Arizona republican., 1904-09-13
nuDFNTX. ATiEHNA. SEPT. -. 1904
Mir. Roosev est's Letter.

The uotaJI. feature of Ai-. Foose- vo'rs letter u: accrptancr is it's lsgres- 4gve partisansa,r. In this respect 1t is distinct departure from precedent
 Throughout. it is keyed on a defiant note. The democracy Is invited to come ahead and 3o i,s worst in mak- ing AIr. Roosevelt and his administra- tion the issues. Again and again he expresses a half humoTous scoTn for the attack which ;he democratic lead CTS are making agaias, hjnI and he ls hardly less mercifvI in dealing with Judge Parker himself. So fogTgal 1ec- laration from a,presideniiaI candidate in recent yesrs has approached MT. Rcosevelts production in frank invita- ton to the other party t". "co'ne cut and Aght. Much time was consumed in the prepara,i lion 5f the letter. 'Jui- spoken and partisan as it is- it must he accepted as the carefully and 4esL3e'- atelv worded announcement of the ."- publican candidates position:
 Primarily, of course, the letter is de- signed as a bugIe-caI to the republican party to rally and face the enemy. l. Is designed to put an end to the apathy which has. been so manifest in both parties in all parts of the country. 1t is intended to infuse the partisan spirit in republicans, and it will un- doubtedly have the same effect on the democrats. As was predicted in these columns several weeks ago., the cam paign will be sufficiently warm before 1t is ended. voters cannot remember a presidential contest when there was 90 little of partisan feeling and $, it. tie evident interest as have marked this campaign thus far. This apparent Indifference of the masses has caused alarm among the leaders of both par ties. The most astute managers have been unable to fathom its meaning or foresee it's ultimate bearing. Each side has feared that it portended something to the advantage of the other fellows. But there was really no reason to fear that the apathy would continue. It was not within the possibilities for an American presidential campaign to come to an end like an evening in May. and NIT. Roosevelt has touched the wires which will set off the fire. works and furnish the excitement.
 That the letter will make the demo- crats mad is as certain as the coming of another day, and nobody need think that MT. Roosevelt expected anything different. Whatever wavering there has been in the democratic ranks will now give place to an unbroken front, for under the lash of Mir f25spse"eIt's slinging words the democrats o' al; factions will rally to the suppo'; o'. Judge Parker. This, as We have sad Mir. Roosevelt expected, uuqIs stiona- bly,. But, quite as important. " vi; line up7 the republicans as vel and most important of aH the !e,,s: is Il powerful argument address ! ;, 'i. .s- dependent vote-the vote which really makes presidents. Contrary to very prevalent belief MT. RooseveI, Y one of the mosS practical politicians the American people have seen in a Reher- alton. Nobody but a master in politi- cal craft could have formulated that letter of acceptance.
 Armed with the facts. Nr. Roosevelt has relentlessIy pursued the facts to their logical conclusions. and he boldly lays them before the country. He sstys to the independent voters. "A party whose members are radically at va. riance on most vital issues, and q unit ed at all, are only united on issues where their attitude threateus wide opread disaster to tho whol. c.uutr.. cannot be trusted to govern ;n any matter. A party which. with ne-e ease changes all its conviction, s..or. election cannot b- trusted '" adhere with tep4.t-y Go amy rn..p,e after election A party q. 10 govern must have convictions" And II. -ra.. .-rs.n te points u.- 'e ...s... term. .a. weakness ". ... --u.'... ...... ...... for ... ..w"-s ..".... !. !. .. MT. t........ .-... .: -:..... '.....
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