Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-11-01
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Bryan on Parker.

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in which he denounced the New York
state platform and scored Mr.. Parker
for standing on such a platform. The
republicans evidently hope TO ALLEVIATE
Bryan democrats from support of the
democratic candidates.
Bryan himself furnished the best
answer to the republican campaign
methods, when during his Indiana cam
paign, he said: My friends, there were
two kinds of people who left us, those
who left us conscientiously, because
they thought, mistakenly, l believe.
that my election would harm this coun-
try. What can | say against a man
who follows his conscience, even if it
led him to oppose my election? The
other class. composed of those who had
ia pecuniary reason, selfish reason,
that they did not always avOw; but. my
friends. | want you TO believe that
have more important work before me
than trying TO follow up and punish
man who voted against me, no matter
what his reason was. A man who at
tempts to carry a book and get even
with those who have been against him
has burdened himself with so much
that he has no time for anything else
Life is too important, the good to be
done is too much needed for a man to
bend his back and weary himself try
ing TO carry load of revenge against
anybody.
And | want to remind you that when
the republicans come and ask you TO
help them to- defeat Parker because
some of the democrats, the gold demo
Gratis. helped TO defeat me. they don't
tell you that Roosevelt will give yol
one single thing that you desire. To
what do they appeal? To the lowest
passion in the human breast. for there
is no lower passion than revenge. And
want my friends, / want the silver
democrats to feel insulted. as they
should. when any republican approach
es them and has so low an opinion of
them that he will suggest that they act
from motives of retaliation
Readers of The Argus have followed
Mr.. Bryan on his Indiana tour and they
know that he sincerely desires the cleo
ton of Judge Parker While the latter
does not stand for all that Mr.
Bryan and his followers believe in.
Mr.. Roosevelt stands for nothing they
believe in. While Bryan democrats
are committed TO the JeffersOnian prin.
ciplc of government, Mr.. Roosevelt is
committed to the Hamiltonian princi-
pie: while Mr.. Bryan stands for tariff
revision TO deprive the trusts of their
shelter. for an income tax, for popular
election of senators, for the initiative
and referendum, for these and other re
forms. Mr. Roosevelt stands opposed
to all of them.
In this campaign. Mr. Roosevelt as
the candidate of the republican party,
is committed to Imperialism; 10 reten-
ton of the high tariffs: TO a course
of inactiOn as concerns the trusts: to
over-Iordship of the western hemis-
phere and interference in the affairs of
the world in execution of his world
power plans; 10 the principle that eX-
pediency justifieS departure from con
stitutional restraints. Mr.. Parker
stands for none of these things. nor
does the democratic party; nor do Mr..
Bryan and his followers. With these
radical differences between the parties
and the candidates. how can any Bry-
an democrat consistently vote for
Roosevelt?
Mr.. Bryan did score Judge Parker.
He did score the New York platform.
Called on to make choice of what is
offered him. he selects the best and the
best is Parker and he accepts him not
because his election will bring realiza-
ton of everything Mr.. Bryan believes
in. but because it will bring nearer
realization of some Of the things he he
lieveS in.
If Mr.. Roosevelt is returned To power
with the assistance of democratic votes
that were regular in 1896. the demo
Gratis casting these votes will be guilty
of the same crime against their party
and their country that the gold demo
Gratis were guilty of in 1896.
The republicans are appealing to
They are tanning a base
passion in men. But the thinking
democrats will not be deceived. The
democrat who believes in democratic
policies will stultify himself by voting
so as 10 weaken Mr.. Parker. If he does
this he will be stmtifying principle.
True democrats will not do so. They
will take to heart the fact that oppO-
sition to Imperialism. to militaTism. 70
world over-lordship. may be made eff
fective only by voting for Mr.. Parker.