Show THE CAMPAIGN evidence Xvi dence that popular opinion favors republican aa lickess lic tess although elect election lort day Is 13 still tome wedis off it Is 13 not too early to review the progress ot of the canapa campaign ign and tale note of the drift of 0 popular opinion to doubt that the latter is setting strongly 1 in favor of the republican ticket would seem almost to qu quention estloa the capacity of 0 the american people to choose between approved competence in government and od wobbling incompetence conr along every line tin of administrative and legislative policy from the day when the republican convention adjourned after adopting a positive plit form and nominating post live tive candi candill lites tes upon it the republicans have proceeded to org knize their cam palm with the unhesitating confidence la in thein selves and their principles that goes so far to assure success access unlike their adversaries they have had lind no in d 1 I to patch up before tal tak lag ing the field fhe elie republicans have hare simply gone before the american voters on the party a record wh ch Is not a document artfully for campaign purposes but a it scroll of 0 splendid achieve achievements mentz written I 1 11 t the I 1 te to of the rei rel bublic during the past forty four years the scroll stretches from to ION 1904 and covers a period of national development unparalleled in the annals of the world the story of f this development and the promise of its continuance under the lealer leadership ship of a man wh Is the incarnation of li american merican enery energy courage and achievement has constituted the republican appeal to american voters the electia is in vermont arkansas Arkan taa and maine have shown the natural response to an all appeal based on things accomplished complis hed in the meantime the democrats have been trying to find out exactly where they are at alt all efforts to bury the liti hatchet between the gold cold and silver bings of the party have merely resulted in burying it in the heads of the lenders leaders of or the respective factions tt willlam jennings bryan has no more affect affection lon for alton B parker now than he had bad the night when he denounced the nominee oc the floor of the convention the brief enthusiasm created among gold democrats and la in conservative business circles by judge parker parkers f gold standard telegram has entirely subsided as s the conviction has become general that it was wits it brick artfully art fally gilded to corn com mit wit it 8 party to the appearance of repudiating ting free and ua unlimited limited silver the subsequent cub sequent utterances of the democratic candidate have entirely dissipated any favorable impression made by his tele gram and proved him to be a juggler with obscure sad meaningless phrases hi ills proffer of at a comparison of govern mental expend tares under republican and a ad democratic administrations has disclosed that he b was ill informed as to the details of those expenditures and the marvelous national expansion that has come during the past twenty years out but the mot most marked feature of at the democratic campaign has been its in to stability and infirmness of purpose one lua issue after another has been taken up only to be dropped until now it looks as it the party would have to fall back on the tariff and the trusts on both of which issues it has been tried and found wanting in legislative courage and ad effectiveness american voters know that the protective tariff Is not robbery and they hav have more faith in the Amo american rican anil and trust statute than in any curbing of mod ern trusts u ider the old common law the democratic campaign started with david B as its sponsor and boss but recently judge parker sought to re constrict its management going to new ew lork city and holding a number of gumshoe gum shoe shoo conferences at the astor house w th senator german gorman and several tammany leaders it Is reported that he I 1 Z pl placating acaling tammany and ot t senator german gorman will supplant tom I 1 lirhart as the real director of the demo cratic campaign imbat hat nas as the con tor for the th loyal gup sup port per A JM DAny has ban sat t troi acil but it there is one iblas ebli s necessary to the success of the republican publican lle ticket it Is that the democratic candidate shall deserve and get the loyal support of tammany hall viewing the situation broadly never la in the history of campaigns between republicans public ans and democrats were the dis shIng characteristics of the two parties pi so strongly emphes zed as in 10 this one the republicans fac face the problems of the day without flinching flin flinch cling dg from e ther the opportunities or the responsibilities of action they hat have the necessary cont cony etione courage and resources to komove mountains on the other hand the democrats ex tx h bit all their 0 d failings of irre ton t on thee esteal vagaries lack of 0 get set tied convictions and conflicting councils that render them unfit to be entrusted with the control of the government gore at this stage ot of the campaign there eins seems not the slightest reason to doubt that the popular drift Is with the pirty that marches forward rather than that which stands still cr or marl marks time in the footprints the other bat ha left in the path way of national progress the best proof of th tb a Is ja in the fact that the american people are going about their dally daily business without any perplexing doubts as to what will happen in im november |