The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-16

3 ' - delegations op;sse.c present issues. his second speecf ~r the campaign since accepting the ,mination for the pres fdency. The delegation number about fifty men,. score representing the Parker Independent Club and others the Avonbeach Regular Democratic Club of Long Island.
 Judge Parker met the delegations on his veranda. where few weeks ago he addressed the Democratic edf- tors and where he had frequently well comed visitors. When Judge Parker stepped from the house he was greet ed with hand clapping. Colonel Charles R. Goldman of Boston and Pro- lessor Henry W. Hardon of New York made extended speeches. Both speakers confined their remarks to the Philippines question and discussion of the attitude of the Republican ad. ministration on that question. Judge Parker replied as follows:
 Colonel Goldman, Professor Hardon and gentlemen.
 T greatly appreciate the compli- ment of your presence and the assur- ance of the support of yourselves and those you represent. i
 Importance of the Issue.
 '"The importance of the issue to which you refer cannot be overestima- ted. It is attracting the attention of the thoughtful. patriotic men all over the country. Permit me to call your attention to the portion of the Demo- cratic platform relating to it:
 "'No government has the right to make one set of laws for those at home and another different set or laws, absolute in their character, for those In the colonies.'
 f1aav A~iaf nanfilA incapable of being governered under American laws. in consonance with the American constitution. the territory of that people ought not to be part ot the American domain. I insist that we ought to do for the Filipinos what we have done already for the Cubans and that it is our duty to make that prom ise now and upon suitable guarantees of protection of citizens of our own and other countries resident there at the time ef our withdrawal, to set the Filipino people on their feet. free and independent, to work out their own destiny. s e
 QuOtes Immortal Declaration. "The declaration of independence, born in the brain of the father of Democracy, says the same thing in ef- feet, for it declares that governments derive their just powers from the con- sent of the governed @ T have before saId that we may not disregard the responsibility im- posed by possession of the Philip pines and that responsibility win be best subserved by preparing the is- flanders ar rapidly as possible for self government and give to them assur- ance that 1t will come as soon as they are reasonably prepared for it. This means the independence for the Philippines in the fullest sense of the word. When prepared they mas govern themselves as the Cubans do. unassisted; unless asking help. undi- rected: unless asking advice, untram- | eled by our politics; unencumbered by our politicians and uncontrolled by | us.
 Secretary Taft has said, "A promise to give ultimate independence will be construed by the more violent ele- ment. disposed to agitation, to be a promise to grant independence in tn . near future and during the present generation. The success of the exper- 1 iment we are making in the Philip pines depends on having the Filipinos understand that we are there for their benefit but that we expected to stay there indefinitely In working out the good we propose to do them
 The Issue Clearly Defined.
 Here we have the issue clearly de- fined. The Republican party stands for the subjugation of defence less foreign peoples. Democracy stands for freedom. We relleveG Spain of this thorn in her flesh. the Philippines-to plunge it into our own. We paid. and are paying. enorm- ously for the privilege of performing the operation. Spain had been trying | Nt.z f-1. l.. ..g.. decades of the sixteenth century. She had never quite succeeded. That is not surprising. Every true American would despise a man who would not fight to the last gasp for the land of his fireslde and the birthplace of his babes. Did not our illustrious ancestors in the revolution do SO? For what does civil ized man revere the memory of Wash ington? Are not the Irish still chafng under the English yoke? Will the Boer sympathiZer refuse his sympathy to the Filipino patriot defending his hearth stone against the Spanish spoiler and | tyrant? Do we not honor every man who has been sacrificed at freedoms | holy altar?
 .When the battleships of our great republic destroyed the Spanish war veS- sels, the Filipinos hoped the freedom for which they had struggled so long was finally approaching. Our history seemed to guarantee that our ambition would be to see them free, happy and prosperous.
 ! we perpetually point with pride to our love of liberty. The Republican nlatform asserts that fifty years ago. the Republican Party came Into exist ence dedicated among other purposes l to inc great task If arresting the ex- tension of human slavery.
 Virtue of the Past.
 "Arresting extensionof human slav- erv Tbat sounds we'll. But 1t speaks of inc virtue of another generation. All the leaders of the Republican Party of that day have passed away. In their place have come very different men. We need not point out that ,,,Sat nrIncipalIy diferentiates them. It readily suggests itseh. But we Will roSer to one of the results of that diff ference. ,S.
 sntard the Republican administra- spa afI 10 She vain oppressoP of the aion p pio,,ered Filipino s20.O0O.00o for .ti. ,,ncertain opti.n on this victims ,Sa ,IIs tenements and hereditaments tT,c attempt to bolster the option we t..a ta ,yasted over $650.000,000 more of .no oeonle's money and sacrificed over sno noo lives And the waste of money I tba sacrifice of lives are not yet J.S anu if the policy of the administra- enu0 . to he continued indefinitely TSa+ nolicy refuses to promise inde- S.,ce for the islanders now or at p.. time. or upon any condition.
 CT. does not even leave open the door
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