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r- 2 5" p f5 "rr 3 x COB o 1 s i o on e 3' 5 l 3.1 , S- a illoEiMii 9- f: i-- LET INCENDIARIES BEWARE glanderous. I'irebrnnd Methods Agniu Ctmtncr 'nti Vo-n-. Baltimore A -wriv i 7 would seem to t i pers :i of a f -ir degree of perspicacity that lht ,H j ' by the incide:.. of I. (V.oig.. -tiiree years ago was -.uiiieicntly forcetul to have lifted lonaer than the present ! action of certain person ami publica tions would lead us to believe it has last ed. A hue and cry was raised against Ires;.l:.t M -Kinley nloug the line of al leged militarism. The absurdity of that cry was" admitted by everybody even before the great statesman had been in augurated. But tho seeds of sedition lived and throve in the poisonous soil ef an archy. In the soul of Czolgosz and his murderous advisers the harm was done. The crop grew aud bore fruit. He had read the papers which falsely and trai torously declared that President McKin ley was a mere puppet in the hands of thoie'who would turn the republic into an empire. He had listened to those who fanatically professed to believe this pal pable lie. Murder was born in his little mind,. And tbe7 whose deliberate and crafty lying had nerved him to the deed were more guilty than he who did that which would have been almost justifiable bad their words been true. These people who incited the murder were properly .end thoroughly castigated at the time. Btu the lesson has not lasted. Now, that the heat of another campaign is upon us the old slanderous, firebrand method is again coming Into vogue. Cer tain newspapers and certain periodicals are picturing Theodore Roosevelt as an emperor; as one who is itching for an opportunity to exercise tyrannical power and take away the dearly bought and dearly held liberties of this people. They who make these claims know far better than many who are influenced by their treason how false these representations arc. They know that Theodore Roose velt is the embodiment of patriotism and loyalty to their government; they know he has fought throughout his ca reer to secure for the people broader and fc.etter privileges and has stood between them and those who would have robbed them of the full enjoyment of those pre rogatives that Americans hold sacred. They know he has done this unselfishly and bravely and regardless of the effect they might have on his political pros pects. They know, furthermore, that he wiH coHtimie to do these things to the end of the chapter and that he seeks to have about him only such men as are true to the cause of the great common people as allied against the classes, po litical tricksters and demagogues. If some weak-minded individual should Accept seriously their preaching and feel himself called upon to prevent tire yoke frem falling upon the neck of his fellow beines should follow in the footsteps of the ill-starred Czolgosz and take the life of the President, either before or after ' his re-election those papers aud period cate would hypocritically drape their columns in mourning and fulsomely prate if the marvel his virtues of the deceased ftatesmen. They would tell to the world the truth they not only concealed, but braEenly denied, during the lifetime of the man in whose murder they assisted. They would heap anathema upon the Load of their poor dupe, who knew no better than to believe their traitorous catch-penny mouthings, and insist that he be given a speedy quietus. Now is a good time to have a care. It is a good time for such publications to call a halt and think a moment of That might be the results of someone's accepting as truth the exaggei.'aJiOJis and barefaced lies they are now eagerly and ruthlessly promulgating. Have a care, incendiaries, have a care. UNWORTHY OF TRUST. Gold Democrats Sluinnlnsr the llill- Shechnn Combination. ' The Gold Democrats of Indiana are unwilling to trust Judge Parker's spon sors. They are willing to contribute $10, 009 to the campaign fund, but the money wiH not be sent to the Hill-Sheehan combination. They have asked Parker Limself to take the money. If the Demo crats are uuwilling to trust their leaders, how can the mass of the people be ex pected to take any stock in tho profes sions and promises of the party? If the Gold Democrats are correct in their esti mate of Parker's managers, the latter are no better than a gang of sand-baggers. Sterling R. Holt, one of- the lead ing Gold Democrats of Indiana, said a few days ago: "The Gold Democrats are not going to be coaxed behind a barn and relieved of their money and then driven to the polls and voted." It is gratifying to learn that such a maa as Mr. Holt entertains the same view of Hill and Sheehan that Repub licans do, but it is somewhat remarkable that Mr. Holt does not realize that Par ker is merely the creature of his man agers, and that any money given to the judge will find its way, through some channel, to Democratic headquarters. Parker's Neighbors Agrainst Him. Congressman George J. Smith of the SSvwity-fourth New xork District, in t?ca is Judge Parker's home, told President