Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-10-21

and personality OF its candidates with
those OF the candidates OF the 81. Louis
convention. II prefers to urge the elec-
tion of Roosevelt and Fairbanks as fit
ting representatives and instruments OF
the party's policies and intentions.
II II were true, which II is not. that
there Is anything In the career Of Judge
Alton Is. Parker to justify the conten-
ton that he would make "siner aud
safer" President than Theodore Itocse-
welt. the fact wonid remain. that. tied
up with the Democratic party. u Moses
with the modern equipment OF . Glad
stone, could not insure as safe and sane
. government as the Republican party
has administered under President Roose-
velt.
II IL not pretended that Judge Parker
possesses any superiority Of statecraft.
character or experience TO Grover Cieye-
land. In fact, he has hcen accepted by
the conservative elements OF Democracy
a. q disappointing alternative for the
ponderous oracle Of BnxEirti's Bay. and
he has only been accepted by the radical
or bryan element OF the party. because
be had demonstrated the lack OF Clere-
isud's safety and sanity by voting for
free silver In 1890 and 1900.
In these two votes the proof In COM
piete that there 10 nothing Ia Judge
PaFker's convictions. character or con-
sc3snes TO promise anything better. sh"uld
be b elected. than a weak, vsciiiatins
and reactionary Democratic administra-
ton.
thought of Judge Parkcr's personal char.
scter and ability. he stands before the
Worid a. the presidential creation Of
David Il. I'M. and hi. chief associates
and advisers since hi. nomination have
been Hili, "Biii'' Shsehan. pat" Nc
csSssn. Charlie" Murphy and others
Of the Manhattan brand Of Tammany
statesmen for revenue only.
"Mr.. .rsrias. hosh. wsya."
Noihine In his campaign u'tsfanees
has sussestei that Jadsr Parker pos
sesses any Of tho stern attributes Of
leadership that bind parties to the will
OF Q strous. conservative. conscientious
chief. On the contrary he has earned
the sobrIque;. bestowed upon him i,y
Speaker Cannon. Of "Mr.'Fscins' 10th
Ways"
Therefore a vote for the safe and
cane" Parker and his oc,oseaarian mate
Il only To he justified by trus, In the
safety and sanity Of tho party whose
nominees they are.
For forty years-barrinS the two
Cleveland intervsls-the Democracy has
been excluded from power. because the
American people have mlsirnsi.d iis
safety. Its sincerity sHd Its sanity. Dur
Ing all that period Il has embraced with
In Its ranks nearly all the clemea,s o.
discomfort. di.cori aud reaction that are
the signs and proofs Of hopeless poli,i.
cal sisEnsncy AMI decay.
As party I; threw srry impairment
within Its reach In the way Of the ener'
se;ic prosecution Of the gar for th.l
preservation of the Union, ys.ansei
That the rsEvisy years Il May be re.
-..,,eu fhs; on July .. isJy the Demo.
cratic members Of ConErsfs put forth
an address to tn. people II the United
States In which. according TO George
William Curtis In iiarpcr's Mouthly.
President Lincoln was charged with the
.nsrossmen; Of power: with military 10.
reference In election: with ihc hrci.
,ion Of bogus S;H;rs: with Illegally rails
Ing troops: wish unnecessary and hateful
conscriptiou. with the payment Of rS.
srbiisnt bouuties. with employing enioFci
troop. on an equality with white soldiers:
with setting up q false anil rtiinous iiaan.
cisl system: with placing us in peril Of
foreign Interference: with cnd.avorius 10
corrup, the race by amai.amatiun with
negroes"
In August Of that same year August
Belmont. whose sou Z. now pulling wires
behind the sphinx Of Esopus." as tenn.
porary chairtnan of the Democratic Ma
tionai Convention. said that -four years
Of misrule by a sectional, fanstical aud
corrupt party had brought our country
90 the verge q. ruin. The past and pres.
ent sre sufficient warnings Of the die.
astrons consequences which would bcfa!l
Us II Mr.. Lincoin's reelection should he
made possible by our want Of patriotism
and unity"
SEYMOUR Sentiments.
Horatio Seymour. in his speech a.
permanent chairman Of the same CON
vention. iurcishei bitterly against Lin.
coins administration aud tho Republican
party. saying: They were animated by
intolerance and fannticism. and blinded
BY an ignorance pf the spirit Of our in.
s,iiu,ions. th. character OF our people
and ,h. condition OF our land" step hy
s,ep." b. continued. ';hcy have marched
on TO results from which at the outset
they would have shrunk with horror:
and even now when wsr has d.solated
our land. has laid its heavy burdens upon
labor. and when bankruptcy and ruin
svcrhang us they will not have the union
restored except upon conditions unknown
TO the Constitution" He concluded by
demand the restoration os the Union
through the unconditional surrender Of
the principle Of national sslf-pressrva.
ton and "the full recognition OF the
rights Of the States demanded By the
people OF tho South.
These speeches NJ Belmont and Scy
uour-the pr6tetypcs Of the Bclmonts
and Hills. Bryaus and Ben Tillmnns.
Beurke Cockrnns aud Carl Schnrzes Of
our dsy-wsrc but the prelude te the res
olutions Of the convention in which Lin.
coins administration VAS denounced
from every traditional point 81 view with
In the vocabulary of PARTISAN ritnpers