The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-22
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I purposes may be they must be distinct ly avowed and placed beyond any ques- ton. The strongest feature of the plats
 form will therefore, be the character | of the candidate. Here, it seems to me, the party is singularly rich in excel- | lent material. Glance at the candi-
 dates available for the consideration of l the St. Louis Convention and then con.
 trast that imposing wealth of resources with the almost entire steriiity of the | field to which the choice of the other party is limited. It is hardly an ex- | aggeration to say that if Mir. Roosevelt | died before the last of June the Chica- go assembly would hardly be able to I effect a nomination, or indeed to find
 a candidate before the first Monday following the first Tuesday of Novem- Der.
 To the Democratic Convention the State of New York presents a man who
 is the exact opposite to the swash- buckling, jingoistfc. rough riding, ec- centric man who has already assumed the position of Republican candidate.
 If Judge Parker's record satisfy tho | delegates that he possesses the Quali~ ties necessary to fight for reform as strenuously as Republican leaders have labored for corruption during the last eight years no objection can be made
 Ito him on the score of personal char
 acter.. If the Convention decide that the judicial quality is the one which | prudence and patriotism suggest for
 the most effective opposition to tingo-
 ism and swashbuckling, he is an al- l most ideal candidate.
 'sThe Man From St. Louin." | If the issues should be simply re-
 form in administration. the exposing of
 wrong and the pursuit and conviction of wrong-doers, the man who has won National fame as a persecutor in St. | Louis seems to possess every quality
 necessary to insure success. His record
 is absolutely unique. so far as I know,
 in the history of the country. He is
 a reformer of singular efficiency, and at the same time a politician of con-
 summate skill, while as reformer and politician he has been successful in an extraordinary and almost bewiIdering degree. Reformers have been numer-
 ous, but no other, to my knowledge,
 has ever been equally successful in | fighting rogues in the criminal courts
 and in the political primaries. Reformers who are really anxious to
 end wrongdoing have always been nu- merous. Reformers who have underS
 taken to prosecute crime in the courts | have not been few. Reformers who have succeeded in obtaining convic-
 tions are rare. though not wholly un-
 known. But the only man, so far as I know, who has pursued criminals in | the courts to conviction and at the
 same time has fought them successful | ly at the primaries. who has actually succeeded in dislodging them from the political control in which he found them and assuming that control him. | self, Is the prosecuting attorney of St. | Louis
 That he has vindicated justice in tho l courts would have been highly credit l able, but that he has actually enthron-
 ed 1t in control of q political party so
 completely that delegates charged with
 the task of rewarding it's champion by
 nominating him to the highest office in
 the Commonwealth will dominate the State Convention of Missouri almost
 unanimously is an event unprecedent- ed in the history of politics, so far as
 know. and fraught with the promise
 of measureless benefit to the people of
 the whole country.
 Moral Fibre of the People. The moral fibre of the American peo- pie has always been sound. The Vir- | tuous have always been In the vast ma jority, but their very superiority has | tended to make their employment the
 most extensive and therefore the most exacting, while the less worthy, whose time was less valuable, by devoting 1t wholly to politics, have managed to in- ! huence largely, if not to dominate, the
 management of both political parties. The man who can enthrone the vir-
 tuous elements of his party in the con- | trol of its management will not be without imitators in the other party, | if the country at large should show it's approval of his course by bestowing on | him the supreme honor of the PresI- dency.
 If both political organizations were managed and controlled by the best element of each the effect on govern ment would be incalculable. It would have a new birth. It's foundation
 would have acquired a new security,
 its flag a new glory, its prosperity an
 extent which at this moment no man can conceive.
 It would be an inspiring spectacle to
 see the Republican candidate who
 makes a practice of denouncing politi-
 cal boodlers between elections, but em-
 ploys and utilizes and courts them at
 the primaries opposed by a man who
 fights political boodlers at primaries
 and sends them to State prison be-
 tween elections
 If the delegates to St. Louis think
 that abilities of the highest order,
 firmness absolutely unswerving, cour- age absolutely undaunted. patriotism
 absolutely unselfsh. experience wide,
 ripe, successful are the qualities neces-
 sary to make @ candidacy successful.
 the embodiment of them all will be