The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-01-28
PEOPLES VERDICT.
THEY HAVE SPOKEN FOR ROOSEVELT.
AND HIS POLICIES.

t16v uAVc TONGN FOn n000GV6eS
AND HIS POLICIES.
By the Republican Victory-Ameri-
can Public Voted Confidence In the
Present Administration.
The people Of the United States have
spoken for Theodore Roosevelt and
the policies for which he stands az
they have spoken for no other man in
our history since Washington, says the
New York Globe. In the presence Of
the deafening roar Of their verdict, as
1t comes from every section of the
and. in which there is a free and a fair
vote, the feeble squeak of his detract-
Ors fades into eternal silence. There
is no mistaking the meaning Of what
the American people say, and they
were clearly determined that there
should be no doubt about it. They had
watched the man during bis three
years in Office. They had made up
their minds as to his character. They
read his own statement of his efforts
In the past and his purposes for b
future, and they rose more nearly en-
masse than they have ever risen for
q president since the early days of the
republic and said, "You stand pat, and
we stand with you"
Their verdict is n Of the most sig
nifcant victories for enlightened popu--
lar government that the world has
ever known. It settles more questions
than have been settled in this country
in any other struggle since the civil
wal. 1t settles forever the tiresome.
question of the Philippines. We shall
hear 10 more Of the shrill shrieks of
the "anti" band.
No presidential candidate will w
again go to them for statistics" or
for silly falsehoods against officials of
their own government. 1t has settled
the question Of the Panama canal, Of
the wisdom and p%ropriety of the presi-
dents interference in the coal strike
and all other acts of his administration
which his opponents most venomously
assailed.
The people Of the United States. after
hearing the charges against him, say
In what will probably prove to be the
largest popular majority ever given to.
a presidential candidate, 1--WE believe
the government and the constitution
are safe in your hands," It is a vote
Of confidence, given after a fair trial
and full hearing, as magnificent as 1t
Is deserved. The president justifes the
people in giving 1t to him by saying ut
once that he shall regard the term to
which he has been elected as his
second, and will "under no circum-
stances be a candidate for or accept
another nomination." That will quiet
the alarming a~pprehensions Of those
who have looked upon him as an Inn
perator'' or IMAM on horseback" who
was likely to destroy u liberties.
Every sincere believer in popular
government must rejoice at this YER
dict. 1t shows that the better and
more enlightened a government is the
more certain is the full appreciation by
the American people. We have never
had in this country a more enlightened
government than we have had under
Mckinley and Roosevelt, with Hay
and Root and Taft and Knox and
Moody and their associates. The op-
ponents of the administration refused
to acknowledge the high service Of
these men. They denied the merits
Of their acts, and they assailed their
personal honor and integrity. They did
not deceive the American people, and
they have received a rebuke which in
magnitude makes all other censure pale
into insignihcance. The people know
good government when they see 1t.
That lesson has been sent home to the
minds Of many chronic d%etractors and
ubelers in q manner to be for
gotten.
But above and beyond all the one
thing that has been settled irrevocably
for all time is that a campaign of SLAM
der is doomed to overwhelming dis
aster. In the quiet region Of Esopus
that lesson Of the election must sink
deep into Judge Parker's mind today.
He is the first presidential nominee
that the country has ever known who
consented to make an assault upon the
personal honor and integrity OF his
opponent who was also president Of
the United States. Both Parker and
his journalistic seducers from the path
Of decent political controversy n
now what the American people think
Of that kind Of business. Not again in
our time or IN any time will a candi-
date for the presidency or newspapers
supporting him venture to assail the
honor and integrity Of an American
president. That question has been set
tied forever.
One sided Reciprocity.
Cuban reciprocity is a failure In 80
far as the interests Of the United
States are concerned. That it IL a
failure is due solely to the fact that