Roosevelt a few days ago that he had made a tour of the district ami found uo Republicans who would ole for Parker. If the Democratic candidate gains no votes among his Re publican neighbors, he certainly should pais none elsewhere. In other words, if his popularity is not sufficiently great 9 draw votes from those he dally comes la contact with, he need not expect to scare the support of Republicans who kaew him only-by what he has said and done. Parkerlte Alarmed. There are a large number of Bryan Democrats in Now York State, and their present attitude is viewed with alarm by the Hill-Belmont-Sheehan or ganization. It is said every follower of W. J- Bryan will vote the Populist Na tional ticket. The Populists have put a State ticket in the field, the first in ?-Hy years, and a Brvan Democrat has wea placed at its head. The Parkorites are charging Bryan with bad faith, as king that the defection of tho Bryan Wemocrats will cost Parker at least 25, W0 votes. Tbe Renl Qneation. On the day of the issue of President "oosevelt's letter of acceptance the day - the Maine election, by the way the Ps reports noted a loug visit to Judge rwftr by David Bennett Hill. Is probable, if not certain, that tho friends who "have drunk from the "e canteen" throughout naore than one Paign, discussed, thoroughly, oae Im- mnrttl saying r their well-beloved 1 nomas Jefferson, namelv: ?FE KTlOl RATION OF f KU0E IS A MATTEIt OF RIGHT, J w ar:: WA::ru: t' re I'.i.LKDr TITOS BY l :. TH ARB I -i.s is. i!- lecd. for t'..; Democrat.-;, "a harj savin":" THOROUGHLY EXPOSED. The Weakness of Parker an:l Davis Grows Plainer Knch Dny. It appears that Judge Parker of Esopus is going to New York City to run his own campaign. The revelation has come, but it has come more swiftly than most of us expected. The revela tion is simply this that the idea of the country that the Democrats had nomi nated a fine old judge whose character led up to the standard of what a judge should be is shivered into splinters. Two years ago the country knew nothing of Judge Alton B. Parker of New York, uuu uuie or. iienry Gassaway Davis of Went Virginia, two men picked up, for a purpose, by the men who controlled the Democratic national convention. How clear to everybody now must be the sit uation! Instead of this stately judge who seut the stately telegram to St. Louis, appears, and for all permanency, merely a decent creature of tho famous New York politician, David Bennett Hill. It is all queer. It appears so unsub stantial and indifferent that Hill could have nominated one of his creations for the Presidency! As the days pass in this autumn of 1904 the eyes of the American people are opening as to the political situation. There is no anguish following the open ing. It is practically all over, saTe the exhibition of a certain exuberance next November. It is impossible that such a people as are the voters of the United States could vote generally to place the gov ernment in the hands of Tammany and a weak but crafty Democratic leader, whose aims and objects have seemed ever to be for himself alone, one who has never heard or thought of the ex pression, "the greatest good for the greatest number," and who, above all, seems incompetent for the best manage ment of the United States. RAILWAY MAN'S VIEWS. Country Is Prosperous, and Roosevelt Will Be Elected. E. H. Harriman, one of the best in formed railway officials in the country, says a continuation of national pros perity is assured. Recently he said to a New York Horald reporter: "Conditions which in other years caused panic and national distress do not now exist. In all localities in Ne braska and Kansas, in the East and the Far West the local moneyed Interests are conservative. It is possible to in vestigate with accuracy any financial or industrial question. The small money centers as well as the large ones are well supplied with funds, and this fact Insures careful investment and mini mixes risk. There has been a slow, steady enhancement of values, and it is still going on." When asked for his opinion on the probable outcome of the election, he said: It will be Roosevelt and Fairbanks, Every one wants them. No one can af ford to change." Democrats Admire Roosevelt. Radical Democratic newspapers are forced to admit that President Roose velt's letter of acceptance is a strenuous presentation of the Issues from a Repub lican standpoint. Even the New York World and Denver Times commend the President's "keynote." The fact is, there is not a Democrat in the land who does not admire Mr. Roosevelt's direct way of going ot things, and all would vote for him if they could at the same time re tain their party organization. There will be no real regret among Democrats when Mr. Roosovelt Is elected. He is ton times more popular with the mass of' Democracy than Judge Parkor Is. Retail Merchants Itusy. Renorts from every city in the country tell of great activity among the retail merchants, who are laying In stocks and nrnnarintr for a lively fall and winter trade. When the retail merchnnts are busv the country is Drosnennc for they