The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-08-07
LAW AND ORDER
THE ISSUE
MIR. Il. M. SHEPARD GIVES STRONG
REASONS FOR PARKER'S ELEC-
TION.
EPeople Must Decide Whether President
Is to BE Restrained, as the Rest of
Us. by Obligations of Law
MIR. Roosevelt "DOes Things
Despite Right.
New York World.

New York World.
Declaring law and order to be the
paramount Issue of the campaign. Ed
ward NJ. Shepard, in a statement pre-
pared yesterday for The World, sums
up the relative merits OF the two Pres
idential candidates. His statement fol-
lows in full:
Il am willing to answer The Worlds
inquiries, but feel bound to say that,
after it's mastery editorial page Of
Saturday last, whatever 1 say will be
a carrying of Goals to Newcastle.
Judge Parker's candidacy appeals to
the best American sentiment; it's sue
cess would promote the best interests
of the country and of civilization. The
support OF distinguished Independent
lawyers like John Il. Parsons, James
c. Carter. Wheeler II. Peckham, Will
liam d. Hornblower and Francis Lyndo
Stetson, all of whom are men long
familiar with Judge Parker, all of
whom for eight years have supported
Republican candidates, is significant
indeed. But the turn of the tide is
deeper and broader than the ranks OF
famous lawyers or rich men. The
Democratic appeal is--as for success
It must be--to the honest. sober. Demo-
cratic thought of the masses.
No Right to Throw stones.
eS, IduIl is IOunu with TIE pOllti-
cal history of some of Judge Parker's
supporters. But there never was a
Presidential candidate-nor for that
matter was there ever a political cam
paiPn-which in all of its features and
details was entirely satisfactory This
is merely saying that political cam
paigns and candidates are human. Even
when Abraham Lincoln was IA candidate
in 1850 there YVES the bargain made by
jealous supporters Of his with tho
forces of Simon Cameron. Surely IL
candidate who, like President Roose-
welt, has adopted as hts intimate and
representative supporters the late Sen
atOf Quay. the present Postmaster
General Payne, the would he Senator
Addicks and many men like them
the candidate who has recently effected
so oStentatious Il reconciliation with
Louis Il. Payn, denounced not many
years ago, If l remember Alright, by
Secretary Root as q stencil insupport-
able-nced not. nor ought the Presi-
dents friends, to throw stones because
the Democratic party. strengthened by
Judge Parkcr's nomination and enjoy
ing the prospect of success. Is now at
tractive to practical politicians,
Good citizens who are not politI-
clans may, therefore, turn to the real
questions in this campaign. They are
fundamental ana iar -reachlnS. tlfSt
is the question of law and order. This
Is crowded upon us by President Roose-
vclts candidacy and emphasized by
Judge Parker's candidacy.
The American people have to de-
eide whether the President is to be re-
strained, as the rest Of us are. by the
obligations OF law national ana inter
national. The President and his friends
boast that he does things This is
not. of course. to say that he does not
also talk of what he docs. for never
was there a. President 81 profuse OF
words about his own doings. 1t means
that lie does things no matter what
obstacles Of law and of public or in
tcrnational right and justice are in
the way.
A SIOre LaVvlcas Roosevelt.
The mild manner which his speech
making assumed at Oyster Bay will
not cancel from American memory the
actual doings of the White House dur
ing the last two years, or make US
forget that re elected Roosevelt will
be more lawless, not less lawless, more
high-handed, not less high-landed, than
the Theodore Roosevelt who for three