Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-10-20
REPu sL.CANS ARE DESPERATE

New York. oc, - Nsnetecn
Gays from today either Alton
+ Parker or Theodore Roosevelt viii
be elected president of the lnited
States If George B. Cortelyou Off
c1al fat-frver of the Republican
party. knows what he is talking about.
i is all over but the counting Roose-
vel is as good as elected, and the
voting on the Sth of November Will
lie a mere mat er of form. MIR. RooSe-
have the public understand, will have
the iolliest kind of walk-over. In
deed he will have so many electoral
votes that. like the old woman in III"
shoe, with hdr numerous children
be won't know what to do with them.
But will Mr.. Roosevelt have a mer-
rv. or any other kind of a walkoyer2
"TOm" Watson, Mr.. RooseveH's side
partner, who is running a Republican,
annex. saws he will. "The unspeak-
able Addicks" agrees with Watson.
Former Senator Peffer of Kansas dc
scribed few years ago by Republic
can organs as "the hewhiskered and
lantern jawed calamity howlar' is OF
the same opinion. and says so from
the stump. Astrologers and palm
lists have been consulted and have
added to this convincing array of evil
dence. And last. but by no means
least. Elijah H. otherwise known as
Nhich confirms the predictions OF
Cor .elyOu and his DISTINGUISHED aids
before mentioned. Dowie in an inn
passioned speech to the assemblaI
hosts of Zion con manded every one
cf them to vote for Roosevelt "Th'
Democrats said the prophet "aro
a lot Of stinkpos. the scum of thu
earth Under Roosevelt we will have
a government. not of the people, for
the people, by the people but gov
ernment Of God, for God and by God.
Despite the apparent confidence
displayed by these eminent corsarya-
tives, Messrs Cortelvou. Watson. Ad
dicks. PETER and Dowie, Roosevelt
will not be elected. unless suppor
ers of Parker and Davis in New York,
Indiana, Connecticut, New jersey.
West Virginia. Montana. Nevada. Col
orado, Delaware, Wisconsin and Hi
nois prove to be less vieilant than
it is believed they are. and will be
until the close of the polls. There
is no doubt that the Republican man
ayers have planned to buy the pros
idency. Evidence accumulates tha
they are preparing to use an
enorn Gus corruption fund in the pur
chase Of the floating vote in certain
states They have been accused open
ly Of this intention by two high
class independent newspapers. the
New York Times and the Brooklyn
Eagle.
The accusation is supported by that
sort of circumstantial evidence which
is more convincing than
direct evidence. That the disclosures
made to the newspapers named. and |
which have ben publishd by them.
nd not denied by the Republican |
are true no honest man
doubts. The victims who furnished |
he information are the h ads .. larS
which are not particular |
y interested in the Republicans cam |
oaign, being among the corporal
Which do not depend for business 81,
.ess upon the tariff or other class leg
Station.
They were "sandbagged" and forced
q give large sums OF money to the
Republican national committee, the !
Inference bein= that if they failed ta
10 so they would "hear something
lrop." Mr.. Cortelyou, Il should be
,orne in mind, vas formally secretary
IT the department of commerce and
sbor. a department created ostensi-
~, for the public benefit. but ac- |