depend largely on the working people for custom. Democrats who are howling calamity and hard times should retire to the Halls of Silence at Esopus and imjTiiire themselves until the campaign is over lest they be engulfed by the Re publican wave of prosperity. Parker's Political Conferences. It is announced, with a flourish of trumpets, that Richard OIney, who was in President Cleveland's cabinet, has vis ited Judge Parker, spending two hours with him at Rosemount Nothing is said about tho visits of "blue-eyed" Billy Sheehan of Tammany fame, -who is a near neighbor of Judge Parker, and who can run in any time. It would take many pounds of Olneyism to cure one ounce of Shoehanism. a r -n.,.ir.. TVm ncra tie nominee for President, has ne'ver journeyed west of Buffalo, N. Y. What does he know of the groat West, Its people, their achieve ments, their possibilities, their needs? How can he reconcile the demands of the different sections, and decide great questions properly and for the good of the whole country? Of limited expen- Vinrirnn hA Is not COm- parable with Theodore Roosavelt, who has traveled the country over, lived east and west, knows the people, the country, and Is a President of the people, not con- trolled by Wall street ana m We are not nnmlndfnl of the 1m ... - .ihninn which oar foreiu-n-born population has made to the npbaiiainK WOrk and influence have been felt . i l. .nnntrT.and III II C Ol i that u r'""h;S" la the fruit or its K"""" try."- Senator rbanks la the Senate. Janu ary 11, 1833- . inima nt osrrrlnff New Democratic - , . York this fall do not appear to appeal to ih class of men whose money talks m h wtinir ring. J-ne vluUUUU . " a Detuna i mfro.t broker to fay tt waaltny ---- v . waaer that Roosevelt carries New York has scarcely received a ten pr cent nib ble, of value It trould proper w expression ot light." PROTECTION OF CITIZENS, i No Discrimination in Treatment of Native II rn and Naturalized. Dispatchp . from St. Petersburg repre sent the Ru-- :a; press as commenting in ; a dazed maimer upon the efforts of the i Lnited t:t-!t.s gownment to protect its ' Jewish citizens in foreign countries. The Journal de St. Petersburg editorially characterizes as "stupefying" an article in a recent French paper which professed to explain President Rooscvelt s desir to gain more liberal troatment for Rus sian Jews naturalized in the United States and revisiting Russia with pass ports as American citizens. In his letter of acceptance President Roosevelt gave an authoritative account of the ground taken by his own adminis tration and that of President McKinley as regards the protection of "American citizens of foreign birth, or of particu lar creed, who desire to travel abroad," the phrase ii quoted from the letter ot acceptance. It is alone as an example of condensed and accurate meaning, in structive. Continuing, President Roose velt says: "Russia, for instance, refuses to admit and protect Jews. Turkey refuses to ad mit and protect certain sects of Chris tians. This government has consistently demanded equal protection abroad for all American citizens, whether native or naturalized. On March 27, 1899, Secre tary Hay sent a letter of instructions to all diplomatic and consular officers of the United States, in which he said: 'This department doe3 not discriminate between native born and naturalized citi zens in according them protection while they are abroad, equality of treatment being required by the laws of the Unitad States. "These orders to our agents abroad have been repeated again and again, and are treated as the fundamental rule of conduct laid down for them, proceeding upon the theory 'that all naturalized citi zens of the United States while in for eign countries are entitled to and shall receive from this government the same protection of persons and property which is accorded to native born citizens.' " He further declares that in issuing passports the State Department never discriminates or alludes to any man's re ligion, and that "in granting to every American citizen, native or naturalized, Christian or Jew, the same passport, so far as it has power it insists that all foreign governments shall accept the passport as prima facie proof that the person therein described is a citizen of the United States and entitled to protec tion as such. It is a standing order to every American diplomatic and consular officer to protoct every American citizen, of whatever faith, from unjust molesta tion; and our officers abroad have been stringently required to comply with this order." This enunciation of a course of action i? backed by the cause of justice. The reception recently given the American idea of religious liberty in certain quar ters on the continent of Europe attaches additional pertinence to the criticism with which Mr. Roosevelt closed that section of his letter which he devoted to the discussion of the theme. "It is a striking evidence," he says, "of our op ponents' insincerity in this matter that with their demand for radical action by the State Department they couple a de mand for a