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. -1 KTIM KMENT TO The- Chief CleuJ, AVi., Sept. .?o, pa MANLY AND HONEST sidcnt Roosevelt's Letter of Acceptance Warmly Praised by Travelers. NOT ONE ISSUE IS EVADED Professional and business Men Read the Letter on a Train and Unite in Conimcndins Its Directness. Ilcnton, Mass., Sept. ''. On t lie day tvlll'll Plcsiilclll Rnosetcll's letter accept ing I tit iioriiin.it i 11 1 tor tin presidency was issued through llii' newspapers, a 1 i-ii tittiiiul of people ttoro uatoling trrnii I'nnlon iii New York. Tlh mill It'll lt-it'!i quite early in tin' in uning. Mini etery 111,111 ill the pirlor c.ir settled him self down to mi iliiiuti'tTtiili'l sttiily of lii-i morning paper. With plent of tinii' ln-r.ii them, wiili nothing tn distract ihoir .ittiMitiiin, with tin business cuts t" i mill" lietwccu them, it was iinli iiiituf.il tint etery iii.iii Iii tli.it ear should give tin letter :ui cxtrnordiu irily close read inc. In point of fact, it was easy to see tliui cter.t iii.iii in tli.it imv read thit letter thi'iiiiKli. practically I nun beginning to cud. mill li'inl it carefully. Mn. 'riu t.xik up a considerable time, mill lilt. Ihili. u i. luvifil Iii ll :ir save till' rustling or the newspaper, ni tin' triiiu I simvI mi between tin lii'iititirul iiianuriii' tilling towns of the Old Kay State. After a while the newspapers were llid aside. One mail after another drift ed into the Minikin;; room, and there fob 1 iwctl the usual intcri-h.nigo of opinions mi current topics. The men In the car were of the Usual type of hlgjl grade, piosporous American citi.ens. They rep lesi'iitcd all sections of the country, nnd nil vocations us well. One was distinct ly a minister of the gospel, quite u num ber were hunker going on to nttcml the big convention in New York, there wen several younger men who had their golf sticks with them, and the rest pre heated n lair assortment of business nnd professional men. It was tlio limn with the short white mutliin-ehop whiskers who begun the smoke-talk, ami ns n matter of course, he look for his tuple the President's letter or acceptance, which every busy man in t!i,U car hail just finished readius. Dock Not Mince Worda, "TIi is one thlni; 1 like about Uoose- volt," said he of the mutton-chops, "jnd (hat is that you never have to jjuoss flciiii as to wii.it ho Is talking about, nnd what ho moans. I have just finished loailhiK that lnn letter in the moniins napor. niul I don't believe there is nn eviisixe woid in it. I haven't boon u Konsi'vi'lt man. My limitless interests mo such that I Kot to paying a trisiil deal (i. attention to this talk nbout the Presi dent boiiiK n ilnnsorous man, n wilrf, ci.iy, erratic fellow. I was opposed to Ids nomination at tlio outset, because I believed all these stories. When MeKiu ley died. 1 was fearful that Koosevelt's hot blood would involve, us in ilillloul ties. mid. like ninny other business men. 1 was extremely anxious nbout the fu ture. 1 have boon cured of nil that by the way things have moved in th last three years. On the whole, however, 1 thought this mini Parker would make it pretty good President, and it seemed to' mo. anyway, it was nbout time for u change. I read Parker's speech of ac ceptance with n whole lot of interest, bo cause I wanted to see what ho hail to say. lie didn't say iiu thing nt nil. It w.is the most disappointing thing of that kind 1 oor road. This letter of Hoose vclt's is exactly the opposite. It doesn't leave you in doubt u single minute ns lo what the cantliilati' believes in. It Is honest nnd straightforward. It does not mince words, there is not the slightest suspicion of trickery, mid after reading it through from beginning to end. 1 for one cannot lind n single line to which I lould take exception, not a single argu ment which seems to bo that of n danger oils or an ambitious num. It is lmld nnd bravo, hut It is not dishonest, mid it is not deceptive. After rending Parker's hpoech nnd Uojsovoll's letter, I toll you, gentlemen, there is absolutely no choice nt nil as between tlio two men, and I am Kmisevelt mtin from now on." Hold and Honcut. "Whnt I like best nbout the letter." wild the broiid-shoiililorod young follow, whoso brown fneo nnd strong hands gnvo evidence of n summer largely spent in the open air, "is tlio fuet that ho hits mil straight from tlio shoulder. 