Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1904-09-07
A ATTACK.
On Rooevelt is the Plan of the Dem.
ocratic campaigners.


Minneapolis Journal: With a fol.
ly born of blind and bitter and an in
sane desire to win, the Democratic
party-in the absence of real issues
and with no record to which II dares
to points preparing to make par
amount in this campaign the person.
atty of President Roosevelt. The az
itation which is bringing this issue"
TO the fore had its beginning in the
southern states, which this year have
negrophobia in worse form than at
any time since the day of the force
bill agitation.
The country will be invited by the
Democrats to believe many things OF
the president which are untrue. A
false Roosevelt will be thrust before
the eyes OF the multitude, and it will
be ugly and repulsive. A false Park
err will be thrust before the multi
tude. and it will be so highly idealiz-
ed as to be hardly human. Roosevelt
all that is bad. that is dangerous,
that is bizarre: Parker-all that is
good. that is safe and sane" that is
correct.
We mistake the temper of the
American people and underestimate
their intelligence il such an ''argu-
ment" can find any lodgment among
them. There are real issues in this
campaign. and they have an abiding
interest in having themcarefully dis.
cussed and properly settled. The
Democratic lack of issues can not be
covered up by personal assaults on
the Republican nominee. The people
know that nominee quite as well as
the men who will seek to hold him up
to popular ridicule, and are as com
petent to pass judgment upon him as
man and as president.
They know, too. that the sole de
~pendence of Judge Parker for sue.
cess is the New York element that
has been roughly handled by the
Roosevelt administration through the
coal strike arbitration and the en-.
forcement of the antitrust laws.
There is a sound campaign issue in
this one thought alone. Do the PEG
pie at large like the presidents per
Torrance on the two occasions re
ferred to? If they do, let them sup
port him at the polls, and not the
man whose support by the other side
Is almost a guarantee that he would
not, on occasion. duplicate the Roose'
welt performance.
The president has been absolutely
frank and fearless in the matter OF
law enforcement. A millionaire has
had no greater rights than the poor
man. Both have been measured by
the justice of their cause.
He has been frank with the people
who during his administration have
been taken into the executive conf,
dence In a manner which has marked
a wide departure from long-establish'
ed precedent.
He is a man Of positive character
who does things. and does them SO
well as to merit the applause not on
ly Of his own people, but of the civil
LIKED world as well.
He has corrected abuses in the civ
II service and has hunted dishones,
public officials to their destruction
without regard to whether they were
Republicans or Democrats.
He Stands pat and STAYS put
and that is more than a be sale
with any degree of certainty Of the
man who is running against him. HI
has the courage of his convictions
and his presence in the white house
has been an inspiration to the yount
manhood of the country such as Il
has not had for many years.
Let the Democratic party, led or
by the embittered and prejudicet