Show ONLY ONE ISSUE LEFT II 11 it I 1 the aad d the democrat democrats will never ter abandon it there is one isue the democrats have not an nl I 1 never will mill abandons abandon the of cices NN ith a light heart and an easy conscience they are willing to swallow the gold standard to enter a nolle as to the tile tariff robbery to con eon the I 1 anama canal cans and to pot pone independence tor for the philippines until the fi filipinos Filip inoa have donned clothes but tte the offices thene these they most crust hare have or the last excuse for their party a exist exis t ence once is gone editor pulitzer Is writing page upon page ot of open letters in the new ew lork A orld which prints them because he owns ons it to prove that theodore roosevelt Koo sevelt and he be lone alone is the issue the paramount issue of this campaign the ehtor editor rites addressing addres ting himself dl ill to the I 1 resident is i not as a you would ibave it free trade or free silver alver but YOL theodore roosevelt this thin issue In forced upon the th country ly by your unusual temperament and talent your own strong able ambitious resourceful militant pas passionate donate personality your versatile Ter and ing genius if it this fiere vere not meant to be b alarm lag ing it would fittingly describe one fide side of the personality of the republican stand itan standard dard bearer worthy of being print ed in ban naming ring I 1 type ape and posted at every cross roads in the country add A dd to it the unquestioned attributes of honesty courage and patriotism patrio tim and y you hate the tent measure asure of the head of the republican ticket mr ile I 1 ul al tier tzer cannot find that the possession of any of the impulsive and willful traits he bas his at tributes trl tri buted to the president has his led him into hasty arbitrary or ill considered acts gets or into any policy inimical to the public welfare or that has not been fully justified by the event no higher tribute could be paid to the president than the tb way in which he has been singled out by sir pulitzer Pul itier as the th one engrossing sing overshadowing issue of at the campaign now why does mr pulitzer Pul itier wish to t get rid of a president of such kno known w 11 and nd approved qualities to make way for the untested and master mister of rosemount rosemound Rose mount the answer is plain till THE OFFICES mr he pulitzer is a democrat democrats a s trans planted missouri democrat he U krows that th the 0 natio national nal democracy ta Is tory very hungry and very ve ry thirsty and that it Is weary of fee feeding dirig upon the husk husks that fall to the abare of the opposition party at washington ashington IN so long as mr ur roosevelt Is la in the white house mr pulitzer knows that every office our taide of the classified service will go to a provid ed there is no democrat so much better qualified tor for it that to ignore his claims would create a national scandal bat mr pulitzer Pul itier and the democracy want is that the only touchstone of fit at ness for federal offices shall be the fray ed maxim of david B hill 1 I am a democrat upon this issue he has no misgivings as to the firm and Irre Toca ble convictions of the sphinx of esopus in judge I 1 arker a eyes eyes the author of the maxim to the victors belong th the spoils spot I 1 was as the greatest statesman not except ing bosa boss tweed new now lork has hat ever produce i and sir me pulitzer bel ete eyes that a democratic mammy mummy of the marcy school hool in the 11 hite bite house would not permit any question of fitness to inter fere between the faithful and the th fed oral ral pay par roll kt present the sturdy robust of theodore roosevelt rooseve it stands between the democracy and the offices how to remove e this stumbling block la in the path of th the lean st a and hungry wan darers of I 1 asoo and nd is the supreme the only issue left to the democracy it if a national election could be deela ed d by the voters wanting a job irrespective spec tive of their fitness for it the democracy under the leadership 0 of mr me pulitzer would ix be invincible |