The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-09-08
TRUST THEPEOPLE
Judge Parker Says They Can
Be Depended Upon.
To Decide Questions With Unerr-
Ing and Exact Justice.
TALKS TO EDITORS.
Suggest Line OF Duty for Them
in Campaign.
Pays Attention TO Alleged Gov
eminent Extravaganza.
LKS TO EDITORS.

Esopus, N. Y, Sept. S.-Judge Parker.
in his address to the Democrat editors
VINO visited him at his home, spoke as
follows:
| 1t is indeed a great pleasure to well
come to Rosemount this body of rep
resentatives of the great American
press, one of the mightiest forces of the
country in the upbuilding and strength
ening of a sturdy American citizenship.
You have been in conference to the end
| that your work in this campaign may
be as effective as possible. Organized
effort and concerted action must al
ways increase the effectiveness of the
common endeavor of many hands.
The leaders who have made a thor
oughfare through history down which
in all the centuries their fame will
march with giant strides. have all been
men who though unmoved by hasty ex-
preston of the hurried judgment of the
people were yet guided in all their pub
lie acts by the knowledge of what the
deliberate and mature judgment of the
people would be. So the great papers
are those which anticipate the careful
judgment of the majority. The great
tribunal of the American people may
be implicitly relied on to decide all
questions with unerring and exact jus
tice when all tiee evidence is in and de-
liberation had and those who would
hold place as leaders of the people must
be so thoroughly American, so discreet,
so farsighted, and so sure of the pulse
of the people as to discern the course
public opinion will take. Though the
instant judgment of the people may be
often at fault, the ripe and final decis-
ion is always for the right and the part
of leadership is to know the right, and
to honestly, periodically, fearlesSly and
zealously advocate it. Just as long as
the press can discern and lead the I'M
hurried and we'll considered judgment
of the people, so long will its power
grow nightly. and SO long will it hold
its place in the front rank of the I'M
faltering and vigorous march of ma
tional progress. To the upbuilding of
the power of the press and to the best
use of that power, you have devoted
yourselves. There are questions of great
import to be passed upon by the people
in November, questions that 1T will be
pleasure as well to present honestly
and so clearly that the people will un->
derstand them.
1 shall not take up your time, how
ever, with any reference to the great |
issues upon which our party through |
its platform and candidates confidently |
appeal to the people for endorsement, |
but crave your Indulgence while brief
ly refer to a single feature of the plat |
form of the Republican party.
That platform opens with a declara-
ton of that party's many years OF con-
troll of government, coupled with the
for rule and government which I
has been made even more conspicuous
by the incapacity and infirmity of pur-
pose shown by its opponents.
This challenge to a comparison of
Democratic and Republican admins
-ration since the Republican party came
INTO existence should be welcomed
we have eight recent years
IF Democratic administration of the eX
ecutive department of the government
which we will gladly compare with any
similar period since 1860.
The comparison will show that under
control the administrative
purity of the fathers was observed in
The conduct of the government. that
no one of its departments was permea
ed as of late NAth corruption rivaling
he days of the Star route frauds; that
/ successful effort was made to check
he growth of expenditures; that it re-
suited in each instance in cutting down
he expenses within the control of the
executive department of the govern
nent below that of the preceding adj
The comparison will
show also that each succeeding repub-
lean administration after 1868 increas-
d expenses and in some instances so
greatly as to indicate reckless eXtrava-
,ance and waste of the peoples money.
During Mr.. Cleveland's first term the