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Show DUTY VERSUS AMBITION, H It was no doubt intended by Judge Parker H that the concluding section ol his speech of ac- SH ceptance, wherein he pledges himself if elected M not to be a candidate for a second term would 'H carry great weight With a large portion of our H people who are told that a President would make M a better executive If he were free to carry out H hl3 ideas of administration without being In- 11 fluenced with the desire to secure a renomination Jl and a re-olectlon While Mr Parker made no dl- H rect allusion to the present administration ywt H it was no doubt his intention to carry with his H sentence a reflection upon Mr. Roosevelt H In contradiction to this we need mention but jH one instance to show that Mr. Rosevelt is as free H from any such thought as could be a man who had jH made the distinct pledge made by Judge Parker H and which has been made by other candidates jH for the presidency. It will be recalled that Pres- H ident Roosevelt insisted upon the ratification of H the Cuban treaty at times against the judgment H of a majority of his party. He was told by many H leaders that to insist upon the ratification of H that treaty would mean failure not only for him- jH self but for his party as well in the coming elec- H tion, yet never did he swerve for an instant from H what he believed to bo our duty toward that Isl- jH and and what ho believed was the fulfillment of H the pledge made by his predecessor. He insist- H od for considerably more than a year in havin 'H that treaty ratified and he finally succeeded in H bringing to his views a majority of both the Sen- H ate and tho House of Representatives, many of H whom voted for tho treaty after declaring that it H was against their bettor judgment. This Is but H a single instance during the administration of H President Roosevelt to prove that when once ho H believes that he has a duty to perform nothing H whatever can prevent the carrying out of that de- H sire; neither friends nor enemies can influence H nor turn him in any way from what he consld- H ors the proper course and straight path of duty, S Judge Parker's pronunciation mento then has H fallen flat, and will take place among the forgot S ten minor issues of the campaign. The honest, (HI loyal American voters know that their President H is n man of truth and a man of honor They 9H know that no allurement of continued power, that M no ambition of any kind can turn him from what M seems to him a duty and for tho best good of M his fellow men In general and his fellow country H men in particular That in itself makes him a j safe man in all respects in spite of the ory of the Democrats that ho is loading us to tho very brink H of panic and disaster. :H |