reduction in our small mili tary establishment. Yet they must know that the heed paid to our protests against ill treatment of our citizens will be ex actly proportionate to the belief In our ability to make these protests effective should the need arise." PARKER'S DEFICIT SCARE. It Is Eaiily Exploded by an Appeal to Facts and Figures. The Ulster County candidate, labor ing hard over Judge Parker's speech to the faithful Democratic editors, scissored out some statistics with which to ham mer the Republican administration. But while the judge was toiling over his empty sentences, "His cogitative faculties Immersed In coglbundlty of cogitation," hi3 aptitude for figures went on a vaca tion and he prepared, or accepted, some very queer conclusions, which he gave to the admiring editors with mucn pomp and circumstance. The trouble is that the Ulster County politician's deficit is not a deficit at all, when it comes to realities. The Re publicans delightedly accept the chal lenge of the Democratic candidate, for it gives them a chance to show a few sta tistics themselves. "Judge Parker asserts," says a Wash ington dispatch to the Chicago Chron icle, "that there is now a deficit of $42, 000,000, Instead of a surplus of $SO,000, 000, which Mr. Roosevelt found on be coming President. Both statements are reckless, as a careful examination of the records of the treasury will show. In regard to the deficit, the receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1004, show an apparent deficit of $40,000,000 in round numbers, but during that time the United States paid $50,000,000 for a Panama canal and ad vanced $4,500,000 to the Louisiana pur chase exposition, which latter amount is to be returned to the government. If Mr. Parker will deduct hi3 apparent defi cit of $42,000,000 from the $54,500,000 paid for the purchase of the Panama canal and the encouragement of an ex position of world-wide scope and impor tance, he would find a balance of $12,- 000,000 and upward on the other side of the ledger." "We Ilave Our Troubles. This is the attitude of the Republican party in the present campaign.- It Is "spoilin for a fight;" it Is "blue mouldy for want of a batin';" it is the "Crested Jayhawk of the Mountain" and can find no "Bald-headed Snipe of the Valley." It wants to "take the bull by the horns," and can't find the bull; It is trailing its coat-tails on the ground and can't find anybody to step on them. It yearns for a Kilkenny Fair and has dis covered only a "sociadio. We have our troubles! First Voters Clubs. Roosevelt and Fairbanks First Vot ers Clubs are being organized in every State in the Union. If you are a first voter and Intend to cast that vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks this fall, you ought to join one of these clubs. For detailed Information apply to the Chair man of your State Central Committee. Why? The last four years of Democratic rale that we had should ba a warning to the people not to repeat the experi ment, tht and of Mr. Cleveland'! second administration the public credit J had been lowered, the revenues were de clining, the public debt was growing, la bor was unemployed and business was paralyzed. The election of McKinley in 1S9G transformed this condition Into one of universal prosperity which has contiuued till the present time. Why invite another period of business depres sion? CONVENTION OF CLUBS. Low Rote of Fare Secured by Leaguers for Indianapolis Mestlng. At the reauest of the offlceri of the National Republican League, who are working up interest in the convention of Republican Clubs at Indianapolis, Oct. 5 and 0, the Central Pasaenger Associa tion has conceded a rate from all pointa in the territory of the association of one fare plus 25 cents for tha round trip. The aelling dates are Oct. 4, 5 and 6 and the return limit Oct. 9, thus enabling a isit to St. Louis. It was agreed that these fares should be tendered other as sociations east and west. No card or ders or certificates aw required on the dates mentioned. President Moore of the National League, after consulting with President C. W. McGuire of the Indiana League, and representatives of the Illinois organ- iaation, returned to Philadelphia. H said tha organization of Republican clubs was being pushed with vigor and that an attendance of at least 1,000 dele gates from the various State and terri torial leagues was expected at Indian apolis. Headquarters will he opened at the Denison Hotel in that city at once. The League men are especially pleased with the low rates of fare secured, and anticipate large audiences to hear Secre taries Shaw and Taft and Senators Fair banks and Beveridge, and Hon. George A. Knight of California. DEMOCRAT'S ADMISSION. Parker's Party Afraid to Stand on Its Past Record. John B. Stanchfield, one of the leaders of the New York Democracy, said in a speech at Schenectady: "They (the Democrats) do not -stand on their past, but they present a live Inter pretation of live Issues." Truly, the Democratic party does not stand on its past. It dares not stand on its past on its advocacy of free