Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-06
PARKER'S LETTER PRAISED.
Prediction Made That the Document
Will Induce Many Republicans
to Change Faith.

to Change Faith.
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance
has been treated by the metropolitan
press of the country as a document hav-
Ing few equals from presidential candi-
dates. Its sober, judicial tone, its nicely
wordsd assertions and its careful dis
tinctions have been praised freely.
That it will be the u OF many voters
swinging from the republican to the
democratic party, and so casting their
ballots in November, is asserted in al
most every section of the country.
Editorials touching upon the subject
from a few of the leading newspapers of
The country follow:
The New York Herald says:
Judge Parker's letter of acceptance,
though calm and dignified, will stir the
country even more profoundly than did
his famous telegram, announcing his
firm and irrevocable adherence to the
gold standard Its calmness is the calm
ness of power-like that of the oceanic
tide.
"As a great but conservative tribune
If the people, which the author of this
stateSmanIike letter now shows himself
to be, his strong protests against the OPP
preston of monopoly, and the subwer-
sion of constitutional government and
law, by audacious and arrogant extrem-
lists of imperialism, will have immensely
greater weight with all independent
voters, because the statements evil
IDENTIFY emanate from a man who soberly
weighs his words in the nice balances
of judicial accuracy and are supported
by ~irrefutable facts"
The Boston Herald says of Judge
Parker's letter:
cit is an able, candid, vigorous, COM
~prehensiye, definite consideration of the
peremptory issues of the present can
vass. 1t gives assurance that its author
has the insight and the capacity of
craftsmanship. He has now spoken
with freedom and power. confirming the
faith of those wtp had faith, and the
hope of those who had no satisfying
grounds for faith.
ut is the letter of a sincere, high
minded, conscientious citizen, anxious
that the people, who are to render 1udg-
ment. shall rightly understand his poiit-
ical faith and purposes"
The Louisville Courier Journal says
IN Judge Parker's letter of acceptance:
"Vigor and clearness are the chief
nj, a 20 Mt aricfiec Of Tt11oo Dar1y1r5c latter
of. acceptance. 1t is not nearly so long as
that of Mr.. Roosevelt's, but 1t omits
} nothing that ought to be mentioned. Its
tone is judicial, while that of Mr.. Roose-
welt was not. 1t is perfectly courteous
J and at the same time perfectly out.
: spoken. 1t does not undertake to bully
those of a different 'yay of thinking, no.
10 hold them UP as idiots or pu,,lic enc.
mics, but it leaves no one in doubt as tt
. Judge Parker's views of public policy
The New York Times says:
: Judge Parker's statesmanlike, viril'
and convincing letterof acceptance lift
4 the democratic campaign once more t.
The level of the gold standard telegram
0 or very near it,. The incident of thu
telegram, extraordinary and startling
was altogether unique. 1t could not b
repeated and nothing like it could hap
pen again in the I've II, in the quie
|. lays that followed. democrats have fel
that the battle Jagged, and that thei
lines were being beaten back here an,
there by the impetuous onrush of tn
confident foe their apprehension and tn
reaction that caused it were but natura
: "The letter of the candidate ends tina
? phase of the campaign. 1t stirs,
moves, it inspires, 1t gives the needle
forward impulse. 1t is the letter of
strong man, a man confident Of tn
7 rightness of his views, and sure of hi
y strength at every point"
? The Buffalo Courier says:
y His views are democratic in tn
broad sense. Fair-minded republican
who are Americans before anything car
not help saying amen to many of h
ca patriotic sentiments. Many thousand
a4 of republicans will agree thorough
n with his opinions on revision of tt
tariff, and that reciprocity policy
which the republican party has bee
10 pledged, although it has broken !
faith.
President Roosevelt, in his lette
after attempting to excuse his usurp
tion Of the law-making authority in II
IN matter Of his pension order, challeng,
in the democracy with the interrogation
is What are YOU going to do about II
ne Judge Parker answers this arroga
question in a n that should war
the heart Of every true old soldier wi
wants the union preserved in its I,
ar- integrity"
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