The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-08
pa pARKHURsT R.oAsTFD.

CFrom the New York Journal
The Rev. DR.. Parkhurst is held in de-
served esteem in this town as an au-
thority on strictly moral questions.
We are not aware, however. that he
has ever devoted any particular at
tention to economic problems. and, in
deed. with the multiplicity of his duties
in connection with local politics. and
the necessity of occasionally giving
more or less time to religious affairs
II would be impossible for him to ma
an opportunfty for such studies as
would make his opinions on the 1ntra-
cacies OF national finance OF any value
Hence the signed statement about
the pending presidential campaign
vv,fcb the enterprise Of the Herald has
procured from him in his cycling and
climbing headquarters on the borders
Of the Lake Of Geneva is thing Of
more curiosity than Importance.
It is a rather curious circumstance
by the way, that the zeal for a Euro
pean financial policy IS hottest among
Americans who spend their summers or
their whole time abroad. 1t would
hardly be worth while for Mr.. Bryan
to make a campaign if he had to de-
pend for his votes upon the American
colonies Of London, Paris. Switzerland
and Monte Carlo. Sympathy for the
workingman whose wages might be re-
duced by free silver runs high in those
resorts.
DR.. Parkhurst, with an implied apol-
ogy for his own deficiencies, remarks
that "a man need not be jurist''-
presumably he means an economist
Gin order to know that value cannot
be created by legislative action" In
deed? The value of real estate in the
city of Washington is about $700.oo0,OOO
The city of Washington was created
bv legislative action. What created the
value there?
Values are the resultant of the forces
Of demand and supply. Demand and
supply come through human agencies,
and Of all human agencies those which
combine the efforts of millions of men
through legislative action are the most
powerful. 1t is peculiarly piquant for
the Republican party to be denying
that legislation can create values when
the sole object of the existence Of the
Republican organization for the past
Ie wears has been the regulation of the
value of every mans goods through a
protective tariff.
DR.. Parkhurst displays a touching
solicitude for the welfare of the De-
mocracy. st am led to believe ear
nestly,'' he observes, Sin the wisdom Of
putting forward a third party candf-
date. It is only by some such means,
apparently, that the continuity of the
Democratic party can be maintained"
In view Of the fact that the distin-
guished moralist is not and never has
been a Democrat. the party ought to
be grateful for this disinterested as
sistance in framing its policy. The De
mocracv has been favored with a good
deal of outside advice this year. all of
it, doubtless, as well meant as Dr. Park
bursts.
It is strange that a man Of Dr.. Park
bursts uncompromising directness
should encourage those Illogical per
sons who would feel themselves stu1-
titled by voting for Mckinley" and yet
who want him to be elected and are
avowedIy working for that end. IF
Mckinley is good enough to work for
he is good enough to vote for A Chris
tan minister ought to rebuke hypoc-
risy. and we should think that the Pc
cuHarly childish sham Of trying to put
q man into the presidency by pretend
ing to oppose him would offer an in
vtting subject for Dr. Parkhurst's bub-
bling invective.
One point in this clerical manifesto
is not a source of unmixed Joy in Re
publican circles. The reverend tour
list remarks:
so both Republicans and Demo
Gratis, as far as meet them over here,
are panied at the lurking disposition
on the part of Mr.. Mckinley to give
prominence to questions of tariff.
Speaking for myself. it is more than
a blunder-it is a crime-to confuse the
situation by mixing any ingredient
with the one supreme issue of national
honor"
- PSASOA WHO IS su14Ly OF crime
is criminal. DR.. Parkhurst does not
seem to have any scruples about sup
porting q man of that sort for the
presidency. but his Characterization of
Mr. McKinley's conduct will hardly
gain wide circulation at the hands of
Mr. Hanna's campaign committee.
REAL MONEY AND CREDIT
MONEY.