Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-07-06
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

ported to have felt detected, but they
buckled to their task and declared
that Quay was zone Of the ablest
statesmen of his time" one of the
most influential and trusted mem
beers Of the Senate"
That they should have remembered
the late Senator Quay as all that was
good and glorious In the highest Re-
publican circles would have been ex.
pected of them. They about all be-.
longed to that patriotic band that
Hanna drew around him In the cam
paigns Of 1895 and 1900. OF course
they promptly seated the Adicks dele
gates from Delaware, they could have
done nothing else; such birds Of a
feather flock together. To aid in keep
ing the stalwart forces in control Of
the machinery of the party. they turn
ed down the La Toilette delegates,
though all the evidence shows that
they were the choice of the majority
Of the Wisconsin Republicans.
But still these old wheel-horses
were not happy; they clearly see their
mastery of patronage and power is
slipping into other hands, and they
are not enamored with the. way Can
didate Roosevelt has of boosting
things. The President, on his part,
knows that he cannot rely upon many
Of the old Hanna machine, and In
stead Of selecting an old and tried
campaigner for chairman of the Re-
publican National Committee, he has
chosen Mr.. Cortelyou as his personal
representative. against the protest Of
many influential leaders. How this
new commander will get along with
the "old guard" is problematlcal, es-
pecially as 1t is the evident intention
Of President Roosevelt to boss the lob
himself.
The Outlook 10 Improving
Every day will be Sunday, By and
by. The Democratic party is recely-
Ing encouragement every day. The
time is ripe for Democratic victory.
Everybody feels 1t in the air. Talk
with Republicans who month ago
gave no particle of encouragement to
the idea of Republican defeat, and
they are not so cocksure now. They
feel that maybe man like Parker or
Mcclellan or Gray or Harmon might
not be so bad for the country, after all.
and while they do not concede that
there is a chance for the Democrats,
they do admit that stranger things
have happened than that Roosevelt
should be defeated.
The rankest Republican will say,
"Oh Parker wouldn't be so bad!'
There is not the feeling that Roose.
welt must be elected at all hazards that
there was concerning the election of
Mckinley. That campaign, especially
the first time, voters were brought
home q thousand miles If necessary.
They had the money to do 1t. They
will not have the money this time.
Furthermore, no party can make
such strenuous campaign as the Re
publicans did the last two times, con-
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are inclined to rest on their oars.
Roosevelt may be a shrewd pohti-
clan. but he has not shown 1t. No one
cared to undertake his campaign. He
chose one Of his cabinet officers who
knows about as much about practical
politics as a South Sea Islander does
about Sunday school. He will run a
regular kindergarten campaign. Cor
telyou has never so much as been
township committeeman and say what
you please. 1t is experience that counts
in an Office of that character.
The Republicans won't have the
money they have been used to the Inst
few campaigns and Republican man
ager without money is lost, eternally
lost. And mind you the Democrats
won't be pottering along with an
empty purse this trip. They'll have
money and plenty of 1t. And we have
not said word about the scrap il
Illinois and the knock down and drag
out in Wisconsin. Watch the Demo
Gratis this year and you will see some
thing going on.-Washington ia
Democrat.