Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-21
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW
PARKER AND DAVIS.
An Exciting National Campaign In

An Exciting National Campaign In
evitable.
At last the democratic party of the
United States has adopted a respect
able PLATFORM and nominated two men
capable and worthy of filing the high
office for which their friends will spare
neither time nor expense. The country
at large and the democratic party in
particular is to be congratulated on
finally throwing out their former dan
gerous isms, as we'll as turning down
the Bryan and Hearst element. Repub-
leans everywhere can read the plat
form and find that the democratic party
is now only four or eight years behind
the republican party in the adoption
of planks in a platform that represent
measures for the public good which
were formulated and acted upon by the
republican party four, eight and twelve
years ago. On the money question the
position now of the two parties is
Identical. On the tariff both parties
have protection for revenue. both ia
vor reciprocity when such treaties do
not injure labor, both parties now fa-
vor the early completion of the Panama
canal, and both parties condemn injur-
ous trusts and combines. The demo-
Gratis favor giving the Philippines in
dependence as early as possible for
their own good, so do the republicans
the time and way being the only diver
gence of opinion. There is a reference
IN the republican platform to the
south's plan and practice of disfran
chising the colored men, but we can
yl,a afS o6 TO
any plan which results in disfranchis-
ing any class of our citizens "unconsti
tutionally.' To sum it up in the few
est words. in 1905 the democratic
party of the United States, to all in
ents and purposes, adopted q republi-
an platform and in addition nominated
Two good men for president and vice
president.
Nevertheless the present campaign
promises to be one of the most exciting
IN our history. And that for this reas-
on. it will almost entirely consist of
attack and defense of Theodore Roose-
velt's public acts and public utterances.
Candidate Parker has very short and
insignificant record as public man,
md with a possible vulnerable point
N one decision on a labor question,
he will escape any severe criticism
mon the part of the republicans. His
ecord can neither be condemned as
one of commission or omission. But
Roosevelt has acted and spoken on all
public affairs. The country knows the
man and knows where to find him.
ON the labor question his position
concerning trusts, his attitude to-
wards the Philippines, his views and
acts on reciprocity. his actions with
reference to all matters with foreign
countries, all of these things are be-
fore the people, as a matter of very
recent history. The writer for one is
Of the opinion that the people of this
country hold Theodore Roosevelt in
stronger sentiment of affection, pride
and admiration than has ever been
given to any public man, not excepting
one. The writer is of the opinion
that the inevitable attack by the dem
ocrats on the public acts of Roosevelt
will stir up the country to the ex-
tent he Will receive by many thou
sands the greatest popular vote ever
given any candidate since our country