The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-23
ORGANS Not Defending Roosevelt


Organs Not Defending Roosevelt
Among the Republican papers of
Chicago the Inter Ocean is the only, one
to give straightforward recognition of
facts, which obtain not only In the
East, but in this section of the West.
Republican organs of the West have
ceased to force the issue of President
Roosevelt's personality to the front,
and they generally fail to defend the
specific acts Of his administration.
which are complained of by the old
line Mckinley members of their party.
Instead. they continue, somewhat fit
fully and half heartedly, however, to
raise the silver question, and to en-
deavor to show that the restoration Of
the gold element to the Democracy
will be Offset by the detection of Dem
ocrats who supported Bryan on the sill
yer issue.
Investigation Of the most careful
character shows that the Bryan Demo-
Gratis of Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin,,
Michigan and Minnesota have no in.
tentien whatever of voting for Mr..
Roosevelt. Ninety per cent Of this
class of Democrats is invariably regu-
lar in every election. BY assailing
Mr.. Cleveland, Mr.. Belmont, Mr.. Nieoll
Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Sheehan and others who
are officially supporting the candidacy
of Judge Parker, the Republicans hope
to drive the other 10 per cent into the
Populist, or Watson camp. There Is,
perhaps at this time, some doubt with
respect to the ultra-Bryan Democrats
in certain Western states. The Demo-
cratic managers report, however, that
the voters of their party, who were dis
affected by the triumph of conserva-
| tism at st. Louis, are gradually align-s
ing themselves under the Parker ban
ner. Republican leaders who haye~the
most intimate knowledge of the situa-
! ton, like Speaker Cannon, have very
little hope Of help from-Bryan Demo-
| Gratis.
Emphasis that has recently been laid
/ on the military tendencies of the pres
tdent and the incidental enlargement
of the national expenses under his-ad-
mintstration, is claimed to have had a
good effect on the Democratic cause
among all classes of conservative yot-
ers in the Middle West This may, or
may not, prove to be true when the re-
turns are in. Some Republicans claim
that this line of attack will prove adj
vantageouS to the president. citing
the Democratic opposition to Lincoln
and Grant in Civil war times, and the
! prompt Republican response to their
opposition, as an Illustration in point
1t required no second sight to develop
the fact that Republican self assur-
ance is based to an important degree
on prospective war enthusiasm, an APP
peal to the fighting spirit of the ma
ton; a protecting finish of the cam
paign. Young voters will especially be
told that Mr.. Roosevelt will make the
United States very great nation Il
he continues as president, to expand
It's world power through it's army and
navy. To the Democratic criticism Oh
these promises, there will be, and has
in fact already been, the ready Re-
publican. answer that the, Democrat.
out avail.
Cabinet Officers Playing Politics
j This question offers the chief uncer-
tainty in the situation in the Middle
West. The Democrats fully peet tha1
the affairs of the state and war de-
partment Will, until Nov. s, be conduct
ed with intelligent and discriminating