1 like that sort of campaign literature. It's the lot tor of n man who looks you in tin eye. mid then punches you good nnd hard, lie doesn't run away from the. subject, and ho doesn't dodge. His letter is like the man, bold nnd honest. I don't much care whether he is dangerous ()p not, but 1 know he suits tlio young fellows in tills country, and it isn't n question of jsili ties nt nil. I'm going to east my tlrst presidential vote next November, and it'll b counted for Theodore Itimscvolt. or I'll know the reason why. The young inon of the country can understand Itoosovclt mul they can understand this letter. He talks of the things that have boon done in the Inst four years, ami doesn't wnsto'iiny time on constitutional Inw, or in sermons ns to the duty of good citizens. The Republican party lias done certain things in the last four years, mul ltoosovolt tolls what they are. Ho doesn't lie about them, lie only tolls the fncts, (mil then ho asks the people to vote for iiiin. if they believe- that tlui government of tlio country has been run properly. If t'OV don't, I believe ho would rather liir.'c them vote against him, He's that kind of n man. He fights out In the open, nnd lie's nlwnys sipiaro, so it's no wonder that every young man 1 know is Kolng to vote for ltoosovolt." I'urkcr'a 151 under, "Tlmt wns nn awful dig he gave my friend Parker," said a well-lcuutrn lw- ilMfctHMMMgMMtaBj-..ll..ri. ., ... -!rs(drisfflliTBMgBiriw-rwTs. ii i r..,.,.. ,,,,, ,,iFn , , i, ..,.!. ,....,. . , .. i .tor "( KoMoti. win) sat In the corner, contentedly putllng nt u tery bit:, and vory lii.ick. nnd incidentally, a Tory ex pensive cigar. "A lot of us didn't un (Icrstaiul when wo road Paiker's speech Il0W llO OOtllll llllVO lllllllc such mi 11 W fill blunder its t i have declared tli.it tlio com until law wtuilil lio found siilllelent to deal with nil th" trust questions which come up. I'arkiM must hate known, hut ho piiilni!il. fiHiiiit, that, friini the vory na ture of things, you can't apply the com tiitin law in a iiiitiiinal court. Our federal cmirts tlcriM' all their power from the Constitution of t In I'tilteil States. Con . gies can only legislate under the Const!- tiitl'iii. mill, while we apply general prin ciples in interpreting the law. it W mi Hiftiliii tn secure any tifllruiatlvc notion In i'io liuteil States i-oiirl. eM't'pt as tin lesult of a statute law duly passed li Congress and ipproveil lij the Prosltlotir or the I nited Slates. A mill like Ohio who his been iutcfesteil ill public tlf fair ,it Washington, would iiovor have untie the blunder Parker made. He M'ciiieil In have written Iik speech of ac cept. hum .is If ho wore doiling ontiicly in iibstr.it I iptestioiis which had boon lire seined for settlement by Ills own court. Ills cNposJtion of the general principles of the ('oiistitutioii was nut bad from a legal standpoint, but when he came to deal ttilh tin iiiit'stlon of trusts he seem ed to have forgotten that lie was respond ing lo a nomination from a national con vention, which had selected him to not us President of the Culled Statos. in which capacity he would have to eecillo I'nit oil Stales laws ouij. and would hare ab solutely untiling to do with the common law. This allusion or Parker to the common ,nv. as n ine.ius of attacking the trusts, h.4 been a snurco of surprise nnd aiuai'ineut to the profession nil over the country. Judge Paikei's decisions in New York State have always taken high rank, mid it whs this which made I lie iiin.i.t'iuent all the creator. We could lint liiidorstiinil how it i-oilld possibly bo that miy good lawyer lould have made such n blunder, mid wo have been forced to the conclusion tli.it Judge Parker ab solutely forgot that ho was wi-iting on n national topic. This is only mi in stance going to show the unwisdom of inking a mail olT tlio bench for it political p isitlon. especially such a position ns that of President uf the I'liiled States, Experience Ncccnunry. "To administer the ulTairs of the gov ernment successfully, experience is just .is necess.iry ns it is to run n hotel or u ruilroad. A