Richmond Palladium (Daily), 2 November 1904 — Page 12

LATEST BOOMERANG.

DEMOCRATS ATTEMPT TO DISCREDIT THE PRESIDENT. abetter in Regard to the Acquisition of the Panama Strip That Reflects Much Credit on the Chief Kiecntive -Cry of "Unclean" Should Stop. fZJ Nothing could more sharply emphasize the poverty in initiative of the Democratic party and its utter failure to comprehend the temper of the American people at the oening of the twentieth ceutury than the attempt to discredit our acquisition of the right to dig the Panama canal. Having failed to make any impression on the popular mind along other lines, Senator Culberson of Texas was pushed to the front in New York last Thursday night to spring a sensalion.il attack on President Roosevelt for his alleged revolutionary course in this matter. Although the subject has been thoroughly threshed out in Congress and the public prints, and the seal of legislative approval put upon the course of the administration by the ratification of the treaty with Panama, and the appropriation and payment of $r0.000,000 to the republic of Panama and for the acquirement of the rights and works of the Panama Canal Company, the Senator from Texas had the hardihood once more to assail the honor and good faith of the administration's acts in the premises. Without producing one scintilla of new evidence he Hashed a private letter written by President Roosevelt over a year ago to his personal friend, Dr. Albert Shaw, editor of The Review of Reviews, before the eyes of his audience to justify the accusation that the President '.contemplated building the canal across the isthmus, treaty or no treaty, which would have necessitated taking possession of the canal zone by force. Neither New Nor True. Like every other sensation sprung in this campaign, what was new in Senator Culberson's exposure was immaterial and what was material was neither new i or true. The letter, about which Senator Culberson made such an ado as a carefully . suppressed piece of evidence o? the President's intention to do by force what was subsequently achieved openly and legally, was made public - by Dr. Shaw nearly a year ago with the President's consent. As it is characteristic of Theodore Roosevelt's frankness, both in public and private correspondence, it is itself the best possible refutation of the charge that he actually contemplated resort to any indirect or improper means to bring about the consummation we all desired the building of the interoceanic canal, it is herewith presented in full: , (Copy.) Personal. White House. Washington. Oct. lO. 190."?. My Iear Dr. Shaw: I Inclose you, purely for your own Information, a copy of a letter of Sept. Ji. from our - minister to Colombia. I think It might Interest you to see that there was absolutely not the slightest chance .of securing by treaty any more than we endeavored to secure. The alternatives were to go to Nicaragua, against the advice of the great majority of competent .engineers some of the most competent saying that we had better have uo canal at this time than go there or else to take the territory by force without onv nttemnt at irettinir a treatv. I cast aside the proposition made at this time to foment the secession of Panama. Whatever other governments can do, the United States can not go Into the securing by such underhand means the cession. Privately, I freely say to you that I should be delighted If Panama were an Independent state, or. If It made Itself so at t"is moment, but for me to say so publicly would amount to an Instigation of a revolt, and therefore I can not say It. With great regards, sincerely yours, T1IEODOUK UOOSBVKLT. The more of such private letters the Democrats can produce out of their arsenals of exploded campaign fakes the better for Theodore Roosevelt. It is a frank statement of a great national problem to a friend. It tells him of the failure to deal with Colombia; of the alternatives of trying the . Nicaragua loute pronounced impracticable by competent engineers or taking the Panama territory without a treaty; of the rejection of any proposition to foment the secession of Panama. Jealous of the Country's Honor. It also gives an instructive glimpse of how jealous the President was of the honor of the United States in dealing with what would have been an irresistible temptation to other governments and 'dearly shows how he refrained from giving any public expression to thoughts which would have been an instigation to the revolt. f --.Theodore Roosevelt is master of his impulses, just as he is master of his acts and Words. He refrained from fanning the revolt by a single breath. That revolt came without any hint or pressure from Washington. The United 4lates joined with Europe in recognizing the revolutionary government of Panama. Then came the treaty, the acquisition of the rights to build the canal and finally this declaration of the convention at St. Louis: The Democracy, when entrusted with the , power, will construct the Panama Canal upeediiy, honestly