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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-
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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"
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