Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-26
PRESIDENT THE ISSUE
SENATOR HILL OPENED CAM
PAIGN IN NEW YORK STATE.
Feature of Address is Abuse Of Roose-
velt-Bailey Also Criticises
the Executive.

dispatch from Binghamton. N. Y, says:
Former Senator David 3. Hill opened the
democratic campaign in Broome county to-
day in a speech at the agriculture fair at
Deposit. In the course of his address
Senator Hill touched upon the tariff ques-
ton. saying that ne believed in an honest
revision of the tariff laws that vast
Corporated interests should not be sub
served to the detriment of the people
Referring to the financial interests of the
country the senator said:
THE gold standard has been irrevocably
established, so that there is no necessity
for change. The democratic party which
established the present currency system
safely be trusted whenever the neces-
sity shall arise to make such changes for
the best interests of the people"
Speaking of the essential differences be-
tween the republican and the democratic
parties the speaker said the difference is
that the republican party stands for pri-
waite purposes and the democratic party
for public purposes
Theodore Roosevelt. the republican can
didate for the presidency" declared Mr..
HILL rs fraud At the time he took
his oath of office in Buffalo after the as
sassination of President Mckinley. he de-
clared in public that he would simply fill
Mckinleys place. that he would not look
for renominatio Later the same
train with Mckinley's dead body. he gave
out a statement to the press. to the effect
that he thought he had been misundcr-
stood by the public, which meant practi
cally that he a candidate for nomi-
nation. The republicans had him on their
hands and could do nothing but nominate
him
Bailey Makes President the Issue.
dispatch from New York last night
says: The campaign in Brooklyn was
cd tvhf LII
the auspices of the Kings County Demo-
cratic Club, at which Senator Joseph W.
Bailey of Texas the principal speaker
Resolutions indorsing the nomination of
Parker and Davis were read, and after an
Introductory address, in which he reviewed
the political situation. Edward NJ. Shepard.
chairman of the meeting, introduced Sena-
tor Bailey, who was greeted with pro-
longed applause.
1T has never happened heretofore said
the senator, and ii will seldom happen
hereafter. that the personal opinions and
conduct of candidates have determined or
will determine. the suffrage of many
voters in this campaign" He would not
ter or habits of the President.
We sought to nominate candidate" he
continued. who in his private and domes-
tic life is as much like Roosevelt, and who
in all other respects much unlike
him. we could find.
They tell us that the President is honest.
Let US grant 1t, but let us remember that
he is as errdtic as he is honest. They tell
us that the President is brave and so he is
but he is ar rash as he is crave. If we
were seeking soldier l would prefer the
President over almost any other man now
in public life, but as we are seeking a
statesman l would prefer almost any man
now in public life over the President. He
would be one of the best men to lead a
desperate charge in time of war. but he
is one of the worst men to administer a
great government in time of peace. l do
not undervalue the soldier whose courage
or ambition carries him to glory or to |
death. While such men are more useful |
under other forms of government, they are |
useful under ours. They are not useful, |
however, as those other men who have the |
firmness and the self-restraint when clothed |
with the power to obey the laws, to obey |
them as they have been written, resolutely
refusing to violate their letter under the
old and dangerous pretense of preserving
their spirit"
The West Virginia Contest.
Representative Joseph II. Gaines of West
Virginia called at the republican congress
sional headquarters today and left with |
Chairman Babcock a statement that the |
republican nomination in the third West |
Virginia district was claimed by himself |
and William Z. Edwards. He requested |
that the campaign committee hear and de- |
termine which is the regular nominee and |
pledged himself to abide by the decision. |
Chairman Babcock will write Edwards ask |
ing if he also will leave the matter to the |
committee to decide.
Lands Defends Larger Navy.
Representative Charles B. Lands of In
diana talked for an hour at monday
meeting of commercial travellers in Broad
way today. He spoke especially in support
OF the Presidents policy of a larger navy,
asserting that no city in the world was
SO much interested In having large navy
as New York.
Utah Republicans.
A dispatch from Salt Lake, Utah, last
night says: After a bitter all-day fight
John C. Cutler of Salt Lake was nomnat-
ed for governor by the republican state
convention today on the second ballot The
fight for the governorship was three-cor-
nered one between Gov II. V. NJ. Wells,
now serving his second term in that office;
J. H. Hammond, present secretary OF state,
and John c. Cutler. prominent merchant
of Salt Lake, and absorbed the attention of
the delegates to the exclusion of the rest
of the ticket. Mr.. Hammond withdrew af-
ter the first ballot. The second ballot stood,
Cutler, 239; Wells, 221.
The following additional nominations
were made: Secretary of state, c. S. Tin
gey; justice of the supreme court, d. n.
Strup; state treasurer, James Christian
son.
Charges that church influence was being
used in behalf of Mr.. Cutler were freely
made by the adherents of Gov. Wells and
Mr.. Hammond. Indirectly the fight for the
United States senatorship in the Utah legis
lature next winter was brought into today's
contest, Senator Smoot, who is one of the
twelve apostles of the Mormon Church, be-
ing open and active supporter of Mr..
Cutler, while Gov. Wells was helped in his
campaign by Senator Kearns. During the
balloting the feeling between the Wells and
Cutler adherents broke forth several times,
but charges of church influence which were
expected to be made in the convention hall
did not materaliZe.