Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-08-05
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New York Herald. July 20th 3, The.
Herald neither supports" Judge
Parker nor nopposes" Mr.. Roosevelt.
Az an independent newspaper it en-
deavors to put before the people
frankly. fully and impartially the
facts regarding the presidential cam.
patgn as>it develops day by day. In
the carrying out of such a programme
there is room neither for support nor
for opposition. The duty of supporting
or oppoeing the presidential nominees
may be. In fact should be, left to the
people. ''#
The people will have to decide
The issue at any rate has the merit
Of being clean cut.
Three years Of Mr.. Roosevelt as
President have cleared away all
illusions as to his ideals. His conduct
in the Floating of the Panama re-
public, his truthless disregard of
public sentiment in the South, bis
dictatorial assumption OF authority in
every department of the public service,
have suf1ced to show the people that
his ideal Of government Ia imperial
ism, that he regards brute force as
the equivalent of right and his will as
the equivalent Of legality.
Are these qualities desirable in
President of the United States? This
is the question the American people
will be called upon to answer at the
polls.
The people will have to decide.
Judge Parker, on the other hand, is
virtually unknown quantity, but
the manly independence of his tele-
gram to the democratic leaders at
the St. Louis convention proves at
least his honesty and the fact that he
is a candidate for election against
Mr.. Roosevelt authorizes the supposi-
tion that he does not share Mr..
Roosevelt's views on Imperialism,
and that he prefers the democratic
principles laid down by. Washington
and Jefferson.
Thus the issue before the people is
Imperialism or democracy. which IL
to rule in the United States7,
The people will have to decide.
For ths people are called upon t
choose between American democracy
and an imported English imperialism
Washington diplomacy of late hal
shown a tendency to take its cue IRON
abroad-to mark time to England
step. Imperialism being popular il
England at present, the fad appear
to have spread to administrative
circles in Washington.
The conditions obtaining In the tw'
countries, however, are 80 differen
that what may be profitable to the on
must be ruinous to the other. Enc
land advocates Imperialism for on
thing because she has numerous an,
. widely scattered colonies to protect, j..
task that calls for a colossal navy an
, justifies an imperial policy. With tn
exception Of the Philippines, tn
United States las no colonies, so tina
: a respectable navy is all the Unite
States needs, and imperialism in tn
States United is merely as uobbis
imitation of a foreign fad.
q For Imperialism Is the one ma
. power. It is absolutism in the execu
, tive, while democracy is government
of the people, by the people. for til
. people. 80
! Mr.. Roosevelt represents Imperial
ism. Judge Parker represent
J Democracy as it was understood b
our forefathers. the signers Of th
B Declaration Of Independence, as
D was understood by the men wh
Z fought for that independence and 6
D it should be understood by as VII
D have: inherited that independence.
b Has Mr.. :Roosevelt's influen<
changed the heart of the America
people in this respect? The comm
q presidential election will give a d.
q cisive answer to the question, for
a is at the polls that the people wi
,. have to decided