The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-15


with which tho exercise OF the fighting
Instincts and ,propens!ties which we share
md small account He who will not gov
aspire to govern others AZ q. b
What the Republican, Party
Means.
&c the American people approve the
rat Onal policies l lave cr1Dcu--n fOr.
elgn policy compounded In about equal
parts or swa gger. OF middlcsonencss and OF
lnwlessncss-a domestic policy which fat.
tens syndlcatcs OF capitallstsat the expense
OF the masses of the people. makes extrav-
agant expenditures justify high tnrins md
high tariffs just ~ cxtrnvngnnt$ expendi;;
lures, and III practice makes the genera
government but the tool OF: accumuilse G.
BY cant about duty md bencvolencc and
tho white mans burden but which IN es-
scnce Is nothing but the ,,sc or q weak ca
people to crafty tho ambition, the pride:
these DO the things the American people
favor IT Is the Republican party they
want In power and no other
Ifgthey believe In ever mounting &cxpcn.
dlture and taxation to tally with 1t and
toyfully ant icipatc Congresses OF q TWO '3.
5billion-dolar calibreE instead OF one-I :,
they believe that tho existence Of wide
should be inquired into eIthertnot at ell
or only By tho friends or the PAL ties 5rlec,
{essarlly implicated and SO investigate |, rs
likely to be ascertained and the guilty.
dealt with as law and Justice REQUIRE. n
they believe that lnwlessncss n high
places Is wholesome In effect and example
upon sher mobs or Individuals JUSTIFY
Ing both. as 1t inevitably does, IN my
Illegal violence required to accomplish
x,.lS FIR 4 he moment apnearS to .bc n de-
sIrnble end-,if these he the things 4 nc
American people believe In. 1t is certainly
the Republican party they want III power
and no other. .g
Il II they believe IN I he nscendency OF q
party VIII CT, is not national but scctton
which must prevail. II itYdocs prevail ~.
5the prcpondcrance OF one geograph
.er and boss has raised the race issue
\ at the South in tho most offensive form;
~hiciiis regarded by the whole southern
region MS a menace TO It's tranquility and
prosperity; it Is the Republican party
and no other that should still retain con-
troll OF the national government $,
;S'' Finally. II the American people want
rulers who conceive themselves 70 Z, De me
masters and not tho servants OF the peo-,
pie, the Republican party r. Just. the y,
party they ara in need Of. Their Presi-
dental candidate represents exactly that
5concepticI.. and to-day, 50 far as p''iHcl-
pies. objects, or methods are concerned,
he Is all there is to the party. Has he
not trampled down &all opposition within
the party, Dictated his own nomination,
written his own PLATFORM and make him
self the scale manager OF the Republican
campai Ign? 4 Having doEc all this, he
seemingly considers himself Mt liberty to
assume an attitude towards the Amerl-
can people generally Will Aht for arrogance
and audacI ". lis unprecedented In the his
tory OF party warfare. "
1.-THE suffrages or voters are not SO
much sought as commanded. and oppo-
nents, who on the most untlvora6le cal-
culation must stand for very, n early one
branded in advance as fools. hypocrites.
or knaves. Unworthy us this attitude
would be in n mere candidate. IN q 3candl-
date who Is also President with the COM
mand OF cxtrnord nary means for In
Jfluencng or intlmidatlng voters. It ought
to be deemed an intoIerable o fense8 sufti-
Client OF itself to disqualify the offender
from holding the Ihlgl! Office he seeks.
What Democracy Means.