The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-05-10
REPUBLICAN PROSPECTS.

REPUBLICAN, PkJSPENtS.
There can now be little doubt that 8ir
Roosevelt and Judge Parker will be this
year the opposing candidates fos the
presidency The contrast between the
two men is a leading factor in the .son-
test. The light of most extended pub.
sicftv Is poured upon President R7ose-
Vets entire career. In literature. ne
has won permanent fame as q thought
fuI and vigorous writer on the prsnr
ciples and on the policies that have
shaped and marked our national his
tory. IN war he has proved a daring
and successful leader of troops. As
Governor of New York. his adrninistra-
ton was clean and effective. In other
administrative capacities. unnecessary
to be detailed, he has always risen to
the occasion. He is permanently asso-
ciafed with Civil Service extension. In
no relation of life. public or private,
has he ever been associated with p scan
daL
IT has been charged against him that
he has departed from the policies of the
naartyred Mckinley. The plain reply
to this charge is that it is a gross
falsehood. When he succeeded to the
Presidency, he pledged himself broadly
to iii out the administration. of Mr..
Mckinley, on the lines that eminent
statesman had marked, and, both in the
letter and in the spirit, that pledge has
been fully redeemed Upon questions
then existing he has impressed his re-
rnarkable virility. On new questions,
he has thrown his own strong person
atty into action.
An unusual feature of Presidens
Roosevelt's administration is its recoFd
of completion. Nearly, if not quite. ev-
cry issue that was pending when hs oef
came President has been carried to "a
definite and satisfactory result. Illns-
frations are too numerous for more than
selected references. The reciprocity
treaty with Cuba has become fact,
and. in our relations with that Repub-
lie, every promise of the government
express or implied, has been faithfully
kept. The treaty with China has been
signed and notifications exchanged. The
Panama Canal is now progressing. In
lawful combinations have been checked
by unassailable judgments. Legislation
to produce definite consequences, in the
interests of the people, has been sug-
gested and perfected. One of the sever
est conflicts between capital and labor
has been honorably settled. Both for
eigp and domestic relations have been
improved.
Mr.. Roosevelt's administration is
bright part of American history. on
the other hand, except within the lines
of his judicial duties, and to some eX-
tent within those lines, Judge Parker IS
an unknown quantity. Nothing mas
been suggested against his respectable
ity but. if he is a great man, the fact
has to be discovered in the future
When the positive and known is con-
fronted by the negative and unknown
the result in politics usually corresponds
to the physical law.
This is not a democratic year. Even
if Judge Parker were a more established
personality. he would still have to stand
on some platform that would not bear
the scrutiny of the American people
The ST. Louis and Chicago platforms
of the Democratic party, with w j.
Bryan as the standard bearer, were
twice showed under by the American
voters. And Bryan and his platforms
of European or Socialized Democracy
one under each arm, are still extant and
will be conspicuous at the Democratic
National Convention. It will be impos-
esible there to frame a platform upon
which American Democrats, many OF
whom are now incorporated into the
Republican party, could stand.
The result is certain. Theodore
Roosevelt will be the next President OF
the United States.