coinage of silver, on its demand for the hauling down of the flag in the Philip pines, on the business paralysis that marked the last period during which the Democratic party was in control of the government; on its declaration that tho war for the preservation of the Union was a failure; on all the blundering op position of which its history is a con tinuous record. The Democratic party does not and dares not stand upon its record, because its record would discredit the most en ticing promises that it could make. As to Mrilne. And did yon hoar the news from Maine? From Maine, Maine. Maine! She went hell bent for Governor Kent, And Tippecanoe, and Tyler, too. And so in this year 1904 she has gone this Maine of ours on the side of the Republican party, and oh, hasn't gone half way yet! It is good to contemplate tho manner In which she will conduct herself in November, Maine is peopled with Americans, with the descendants of those who wrenched the wilderness into civilization on this continent. Very acute and sensible are the great-grandchildren voters of Maine. They have expressed tnemselves. A Rear Guard Action. Already in the presidential campaign of this year the Democrats are fighting a "rear-guard action." Th8 Russian Gen. Kuropatkin has his troubles and has been fighting rear-guard actions for some time, but his condition is good as compared with the condition of the pres ent leaders of the Democratic party. The Democracy Is fighting a "rear guard action," and about the only trou ble the Republicans have in the premises is that there will not bo fun enough in the campaign. Even the "rear-guard ac tion" appears to be about over. Flocking to the Populist Candidate. Bryan's bitter denunciation of Par ker is bearing fruit. Dispatches from several States report that the Nobras- kan's admirers are flocking to the Popu list standard. Some of Judge Parker's close friends are accusing Bryan of di rectly inspiring the desertion of such men as Melvin G. Palliser, the New York leader of the Bryan forces. The Astute Mr. "Watson. Candidate Watson knows a thing or two. He calls Roosevelt the "genuine article" and Parker the "spurious sub stitute." Rollicking Tom need not be alarmed for the republic. The voters will never be fooled by something "just as good" from the pack of the Itinerant statesman of Wolfert's Roost Snre Sinn of Confidence. The price of railway shares on the New York Stock Exchange is steadily advancing, which is a sure indication that railway traffic is good. It also Is a sign that holders of stocks are confident there will be no change in the national policies which have made good times for the whole country. A sound and stable currency, good at par in all countries, is a badge of na tional honor and a source of individual profit. For this condition the American people are indebted to the party that has always stood for maintaining tho public credit and a sound currency. Under tha Republican policy of pro tection onr manufactured products have become oue-third of those of the civil iced world, and American workmen se cure almost double the pay for their labor that similar labor receives in oth er countries. A young man about to cast his first vote should Identify himself with the party of progress. Why should he ally himself with a party that has to go back a hundred years to find something to talk about? Experience has shown that the public credit and the national currency are absolutely safe in the hands of the Re publican party. Why risk entrusting them to a party that has never shown any capacity for managing them? The record of the Repnblleaa party Is one of things done and pledges ful filled; that of the Democratic party Is one of the things promised and pledges broken. BROKEN PROMISE CASES. Ilave Net ths People Grounds for Damages Against Democracy? A DenTer man has sued a restaurant for damaging his stomach. He says the restaurant solicited patronage on the ground that it served good food, but that the promise was not fulfilled. The food, he asserts, caused stomach trou ble, from which he suffered greatly, and he fixes h damages at several thou sand dollars. This case will be watched with inter est, for it opens a new field in the dam age suit line. It is usually easy to se cure compensatory damages for losses caused by broken promises, when the plaintiff has a written contract to back up his demand, or If he has witnesses to a verbal contract, but it is not always possible to secure redress when the promise Is of such a nature as is alleged to have been made by the Denver res taurant. Suppose the Denver man had won his case. An avalanche of damage suits might follow. Business men who forget engagements, girls who wait vainly for lovers that fail to come, borrowers Tvho neglect to repay small loans, politicians who promise and forget, and political parties which bid for vote-s and never meet their obligations all those might be liable for damages if the Denver plaintiffs euk is sustained. And what a mountain of cases might be piled up against Democracy If the statute of limitations did not prove