St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-07-20
Frederick Holbrook, Brattle-
CURRENT PRESS COMMENT.
Parker and Roosevelt.

While Mr.. Roosevelt has been wrestling
with the Japs Judge Parker has been
pitching hay. He could not receive his
call to duty after the traditional manner
of Mr.. Cincinnatus or Uncle Israel Put
nam, because, as everybody knows, this
is not the ploughing season. But to true
and tried democratic eyes he certainly
does present great appealing picture
standing in the meadow patch, single
suspender securely upholding his blue
overalls, and the perspiration rolling
down his tanned cheeks as, ever and anon,
with graceful ease he losses havcock after
haycock upon the waiting cart. No effete
dumb bells for the Judge. The implements
of the farm are his. He may not be as
handy with his fists as his rival, but,
catch as catch can, in our dispassionate
and unprejudiced judgment, he would
win out.
But let not Mr. Cortelyou be deceived
by the notion that the judge is expert
only with the shovel and the hoe. He is
equally at home with the fiddle and the
bow. A great surprise awaits those who
have formed the opinion that Judge Par
ker is of a temperament so judicial that
he lacks the more engaging qualities. Of
all the men occupying Or seeking high
political positions whom we have known,
we cannot recall one possessing more
attractive personality than Judge Parker.
He is a real man, honest, intelligent,
tolerant, and kindly, yet clear in his con-
victions and firm in fidelity to them. He,
too, possesses the elemental virtues
ascribed to Mr.. Roosevelt, along with
others of material service to the country
in president. Nobody need apprehend
an absence of personal honor in the White
House in the improbable contingency of
his election. Nor will the democrats of
the West or South find any cause of dis
appointment when they come face to face
with their leader. He can speak as well
as he thinks. While less vivid in a per-
sonal way than his bewildering opponent,
| he will be found quite as satisfying in
| both word and deed.
The ways of politics are. after all, in
| scrutable. 1t was the orderly, digni6ed,
well-managed Chicago convention that
should have nominated Judge Parker.
| The result would have harmonized per
fectly with the proceedings. This, on the
| other hand, has been an ideal Roosevelt
| conventlon-eager, turbulent, twice as
big, four times as enthusiastic, splenddly
| chaotic. 1t was precisely such crowd
as the president would have reveled in
attacking and conquering. The tameness
of Chicago would have palled upon
| him, but here, in the seductive language
of a Snowman on the Pike, he would
have found collection of "a wfullv wilo
| animals that would have delighted
his heart.-[George Harvey in Harper:
Weekly.
The Sturdy Democrats of Vermont.
The Nashville Banner notes the fac
that the Vermont delegation at st
Louis were loyal from the start to Judg
Parker, and adds: 1.-The Vermont demo
Gratis do not count for much in the cleo
ton, but they are of the tried and tru
kind" Campaign after campaign the,
have been true to themselves and true t,
their political ideas. Without reward o
hope of reward they have stood up TO
principle, and their example is worthy G
imitation in both the doubtful an
surely democratic states. Living in
. section which has been built up by tn
, protective tariff they yet have declare
always against the iniquity of a syster
which has been built up in the interest c
a particular section and special indus
tries.
How much better is the Vermont sol
] of democrat, who believes in somethin
[ | and sticks to it, than the democrats
: some other states, nameless here io
7 | obvious reasons, who have at time
! flirted with the enemy in the hope
:. saving possible appropriations or keel
ing IN with the powers that be. A goo
, many years ago a certain people weI
B | proud to say that they were Roman cit
n | zens. That was a distinction that Ell
D titled them at once to high considers
r ton. At this time the man who is alb
n to say 81 am Vermont democrat"
not less deserving of honor than tt
D ancients who were proud to say II al
: a Roman citizen. Charleston rs. G
News and Courier.