Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-11
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Comments on Judge Parker's
Acceptance
BY TODAY'S CALLERS
REPRESENTATIVE McCLEARY,
FOSs, CURTIS AND OTHERS.
All Say Their States VIII Give Good
Republican Majorities in
November.
BY TODAY'S CALLERS

we can't do anything Trust u.s." That
was the unique way Representative Nc
Cleary of Minnesota had of summing up
the speech of acceptance of Judge Parker.
Mr.. McCleary was one of the callers at the
White House today. He had read the
speech of acceptance carefully and was, he
said, distinctly disappointed 1t was not
up to what he had expected from the
democratic standard bearer. Then Mr.. Nc
Cleary summarized the speech one that
asked the country to take the democratic
ticket on trial, and that it would not be
able to do any harm in case of election. IF
that is so," said Mr.. McCleary, "the coun-
try will not see any occasion to make a
change in the party in power
Mr.. McCleary's views were shared by
most of the republican callers at the White
House during the day. There was not
much in the speech of acceptance open for
strong criticism, but there was undoubted-
ly sense of agreeable disappointment on
the part of the republican leaders. They
had been led to expect a document that
would be SO strong as to give the republi-
cans concern, but none of them felt that
way this morning. Privately and publicly
they expressed the opinion that the docu-
ment did not contain anything to give the
republicans worry or alarm. They were
agreed in the Interpretation of the speech,
however.
That was that the effort of Judge
Parker was to show that his election
could not bring change in either the tariff
or financial laws Of the country, and that
the issue of the campaign was largely
one of personality-Parker or Roosevelt,
with Parker alleging that he held certain
safe views and President Roosevelt Opin-
ions to the contrary-opinions, too, that
were dangerous. The republicans were
willing to accept the Parker view of the
situation and make the issue personal, If
desired. They were confident they could
show that no change was necessary in
the government of the country, and that
President Roosevelt had made an able
and efficient executive.
Opinions of Representatives.
Representative Foss of Illinois, Repre-
sentative Curtis of Kansas and others, all
of whom were among the Presidents
visitors, took this view of the Parker let
ter. In their sections of the country they
could see nothing but overwhelming sue
cess. Representative Foss is preparing to
leave with Secretary Morton for a cruise
up the Atlantic coast. He said that Illi-
nOiS would give 10000 to 100000 repub-
lican majority.
'Why?' he was asked
Because the republicans are united,
while the democrats are divided. The
democrats recently put through state
ticket in convention that went through
under the gavel, and this is causing bit
ter resentment. Another reason is that
the people of the state are with the re-
publicans in this campaign, believe in the
ability of the party to run the govern
ment and in the wisdom, courage and in
tegrity Of President Roosevelt We will
carry the state on the electoral ticket by
a large majority and will probably gain
one or two congressman"
AS to Kansas. Mr.. Curtis said: NV pre-
diction is that the republican electoral
ticket will be elected by majorities ranging
from 10000 to $4,000. Three-fourths of The
people In the state are for Roosevelt and
believe In him. On the state ticket the ma
5ority may not be so large owing to fusion
between one branch of the populists and
the democrats. There is no enthusiasm for
Parker in Kansas. while the people are en-
thlsiastic for Roosevelt"
Mr.. McCleary said that Minnesota would
give republican majority as large as IN
the past and believes that the one demo-
cratic district in the state will be redeem
ed by the republicans.
President Can't Go to st. Louis.
w. H.. Thompson, treasurer of the ST.
Louis exposition, called on the President
today to ask him to visit the great exposi-
ton. He urged the President to do so on
many grounds. but the President said that
there was an unwritten law preventing