and economically, thereby giving to our people what Democrats have always contended for a great Interoceanlc canal of transportation, and broader and less trammeled trade relations with the other peoples of the world. Now, it is scarcely credible that the Democrats, however much they may favor an isthmian canal, would consent to dig it under a fraudulent, illegal and disreputable title. If Colombia has been wronged by the United States it is our duty to right that wrong by restoring to her, not only the title to the canal strip across the isthmus, but the sovereignty over the whole republic of Panama. Moreover, if Senator Culberson and his fellow anti-imperia?ists do not slander their country the United States owes a greater duty to itself than it owes to Colombia to undo the net. of dishonor they accuse it of perpetrating for its own purposes of aggrandizement. The possession of the canal strip was acquired honorably or dishonorably. Illegitimate legal means or by corrupt, tortuous and fraudulent, methods. The party which believes that there was anything sinister, underhand or crooked about the attainment of the American wisb to build the canal, and would still go ahead with its construction would willingly be accessory to any crime so long as it was permitted to share in the boot j. Democrats should either demand a surrender of cur possessions -at Panama or stop shrieking "Unclean! Unclean!" The voice of (Irover Cleveland adds nothing to the impressiveness of the shriek, so

long as they ami he are willing, to profit by the alleged national uncleanness. THE DRIFT TO ROOSEVELT.

Ills Manlin-aa and Honesty Appeal . Strongly to All Classes. I There is a steady drift of thinking men from the Democratic and independent party ranks to the support of the Itepub- ; lican candidate fcr President. The firm and consistent stand held by President j Roosevelt upon tlie equal rights of all men, without regard to race, occupation or religion, appeals to American nian(hood in every class and from one end of the country to the other. A candid, outspoken belief in and respect for his brother man, wherever that man is found at any honest work, or striving for such work as he is fitted for, has been characteristic of Theodore Roosevelt from the earliest day when he began to record his thoughts and convictions. In his letter of acceptance he reiterated his unfaltering faith in the doctrine of the Constitution of the United States in these words: "This government is based upon the fundamental idea that each inan, no matter what his occupation, his race, or his religious belief, is entitled to be treated on his worth as a man, and neither favored nor discriminated against because of any accident in his position." It is recognized by friend and foe alike that these are no idle woids pronounced for effect. President, Itoosevelt acts as ho speaks. Again and again he has proved his robust democracy of sentiment in dealing with men. Robert Treat Paine, Jr., who was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts in IS!)!) and 1000, has been drawn across party lines to Itoosevelt by the cords of human sympathy and sense of justice. In announcing his J determination to vote for Roosevelt, he gives as his reason the attitude of the Democratic party on human rights, and says: I want a man for President who will treat all men alike on their merits as men. In this respect I think Itoosevelt has been a godsend to this country, for he has displayed qualities that we have not seen In a President of the United States for many years. Kight years ago the country was torn by a conflict between classes, and Itoosevelt has done more, and I believe will continue to do more, to dissipate the spirit of class hatred, which is about the worst thing that could befall the country, than any other man I know of. We cannot hope for perfection, but we can strive to attain as closely to it as possible, and I am couvlnced that Itoosevelt means to do the right thing, and do it to the best of his ability, ami that is the sort of a President I want, and the sort of a President 1 believe the people of this country want. A few days ago Major Lawrence M. Ennis, a well-known Democrat of Illinois, declared for Roosevelt. In writing to the President Major Ennis commended the position taken by Mr. Itoosevelt personally, as a firm believer in the brotherhood of man. In one paragraph of his letter Major Ennis writes: Your action in the coal strike marked an era in the history of labor. For the first time since man toiled was the laboring men called In to confer, in all the dignity of his manhood, by the chief magistrate of a great nation, with the representatives of capital. , Another Democrat, William E. Hums of Chicago, promises, like Major Ennis, to take the stump for Roosevelt. He says: All the workingmen whom I know are for Itoosevelt, and I have decided to do what I can to aid In his election. The sympathy of all labor should go out to the brave man who had the courage to say to a greedy