lawyer in active practice is necessarily thrown in to u large extent witli the ordinary business nfTiiirs of the country, but with u judge on the bench it is entirely different. He deals who matters of abstract right and wrong, nnd all his training goes to remove him from business problems. In point of fact, tin successful judge in a court of last resort should be ns far removed from the influences of dally life as possi ble. The Ideal judge is a legal machine, settling nbstraot principles of law, wlipro as the Ideal President is exactly the oppo site. He executes tlio laws ns he finds them, snggests new oiips to meet new conditions, nnd nets as tha personal rep resentative of the people who make the laws. It Is not his business to interpret, but to do, ami the things which make n man a good judge make him n bad Presi dent, nnd vice versa: Parker would nev er have made that awful blunder if he had had any recent experience in Con gress or in nu executive position nt Washington, where he would have been in touch with current opinion on this subject I don't wonder that Hooso volt picked him up on this, nnd, in my opinion, tin President's paragraph about tlio common law as applied to the federal i out ml of trusts is u most luminous ex position of the powers mul the limitations of the federal government. Hut it's cor tnlnly n knockout blow for Parker." The Tnrlir Inn tie. "I was glad to see," said u successful looking man, who explained later on that ho was a manufacturer in northern Ver mont, "1 was glad to see that the Presi dent made such a point of the tariff issue. Wo hail a dose of pouiocrntic free trade theories up our way about ten years ago, which we will never forget. We nre o near the Canadian Isinler that we get the worst of every reduction in the tariff rates. We have to enter into coiii'K'titiou with the cheap lalsir of Camilla. When the Wilson tariff bill wont into operation, just ton years ago, It shut up my factory inside of six mouths, mid 1 toll you, gentlemen, I didn't open again until after McKiulcy wns elected and the Diugley tariff law went into operation. It was a time of panic, as you know, thousands of labor ing men were glad to work for nny wages, and yet, at the smile time, I could not run my factory ami compote with the Canadians, who Hooded our part or the country with goods made by the cheapest labor, such as I could not secure even hi those times of starvation. There nre some places far in the Interior where fi eight rates protect them from foreign competition in times of free trade, but those of us who nre near the border nr the first to feel this competition. I got It in the nock ten years ago, ami got it good ami hard. If there weren't any other issue between the two parties, I would vote for Itoosevelt, because he ami the Ili'public.iiis generally stand for the protection of American manufactures against the i impetitlou of the cheap la bor, not onl.s of Camilla, but of the world nt lar.-e. Wo all believe in reci procity which Is reciprocal, and not in free trade irnlcr the guise of reciprocity. Itoosovelt's tory of the disastrous effects or the. Wils in tariff of 181M Is not over dinwn in the slightest pnitioulnr, ami I am gild to boo that ho has kept the tariff isuo to the front, because In nil this I ill; of imperialism, and extra va ganci and the trusts, ami one thing and nunt'ier, people seem to forget that the Republican party is pledged to protec tion, mid that the Democratic party is plei'.'i'd to free trade. Wo haven't for got! -a that up our way.howover. ami I toll rou, gentlemen, that the big Repub lican vote in Vermont was largely, if not out rely, produced by the determination of our people to put themselves on rec ord against the free trade principles and plat form of the Democrats." "It's frank, it's honest, and It's fair," said the clergyman to u sont-neighbor in the Interior of the car, when they were discussing the same letter of accept ance. "I'm not much of a politician my self, but 1 have been very much Impress ed with the extraordinary honesty and the tenacity of purpose shown by the President In his letter of ncceptniicn. Comparing it with the speech of Judge Parker, in accepting his nomination, I cannot koo how the