Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-17

navy. As Senator Beveridge puts IL
the young man likes party of con
struction, party that does things
that goes ahead and puts the nam,
American NJ the top oi the rosie,
IN The worlds work. He feels intens,
pride in the army and navy and In the
success of American diplomacy Ht
hnds the Republican is the party thai
goes ahead. while the Democratic is
the party that hangs back and criti
cises. Hence II is that the Republican
party attracts and wins the young
man.
There must he something in this
There must be something to account
Tor the tendency which we know ex.
lists, and which ls manifested In the
Republicn poll of Indiana Today |
saw the poll sheet from a score of
counties. and in every one the number
of frst voters for Roosevelt was much
larger than the ratio of Republican
votes to Democratic would warrant
In some Democratic counties the first
voters were actually in the majority
| for Roosevelt Some allowance must
| he made for errors of the poll takers
but of the presence of the principle
there can be no question. Probably
Senator Beveridge has offered the
true explanation This remarkable
young leader who is TO be reelected
to the senate without opposition #
his party carries the Legislature (of
which there is little doubD keeps In
close touch with his people. He is
student of men as well as of nations
He knows the boys as well as he
knows his rhetoric.
1t comes down to this. then There
has long been suspicion In the
minds of unbiased students of our
national AFFAIRS that a party which In.
stnctively and habitually operates as
a brake on the wheel cannot attract
the young men of the country and
thus renew it's membership and add
to its strength. The Young men in
stinctively prefer to belong to the
wheel that moves forward rather than
TO the brake which retards Howey.
er much men may honor the Demo
cratic party for its mperishable
principles its usefulness as conser.
vative and SOLDERING influence. the
present state of the public mind. and
more particularly the tendency of the
Nonng men, indicates that party to
grow and gain In this nervous. work |
ing. achieving, building country must
be party Of action, of positive move. |
ment, not merely party of conserya
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course, the Republicans will go too |
far. and the conservatives will have
their inning in the reaction. Many
observers believe, too. that when the
Democracy rises to opportunity and |
wages vigorous campaign for tarir |
Of high pmrote.c?liath m he 9tPiptrK Kasudy;
chance TO attract the young men and
to renew Its life.
There is no doubt that the person
ality of President Roosevelt is great
advantage to the Republicans In this
state. Wherever one goes he hnds
evidence that the president Is even
stronger than his party. He has help
ed win over many of the first voters
His character appeals to them He is
their ideal On the other hand the
older and naturally more conserva
tive men do not appear to be afraid
Of Mr. Roosevelt The doctrine that
he is unsafe" finds little credence in
this state.
Six months ago a large proportion
Of the Republican leaders and active
politicians In Indiana were sore" on
II
much of an inducement to start
ruction among them. But the induce
ment never appeared All chance Of
II disappeared when Mark Hanna died
II is true there are Republicans
here who still dislike Mr., Roosevelt
who are not enthusiastic for him.
Most of these are men who belong to
the Fairbanks wing of the party. and
who were never pleased to see young
Mr. Beverldge made the Hoosler ia
vorite But Mr. Fairbanks Is ON the
| ticket, and that has closed the mouth
of every Republican who would like
| to say things about the lucky Rough
Rider.
| Roosevelt will be cut TO some ex
| tent among the organized labor voters
| Of Indiana and these will be distribut-
ed among the unions. where Tom Tag
gart has many paid emissarleS at
work. some OF them from Colorado.
The Socialist vote will increase heav-
irS among the miners. and in Fort
Wayne, Evansville and some other
cities. On the whole 1t will draw
from the Democrats fully as much as
from the Republicans.
II Chairman Taggart uses 100000
he can reduce the Roosevelt pMrali-
ty in Indiana to $4,000. Without such
energetic treatment Of the white and
negro foaters the plurality will be
10 900 or more In excess of that figure
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ShEkEl DAY TOMORROW.