corporation: "I am the President of all the people, and, white President of the United States my people will not freeze to death to satisfy the greed of an unscrupulous few." It is a question of voting for a man who stands for man, without distinctions of class, and Mr. Burns gives his voice for that man. The men who publicly announce tlieir determination to leave the moribund Democratic party and join forces with the sturdy Americanism of Theodore Roosevelt are many. But they are few as compared with the immense host of quiet, shrewd men of toil and men of business who have silently determined to vote the Republican ticket in November. Their ballots will fall, when election day comes, "Thick as the leaves of Vallambrosa." An Ignorant Presidential Candidate. The ignorance of Judge Parker on conditions in the Philippine Islands would discredit any American schoolboy. "Are the Philippine Islands a selfsupporting community ?' he asks. If the citizen of Esopus, New York, had visited the World's Fair at St. I-ionis. he would have learned what he has failed to get out of the thousands of pages of newspapers, magazines and the many looks published on the Philippines in the United States during the past few years. But Judge Parker has shown that he reached, some years ago, that real "dead line" in the mental life, the time when a man ceases to learn. If the Democratic candidate cared to know what he talked about, he could have found that the customs revenues alone, during the last three years have increased to $17,000,000, $18,000,000. and 10,000.000 a year; and that the other revenues have increased accordingly. That the Islands are not only selfsupporting, but that they pay all of their own exivense-s, could afford to send to St. Louis an exhibit costing a quarter of a million dollars, and that they are spending, now, between $4,000,000 and $5000.000 a j-ear constructing railways, roads, harbors, waterworks, electric light plants, buildings and public improvements generally. Judge Parker ought to attend the nearest high school for boys. Judge Parker deplores that "all the leaders of the Republican party, (of a generation ago) have passed away," and "in their places have come very different men." It can be retorted that all the lenders of the Democratic party passed away two generations ago. and none have come to fill their places. Times like ours demand men of these times and not mere doleful sounds from the tombs of a past generation. Parker is growing wilder as election day approaches. He now says the Philippines have cost the United States $1,L'00.000.000. Secretary of War Taft, wiio was governor general of the Philippines, officially puts the' total cost, including purchase money, at $ 1 S9.O00.000. The question naturajly arises: Is Parker cither safe or sane when he can juggle figures in such an amazing way? Every Republican should see that his neighbor votes on November Sth. If you have an apathetic friend, tell him that bis vote is necessary to make the election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks certain, and J make lum accompany you to the polls.

MISS DEMOCRACY "I can't VALUE OF ONE VOTE. It May Decide the Presidency or the Control of Concrete. The apathetic Republican who thinks his vote will not be necessary should read the following, written by Roderick Corwin: "I have only one vote. What difference does it make if I use it or not? There will be no change in the result because I do not go to the polls. This is the most frequent form of excuse with which careless or indolent citizens sootihe their consciences on election day. "Of course the excuse carries its own refutation with it. If everybody thought and acted thus, there would be no election at all. But. moreover, there have been many cases known in this country when a single vote not merely on the bench, or in the legislative hall, but even at the polling -booth, where it would appear that its individuality would be completely lost, has decided the fate of great men and important causes. "In the gubernatorial campaign in Massachusetts in November, 1830, Marcus Morton defeated Edward Everett by a single vote in a total poll of 100,02'J. This defeat interrupted the hitherto triumphant political career of Everett, and withdrew him from the field of possible presidential candidates, until 1800. when he reluctantly consented to run as vice presidential nominee on the ticket headed by John Bell and was 'snowed out of sight'.' "The famous Tom Corwin, United States Senator from and Governor of Ohio, was fond of telling the following story: "In the spring of 1811, at the annual election in Rhode Island, there was a town precinct closely contested by the federal and the Republican (the peace and war) parties. A federal farmer, hurrying down to vote just before closing time, was stopped on the way by finding one of his valuable pigs fast between the plants of a fence. He tried to pull the' pig out, and failed. Then with some difficulty he pried away one of the planks, released