people can hesitate vory long in making their choleu." i mm v -Hi 'i i' itmi-M vsrvr.i, z --rami taanrM" " i mmSSmSm ' iV'wiMas Yik ISS n i ' -v v. THE CAMPAIGN. Erltlcnccthat Popular .Opinion Farora Heimhllcan ttuccca. Although election day is still some weeks off, it is not too early to review the progress of the campaign and take note of the drift of popular opinion. To doubt that the latter is setting strongly iu favor of the ltepublienn tlekot would seem almost to question the capacity of the American peoplo to choosu between npproved competence in government mul wobbling incompetence, along every lino of administrative and legislative policy. From the day when the Republican convention adjourned after adopting a positive platform and nominating posi tive candidates upon it, tlic Ilepublieans have proceeded to organize their cam paign with the iiuhositr.tlug confidence in themselves ami their principles tlmt goes so far to assure success. Piilike their adversaries, they have had no In ternal differences to patch up before tak ing the field. Tin Republicans have simply gone be fore the American voters on tlio party's record, which is not a document artfully concoct"d for campaign purposes, but u scroll of splendid achievements written i:i the life of the republic during the past forty-four years. The scroll stretches from ISliO to l'.KM mul covers it period ot national development unparalleled in the initials of the world. The story of this development and the promise of it') continuance under the leadership of a mini who is the Incarnation of American energy, courage and achievement, lias constituted tin Republican appeal to American voters. The elections in Vermont, Arkansas mid .Maine have shown tlio natural re sponse to nn appeal based on tilings ac complished, lu the meantime, the Democrats have been trying to lind out exactly "whore they are nt." All efforts to bury the hatchet between the gold niiil hUvi' wings of the party have merely resulted in burying it in the heads of the leaders of the respective factious. William .ToiiuingH ltryau has mi more affection for Alton it. Parker now than lie had the night when lie denounced the nominee on the floor of the convention. The brief enthusiasm created among gold Democrats and in conservative business circles by Judge Parker's gold standard telegram has entirely subsided as the conviction has become general that It was a brick artfully glided to com mit Ills party to the appearanco of re pudiating free and unlimited silver. The subsequent utterances of the Democratic candidate have entirely dissipated nny favorable impression made by his tele gram, nnd proved him to be a juggler with olnciire mid meaningless pliruses. His proffer of a comparison of govern mental expenditures under Republican and Democratic administrations lias dis closed that lie was ill informed as to the details of those expenditures and the marvelous national expauslou that has come during the past twenty years. Hut tiio most marked feature of the Democratic campaign has been its in stability nnd iiitirmucss of purpose. One issue after another has been taken up only to be dropped, until now it looks as if the party would have to fall back on the tariff mid the trusts, on both of which issues it bus boon tried ami found wanting in legislative courage and ad ministrative effectiveness, American voters know that the pro tective tariff Is not "robbery," mid they buvo more faith in the American null trust statute than iu any curbing of mod ern trusts under the old common law. The Democratic campaign started with David It. Hill as its sponsor and boss, but recently Judge Parker sought to reconstruct Its management, going to Now Yorl; City and holding n number of gum-shoe conferences nt the Astor Ilout-e with .Senator Gorman and several Tammany leaders. It is reported that lit succeeded ill placating Tammany and that Senator Gornuii will supplant Tom Taggnrt as thn real director of the Demo cratic, campaign. What was the con sideration promised for the loyal sup port of Tuuimaiiy las not transpired. THE BEGINNING OF THE FLOOD. Hut If thcic is one thing necessary to the success of the Republican ticket, it is tluit the Democratic candidate shall deserve mid