The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-11-03
AN ABSURD BUGABoo
DEMOCRATIC CRY or ,uu
ALISM" AN INSULT -"''
Parker's Expressed Alarm o,.
Power Of the PRECEDENT ana
What Republicans Will DO I.
~ AMusinG Twadd,e,

Nv HtkIjODN IN ,-i..
the most ridiculous one is thar puu.
by the Democrats and labeled ~%imn.'sNa
ISM which, as applied at pres.n,
designed 10 carry the idea of a Ran, Is
can being Dictator" instead Of puon'
dent. The suggestion is OF itssl, '.N'
ish; still, when uttered through h,uaD'
~meGaphones of the Democratic ,,r.~"h
acquires Il hearing il not an lunor,s'h
Judge Parker. in his letter of sc'"V'
ance, declares imperialism "a vital ~
sue and OF Overwhelming import,no.%s
simply because the growth of thne
ton under successful Republican adn-"S
istrations has been so vast and r.nl1
to require Kstem in its managemam
Observation-Disclosures and pvacn."
OF purposes. This is an inexorabl. "n
dition for success in national ss a.n
in individual affairs; but the Demaa"
cannot or will not submit TO il. Cas-
ization of power does not moan ,,m" f
ton, but does show the Republicans p~
not leaving loose ends around IN tta'
sagacious management OF public nsttn.
No State can trnthfully complajn H..
their rights or dignities have snssnNs
from federal interference; thar wo,a "
usurpation to be instantly Resented ~
each and every State in the Union ..|s
matter of MISREPRESENTATION.
Why Democrats Are wrotb.
Because r Republican Congress md
Republican President. managing tbo D.
public for a Republican majority a, III.
people, conducted the government as"
business proposition of the vastest m.
pIfnIn pstnU M p,.. -
mon sense and the powers delegated h,
the national constitution, and hecar.
the Democrats never have and never will
do the same, however much they mn,
promise, is the plain reason for tho,
cutlery OF imperialism" This conser,..
ton of utilities for public good and ON.
ployed by the nations business map,..
-rs maddens the Democrats, because thu,
have been impotent with their opportn.
mites. Judge Parker is alarmed At tho
power of the President. at almos,
equals that of many monarchs," he a..
clares. Why shonld it not? 1t is nud,r
constitutional limitations. and eorslAd
by "A Gordon OF States and the will of ths
people. If a Democratic President ver,
up-to-date and regarded the welfare If
oc itiPbItdHI lHln mat
Of his party, would he not be likely 10 do
as the Republicans have done n h.
tailed to try he would be recreant to his
trust, but not. perhaps. to his party.
But Judge Parker goes farther in hs
rear OF what Republicanism may do for
the country. In doing this he deliberate.
ly insults that majority OF the people
VINO have believed in the Republican
party. whose principles and practices
have. in the last ~forty--less eight-years
made the United States what il is 10.
day. lie writes: The magnitude of the
country and its diversity Of interests and
population diversity of population ap-
plies to honest-ideaed foreigners who
have come here to be rid of dictators and
imperiahsts, to men who should resent
at the polls this imputation against Their
patriotism-"would enab bic a determined,
ambitious, and able executive that does
not mean a Democrat. but Mr.. Roose-
veit) unmlndful Of constitutional limA-
tons and fired with the lust of power. 10
20 Tar IN the u%surpation Of authority and
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of personal power be-
Tore the situation could be fully appre-
GATED or the people be aroused" Such
an utterance is twaddle; there is not a
sign of craftsmanship about it. 1t is a
wornout Democratic echo from Gen.
Grant's political campaigns. 1t might
not be worth thinking about had not tho
chairman OF the Democratic State Gen
tral Committee of Connecticut brought
out the same sentiment in saving Of the
connecticut Democrats-.'they fear he
(Roosevelt) may become ambitions 10
carve out for himself a place in history,
and that in doing this he may emhr0il US
with foreign nations" This indicates
unity of echo; but no one is scared
but the Democrats. But they insult
those of Il citizens of alien descent by
intimating that Mr.. Roosevelt might
steal the government without their sns-
pecting anything of the kindly assert
ing that it is. even now, supported as
1t IS by f~oreign-born and native voters
a '~beneficent despotism."
Mr.. Roosevelt does not agree with tbs
view of the situation. He has written:
We have striven both for civic right
eousness and for national greatness; and
we have faith to believe that our hands
VIII be upheld by all who feel love OF
country and trust in the uplifting of man
kind Mr.. Roosevelt's sentiments are
all of them. those of a patriot; again"
MIN are those of political trickstefs anS
demagOgues.