The Marshall republican. [volume], June 29, 1900, Image 2

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MARSHALL ' REPUBLICAN.
MARSHALL REPUBLICAN.
Cntcred tit the I'oatolllcc in Murxlmll, Mo., n
xeeonil-elus mutter.
TKUMS: l.00 lKlt YF.AK IN ADVANCE.
PERCY H. VAN DYKE, Editor.
MAKSIIAI.I., MtSSOtfKI, Jl'NK 20, HJOO.
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
NATIONAL.
For I 'resident
WIM.IAM MrKIN'I.F.V.
For Vleo'l'ifKlilcnt
"TF.IIY" ItOOSKVKt.T.
STAT 15.
For (iovernor.
.KlSKIMt Fl.OltV.
For Lieutenant (Sovernor.
K. F. AI.I.KN.
For Hevntnry of Stnte,
V. I.. IMUTF.KFIF.I.I).
For Slntt Trentirer.
V. S. FI.F.MINC.
For Auditor.
V. F. IIIXM'.IIAUM.
For Attorney Cenernl,
S. I. O'FAUJDN.
For Itttilrotiil t'oiimiWxIoner.
t t citoirsK.
CONOKHSStONAI..
For (.'otKjrfux.
I.F.SMF. OltF.AIt.
SKNATOKIAI..
For St rite Senator,
M. T. CHASTAIN.
OUR TEDDY ROOSEVELT.
The fnct that the Republican party lias this
year nominated n great lender ami jxtpttlnr
hero for vice-president, instead of following
an old custom of picking n nominee because
of his barret or in deference to some desired
state, his name would prove influential in car
rying, has been the sou tee of much miscon
struction and false prophecy by the party's
opponents. The enthusiastic following, which
Roosevelt received in the national convention
nnd the unanimity of .sentiment behind him
nsa vice presidential nominee, have been taken
up and pointed to as evidence of weakness
UKn the part of McKinley in the eyes of his
party. Hut every county nnd state conven
tion of the whole country has endorsed the
administration and has demanded the renom
iuation of the tried and proven McKinley.
He was unanimously the choice of his party,
which stands squarely upon his record and
again asks the support of the nation. With no
contest, no opposition, party opinion of one
mind in its desire to retain at the helm this
same trusted McKinley, surely it is no wonder
that all excitement and interest should wane
from this long forgone conclusion and turn to
the contest for the vice-presidential nomina
tion, about which there was no certainty.
Nor is it any less strange, that the mention
of a very prominent statesman, great both in
laurels of peace nnd war, for this honor, should
arouse the enthusiasm of the convention, car
rying from what seemed formidable men, the
very states Um)ii which they trusted for sup
port. All went down before the hero of San
Juan, just as breezes become lost in a gale.
As an idol of the masses, he leeni::e the spon
taneous choice of the delegates; ns n repre
sentative of no section, but ns a broad minded
American, he became (he favorite of both
Hast nnd West. Under such conditions, and
with military glory attached to his unuie ns n
hero of the Spanish-Ameticnu war, honor and
credit bestowed upon him as the able, consci
enciotis nnd fearless executive of a great state,
who dared raise his hand against corporations
and protect the interests of the people, Roose
velt's tremendous popularity, contrary to his
expressed wishes, nominated him for vice
president by acclamation.
Hut the enemies ol Roosevelt rejoice to see
him shelved in the vice presidency, as they
term it. While this office has been considered
n jwilitical coffin, the facts which make it so, are
not present in this instance. The nominee
wns not chosen because of his barrel, or that
he hailed from New York, but for better rea
sons, found in the man Roosevelt. Teddy is
not a "dead one." The Republican party has
better things in store for this loyal New York
son than the vice-presidency. It, is left for
It i it to shatter the false theory thnt a vice
piesiilent mny not succeed to the presidency.
TROTECTION OF AMERICANS.
