The San Francisco call., 1904-09-26
Continued From Page 1, Column 6

Only upon the issues of the Philip
pines and on pensions does he deviate
from his attitude of standing pat" on
Republican policies. Regarding the ISL
ands in the far Pacific he says:
i am in hearty accord with that
plank in our platform that favors do
ing for the Filipinos what we have al
ready done for the Cubans, and l favor
making the promise to them that we
shall take such action as soon as they
are reasonably prepared for it.
Veterans of the Civil War will be es-
pecially interested in his declaration
that, If elected, he will revoke the age
limit order on pensions recently issued
by President Roosevelt. He explains
that he will do this, not because it
was not founded upon right and JUS
tice, but because such order is a usur-
patton Of legislative authority by the
President Once revoked, he promises,
his attention will be devoted to secur-
ing legislation in accord with order,
his theory being that such pensions
should not Of right come from indi-
vidual largess. but from national JUS
tice."
MESSAGE TO THE VOTERS.
The full text Of Parker's letter fol-
lows:
To the Hon. Champ Clark and others. COM
Gentlemen: In my response to your COM
Inittee, at the formal notification proceedings.
/ referred 10 some matters not mentioned in
this letter. I desire that these be considered
as Incorporated herein, and regret that lack of
space prevents specific reference to them all.
l wish here. however, again TO refer to my
views there expressed as 10 the gold standard,
10 declare again my unqualified belief in said
standard. and 10 express my appreciation of
the action of the convention in reply to my
communication upon that subject.
Grave public questions are pressing for de-
cision The Democratic party appeals to the
people with confidence that It's position on
these questions win be accepted and indorsed
at the polls. While the issues involved are
numerous, some stand forth pre-eminent in
the public mind Among those are tariff re-
form, imperialism. economical administration
and honesty in public service. I shall briefly
consider these and some others within the
necessarily prescribed limits OF this letter.
While presented my views at the noti-
ncation proceedings concerning this vital issue
the overshadowing Importance OF the question
inpels me to refer to IL again. The issue is
oftentimes referred to as constitutionalism vs..
imperialism
If we would retain our liberties and consti-
tutional rights unimpaired. we cannot permit
the arrogation Of unconstitutional powers by
the executive branch of Government. We
should be ever mindful Of the words of Web
ster. Liberty is only TO be preserved by
maintaining constitutional restraints and just
divisions Of political powers"
Already the national Government has become
centralized beyond any point contemplated or
imagined by the trainers of the constitution.
How tremendously all this has added to the
power of the President.
II has developed from year to year until It
almost equals that Of many monarchs. While
the growth OF our country and the magnitude
OF interstate interests may seem TO furnish a
plausible reason for the Capitalization of power,
yet these same facts afford the most potent
reason why the executive should not be per
mitted TO encroach upon the other departments
Of the Government and assume legislative or
other powers not expressly conferred by the