Show ONLY ONE ISSUE lEFT I It I. I theOffice and the I Democrats Will Never Abandon It There is one issue the tire Democrats have Ia e not a and never will abandon abandon the of of- flees With a 1 light heart and an easy conscience they are willing to swallow the gold standard to enter a nolle as to the tiie tariff robbery to construct construct con con- the Panama Canal and to postpone postpone post post- pone independence for tor the Philippines until the Filipinos have donned clothes but the offices these offices these they must have or the last excuse for tor their party's existence exist exist- ence is la tone Editor Pulitzer is writing page upon page of ot open letters in the New York World which prints them because he lie owns it it to prove that Theodore Roosevelt and he alone is ig the issue The paramount p issue s ue of ot this campaign the editor writes addressing himself direct di di- di tact to the President is not as you would have llave it free Cree trade or rn fr Ire oil it but YOU YOURSELF YOURSELF- Theodore Theodore d Roosevelt This Thi issue upon the country by your unusual temperament and talent your talent your own strong able ambitious ambitious am am- resourceful militant passionate personality your versatile and surprising ing lug genius geni If It this were not meant to be alarming alarm alarm- ing it would fittingly describe one j side side ide oC of the personality of the Republican standard bearer worthy of ot being printed printed print print- printed print print- ed in flaming type and posted at every cry cross roads in n the country Add to o it the unquestioned attributes of honesty courage and patriotism and you pave ave the true measure of ot the head o ot of the Republican ticket Mr 1 Pulitzer ca cannot mot find that the po possession session of ot any impulsive and willful traits he ha had bas attributed at at- to the President has bas led him im into hasty arbitrary or iII consid ill considered red acts or Into any policy inimical t to the public welfare or that has not been seen een fully justified by the event t No higher tribute could be paid to the h. h President than the way lay ay in which he has hs been singled out by Mr Pulitzer as t tone one ne engrossing ng sing overshadowing issue I Tt o Now h why does Mr Pulitzer wish iS t P g get et rid of ot a President of such known and a nd approved qualities to make way waye for forthe j r th the e untested and mas master er erol o of ol f Rosemount The answer is plain THE plain THE OFFICES ES M Mr 1 r Pulitzer is a Democrat Democrat-a a trans transplanted transplanted p planted Missouri Democrat He knows th that at the national Democracy is very h hungry and very very thirsty and that it Is w weary eary of ot feeding upon the husks khat f tall fall to the share of ot the opposition party a at t Washington So long as Mr 1 Roosevelt Is in the W White hite House Mr Pulitzer knows that every very e office outside of at the classified s service ervice will go to a Republican provided provid e ed d there is no D Democrat so much better q qualified for tor it that to ignore his claims w would create a national scandal i What Mr Ir Pulitzer and the Democracy w wn want ant is that the only touchstone of ot fitness fitness fit fit- n ness ess for tor federal offices shall be the frayed tray tray- fray fray- e ed d maxim of ot David B. B Hill I am a D Democrat Upon this issue he has no m misgivings as to the firm and irrevocable b ble le convictions of ot the Sphinx of ot Esopus I In n Judge Parkers Parker's eyes the author of the maxim m axim To the victors belong the spoils spols w was as the greatest statesman not excepting excepting except except- ing l ug Boss Tweed New York has ever ever p produced And Mr Ir Pulitzer believes t that hat a 1 Democratic mummy of ot the Marcy s school chool in the White House would not p permit ermit any question of fitness to interfere interfere inter inter- f fere ere between the faithful and the federal fedral fed ted e eral ral pay roll At present the sturdy robust l of Theodore Roosevelt stands b between the Democracy and the om offices s. s I How to remove this stumbling block in inthe inthe t the he path of ot the lean and hungry wanderers wanderers wan wan- d of ot 1800 and is the supreme t the he only issue left to the Democracy If It a national election could be decided e ed d by the voters wanting a job Irrespective Irrespective Irre lyre s of ot their fitness for tor it it the Democracy Democracy De De- under the leadership of Mr Pulitzer would be invincible |