the pig, and started on a run for the voting place. Just as he got within a hundred feet of it the town clock struck six. The polls closed without bis vote. The result was that a war representative from that town was elected by one vote. "When the General Assembly met a few weeks later a War Senator was chosen by one majority on joint ballot. In 1812 the declaration of war against England was carried in the United States Senate by one vote. Gen. Jackson was nominated as a major general and confirmed by one vote. Jan. 8, 1S1. He commanded the army at the battle of New Orleans, won a great victory, became a popular military hero, was elected and re-elected President of the United Stiites. turned all the Whigs out of office, removed all the deposits from the national banks, vetoed the bill, and played havoc generally, and all because that pig away up in Rhode Island got fast in a plank fence. "In the more limited area of Congress a single vote has frequently lost or carried an important measure. In 1S0S one vote transferred from the nineteen negatives to the thirty-five affirmatives in the Andrew Johnson impeachment case would have given the President's enemies: the two-thirds majority necessary for conviction and removal. In 1S-1 the revenue reform or "free trade" tariff, an act of the greatest financial significance, was carried by the casting vote of Vice President George M. Dallas, who had at one time pledged himself against it. But the importance of one vote was never more signally demonstrated than in 1S01. "Suppose that just one of the seventythree presidential electors who declared for loth Jefferson and Burr had cast for sometndy else the vote he gave to Jefferson? There would have been no tie. the election would not have been transferred to the House of Representatives, and Aaron Burr and not Thomas Jefferson would h;ive been President of the United St:Ues." Have a Forethousht. "Let well enough alone" is better as a forethought than as an afterthought. One ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is easier to prevent

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a Democratic victory that would mean a renewal of bard times than to try and cure or live out the hard times after they have arrived. A "stitch in time save nine" and your vote in time might help save many times nine distressful cares and anxieties should the Democratic party prove victorious. DEMOCRATIC MAUD MULLER Hank Davis, on a summer's day. Raked the meadow, sweet with hay. lie raked the farms and woods and mines And mills and ships and railroad lines. "It's hay to me," he'd softly grin, And then he'd swiftly rake it in. At times he thought how people fussed And said that he was like a trust. At last he paused to mop his brow, Then said: "Well, wlio's this coming now?" The Judge came riding slowly down, I lis brow contracted in a frown. The Judge said: 'Tm from Esopus The Democrats have chosen us." "That so?" said Hank, the good old soul, While raking in a vein of coal. The Judge said. "Yes," and then rode on; Another came when he had gone. The other mentioned "campaign fund," And then in swift surprise was stunned "I fear that I'm not young enough," Hank Davis said. "Campaigns is rough." The other man then found his tongue And laughed: "Cold cash is always young." "That's so" the Davis face unbent "It's young until at last it's spent." "I'll take the platform in my walks" The other answered: "Money talks." "I know it does." good Hank replied; "Sometimes I've heard that money cried "If it was rudely torn away From where it had grown used to stay. "And as yon see, I've got the tin. Because I always rake it in." The other found it was no fun To fry a mn of eighty-one. And so the donkey got no hay, For Davis rakes it all his way. Of all sad words of pen or tongue. The saddest are: "Can't pull the bung." Parker'a Leaden-Footed Dullness. The leaden dullness with which Candidate Parker misstate the Philippine situation is irritating to his more clever followers, while it amuses Republicans. General Grant once said "You can always trust a Democrat to make a mistake." He is sure to get on the wrong side, to stay there, and to advertise the fact. Advice for Election Day. Forget your breakfast, if you will; Forget5 to light your good cigar; Forget to take your pepsin pill; Forget to take the trolley car; Forget torki-s your wife good-bye; Forget your hat or overcoat But ere election day is by, Be sure you don't forget to vote! It is particularly distressing to the Democrats to have Judge Lochren, of Minnesota, known as a strict constructionist of the Constitution, declaring that Commissioner Ware's ruling in regard to pensions is not a usurpation of powers of Congress at all, and that it is entirely reasonable and "in accord with the experience and observation of every one." If you are satisfied with present conditions, te anre anil vote for Roosevelt and Fairbanks and th; Republican candidate for Congress in your district.

TRIBULATIONS OF A GREAT GRANDFATHER.

