Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-03
A BELATED KEYNOTE
JUDGE ALTON q. PARKER DE-
FAMEs HIS COUkTRYMEN
Quotes Unnamed Authorities and Mis-
represents History In an Attack
Upon the Honor and Honesty of His
Own Nation.

| ~ tudt OF Judge HaFker, the WORDS are
those of the hired anti-impsralist of the
New York World. Abandoning for this
occasion his stand upon the archaic plat
form of Buchanan and a petrihed inter
/ probation of the Constitution, Judge
Parker parrots the imperious views Of
Joseph Pulitzer, demanding the aban-
donment of the Philippines to the forces
Of savagery and reaction from which
American civilization has rescued them.
There can be no doubt that the Oc-
casion for the sounding of this belated
keynote" of a fabby campaign was
deliberately planned and carried out.
Two hitherto unheard-of marching clubs
| led by Colonel Charles r. Goldman,
of Boston. and Henry W. Harden, of
New York. fervent scuttlers both. APP
| peared before the judge on his porch at
Rosemount, and bombarded him with
two extended addresses" on the infamy
OF American rule in the Philippines.
Then Judge Parker unrolled the speech
! that bears internal evidence in every line
of having been written for him, and went
them one better in classifying the record
/ and misrepresenting the benefcent aim
/ OF American control in the islands res
| cued from the oppression of Spain.
| TO justify himself in his attack upon
| the American position in the Philippines,
Judge Parker quoted from an anony-
nous student Of conditions there"
I whose phrases also bear a striking re-
semblance to the balance of the address.
! IN which they were fttingly embalmed.
| This unnamed malignant, in the face Of
| overwhelming testimony to the contrary,
has the effrontery TO say of our officials
there, AT the best they have been in
| efficient; at the worst dishonest, cor
rupt and despotic. The islands seem
I to H. s.. 4. +! = &C.: The very
, drc,s of our people" This would clnssi-
y secretary William H. Taft and his
as>O .iatcs and successors In Manila as
an eng the dresS of our people.
| "ilge Parker further quotes from this
anonymous defamer Of American rule in
the Philippines: Alphabetically. the
c0uItry is for the time ruined Land
is going out of cultivation; the popula-
| ton is lifted and in soma places unable
to get work. The country is over-bur-
dened with taxation, disease is prevalent
the farm animals dead. the towns in
many places in ruins, whole districts in
the hands of ladrones, the price of prod
uclS poor anu UHfemuDefdtlNe.
If this were true or even an approxi-
mately true Indictment of the conditions
existing in the Philippines as the effect
of our occupation, what would be the
verdict of mankind? Would it not be
that the American nation WAS not lit to
govern itself. let alone a semi-ciyilized
and dependent race?
Affect. the Whole People.
In this matter it is impossible to dis
tinguish between the Republican party
and the American people. The former
IL merely the instrument Of the latter
in the Philippines. and if Judge Parker
were elected President in November, it
would not. could not change the char
acter OF the American government in
the Philippines pending the time even
he would allow ''tae islanders to prepa re
themselves for self-government."
during that period does Judge Parker
think that ne could ind. in the ranks
OF Tammany, any men better fitted to
uphold the honor, justice and liberty of
American rule, than the men who have
established peace. order. schools. and
courts Of justice in the islands? The
question suggests its own answer-he
could not, though he were to draft his
own favorite counselors, David h. Hill.
William F. Sheehan, Charles Murphy
and Pat McCarren to assist in the din
cult task.
Upon such absolutely false and malig-
nant premises Judge Parker proceeds to
arr:ign the American administration in
the Philippines in terms which from
the dawn Of history demagogues have
employed in their attacks upon success
full government. Here is a specimen
passage:
But aside from the duty we owe the PHI.
ippines In preparation for the enjoyment Of
the blessed privileges We possess we shou.d
guard carefully against the danger to our
selves Of an imperialism policy. History
teaches that from republicanism to ipper-
isllsm the movement Is gradual and IN
perceived of the people. Its omlnous prog
+, IS. when discovered. leaves open but two
courses submission or resort to violence
We can picture Colonel Goldman
and Mr.. Harden and the serrted ranks
of the Avon Beach Regular Democratic
Club of Long Island" shivering in awe
struck unison over this horrible alterna-
tive conjured out of the miasma of
Joseph Pulitzer's diseased Imagination.
That Judge Parker should clutch at il
as drowning man at straw only
proves the desperation of his campaign.
Not content with citing history to sup
port notOriously false testimony against
his countrymen in the Philippines. he
also inyokes its aid in support of the
generalization that there is no instance
of nation receiving from her colonies
anything like an adequate return for
the blood and treasure spent" Eng
lands National debt" he solemnlv bur
ignorantly averred. was doubled By the
revolt of the thirteen colonies it had cost
80 much u sc'Tge. The American ex-
pansionist. following European argument,
alleges that annexation of the Philip
pines must promote progress. foster com
merce and industry, and introduce the
leaven of civilization into backward
and inferior race. The evidence of his
tory is 10 the contrary"
However such appeals to history NAV
have tickled the ears of the Avon
Beach Regular Democratic Club of Long
Island they must have made Colonel
Goldman and Mr.. Harden vince.
Truth of History.
The evidence of history and of conten-
puraneous coalitions afford incontrovert-
ihle proof that England's greatness to-
day is the direct return for her colouiz-