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Show ABANDONS K P0RPA8KEK New York Herald Up Pight. I Gives Reasons fop its b! lief That Roosevelt Sm Be Elected. President's Election May Pro-jj 'K; j ing-inlnflgulsofortha flf ' Country, Kh ' President Roosevelt's election ti tJlirtil ceded by tho Now York IUtiM hwKM double-loaded editorial, In lta kr P Tuesday last, .In tho courso ot "In threo wcelcs from toJay th9 will havo to decide who wlU b cholco, Mr. Roosevelt or Judge Fin Iv' "To speak frankly, there dc caVR1. pear to bo room for much unceruhs ' J to their probable decision, it tjlWjirif most a foregono conclusion that fcEk Roosovclt will bo elcctcd-not, rtrtialff'' V becauso tho people lmo conDfleaaiB"' him and In his conception of th p-w'WF dentlal functions, but becauw thSl!f try lo prosperous and thus the rttSslV-for rttSslV-for a chango ls not very pressing, Parker Took Wrong Chutt "Judge Parker must surely realti wlL ho cennot arouse tho American fe0' over tho Philippines or tho Filipino"?, W-good W-good or for evil and with the r'; f?1 of American blood, the Islands hivtV W, acquired, and tho United States aaj mn. don them no more than GermanjS abandon tho annexed provinces oi A!ai W and Lorraine. Not Practical Politics. jl "Such questions do not concern mid politico; they nro of Interest only lit Ik10 bating societies, and the question of Sis, fe( rulo for tho Filipinos has only j 5 retlcal Importance. C3'K "Even Judge Parker would not va ifKttt that tho general levels of Intelligent Jd education, or tho standards ot W- i'1- and enterprise are as high la tho ?S to flrtf pine Islands as they aro In the I'Sl 2rt States. It would bo more practical,!!. fore, and moro beneficial for the p iTptiM concerned, to demand good Americas p Irrrm ernment for tho Filipinos, than toltha . In oratory about their Uieoretlcal rlfiti autonomy und Independence. iieTl Ma; Bo Blessing- in Disgulss. "Ono Is tempted to ask whetler !fe trthr Roosevelt's "lection may not prwii 'fi..-blessing 'fi..-blessing in disguise. The President a? regard his victory as an encounrer TX k to flourish tho 'big stick' more earp- m' Really than ever. This, sooner or lJj''t will involve the United States In fete Cfcdi complications, and thus surely of wk. eyes of the American people to tbi& I?38 gera of Imperialism In a republic. Tb tho flection may turn out to bsaVs- S. Ing In dlserulso for tho causa of coat tlonallsm." aula M- |