Uncle Gaasaway Takes Leave of His Alton-With Some Reflections on the Youth's Propensity for Flitting, His Foot in His Month. Dear Altie: In about two weeks the golden cord that has bound us will be loosed, our goose will be cooked, our hides will be nailed ujon the White House wall and circus isters will obliterate our portraits from the board fences and barn doors of our beloved country. As running mates we will bo run down. Like Ilumpty Dumpty our fall will be our last, for all of Hill's heelers and all of Tammany's men will not be able to set us up again. Bryan will see to that. Oh. shades of the mighty Buchanan, of which you remind me, you are so diaphanous, whatever induced you to prattle about maladministration in the Philippines? Didn't you know that Teddy was loaded for bear on that issue? The idea of an old judicial bird of wisdom like you gettin' caught repeatin' Dick Olney's joke about the Philippines costin' $070,000,000. Why, an LVst river shad, that don't know enough to hoe its own roe, could have told you that was a lie. Where, in the sacred name of Jimmy Buchauan did you get the notion that it cost us 200,000 lives to get hold of the Philippine incubus? Even Bourke Cockran, who balks at facts like a cab horse at oats because he is so unaccustomed to them, never made such a break as that. Didn't you know we haven't had half that many men in the Philippines since Dewey entered Manila bay? But I'm tired pumpin' sense into a head with a hole in the tnttom large enough to put a No. 10 boot in. I tell you, Alton, if I'm ever nominated for Vice President again it will be without the consent of the governed. It would bave been thousands of votes for the Democrats if you had been attacked with lumpy jaw, or lock jaw or some other insurmountable impediment in speech five minutes after sending your gold brick telegram. Everybody then said, "The sphinx of Esopus" knows when to speak and when to shut his mouth. The next thing we know you put your foot in it over pension order No. 78, and did not know enough to extract it or to swallow it. Next you put your other foot into the same capacious orifice chargin' extravagance in government expenses without thinkin' that if there has been a dollar wasted without Democrats votiu' to make it two, your uncle Gassaway hasn't heard of it. And now, like a quadruped with long ears, you have put both hind feet in with the aforementioned about the cost of the Philippines and the shameful rottenness of American rule there. Why couldn't you stick to railin' alwit the iniquity of povernin without the consent of the governed, and the biessin's of the Constitution to cover the naked freedom of the Filipinos? Didn't you know that the man who attempts to hatch eggs he find in mare'snests Is apt Tr strike somothin more odorous th in an omelette? Tint's what's struck us ever since you addressed the Avon Beach boomers, who ought to wear bloomers. I don't believe there is enough musk in all Rosemount to neutralize the overpowerin effluvia of your carefully prepared remarks. Now, Alton, a long farewell to all our sudden and brief greatness. When, after Nov. 8, that weapon which comes down as still as snowfiakes fall upon the sod, and executes a freeman's will as lightning does the will of Go J excuse my breaking into poetry when I say, that weapon comes down and severs the pipe line that binds ine to you. d nt forget that Truth crushed to earth will rise again but when it does you won't be there. And should we be snowed under deeper than Horace Greeley, let us remember that there is nothin' like making a record which will render us immortal every four years. One who is about to die politically salutes you. No more letters, cheques or campaign speeches from Your Uncle, HENRY GASSAWAY.

