Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-09-22
Form r SiIyerites and Democrats Decline to Sup
port Parker for President.
ALL PREFER PROSPERITY TO PARALYSIS
Views Of D. O. TiIIotson, Late Chairman of the
National Silver Republican Party Rea-
Given by Others.


number have publicly announced their
change Of faith. but others have sim
ply said to their friends that they pre-
fer the known and tried ROos evelt TO
the hesitatIng, eyasiye and untried
Parker. The names of some of these
men. including Oscar Straus. John A.
Mrt'all. Major John Bryne, Patrick
EEsB. Richard Price Morgan and Eu-
gene &. philbin. have already been print
ed. Among those not heretofore noted
are. Ernest Crawf0rt, Judge w. NJ
Chandler, DIR. George III. Carpenter Will
lam McLain, w Il. Williams John
Eanis, William ID. Harrison, John r.
Doyle. Charles T.. Blaney and Daniel
Buchanan.
From Baxter Springs, Kas., comes
the information of wholesale assertions
on the part of Bryan Democrats. and
the forecasters predict that Cherokee,
which gave Bryan 1900 ma jority iu
1886. will go solidly for the RepubH ,an
ticket Pr ,minent among the Demo
Gratis who have announced their inteG-
sien of supporting President Roosevelt
are: L. ii. Goodwin, mine owner; Il.
w. Dow, president telephone system;
samuel J. Crawford, former governor OF
Kansas; James II. Chubb, former mem
Der fusion legislature; J. G. Haskell,
dry goods merchant; Samuel Binns, hay
dealer; Edward Hodgkins. retired mer-
chant; ID. Orr Chubb, politician: W. s.
Baxter, editor and G. Il. Collins. poll
sirian.
kud OF silver Republican Party.
An important accession to the Repub-
Lean ranks is ID. G. Tillotson. of To-
peks. kas. chairman OF the national
committee Of the Silver Republican party
an 1900. In letter to j. w. Babcock,
chairman Of the Republican Congress
sroa.si Committee, Mr.. Tilots0n says
thar the Silver Republicans are salts
bed that the Roosevelt administration
tried to do Its duty with the people, aud
fur that reason he and his friends will
suppot II. This statement Is OF inn
ps4-7' Nnce because the Silver Republicans
vFed for Bryan in 1896 and 1900, and
if is believed all will now return to the
regular party organization. In a letter
ke Representative BabbcOck, chairman of
the Republican Congressional Commit
sss. MIR. Tllotson says:
Present conditions make any further
&frempt to maintain silver party or
sanitation a mere farce and with chang
ef conditions cone changed political re-
fltions.
-1dt appears to me that the Demo
cratic party has forfeited its claim upon
all voters except such rs vote the ticket
from tradition. q Indeed, the only Demo
Graf who in n generation has stood for
an idea Is constrained to admit that the
candidate of his party Is the beneficiary
-of = fraud pra rticed upon the convention
which nominated him.
ss.rl,~ IDnnnpratie nortv thrnu.h .
afiiinde and the attitude OF it's cand,.
dates, admits that che Republican party
Is right on the money question. II AL
miis that the Republican party has per
tected the legislation needed for con
trolling the trusts and moucpolies a per
fertjen that the Republican, party itself
has never claimed II admits that. il
ssucrrs$ful. nothing in the way of tariff
Fexasistian can be effected except suct
toay be approved by the Republican
parry. yet II seeks To make tariff tink
ering an issue.
~li condemns the acquisition of III,
right to build the Panama canal, bu
says Tat y the act by keeping the goods
II sympathizes with the FilipinoS hu
Tails f0 recognize that the acquisition o
rhesr Islands was ratified by the pcopl,
ia t9p9
Is presents us with candidate who's,
pSHfieal virtues are of the mega
aive sort He claims that tn,
soiy polite is sick and as Il remed,
prsIsSSrs four years of paralysis. L
SSis attitude is In good faith il woult
aszSrsr that there is no good reason fol
ssuTiSsrting the party or its candidate
IL ~ hsl fath then there is every rea
sis tsr not supporting them.
With no definite programme to ad
xoesse and no settled policy Of govern
SaSe1n 10 assert the opposition Is devotins
a. energies 10 an attack upon President
Hs1Sevelt, His opponents are compel
ss,i IN admit that he Is a man OF virility
ssf hiEh moral purpose in both civil and
sfnrisi life and one that does not evad,
ofH6& responsibility,
While there are many honest and
aysSsAt citizens among his opponents
Nrs the fact remains that the President
vigorous and aggressive execution of his
sRsTsse has led the manipulation OF preda-
xvrY wealth. the professional agitator
saS ths political CRATER TO make com
nz~S cause against him. These are thor
ssuxAly convinced that the President is
nss sxfe. but legitimate ana vested rights
Nave Is8 cause of complaint.
The voter has 70 choose between one
or tbe other Of the candidates Of the
Sfsazsinsnt parties or throw his vote away
ks a mere protest by voting for some
Ehird party candidate. IL appears 10
nv Shat the President is entitled TO a
vote or confidence. aud above all party
considerations the election of President
Roosevelt is required as a vindication OF
usrsi courage and official integrity in
the government OF men---a vindication
nas Of the candidate, but of the Ameri-
Gan people"
Parker's Letter a Disa appointment.
Ernest Crawfort. of Jamestown, n.
T. Democratic county committeeman
ans delegate 10 the Democratic State
euilsention which instructed for Judge
Parker. has severed all connections with
1Ae Democratic party and has declared
his intention Of voting for President
Rs0seTelt. u letter TO Walter Ed