St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1904

1 Nov. 1904, "A Real Campaign," p. 10

"When the Democratic candidate for the presidency awoke to j the necessity of impressing upon the country by pen and by tongue the importance of the great issues he represents the people awoke' to a realization of the importance of the issues. When JudgParker grasped the leadership and went on the platform to tell I the country the danger that beset it from Rooseveltism, tariff robbery, and monopoly, ... the campaign took on form and vigor, his leadership rapidly became forceful and aggressive, his I utterances grew in earnestness and effectiveness. Popular apathy vanished. The people realized that a genuine political fight over issues was on and joined in the fight.

"The people are beginning to think; they are getting a true view of Roosevelt and his swashbuckling methods and pretenses."

"New York World Editorial Today: Ready for the Jury," 1 Nov. 1904, p. 10: "This mortgaging of the Presidency for campaign contributions creates an issue that transcends party lines. The Republican and the independent voter f~~l the stain it puts on the national honor Mr. Roosevelt is no worse than most politicians -- merely more audacious and possessed of opportunities which no others have had before him "The use of money in elections has reached one of those climaxes that precede and produce revolt 4 Nov. 1904, "A Muzzled Candidate," p. 12

"When the campaign opened the Republican organs were full of gibes at judge Parker on account of his silence. They depicted him as a muzzled candidate. On the other hand, Mr. Roosevelt has depicted as the soul of candor and open frankness "Who is now the silent man -- the candidate with a muzzle on his mouth?

"Judge Parker is talking vigorously and to the point He is fighting for his cause in the open.

"But Mr. Roosevelt is strangely, unnaturally silent His managers are afraid to let him talk. His silence is a matter of deliberate policy adopted in the hope of convincin~ the people that he is a different man from what they thought he was. The only inference that can be drawn from his silence on the vital questions concerning the Cortelyou scandal is that he has nothing to say-- nothing that will help his bad case.

"Mr. Roosevelt as a silent, muzzled candidate, represents a smashed ideal -- a disfigured idol."

Finley Peter Dunne, "Mr. Dooley Advises the Voters on Casting Their Ballots for Presidential Candiates Next Tuesday," 6 Nov. 1904, 3:1: "A man makes up his mind how he's goin' to vote about the time his father was born an' niver changes it "In th' first place, ye can't make a mistake. Th' issues ar're clearly marked. There ar're none. All th' candydates are fearless, patriotic, conscientious an willin' good fellows, fr'm what they tell me. Th' counthry wud be betther off if anny wan iv thim is ilicted or defeated. Th' counthry wud be better off no matther what happened