got the loyal support of Tammany Hall. Viewing the situation broadly, never in tho history of campaigns between Re publicans and Democrats wen the dis tinguishing characteristics of the two parties ho strongly emphasized as in tilts one. Tin Republicans face tlio problems of the day without flinching from either tin np'iorimiitics or the re sponsibilities of notion. They have the uoeessary convictions, courago mul re sources to remove mountains. On tho other hand, the Democrats ex hibit nil their old failings of irresolu tion, theorotloal vagaries, luck of set tled convictions mul conflicting councils that render them unfit to be entrusted with the control of the government. At this stage of tho campaign there seems not the slightest reason to doubt that the popular drift is with the party that inarches forward rather than that which stands still or marks tlmt in tlio footprints the other has left in the path way of national progress. The best proof of this Ls in thn fact that the American people are going nbout their daily business without any perplexing doubts ns to whnt will happen iu No vember. Iicst of All Mnrkcta. The host of alt markets for Ameiicmi manufacturers and farmers is tlio home murker. The internal commerce of the United States aggregates each year inure than .f'-'.I.IVMMHKI.INX) anil Is far greater than the International commerce of nil the world. This vast market is at our doors. It is among our own people. Why shonld we surrender it to foreigners, as the Democratic policy of free t ratio would do, and pay to foreign manufac turers mul woikinou the money that tdiuulil go to Americans' "We liuvc known nn pnrty In iIciiIIiik with oiTendera, nnd Imvo hunted down without mercy every wronic'docr In the service of the Nation whom it wne poaaihlc hy the lltiuoat Igllnnce lo de tecti for the public arrvnnt who lie trayn his trim t nnd the privute Indi vidual who debauches htm atand na the worst of crlmluiiln, because their Crimea ore Crimea nguinat the entlro community, unit not only nunlnat this feneration tint agalimt the ireticrn tlona that nre yet to he."-Itou(elt't let ter of acceptance. Muat Tritat Roosevelt. (Western Laborer (Omaha.) Iu a former issue of this paper we said we must trust Roosevelt mid we will trust him nnd iu our judgment every workiugman, skilled or unskilled, of whatever race or creed, should at once make up his mind to trust him nnd vote for him instead of Indulging iu vain re grots that they had not when they see Parker's "hand," If by chance or fraud he is elected. WK Ml'ST T'Rt'ST KOOSKVKLT. "The prime reason why tho expenses of tho Government linve Increased of recent years la to he fount! In tho fact that the people, after mature thoiiuht, have deemed It wise to have certain new form of work for the public nil ilortuken by the pnhllc, This necessi tates audi expenditures, for Instance, us those for rural free delivery, or for the Inspection of meats under the De partment of Aurlcultiirc, or for Irrl nation," ItooiuMjil't letter (if uuruptHiit-c. Rourko C'ockran, the hired orator of Tammany Hall, says that "every hue iu President Roosevelt's letter breathes tho spirit of triumphant plunder." Coekraii ought to know, for he has been hot on the scent if plunder nil his career, l'u fortunately what Cock ran knows lie does not tell, aid ho tells whnt he docs not know. The effor' to galvaul.o thn New York Democratic campaign into tho sem blance of lift by nominating District At torney Jerome lias fulled because Joromo refused to confine hlmsolf to halt truths on the stump. SONG OF DEMOCRATS. Sing n song of Democrats, And note their imlgunnt hi1ii; They lind no balm in Giload, No hope iu this campaign; Vermont has gone Republican, Ami now, just look at Maine, Sing n song of Democrats, Their spirits sadly droop. As Parker mounts the scaffolding 'i'o do his loop-tho-loop, I-'or well they know hen ho comes down He'll land right iu the soup, Chicago Conservator. ILLEGAL CORPORATIONS. President's Action lu Knforclnu Lion AunliMt Them, (Northwestern Christian Aihucnto. Sept. 20.) In holding large corporations to strict accountability to thu law the President is serving the best interests of those corporations as well an conserving the welfare of the