The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-10-13

me, We cOulQ nave WON lHlS COuttSl.
The temper of the people is ilpe for
revolt; and is getting hotter every
day. They only need leaders whom
they can trust The democratic Lldsses
who followed Bryan are sick at heart.
They listen without conviction when
Bryan speaks for Parker They want
lighters at the head of the army, and
Parker is no fighter.
Roosevelt stands in the open, and
dares Parker. defantly, almost mock
lngly; and Parker meekly stays out
of the fight. In his formal letter OF
acceptance he SAYS that he takes up
the glove thrown at his feet. declar
ing that he will revoke that pension
order, No. 49, But in the same Di cath,
ne hastens to admit that Roosevelt
did precisely what he, Parker, thinks
ought to be done If elected. he. Par
ker, will at once have congress TO do
what Roosevelt has already done.
Heavens! What meek warrior is
this! Roosevelt did the right thing,
but not in the right way, AMI il you
will elect me president | win do the
same thing in the proper way! Did
any nominee ever seek the presidency
on that kind of platform before?
Some Questions for Parker
When is he going t. free those Phil
lipines? He does not say. what is
he going to do to the trusts? Will
he deal drastically with the Standard
Oil trust, which has coddled his poll
tical ambition for the last two years?
What will he do to the sugar trust,
which his campaign manager, Con man,
represents in the United Sta .es SEN
ate? On the negro question-why
has he been silent? Does he condemn
Roosevelt for that Booker Washing
ton lunch? Does he condemn the ap-
pointment of negroes 70 Office? Why
did he fail to make any reference
whatever to that plank in the republi-
can platform which his running
mate, Davis, says created race
Issue?" The solid south Is being
Kicked ana vcui1ed Into tue sd support .
of Parker upon the ground that he
differs from Roosevelt on the negio
question. Before the south lis dra-
gooned into voting for the New Yorker
and against her own son. hers in
blood and sympathy and deat.-iess de-
votion. ought not the New Yorker
to be compelled to speak out en- this
question?
Parker ignores Democratic Deites
In his formal letter of acceptance,
just made public, it is curious to note
that Mr.. Parker does not onte men
ton the name Of Jefferson. Jackson OF
any other great democrat. He makes
no reference to the titular deities Of
the democratic party. The man TO
whom he alludes with the greatest
reverence is William Mckinley, and
the next is James G.. Blaine. He eulog-
ICES the policy of both these states
men, and finds fault with Mr.. Roose-
welt because he has not followed their
illustrious example. Really MI. Far
ker's peculiar kind of democracy
amounts to riddle!
The most undemocratic portion Of
Judge Parker's letter is that wherein
he eulogizes the policy of James G.
Blaine and William Mckinley upon
the subject of reciprocity
w AQt 10 lCSlplOSlIy. Uul llCc u duC
in those raw materials which the pro-
tected manufacturers want: If free
trade be such good thing, why not let
all of us have some?
AaaaIf prQtection be such excellent medi-
cue Iui ts,4srse4
the manufacturers to take it, too?
In other words, why not have a
system and stick to it? If protection
is right, it should operate on dll alike
If free trade is right. then the manu-
tacturers, should not be the only ones
to, get it.
Judge Parker pleads for greater
favors to the manufacturers. Great
God! Are they never going to get
enough?
Will Not Fight
If republican policies are to De over
thrown it must be done by men who
boldly declare against them, and who
go up against them with determine
ton to defeat them. The way to whip
the enemy is to fight it. The demo-
cratic party has known what 1t was