to be a barl Who will ever forget the woe and misery, the distress and starva tion that came with the Democratic days of 1803 to 1897? Industries languished and trade and commerce generally were paralyzed. Millions of wage earners were either rendered idle or put on short time. The etreets of the cities swarmed with unemployed, and soup-houses were established to feed the hungry. Onco happy homes were turned into places of squalor, where hunger-pinched mothers sat trying to still the cries of ill-nourished babes, and where gaunt, sunken eyed men brooded over their inability to obtain work. And what caused these distressing conditions? In the campaign of 1S92 Democracy was lavish with promises. The Republican policy of protection was a great evil, the Democratic platform said. The people were urged to try free trade or a tariff for revenue only. Great blessings would follow abolition of a protective tariff. Democracy said. The people were misled by these promises and Grover Cleveland was elected. Then came the Gorman-Wilson tariff bill and with It general depre3s"op and panicky conditions. These conditions prevailed until the Dingley act went into effect, and a huge wave of Republican pros perity began to engulf the country. If the Denver man has grounds for redress, have not the millions who suf fered by reason of Democracy's vision ary and broken promises just grievance? Their monetary losses were enormous and their sufferings beyond financial reparation. And Democracy is again making prom ises. Will the victims of 1S93-7 listen to the political sirens who are singing the song of ruin, In honeyed words and begniling tones? Not if they stop and consider the past. Democracy has nothing but Its past record to stand oa, and that record is slreWa with heaps of broken promises, blasted hopes, dismantled factories, throttled industries of all kinds, bank rupt stores and wrecks and ruins gener ally. No candidate is greater than his party, and ft is a certainty that If Parker should, by any chance, be elected his administration would be Democratic, and Democracy never has conferred a real benefit oc the people. Many People "from Missouri." It is now eald the Parker gold tele gram is a myth, that Parker sent no such message to St. Louis, and that it was concocted by Sheehan and Hill in the hop of winning the support of gold Democrats. There are a great many people "from Missouri" who will have to be shown the original telegram before they will believe It was genuine, but they are mainly Bryanites. However, if the telegram was not a myth, it cer tainly was an afterthought. The Policy of Silence. A German proverb says "speech Is silver, silence is gold." Tho Democratic party certainly has come out for gold if that means silence on the money ques tion, and it certainly has gone back on silver, if that means any speech positive ly committing it to friendliness to any sane system of finance. Wrhen -we Increase our population we Increase our national revenues in pro portion. Unless we reduce the rate of taxation we would double our national revenues if we doubled our population. As President Roosevelt said in his mes sage: "The western half of the United States would sustain a population greater than that of our whole country to-day, if the waters that now run to waste were saved and used for irrigation." The annual report on the coal industry of Illinois, furnished by the Stata bu reau of statistics, shows that miners were never so prosperous as under the McKin ley and Roosevelt administrations. The coal output of the State now is nearly twice what it was under Cleveland; 13, 000 more men are employed than six veara ago, and wages are fully 00 per ceat higher than in 1897. "It may well bo that our opponents have no real Intention of puttlntr their promise Ito srlvo Filipinos independ ence into effect. If this is the case, If, In other words, they are insincere la the promise they make, it is only nec essary to aay a rain that it Is nnwiie to trust nun who are false in one thinar to deal with anythincr." Bootevslt'i lat ter of acceptance. When the industries of the country prosper coal is in demand and miners get their full share of the general pros perity. When the mills and factories close or work on short time for lack of orders, railway traSc falls off and the mining industry suffers. Miners are as much interested in maintaining the Re publican policy of protection as any other class of workingmen. The value of farm lands has been ma terially enhanced by rural free dehvry. This increase of value has been esti mated as high as $5 per acre la some States. A moderate estimate Is frora $2 to $3 per acre. For the rapid de velopment of rnral free delivery the farmers are indebted to the Republican party. THE UNDERGROUND LINE. Virtue reigns supreme to-day about Esopus; It is purged of all that jars the props mind. The thing that's most conspicuous 'roust Bsopus Is the absence of ths peanut eatinsj kind; And in all the air that circulates at Ros mount Not a plutocratic odor can be found; But the public still suspects there's something