DEMOCRATIC PROTEST

VIGOROUS DENUNCIATION EX-SECRETARY OLNEY. OF Ilia Attempt to Belittle the Wr with Spain Resented and Ilia Immediate Withdrawal from the Speaking Cam paiitn Demanded. The New York American, one of William R. Hearst's newspapers, in its issue of Oct. 15th. tbus criticised a speech delivered by ex-Secretary Oluey: "Take Olney off the stump. Democrats of his type make no votes fr the party. Last night, iu his speech at Cooper Union, the former Attorney-Gen eral aud later Secretary of State under i resilient Uieveami nereu a enaracteristie keynote"In his argument against imperialism he spoke of 'our needless scrimmage with Spain over Cuba,' and subsequently referred to th:it development of jingoism aud militarism which brought on the scrap with Sn.iin.' "That is a keynote to which "fle country will not respond in the way expected by Mr. Ohipy. It is not Americanism and certainly it is not democracy. "Tin- war fur the liberation of Cu;n had the heart of the people behind It. It was chivalrie. uaselish and gtrioa-. limited and careful gentlemen of the Olney typo found themselves in ipable of rising to the height of the? popular enthusiasm, but, whether in or out of office, they were swept along with the tide of noble sympathy for an oppressed people. History will record that the United States in expelling Spain from the Nw World reached a moral eminence quite unparalleled in the action of nations. "We owed nothing to Spain; her occupancy of Cuba had been a continuous crime, as was her whole career in this hemisphere. We had been patient too li.nrr T1 v . 11 I ""( c i lignum luiaui; suumu u:itc been the signal for her eviction from this side of the globe. The culmination of her atrocities was the blowing up of the Maine, riding at anchor in what was supposed to be a friendly port. "And after that uuexampled outrage Olney speaks of our 'needless war with Spain. "No American who is as broad as his country can look back upon the Spanish war without a thrill of pride. "Mr. Olney speaks for a kind of Democrats who are infinitelv hurtful to th Democratic party. They seem to be without capacity of entering into the feelings of the people, sharing their patriotic ardors, or sympathizing with their national aspirations. He is an able man. no doubt; an excellent lawyer" and means well, but le damages Democracy and the candidacy of Judge Parker when he puts himself forward as a spokesman ac once f 'Little Americanism and the party which is historically that of -expansion. "A great people are not to be cribbed, cabined and confined within the coldblooded and petty limitations of the Olney conception of national duty and destiny. The votes of young men of men of spirit cannot be won by sneers at one of the loftiest deeds in the nation's life. "Democrats, real Democrats, are not to be deprived of their share in the glory of freeing Cuba. It is to be th everlasting honor of the party that through its representatives iu Congress and in the press the 'American fore most in the tight it forced a reluctant administration to declare the war. Had Cleveland been in the White House and Olney iu the Cabinet, we may be quite sure that the heroes of the Maine would have perished in vain and Cuba continued to be a Spanish shambles at pur door. "The Democracy has no quarrel with any man who took part as soldier or civilian in rescuing Cuba, and it is not to be tolerated that the party should be placed in such a position. Theodore Roosevelt, as one who took part in that brief conflict, has reason as a candidate to congratulate himself upon Mr. Olney's presence on the stump. Judge Parker and his managers ought to lose no time in revising the list of campaign speakers and eliminating from it the OIneys, the Cleveland aud all other discredited, plutocratic, narrow-minded and hard-hearted Democrats, so called, who are responsible for the apathy among the people of which complaint is made a: Democratic headquarters. - "How can the workingmen. for example, be expected to grow enthusiastic in a canvass which numbers among it conspicuous orators the Attorney-General who discovered the sacredness of a Pullman cur Hint n Ir.iJati l.rv troops into Illinois against the protest of her governor for the purpose of crushing a strike? "Olney has spoken for Parker, and it is announced that Cleveland is also to mount the platform. If Judge Parker understands the American public as well as we think he does, he will put his foot down and avert hat crowning calamity. Let real Democrats do the talking from now on." Lawyers Form a (lub. The lawyers of New York City have formed a Roosevelt and Fairbanks Club, whose object is, to show the confidence of the members of the baf in the administration of President Roosevelt, based upon me uucuij, mm euecuveuess with which he has executed and enforced the laws of the United States, and to promote good government by the election of Fairbanks and Itoosevelt. The Hon. Elihu Root is president, Charles II. Sherrill. 30 Broad street. New York City, secretary, and Herbert L. Satterlee, treasurer. "It isa standing order toevery American diplomatic ant c-nnlar officer to protect every American citizen, of whatever faith, from nnjnt molestation! and our officers abroad have beta stringently required to comply with this order. Booevett'i letusr of coeptnc If you are fighting a wily, tricky enemy it is well to watch him closely. Democracy is resorting to every underhand, infamous scheme to gain control of the government. Therefore, let every Republican be on his guard. Go to the polls early on November Sth. and don't fail to vote. VOTE EARLY ON ELECTION DAY. AND SEE THAT YOUR NEIGHBORS, EMPLOYES AND FRIENDS VOTE, T00J