country. All corsiratlons which arc operating on mi unlawful basis should be compelled to conform to thu law. If they cannot or will not they should go out of business. This, some have been forced by the lawless conduct of their promoters and operators to do, to the great ls of their stockholders. Many formerly wealthy men are now broken in fortune because corporation! with which they wore connected were formed mul operated in violation of law. The notion of the President In enforc ing the law would prevent, not promote, such losses. One of the crying needs of America to-day is Such respect for tho laws of the nation us the President has shown. Hi' did not make the laws, but it is Ills duty to obey them. Ho has set an ex ample which every olllon should follow. If that be done, wo shall hoar no more of mobs breaking into jails, defying po lice mul militia, mul hanging or burning prisoners suspected or convicted of crime, mul burning property iu u wild frenzy of disorder and lawlessness. The bitterness of Its irony over the unassailable strength of President Roosevelt's letter of ncceptaiice, the Now York Times exclaims, "lins done abso lutely the right thing, the very liost thing upon every government occasion, and with assured confidence he promises to keep on so doing. Ho has made no mistakes; In will make none." This is meant for irony of the rod hot kind that comes from gnawing on n Hie. Hut th question is not whether President Roose velt's course has always been absolute ly impeccable, but what different course could the Democrats have pursued on these government occasions that would not have landed us in the fugs, fens ami muxes of national tlomnrijizatioii and impotence, What has become of that grand array of 18-karat Democrats Judge Parker summoned from the cabinets of Cleve land's two terms for purposes of com parison srith Hay, ami Taft, mid Shaw, nnd Root? An Olncy nnd Carlisle and Kalrelilld mul Harmon and Vilas wast ing their powers iu behalf of the man who Hung hi all nt tin feet of Senator Gorman, the sleek, crying, "Save mo, Arthur, or 1 sink." President Roosevelt is u sincere friend of labor, and lalsir admires mid respects him. U is an honorary member of the ItrotherluHitl of Locomotive Firemen, mid the esteem in which lie is held by its members was fittingly shown at the convention of the Brotherhood in Buf falo, when .",IMX persons wildly cheered the President's inline in the course of an address by Grand .Master Haumihau. Like the Indian, who, when unable to find bis camp ami it was suggested ho was lost, replied. ".Me no lost, wlgwuui lost." so tin Democratic party insists, notwithstanding its constant change of front, that the country, not thu party, is lost. The Democratic party, without a lived policy, would bo us safe a guide as the Indian iu strange wildcrucds. DISTORTION OF THE TRUTr, Effort to Show that President Roosevelt Is a Lover f War. INSTEAD, HE IS FOR PEACE Would Not l-ncouniRe or Brlnjc About War and Its Destructive Forces, l:copt n Maintain the Country's Honor. The attempt to make a bogey mini out of Piesidont RiHisevell. by misrep resenting him us ii lover of war, mid theiefiire dangerous to the peace of the country, is doomed to Ignominious failure. The American people arc ac customed to "sic up" their public melt with mi accuracy unknown lu I In na tional life of oilier countries. Thoy hate hail President Roosevelt under their gaze for yen is, ami they know bliu well. More than that, knowing him well us they do, they admire, icspeet ami love lim. When public opinion had forced the war with Spain upon the American nation Thoodoii Itoosetell, then assist nut secretary of the navy, was one of tho oltlcials or die I'liited Stales who was prepared for the inevitable. Like every other keen observer. Mr. Roosevelt luiil seen from the iucipiclicy of the agitation for American interference iu Cuba that the nation must prepare for war. In ids own olllco he did nil thill wns within his power to got I he navy ready for I lie p.nl it iuul plu.t. What the limy did is u p. tit of the impeiisli nble history of our country. No one claims more than is due to Mr. Rouse M'lt ill this comieclioii, bill lo Ignore Ills services lu the office of the secretary