The opposition in opposing the president's
course in China at this crisis, is wading into
very deep witter. The olicy ol picking at
and trying to undermine every move of the
administration in its foreign dealings tins In
come such n constant habit, that the course
of opposition is a natural one.
Hut Americans, regardless of party ties,
have only one view ns to the government's
duty to its citieus in a foreign country. We
I elicve and declare it to be, the protection of
their lives nnd procrty, first in demands
upon that government in whose boundaries
they reside, nnd if not accomplished thus, by
assuring them the protection of our own nrms.
This country has clearly avoided nny foreign
alliance, except in so much ns was necessary
to co-operate with other powers in the protec
tion of all foreigners. Russian influence has
not been discriminated against in favor of
Hritish, and our national dignity has been
preserved, by maintenance of the rights of
our citizens and a position df neutrality as re
gards any Kuropeau dissensions.
Some of Missouri's newspaiers have at
tempted to justify the election of l'helps on
the grounds that the Republicans do such
things at every election. Such argument
emanates from a half Republican brain,
Index.
Hardly, don't disclaim your Brother Pln-lps,
the Handy Man, after honoring him as a dele
gate at large. The Democratic party has a
fee simple title to Phelps and he in turn has
a No. i claim on the Democratic party of Mis
souri. Why don't the Marshall papers, if they
really place credence in their own prophecies
of Hryan's election, make the offer of the Sal
isbury Democrat to send their paper for one
year for $1.00 payable when Hrynn is elected.
It is :i sure thing that they could add to their
subscription books, the names ol all Rcpubl
cans and a large number of Democrats, who
would be willing to run n slight risk of this
chn meter.
l'helps wns not lacking in Saline county
supMrt, five of whose votes were cast for
him. This county's further lndor.-.cnient of
l'helps and his party may be expected this
November, but not by all its voers. The
majority party has become too open in its fos
tering of corporate interests nnd honoring of
professional lobbyists to reckon either upon n
full or enthusiastic party vote.
Illinois Democracy gave 16 to 1 n set back,
from which it can only recover by Mr. Bry
an's personal influence exerted umiii the trend
of party opinion. Hut Hryau is faithful in his
advocacy of silver, and tittle doubt remains
but what the Chicago platform position tixn
free silver will ngaiu he reaffirmed ns Demo
cratic doctrine.
Why is it Democracv appears to think that
Hill if nominated for vice-president would
carry New York for Hrynn, when his defeat
for governor of thnt state, the last time he
was before the people, in iSo.j, was one of the
most overwhelming ever accorded by the !
ers of the Ktupirc state?
Alfred Henry Lewis, .editor of the Verdict
of New York, holds out n "will o' the wisp"
hoM. to Hryan's followers in promising New
York to the Nebrasknu, and for this kindness,
n Western ndmiter calls him one of "the
calmest nnd most dispassionate of writers."
Russia recently secured a loan from New
York capitalists, paying 4 percent interest,
but the InmkIs of this government were floated
at nearly half this figure, which does not go to
.strengthen the claims of the anti-expansionists,
who depict our national future ns dark.
Democrati: plipers-iiiallgu Roosevelt
every way imaginable nnd in the next breath
laud him as McKiuley's stipiior and a truly
great partisan. They never show nny dispo
sition to stop and ponder iimii their own in
consistency and fickle reasoning.
The New York Sun says the propir wnv to
get an idea of what the Democratic patty of
Missouri has sunk to, is to recall the fact thnt
Lou Stephens has just received its endorse
ment by being elected a dclegatc-nt-lnrgc to
the national convention.
The Democrats should nominate Towne or
Hill, a silver Republican or gold Democrat,
for vice-president. The party is too small ns
at present constituted to wilfully sacrifice a
leader of good standing in the party for the
nomination.
National conventions are often held in states
nnd cities to influence the election in those
sections. Perhaps Hrynn is to be nominated
in Kansas City, in order that Missouri mny
be numbered among his faithful.
The Kansas City convention should be post
poned, to allow the party time to formulate n
plank, opposing the administration's position
in protecting American citizens in China.