Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1904-10-21
CHOICE OF PARTIES.
why Young Men shouid Vote the Re-
publican Ticket.

kerr has found II worth while 70 write
a magazine article Oh why Young
Man Should Vote the Democrats
Ticket" With what may be regarded
as the parionable egotism II asivane
ing years. MIR Cleveland gives his own
mistake in choosing between Fremont
end Buchanan half century ago. az
sufficient argument why young men
should make the like mistake OF ally
ing themselves with the party which has
learned nothing and forgotten nothing
since.
IL Mr. Cleveland had cited his choice
OF Buchanan as his political idol and
guide as a warning to All young men
to avoid when making choice OF the
party with which they are about TO atiiili-
ate his reasoning would have been com
prehensible. Ii may be recalled that
Buchanan was the last Democratic Presl-
dent before the war. The party 70 which
Young Cleveland (age 19l gave his
cailow allegiance in 1856 went into de-
served eclipse in 1860, from which it did
not fully emerge until 1884, when he was
elected President by the Mugwnmp di-
version OF that year.
From 1860 to 1884 the Republican
party successfully administered the gov
eminent OF the United States through
the tribuiatons of terrible civil war.
to which the temporizing yacillation Of
| Buchanan contributed. and through the
trying period of reconstruction, resump-
| ton of specie payments and wonderful
national expansion.
| When Lincoln was first inaugurated
the population OF the United States was
81 ,443, 321; at the time OF Cleveland's
| first election ii was 54,91l.000. During
the same period the wealth OF the re-
public had risen from SIG, 100, Gl0,00O to
about S5o.0000 100000.
When Lincoln was inaugurated the
national debt was less than $90,000,000;
| by the close Of the war OF secession il
had risen TO $2.674.Si5.s5G. BY 1881.
when Cleveland was elected. it had been
reduced, through Republican financing,
over one billion dollars. to 81 ,43S542.9o5l
| When Buchanan was President. full
filling all the ideals of young Cleveland
OF safe and sane government, the cir
cuIation OF money IN the United States
ranged from S15Sl DOWN TO S13.S5
per capita. During the succeeding
twenty. four years OF Republican admin
istration il ranged from $13.9S UP TO
$22GJ per capita.
During Cleveland's first term the
money in circulation ranged from $23.02
DOWN 10 $21.s2 per capita. rising from
So 81 to S24.56 under President Harr-
son, Republican, only to drop again from
S24.03 DOWN to $21.4l during the Sec
ond term Of the "sober and conserva-
tive" Cleveland.
Starting at $214l in 1S96-the lowest
point in sixteen ycars--the per capita cir
culation OF money in the United States
has risen steadily during the terms Of
Presidents Mckinley and Roosevelt I'M
| til, according to the latest statement of
the Treasury Department on October l.
| 1904, it was $3l.l6, estimated on a popu-
| lation Of S2,2l4000.
The fuctuation OF the per capita cir
culation of money during Republican
| and Democratic administrations affords
| a representative barometer of the success
or failure Of the conduct Of national af-
fairs.
! Mr. Cleveland says he was attracted
to the Democratic party by its doctrines
| and methods" The Republican party
invites and attracts all young Americans
to its support by the soundness of its
| principles and an unbroken record OF
| splendid and substantial results.
Mr.. Cleveland finds a slight resem-
blance" in and attempts an invidious
| comparison between the campaigns and
| candidates OF 1856 aud 1904. He speaks
Of Fremont's nomination as an appeal
ito the peoples romantic sentiment and
| love for the spectacular" while on the
other hand 1.-The Democratic party chai-
enged the sober and conservative thought
of the country by the nomination Of the
mature, undramatic and experienced
Buchanan"
| There can be no mistaking the unwar-
ranted parallel this is intended to sug-
gest and emphasize. That Roosevelt does
! appeal to the romantic sentiment of the
| American people is true, but he appeals
to them because OF the singular candor
and genuinencss Of his nature. the posi-
| tiyeness and courage of his actions. the
remarkable versatility and resourceful-
ness Of his mind. TO depreciate Mr..
| Roosevelt by nferring that he suffers
anything 10y contrast with Buchanan re-
| vived in the person of Judge Parker
as being immature. dramatic and mex
| perenced is TO invite comparison alto
| sether favorable to the Republican can
| didate. In age Mr. Roosevelt is within
| two years of being az mature as Mr..
| Cleveland was when he was elected Pres
| ident. and in experience he has had
more variety of responsibility than both
Mr.. Cleveland and Judge Parker rolled
! into one.
When it comes to choosing between
| parties because Of their candidates the
young voter will not look beyond Theo-
dore Roosevelt as the best living incar-
nation Of the spirit Of aggressive manli-
ness--a duty-loying, duty-doing citizen.
| IL the choice is between the records or
the personnel OF the two great parties
the choice is equally easy. The Demo
cracy to-day offers nothing to young men
starting out on careers but wornout
creeds and unfulflled croakings. Ii only
| survives as a brake on the swift ad
vancing wheels of American public life.
| On the other hand the Republican
party invites the atfiliation and support
OF young men because of it's splendid
achievements and the vitality and yiril-
| ity Of its treatment of government af-
| fairs. II stands before the country to-