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Show tot leer's Spttch cf. AcccpUac Harper's Weekly Unas . that Judge Parker's speed of, acceptance fell like a wet blanket on his party. The dramatic element of his telegram, it seems, had raised expectations too great for Parker either because of force of habit or temperament, to satisfy, and the net rtsult was an unobjectionabh but wholly uninspiring. utterance-It finds further that "the promptness with which Mr. Roosevelt, through his' campaign managers and text-book, seized upon the opportunity to reverse the positions of the two candidates, affords fresh evidence of the alertness of his intellect." In this happy frame of mind the paper once edited by George William Cnr tis reaches these further conclusions: We unhesitatingly record the belief, therefore, that the effect of the two speeches of acceptance has i been a material improvement in Republican prospects. pros-pects. In point of management also the Republi-( Republi-( cans, so far, seem to have distinctly the better of it. Mr. Cortelyou plainly has his organization well in hand, and is moving forward along the entire' line at the head of a substantially united forced On the other hand, so ar as one can judge, there is not intelligent in-telligent or effective direction, of, the Democratic campaign." 't ' |