Milford chronicle., 1904-09-30
THE CAMPAIGN.
Evidence that Popular Opinion Favors
Republican Success.

| Evidence that Popular Opinion Favors
Republican Success.
Although election day is still some
weeks Off it is not too early to review
| the progress Of the campaign and take
note Of the drift of popular opinion. To
doubt that the latter is setting strongly
in favor of the Republican ticket would
seem almost TO question the capacity of
the American people to choose between
approved competence in government and
wobbling Incompetence along every line
OF administrative and legislative policy
From the day when the Republican
convention adjourned after adopting
positive platform aad nominating posi-
tive candidates upon it, the Republicans
have proceeded to organize their cam
pagn with the unheSitating confidence
in themselves and their principles that
goes so far to assure success. Unlike
their adyersaries, they have had no in
tCrnal differences to patch up before TAX
ing the field.
The Republicans have simply gone be-
fore the American voters on the party's
record. lich is not a document artfully
concocted for campaign purposes, but 4
scroll Of splendid achievements written
in the life of the republic during the past
forty-four years The scroll stretches
from 1850 to 1904 and covers 4 period
Of national development unparalleled in
the annals of the world. The story of
this development and the promise Of its
continuance under the leadership Of a
man who is the incarnation Of American
energy. courage and achievement, has
constituted the Republican appeal to
American voters.
The elections in Vermont, Arkansas |
and Maine have shown the natural re- |
sponse to an appeal based on things ac- /
complshed.
In the meantime. the Democrats have |
been trying to find out exactly where |
they are at" All efforts to bury the
hatchet between the gold and silver
wings of the party have merely resulted
in burying it in the heads Of the leaders
of the respective factions. William
Jennings Bryan has no more affection for
Alton p. Parker now than he had the
night when he denounced the nominee
or the floor of the convention.
The brief enthusiasm created among
gold Democrats and in conservative
business circles by Judge Parker's gold
telegram has entirely subsidei
rs the conviction has become general thar
it was a brick artfully gided to COM
nit his party to the appearance of re-
Dudiating free and unlimited silver. The
subsequent utterances of the Democratic
candidate have entirely dissipated any
favorable impression made by his tele-
gram. and proved him to be juggler
with obscure and meaningless phrases.
His proffer Of a comparison Of govern
mental expenditures under Republican
md Democratic administrations has dis
.losed that he was i'll informed as to
he details of those expenditures and
he marvellous national expansion that
ias come during the past twenty years.
But the most marked feature Of the
Democratic campaign has been its in
liability and infrmness Of purpose. One
ssue after another has been taken up !
nly to be dropped, until now it looks as
f the party would have to fall back on
he tariff and the trusts. on both of
which issues it has been tried and found Z
wanting in legislative courage and ad-
effectiveness.
American voters know that the pro-
sctive tariff is not robbery" and they
ave more faith in the American anti {
rust statute than in any curbing of mod
rn trusts under the old common law. ]
The Democratic campaign started with |
David B. Hill as its sponsor and boss, $
ut recently Judge Parker sought to O
its management. going to t
Jew York City and holding a number of f
um-shoe conferences at the Astor n
louse with Senator GOpman and several K
'ammany leaders. It is reported that
c succeeded in placating Tammany and
nat Senator German will supplant Tom |
aggart as the real director of the Demo- b
ratio campaign. What was the con- u
Iteration promised for the loyal sup r
ort of Tammany has not transpired. 0