of tin navy in the early tbi.ts of IS'.iS would be nu net of ingratitude. Those .serv ices have boon reoognlzed from the be ginning mul will ucTcr bo forgotten. Ills Wnr Cnrccr. The war opened. Tho one high pub lic olllclal who resigned Ids olllco nt the National Capital to take up arms for his country was Theodore Roosevelt. He rnisotl his volunteer regiment and went with it to Santiago de Culm. Tho rest Is history. Colonel Roosevelt entered upon thn duties and hardships of war with nil the enthusiasm of a bravo and generous nature. He took good care of his men nnd fought nt their head when the time of buttln came. After the war was over he raiuo home the Idol of the Amer ican people. Wo had known him ns n sterling cltlron, as a city olllclal work lug for the upholding of the laws, as n national olllclal urging ami enforcing the merit system in the United States Civil Service, as assistant secretary of the navy preparing ships, nmmiiuifion nnd men for the chances of war, ami now ho had volunteered for the nrmy, had led Ids men iu soldierly fashion, lind with stood the baptism of battle ami proved his right to be called a hero of war iu defense of his country's word soil honor. That is nil then' Is to the war story. Colonel Roosevelt was elected Gov ernor of New York, and iu that position lie again demonstrated to his country men his common sense. Ids true democ racy of feeling, his Justice, honor ami ills genius for affairs. When lie was urged for the Vice Presidency he demurred, naturally enough, but, when tho voice of the peoplo became loud ami Insistent, lie obeyed, Trnatcd an frealdciit. When lie came to the Presidency tho people withhold, but only for a moment of time, their full allegiance. From th'i first President ltoosovolt was trusted. Never once, by word or net since lie sat In the presidential chair has President Roosevelt encouraged or fostered the most remote Idea of war. Ho has boon interested iu improving mid strengthen ing our army mid navy, ami iu all ways lias shown himself to bo n loyal Ameri can to Ids country, but by no chance lias he shown any love of or desiro for war, because In has no loaning that way. Ho loves his country ho loves mankind, Ry what twisting of statements nnd distortion of facts, by what destruction of truth ami lotting go of all decency, the opposition to President Roosevelt has raised the charge against him that he is likely to foster war no one who is acquainted with the man mid Ids life can imagine. The scriptural mystery of the way of the serpent on the rock ls nothing to this puzzle of the passing mo ment. Kvery word nnd net of Theodore Roosevelt's life makes against the false tlewti now net afloat as to the possibili ties of his character. The President Is a man who loves his country as only that man cnu love it who has endured the storm of wnr for its unke. For no possible or Imaginable cause, Bavo alone the honor of the country itself, and then but at the stern bidding of Congress, coiiltl or would President Roosevelt in voke tho ruin mid misery of wnr. It is a slander upon a man of lnucane nature, strong and cultivated Intellect mul proved patriotism to foster mid circulate, the idle vaKrlnga of political enemies to the effect that he is likely to bring about or encourage war. There is no foundation for the slander. It i shame ful that it should exist, or, ouco exist ing, should bo continued by repetition. Let us have nu cud to the silly tlnuior ings or the mendacious tricksters upon this biigabiMi, A Htrlklnu Contrast. From I8!rj to 18115, Inclusive, under a Democratic administration and a low tariff, thu total exports of American man ufactures wore $04,858.50(1. I-'rom 1000 to llMKt, Inclusive, under a Republican iiiliuinlstrntion mid n protective tariff, thoy were ?l,lkr5,(i5 1,810. Tlio export of iiinuufactiire.s lu any one year (if Rtr piihlicnu administration was considera bly more than in nny two years of Dem ocratic, administration. "TIh the KIobhii!" As to the President's letter of uccept mice, the Republican party and the think ing men of the country those who have read and can understand lmvo but ouo comment: "Diuua ye hear it? 'Tia the sloganl" . fhSt B " ' w.. y a ,i S5aawBaK5!E5KBE??3 i&vUelswjfc.qii . a'.ri