The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-26
ExTRAvAGANCE IS OF-
 FICIAL CRIMEv

Aue letter or acceptance or JuuSe AT ton B. Parker is in striking contrast with that of the President. Its state.
 ment of the issues now pressing for decision is fair, lucid. logical and
 forcibie. It Is void Of all misrepresen- | tation. It is free from arrogance. It
 does not presume upon the ignorance of the people of the United States. but | treats them as a body of intelligent voters. who take cognizance of current events. Consequently, 1t assumes that they are reasonably we'll informed of the history of their own country, none of which can be said of the letter of acceptance of the President. Perhaps the most noticeable feature
 of the letter is the great care it mani- fests to make plain the views of its author upon every question in issue, in order that every voter may be fully ad- vised thereof when he casts his ballot
 The letter says that while the issues Involved are numerous, some stand forth pre-eminent in the public mind. Among these are: Tariff Reform. Inn perialism, Economical Administration and Honesty in the Public Service.
 In its discussions of Imperialism, the letter says:
 become centralized beyond any point contemplated or imagined by the found- CTS of the Constitution. How tremen- dously all this has added to the power of the President! It has developed from year to year until it almost equals |. that Of many m0narchs.
 The principle of Imperialism and that of Democracy are pointedly con trasted as follows:
 The issue of Imperialism which has been thrust upon the country involves a decision whether the law of the land or the rule of individual caprice shall govern. The principle of imperialism may give rise to brilliant, startling, flashing results. but the principle of Democracy holds in check the brilliant Executive and subjects him to the so- Der, conservative control of the people.
 An apt and instructive illustration of what is thus portrayed by Judge Parker is found in his letter of acceptance and that of the President. It will be re- membered that Judge Parker in his acceptance speech said "the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. and the courts of last resort in many other States warrant the as- sertion that the common law as devel- oped. affords a complete legal remedy against monopolies." The President, in his letter of acceptance. taking notice of this part of Judge Parker's speech, said:
 There is no common law of the United States. Its rules can be en. forced only by the State courts and of ficers. No Federal Court or officer could take any action whatever under
 To say that action against trusts and monopolies should be limited to tho application of the common law is equiv. alent to saying that the National Gov ernment should take no action what ever to regulate them.
 Now comes Judge Parker in his sober. conservative letter of acceptance, ant, in reply to this individual caprice" vt the President, says:
 I pointed out in my earlier response the remedy which, in my judgment, can effectively be applied against monopo- lies. and the assurance was given that if existing laws, including both statute anu common ldW,. proved contrary to my expectations, favor such further legislation, within constl- tutional limitations, as will best pro- mote and safeguard the interests of all the people.
 Whether there is any common law which can be applied and enforced by the Federal Courts, cannot be deter mined by the President or by a candi. date for the Presidency.
 The determination of this question was left by the people In framing the constitution, to the Judiciary and not to the Executive. The Supreme Court sidered this question. and In the case Of the Western Union Telegraph Go. vs, The Ball Publishing Co.,. to be found m the one hundred and eighty first vol. Court Reports, a page 92. 1t decided that the common law principles could be an piled by United States Courts in cases ahhvonans nhsons interstate Commerce in the cihcallY covering the case Such Is the law of the land.
 Was ever any man so overwhelmed, Judge Parker treats the Tariff. Trusts ana Reciprocity in masterly manner "Tariff reform" he says, "is one of the cardinal principles of Democratic faith and the necessity for it was never greater than at the present time. It should be undertaken at once in the in- terest of all our people" He pillories the Republican majority in the Federal senate for their persistent refusal 10 | ratify the reciprocity treaties in pur- suance of the policy advocated alike by MT. Blaine and MT Mckinley, and ex- | pressly sanctioned in the Dingley Act Itself. He characterizes their refusal | as "a discouraging exhibition of bad | faith"
 The question of reform in govern | mental expenditures is given earnest | and careful consideration. "'There Is not a sentence in the Republican plat form." the letter states, recommend ing reduction in the expenditures of the Government; not a line suggesting that the increase in the cost of the War Department from s34. 900. 900 in 1886 to $115, ,OO0, 900 in 1904 should be inquired into: and not a paragraph call ing for a thorough investigation of those departments of the Government in which dishonesty has been recently. disclosed"
 The letter Is replete with facts and arguments. which should be read by every person interested in wise. eco nomical and honest Government
 
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