Show DEMOCRATS lS AND n THE SlA STANDARD DAnD OIL Much Interest attaches to tho the declared intention of or ortho tho the Stan Standard ard Oil on company compan to employ the services of or tho National Democratic party part in defeating tho the Republicans next year ear David l P R. R Fran Francis ls of SL St Louis is said to bethe bo be bothe bothe the choice of the tho monster corporation against which tho government has declared that that an outraged law shall bo be enforced enforce f t tIt fIt It Is just possible that t tho ro Stan Standard ar Oil which never did have an any politics Is back of the movement to finance the Democratic party part berg be g- g on a a. panic and throw the no Republicans out ut Q of f tt r r t ti J a dICa that lend color to th that t belief belef One Is the tine fact that Tom Taggart chairman of the Rational Democratic committee commit commit- tee is out after Mr ll Francis as the accredited representative tive lve of those big financial that resent the a administration administration ad ad- ministration e edict lct that shall obey the law Jaw Wo We imagine that the activity of Mr Ir Taggart will not win back to the fold man ninny many Democrats who rejected Ju Judge o Parker In 1904 an and cast their their ballots for Theodore Theodoro Roose Roose- velt welt There has never ne been so fia flu case of or strang- strang 9 C h ling ug representation an and forcin forcing a a. i Uon which delegates delegates dele dele- gates and people did no not want as jE E. jEthe the nc case caso of Ju Judge so Parker But he was name named b by Tas Tai b bIn rt and his frIen friends s sIn In spite of or the party that was asked to vote ote for him David R. R Francis has the tho advantage of being better betler known He was ma mayor or of or St. St Louis an and president enl of or that worlds world's fair enterprise which has been called caned tho the Louisiana Purchase exposition In both positions he fulfilled fulfilled ful ful- filled all expectations He lie is a a. strong character an ana and anda a good citizen If Ie ho shall become tho Ito candidate of or Taggart's Taggarts backers it will bo be the first time he ho has lent himself to a a. bad en enterprise But there thero Is no mo one thing thinE which can be less helpful to Democracy than tho general ion impression that Its Us candidate candIdate candidate candi candI- date is backed backe by the tho Standard ard Oil forces and tho In Indecently indecently In- In decently rich who have havo been n profiting by a n. defiance o of the laws of oC the lie lan land The I people cople of or tine the UnIted States Stales Democrats Democrats Deino- Deino Demo Demo- Included ed stand for obedience to the tine law They know Roo Roosevelt evelt an and the Republican party parly mean to compel compel com eoin- pel an obedience to tho the law They know that the Standard Standard Standard Stand Stand- ard Oil 01 and a a. few other interests are opposed to that thal policy of or Justice and right They know that lint Mr Ir Taggart is exceedingly proficient in iii work for fOl rich offenders And n they will neither indorse his 1118 can candidate nth nth- return column to the party which once before w was betrayed by Its Us naU national chairman It will be easy to defeat even en David Da R. R Fra Francis if ho hoshall hoshall I shall be bo the time candidate ate of or the predatory rich |