The Teton peak., 1904-09-22
Form,r Siverites and Democrats Decline to S"p-
port Parker for President.
ALL PREFER PROSPERITY TO PARAL YSIS
Views Of D. O. TIIotson, Late Chairman Of the
National Silver Republican Party = Rea-
sons 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 Roosevelt to
the hesitating, evasive and untried
Parker. The names of some of these
men, including Oscar Straus. John A.
Mccall, Major John Bryne, Patrick
Egan, Richard Price Morgan and Eu-
gene A. Philbin, have already been print
Cd. Among those not heretofore noted
are: Ernest Crawfort, Judge w. NJ.
Chandler, DIR. George II. Carpenter, Will
liam McLain. w. E. Williams, John
Ennis, William D. Harrison, John T.
Doyle, Charles P. Blaney and Daniel
Buchanan.
From Baxter Springs, Kas., comes
the information of wholesale desertions
on the part of Bryan Democrats, and
the forecasters predict that Cherokee
which gave Bryan 1900 majority in
1895, will go solidly for the Republican
ticket. Prominent among tho Demo
Gratis who have announced their inten-
hon Of supporting President Roosevelt
are: L. II. Goodwin, mine owner; e.
W. Dow, president telephone system !;
Samuel ]. Crawford, former governor of
Kansas; James II. Chubb, former men,
her fusion legislature; ]. G. Haskett,
dry goods merchant; Samuel Bnns, hay
dealer; Edward Hodgkins. retired mer-
chant: d. Orr Chnbb, politician; w. S.
Baxter, editor and G. e. Collins, poll
Gcian.
End Of silver Republican Party.
An important accession to the Repub-
Hcan ranks is d. G. Tillotson, of To-
oh - .,
committee of the Silver Republican party
In 1900. In a letter to ]. W. Babcock
chairman of the Republican Congress
sional Committee, Mr. Tillotson says
that the Silver Republicans are salts
6ed that the Roosevelt administration
tried to do its duty with the people. and
Tor that reason he and his friends will
support 1t. This statement is Of i'm
portance because the Silver Republicans
voted for Bryan in 1896 and 1900, and
It Is believed all will now return to the
regular party organization In a letter
C Representative Babbcock chairman of
che Republican Congressional Commit
tee, Mr.. Iillotson says:
Present conditions make any further
attempt to maintain silver party or
ganization a mere farce and with chang
ID conditions come changed political re-
lations.
ut appears to me that the Demo
cratic party has forfeited its claim upon
al voters except such as vote the ticket
from tradition. Indeed, the only Demo
crat who in generation has stood for
IN idea is constrained to admit that the
candidate of his party is the beneficiary
OF fraud practiced upon the convention
which nominated him.
The Democratic party, through its
attitude and the attitude Of its candi-
dates. admits that the Republican party
Is right on the money question. 1t ad-
mits that the Republican party has Der
fected the legislation needed for con-
trolling the trusts and monopolies, a per-
eection that the Republican party itself
has never claimed. 1t admits that, if
successful, nothing in the way of tariff
legislation can be effected except such
a. may be approved by the Republican
party, yet 1t seeks to make tariff tink-
ering an issue.
1T condemns the acquisition of the
right to build the Panama canal, but
says ratify the act by keeping the goods.
1t sympa athizes with the Fiipinos. but
tails to recognize that the acquisition of
these islands was ratified by tho people
In 1900.
1T presents us with candidate whose
political virtues are of the mega
tive sort. He claims that the
body polite is sick and as a remedy
proposes four years of paralysis. If
this attitude Is in good faith it would
appear that there is no good reason for
supporting the party or its candidate,
II In bad faith then there is every rea-
con for not supporting them
with no definite programme to ad-
vocate and no settled policy OF govern
ment to assert the opposition Is devoting
It's energies to an attack upon President
Roosevelt. His opponents are compell-
% to admit that he is a man Of virility.
OF high moral purpose in both civil and
omcial hfe and one that does not evade
official responsibility.
lille there are many honest and
opright citizens among his opponents
yet the fact remains that the Presid ent's
vigorous and aggressive execution of his
office has led the manipulation of preda-
tory wealth. the professional agitator
and the political CRATER to make com
mon cause against him. These are thor
oughly convinced that the President is
not safe, but legitimate and vested rights
have no cause of complaint.
The voter has to choose between one
or the other of the candidates Of the
dominant parties or throw his vote away
as mere protest by voting for some
third party candidate. 1t appears to
me that the President is entitled to a
vote of confidence, and above all party
considerations the election of Presid ent
Roosevelt is required as a vindication of
moral courage and official integrity in
ehe government of men-a vindication
not of the candidate, but of the Ameri-
can people"
Parker's Letter Disa sappointmep&.
Ernest Crawfort, of jamestown. N
L., Democratic county committeeman
and delegate 10 the Democratic State
convention which instructed for Judge
Parker. has severed all connections with |
tne Democratic party and has declared !
his intention of voting for President |
<ooseyelt. In letter to Walter Ed