Show JUST AND SAFE MAN why the tho boston pilot prefer roosevelt to parker philadelphia press the boston pilot one of the oldest and most influential organs of catholic and irish american opinion in the united states rotates which has been uniformly democratic for sixty year years ia is giving vigorous vigo romi uv and unqualified support to the republican national ticket the pilot seems to be moved mainly by its approval and admiration of Pres president dent public acts in his twenty years of public life it declares that no man can point to a single ingle act of his public or private influenced by prejudice of race or creed or color except prejudice in favor of the poor the oppressed or the despised the change in the party alignment of his influential irish american journal is it Is 1 an instance and evidence of the change which has been going on for twenty years which has divided between two great political p cartiea arties the irish catholic vote which formerly Y was almost solidly democratic the democratic party was well served by the know nothing craze which swept the country for a very brief period fifty years ago thic this drove the foreign born voters the great majority of whom at that time were erlih iri ih catholics into the democratic party because it was opposed to the know notta nothings ings when the organization and ideas of the latter disappeared from the face of or the earth the democratic party retained the advantage kiich it had gained and the new immigrants naturally joined the political org organization ft ionization to which their friends friend and the th C other oth e r members mern bers of their race belonged 41 great many irishmen broke awaa from their old moorings and voted for blaine in and have remained with the republican party ever since these will etc bote otc for or roosevelt evelt this bear and the boston poston ot points out why other irish americans should do the s sime thing the ins iris his bis a race h anc ic flourished nud and grown strong in this country they ha hao hac c improved iii proved condition in dinv was wads th 1 v have gained wealth they hano dim dippl pined ed a j genius genia for politics and ha have found here their opportunity to make the mot of it A ago they were making our oads and doing the rough nud heavy vork ork of the country g immigrants from all the south mi nn I 1 C of cof europe fill the role of day laborers borers In for the most pirt while tho the irish are more likely to be found super intending I 1 the job they have prospered and grown with the sro aro froth th of the coun try and as thea the perceive porco ire that this country has lias been for 0 oer er forty years excepting a very brief interval under under the way wy and dominated by the poll policies als of the republican pirty it is not surprising that intelligent irishmen are joining the under hese rule they the y have profited so greatly there are many ninny good reasons ah irishmen should vote the republican na tiomi tion il ticket the elie pilot however las mot most of its stress on one consideration aich i is thit that the candidate of tho licin part theodore roosevelt is no fair li cither friend no favor r of auy any das clas cla s or creed or race but a just man and a safe one to trust in storm or calas calm 11 |