The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-08-10
Editorial Department
BY F. w. Meyers So
IF PARKER WINS.

battle. The desire to win, not because
the object is worth the winning, but
simply to crafty the innate desire for
victory often becomes the paramount
tissue, and many such victor has had
cause to sigh .'another such victory
and am undone."
In the present presidential campaign
party pride-the desire to beat the
other fellow at whatever cost to oneself
or to the Nation, might. as it did in
1892, lead to a victory which even the
victors would deplore.
We believe that Roosevelt will be
reelected and that the republican con-
troll will be continued. but it is we'll to
| look for a momentat what would result
should Parker win. After all that is
what concerns. The fact that Roose-
welt or Parker shall be president cuts
lutte figure. But the policies that shall
prevail are OF vital Importance to all.
If Parker wins-who will be his
chief advisors? Hill. Belmont. Shee-
han, Grover Cleveland.
| MIR Bryan tells Us that in 1892 Gro
yer Cleveland deliberately entered in
TO conspiracy with Perry Belmont
and other magnates, that they furnish
ed the largest campaign fund ever used
by the democratic party; that in return
| Cleveland appointed the creatures CT
Belmont to positions OF influence: made
their lawyer Attorney Generals: DELHI.
erately engineered the infamous bond
sale by which Belmont was enriched
to the extent OF millions, and pursued
| such course. in the interests of the
onspirators that they profted hugely.
while the Nation underwent the hard
ships of 1896.
! Is it not evident that democratic
history is striving to repeat itself?
The dramatls personae is the same,
save for the dummy candidate. Again
| do we hear of the monster campaign
fund: again is Belmont to the rescue:
again is Grover Cleveland in the fore.
ground. Is not the boosted sane
democracy, democracy sold, bound
and about to be delivered to Wal
Street? If the democracy of Parker il
sane the democracy OF Bryan was
insane, and it remains to be seen hon
many of the "maniacs' will swallow
the intended insult and vote the ticket
If Parker wins, Cleveland, Belmont
Sheehan and Hill will be in the saddle
That much is certain.
What else?
The solid south The Bourbon I'm
relenting, unyielding south, will CLAIM
its share of the spoils. What will the,
claim?
That their right to disfranchise. t,
abuse, to practically re-enslave ha
been established, that the course o
the south has been vindicated, tina
license has been granted for the indul
gence of all the pent-up race prejudice
that has damned the south for years.
What else?
| Who can outline any distinct plan o
action that the democrats will follow
if given power.
As to the currency: can the muzzls
of silent platform hold the forces to
gether after the victory is won?
/ hn ell ~
deem their party obligation fulfilled
with silence during the campaign?
Would not the walls of congress re
vertebrate with their attacks upon
sound money? Who can predict the
outcome? Andlis not uncertainty
stability very worst thing tina,
can:happen to our medium Of exchanged
| Again as to the tariff? Are we to
take the dictum of Cochran the free
trader or of German the protectionist:
What will be the outcome there:
Will it not mean prolonged season OF
tremendous business unrest, uncer-
! tainty and consequent paralysis? Who
eau Oeuy IL:
Who among all the democratic lead
ers can assert what the democratic
program would be?
There is but ore thing certain. the
election of Parker would mean that the
whole power of the administration
would be directed toward the support
and protection of the trusts. Else why
Belmont? Why the enormous corrup-
lion fund? That is what sane" de-
mocracy means. That is why Roose-
welt is pronounced unsafe by the
minions of the Standard Oil and the
great banking trusts of New York City.
The people have the choice between
sane democracy with its known and
unknown dangers, and republicanism
with it's record Of success and its detin-
lite program for the future.
| The election of Roosevelt means a
continuation of the gold standard, d
revision ofsthe tariff along protective
lines. an honest atfnrt tn coptrol I'll a