed so much.
Aside from this, however, 1t Is
question IL Mr. Watson's view OF inc
matter of a defeated candidate con
graduating his successful opponent Is
not correct one. Il is certainly {
very peculiar sense Of ethics whici
leads one to believe that he ought e
express his fehcitauon TO his victor
Gus onDanent-a feiioitation which
either Is not sincere or which bring
into doubt the sender's sincerity in hi
candidacy before the people.
The campaign just ended is an II
usiration. II Judge Parkers uttel
ances before the people were the hor
est convictions OF his heart, he cou.
not but feel hat the success Of The
dore Roosevelt was a grave DANCE
and an actual menace TO the nation
peace and the welfare of its instiu
tons. In fact, he said as much, in n
less than a dozen speeches At ca
negie hall. in New York. ten days b'
fore the election, Judge Parker d
clared that When we contemplate tn
policies that are now being carried Of
by the Republican party, we cann'
but feel q serious anxiety for the pc
manency of our institutions
II Judge Parker felt as he talked
and we believe that he did-it is d
ncult to see how he could sink h
serious anxiety % the extent Of sen
ing his congratulations 20 the nj
whose election he viewed with
much alarm.
ITO congratulate" says Websiu
is to address with expressions
sympathetic pleasure on account
some happy event affecting the p
son addressed How. then. COZ
Judge Parker work himself into
feeling Of sympathetic pleasure" OF
his opponents success, when N
own opinion that success was fraus
with deadly peril 10 his country's
ture2
Continuing in his definition
"congratulation" Webster SAYS.
congratulate is to unite IN the joy
him whom We congratulate.
This definition makes il almost
POSSIBLE. Il seems 10 us. for Jut
Parker 70 have been sincere when
wired his congratulations to Presid
Roosevelt on last Tuesday nigh
do not ray. however, that he was
sincere. We believe be was tnorou
Is houasi and si1cere in al be did {
said during the campaign and az
But his ideas Of courtesE as exhihi
in his message 70 Mr- Roosevelt. q
him lust a little further than our
binary understanding will take q
Tom Watson kept quiet Ana. as
remarked Al The beginning. Re
far more excuse 10 extend bis
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