doing la the subway to Esopus, undet ground. In ths cold and shady distance they're remaining. Wily Dave and wicked August all alone. Their base presence no more casts a dark reflection la the limelight that descends around the throne; Fr the candidate's declared he nere knew them; He repeats it while the white robed art around; Then he coyly turns one ear to earth ai listens To instruction from the subway unds ground. And August smiles serenely o'er at Davy, And Dave looks back and winks ths other eye; And all the while they keep right oa ar ranging The plac and style of each plum la the pie. "Yes, it is a trifle lonesome, this seclu sion," Says August, "but you bet the plan Im sound. For Dave and I ain't longin' to ba hoo doos." Then they hit the trail for Rosemount under ground. Garret Smith In New York Tribune. SUGGESTIONS TO DEMOCRATS Great Thoughts of Graat Democrats Should Be Widely Circulated. The Democratic party Is boasting of", the fact that in this campaign it Is sending out a great nnmbor of tons of literature, though why literature should be sent out by the Democratic party no one can understand. Upon second thought, though, it must be admitted, as a matter of fairness in speaking ot people who vote the Democratic ticket, that quite a number of them can read-. However, this is merely a suggestioa to the men whose business it is to handle tha Democratic campaign of education. To be consistent they must keep up the campaign lies. In their tons of lit erature they must first reiterate tha falsehood of Senator Bailey of Tesas, when he declared in a recent speeci that the President advocated lynching as a punishment for stealing. They should issue a few million pamphlets advocating the attitude of Democracy's great representative. Champ Clark, In assuming that whea some one in the audience disagrees with the speaker on the platform it is the prerogative of the speaker, after his speech is over, to cut the throat of ths objector from ear to ear. There Is an old saying that a lie weS stuck to is as good as the truth. It is not a sound proposition, but there la in it a suggestion as to what tha Demo crats might do with their money in cli culating campalga literature. It Is to he hoped that they will b-e grateful for these suggestions, but the chances are ten to one that they won't. catholic Paper bolts. Sunday Democrat, of New York, Pre fers Roosevelt te Parker. The Sunday Democrat of New York one of the oldest Irish-American and Catholic journals of the United Stateai has declared for Roosevelt. It svs torially: "For more than thirty years, in political storm and sunshine, the Sunday Democrat has supported tht Democratic party, advo cated Its principles and sustained Its can didates. During all that period It hae icu.icuu tmuauie scrrice 10 ine party. "To-day, believing that couraee to carry out the constitution and laws of this coua try in a fearless and jost manner shonld be realized and appreciated, acd feeling confident from his actions in the past that the Interests of our people will be beat served by his election, this journal has concluded to lend Its support to Theodore Roosevelt for President of the United States." The Party for Tonne Men. Edward Hoch, Republican nominee fe Governor of Kansas, in an address ad Marlon, in that State, said: "But now these vociferous gentlemea have suddenly discovered that the gold standard i3 all right, and their candi date for President blandly announce that that question Is 'irrevocably set tled.' Young men should join a party that espouses good principles and poli cies at tho beginning, and not a party that opposas every good thing until it is 'Irrevocably settled against it, and the tags along with a belated approval of all that it had stubbornly opposed." The Issue in a Sylloclatic Nutshell. In one crisp sentence of eight words of his letter of acceptance President Roosovelt has given the first premise for a conclusive syllogism: First Premise "A PARTY FIT TO GOVERN MUST HAVE CONVIC TIONS." Second Premise The Democratic party from Judge Parker dowa to Toss Taggart has no convictions. CONCLUSION Therefore the Demo cratic party is not fit to govern. And there yeu have the process ef reasoning that will decide this electlea. Trust Stagnates for Parker. A billionaire club will raise a Parker and Davis silk campaign banner at Great Neck, N. Y. The club is posed ef .Wall street aad trust magnates Cord Meyer, chairman ef the New York Democratic State Committee, is a resi dent ef Little Neck. Ha Hasa't Leafed. The American Secretary ef State has accomplished about all that has been at tained by the great diplomats of the world within the last four or five years. In other words, John Hay hasn't dos any "loafin 'rouad the Throae." Democrats Believe Soesavelt. Daring the last session ef Congress a Democratic Seaator arose ia his plae aid said: "Whea the Presideat aflrasai that this goTexnraeat had as part ia eh remit of Panama, that settles it, we tut as he Is coBceraed. I beSere aim." --aMSItr-riJSiSPBJtfolS'B 2 s ? Bs ? & ?al 5 3 ? o n ? ?n2" ?T.J i13 I -2 C CO c o in
