The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-09
BOOMERANG TACTICS.

the American people have always re-
scented meanness- In 1864, when Mr..
lincoln was caricatured as an elong-
ated baboon, the popular Vote was
crushing answer In 1896 and again in
1900. when the Hearst papers, through
vulgar and brutal cartoons, appealed
TO the anarchistic elements in the
limited states, the decency OF the
country was revolted and expressed its
condemnation at the ballot box Marx
Hanna's memory shines the brighter
and the more enduringly for the
putrescent vilIification he received dur
ing his lifetime.
In the present campaign, but not on
the Republican side, there is an at
tempt to revive what it was hoped,
was a defunct method of repelling
votes. So far as has been observed, no
personal attack of any kind has been
made upon Judge Parker. 1t is be-
yond question that no such mode, OF
assafling his competitor would occur
to him. But a proof of the infus1ole
conglomeration of which the Democra-
tic party is composed is that, finding
no weak spot in the administration OF
President Roosevelt, which, as the Ad-
vertiser has already shown, has been
practically endorsed by Judge Parker
himself. it is now claimed that his con-
servatisrn,is assumed and that his real
character is marked by violence and
r0wdyism. The last boomerang is IN
itself amusing. Because Mr.. Roosevelt
served his country successfully in war
and because his amusements and re-
creations have been enjoyed in the
woods. in other words, because his en-
fire life has been strenuous and point
ed. it is urged that he is unsafe. II
he had been poker player or a hoerai
consumer of Bourbon, or retailer Oh
451,il stories of doubtful color, he would
have been more acceptable to the class
OF men who have plunged into the vile
work of detraction. A man, however,
who is familiar with the rifle and the
his pleasures as well as in his business,
who has preserved the freshness OF
youth in the midst of hard labor and
accumula ting experience. who prefers
the fresh air and the bounding motion
Of a fine horse TO crowded assemblies
and midnight orgies, who worships GOD
and concentrates his affections IN the
domestic circle, is naturally antagon-
lied by the baser. elements in the Bour-
bon party. now screaming American
ism on the one side and practising
socialism en- the other.
a more invulnerable candidate than
PR Roosevelt, q man who combines,
energy. prudence and sound judgment
in happier proportions. has never been
presented to the American people. He
has won an enviable place in litera-
ture. His name is inextricably inter
woven with the great civil service re-
form. AS Governor of New York, he
was beyond criticism. AS President OF
the United States, he has successfully
applied lines of policy that nave en-
nobled his country internally and ex-
ternaily, and has reached the highest
moral standard by his constant re-
fusaI to use any function of his office
for party objects. He has never been
Involved in scandal of any hue, and
his life, public and private, has been
an open book. without a polluted page.
Such a man is above the reach even
CT poisoned arrows.
1t is not probable that Mr.. Cleveland
objects to Mr.. Roosevelt on account of
his sporting propensities, which are
limited to the chase and the stream.
II is reported that Judge Parker him.
self is physically active. Tt is to be
hoped that he is thoroughly practised
In swimming against the tide. for that
is the particular work in which he is
now engaged. His muscles will not be
hardened by the kind of support his
7insympa thetic party is giving him.