The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-10-27

meant disguise has worn into tatters
and the party appears In It's old. fam
/ iliar shape. Its reliance Is, as OF yore,
on the solid south. which means an APP
peal to racial hatred and on Tammany
! hall. which means organized corruption.
And relying upon these two sources
| OF power. they claim the confidence OF
the country upon grounds that affront
the common intelligence and fatigue the
| derision OF the world. Is IL not sight
| for men and angels 10 see the solid south,
| which exists by virtue OF it's nullifcation
| OF the Constitution, which promises Judge
| Parker the bulk OF his electors through
| a suppression OF a vast majority or It's
voters, attacking Theodore Roosevelt In
| the name OF an endangered CONSTITUTIONS
lis II not a grovelling farce 10 see Tam
many hall, whose name is a Kissing and
a reproach TO ID disgusted civilization,
accusing the Republican party OF eN-
| travagance and corruption? But the cam
| paign has narrowed itself 10 this. Every
| thing else has vanished, dissolved In
mist OF contradictions. Protection Is
robbery--but they are in favor Of reason.
able projection.
Their leaders say the gold standard rs
a fixed fact--but the majority OF their
party still side with Mr. Bryan. They
cry out against appropriations In gem
eral-but do not dare 90 specify those
which they will cut of.
with that discretion which Is valor's
better part they abuse our army because
Il is small. and speak-some OF them
rather respectfully OF our navy because
II is strong. Their candidate denounces
the pension order. admitting a fixed age
as a partial proof OF disability. and then
offers, as a bribe for soldiers votes. 10
recommend a service pension for every
body OF an indefinite and unspecihed age.
HIS WORK FOR PEACE.
1T is a misfortune for a party. as It
Is for an individual, 20 have no serious
occupation, for Satan finds mischief for
idle hands. Because they have abso-
lutely no facts TO bring forward they
have produced fantastic variety OF
hctions. | will only refer 10 one class
OF charges-those which ring the changes
on two words; the president is lawless'
and unsafe
Every act OF his which they qualify
as lawless has been done after careful
study OF the law after counsel with the
best lawyers. and every one which has
been brought 10 the test of the courts
has been triumphantly approved by our
highest judicial authorities.
And then that hoodoo cry unsafe
how is IL TO be treated seriously? Tn.
safe he undoubtedly is. as the law Is to
the criminal. as the disinfectant is to the
microbe> But what shall we say 10 those
! who in the same breath accuse him OF
dangerous hostility 10 business interests
| and also OF subservience 10 the great cor
! pora tions? Let them answer each other.
! "But we are told he is dangerous to the
| peace OF the world. he is a fire eater, a
war lord--he wishes 70 embroil us in a
policy or adventure. What does the
record say7 He and his predecessor have
done more in the interest OF universal
peace than any other two presidents since
our government was formed. They have
done more for the cause OF arbitration
than all the rest put together. They have
composed more difficulties by frier 'ly
negotiation: they have settled more ques-
tions that threatened our peace; they
have made more treaties, and more
mutually advantageous ones than any
other presidents In our history. Theodore
Roosevelt gave 70 The Hague court OF
arbitration the breach OF new life when
death threatened II. His influence. con-
stantly and quietly exerted among our
sister nations has often dissuaded from
violence and led to peaceful solutions. He
Is now preparing a set OF arbitration
! treaties with all the countries which de-
sire them.
APPEALS TO NEW YORK.
II read while ago in the platform OF
the Democrats OF Massachusetts, this
reckless charge against the PRESIDENT:
." He has declared war against a sister
republic without an act OF congress. In
defiance OF the weIl-known usages OF in
ternational law and I'm the face OF an ad-
verse opinion from his chief law adviser,
It is commonly believed
"Who. / may ask. believes II? Who Is
the man gifted with the malignant Gre
dulity which makes such belief possible?
| O. l. sAAa at afer, g.
every word in II Is false. The president
has not declared war on any nation.
declaration OF war Is solemn official
act. impossible except by a vote OF con-
gress.
mo such act ever took place. II may
he presumed the platform refers to the
notice given 10 the hostile forces on the
isthmus, that thev were not TO fight on
the line OF the railroad. which II was our
duty 10 keep open. But this was no war,
and no declaration OF war: there was 20
defiance OF our constitution. nor OF inter-
national law
"The action Of the president was in the
interest OF peace. and II was effective.
Not a hostile shot has since been fired on
the isthmus And 10 complete the story OF
this amazing fiction. all te presidents
legal advisers, numbering good intel
lects.' such as Knox. Root, Taft and
Moody have heartily indorsed and ap-
proved his action. Both houses OF con-
gress have adopted II. The senate accept
ed the treaty based on II by an over
whelming majority. embracing half the
Democratic senator's
Men OF New York; VIII you allow II
10 he said that while the rest OF the
country stood by him YOU fell awav?
When President Roosevelt ascends the
steps OF the CAPITOL next March. shall Il
be said his Mother State has no part In
his triumph II that shall be So yours
will be the loss. not his"
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