The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-28

III the executives chair since Lin
coin time, Theodore Roosevelt as
sImed the reigns of State, and after
three Years of successful admins
tratIon, he has received the unani-
nous nomination of his party for the
presidency
Mr.. Fonlke then described the quail
tiles OF President Roosevelt as he has
known them through long and int
mate friendship. His unfiinching
honesty. his utter fearlessness, his
accurate sense of justice. the direct
ness and simplicity of his character,
his ability to get things done. his
practical nature, and his implicit re-
lance on the better instincts of the
people.
1t Is on account of these qualit-
les that the three years of the admin
lstratlon of Theodore Roosevelt pre-
SCENTS record of achievement with
out parallel during any equal period
since the civil war. There has been
such harmonious action between con-
gress and the president that the ex-
erclse OF the veto power has been I'M
necessary, and the recommendation
o. the executive in his messages have
been prophecy of the Legislation of
the session to which they were adj
dressed. He has accomplished his
purpose IN obtaining reciprocity for
cHba, III settling the Alaskan bound
airy; in rehabilitating the Hague tri-
bnnal; IN removing the dangers to
the Monroe doctrine threatened by
the Venezuela embroglio; in main
tanning the prestige of American ~
plomacy in China; in restoring peace
and securing good administration in
the Philippines; in commencing work
upon the Panama Canal; in charging
the competitive civil service and in
creasing its efficiency; IN promoting
irrigation measures in the West; in
extending the rural free delivery
services; in settling the coal strike
by arbitration; in bringing the prose-
cution Of the trusts to a successful
conclusion; in detecting and punish
ing the corruption in the postoffice
department; in increasing the eff
cheney of the army and navy, and in
protecting American interests abroad
so promptly and efficiently that the
credit Of the American name stands
higher than at any previous time in
our history'
Mr.. Foulke next ridiculed the idea
that Mr.. Roosevelt was not a safe
and he conrrasted him
with Alton E. Parker, saying:
"Mr. Parker possesses one essen
iial requisite for the Democratic
he was unknown. If he
had have taken any prominent part
in the counsels of the party which
him, he could not have be-
come its candidate. If he had been
prominently identified with Organism
and free silver, that would have dis
qualified him. If he had joined the
Of the Gold Democrats,
that would have made him ineligible.
My friends, just think Of a party
that has gone so far wrong that mere
in its past record makes
a man ineligible to become its can
didate.
"He was the political creation Of
David 3. Hill, one of the most I'M
scr1upulous men in modern political
ife--a man who fraudulently packed
the senate of the State of New York,
md rewarded Mr.. Maynard, the
agency by which the work was done,
with a place upon the bench of the
Supreme Court-a man SO utterly
vile that he has to promise to retire
from public life for the purpose of
'elieving his own candidate from the
stain. of his own companionship!
That promise will not be kept. Da-
sid B.. Hill will continue to be the |
power behind the throne and power
'or evil not to be described. How !
lid Judge Parker win his place upon |
he bench? David B. Hill was run
hing for governor OF New York and |
those Parker as a dexterous political
for chairman Of the |
State committee. Hiss was elected,
md he appointed Parker to a place
IN the bench of the Supreme Court,
made vacant by the death Of Judge
Westbrook. as reward for his po-
itical aid. No man can read the |
opinions of Judge Parker, as l have
lone. without realizing that the |
i, 3pa ic a haitian politi oian than q |