The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-11-02
A BELATED KEYNOTE
JUDGE ALTON 3. PARKER DE-
flames HIS COUNTRYMEN
Quotes Unnamed Authorities and Mis-
represents History in an Attack
Upon the Honor aud Honesty of Lis
Own Nation.


those of the hired anti-imperialist of the |
New York World. Abandoning for this /
occasion his stand upon the archaic plat !
form of buchanan and Il petrihed inter !
probation of the Constitution, Judge
Parker parrots the imperious views OF
Joseph Pulitzer. demanding the aban-
donmcnt of tie Philippines to the forces
OF SIva gerry and reaction from which
\ :nerican civilization has rescued them
There can be no doubt that the oc-
ctSon 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 ''Coloner Charles X. Goldman,
Of Boston. and Henry w. Harden, of
New York. fervent Scuttlers both, APP
pcared before the judge on his porch ut
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 disappearing the benehcent 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
whose phrases also bear Il striking re-
semblance to the balance of the address,
in which they were tittingly 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
to have succeeded in getting the very
dregs of our people" This would classi
fy Secretary William ii. Taft and his
associates and successors in Manila as
among the dregs of our people.
Judge Parker further quotes from this
anonymous defamer of American rule in
the Philippines: "Agriculturally, the
country is for the time ruined. Land
is going out of cultivation; the popula-
ton is ill-fed and in some 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
ucts poor and unremunerative."
If this We're a true even an approx
mately true indictment of the conditions
of our occupation. what would be the
verdict of mankind? Would it not be
that the American nation was not fit to
govern itself, let alone semi-civilized
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
is 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
lie would allow 1.-The islanders to prepare
themselves for self-government."
During that period does Judge Parker
think that he could find, 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 Il. Hill,
| William +. Sheehan, Charles Murphy
| and Pat McCarren to assist in the diff
| cult task.
Upon such absolutely false and malig-
nant premises Judge Parker proceeds to
arraign 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 specimen
passage:
But aside from the duty owe the Phil
ippineS in preparation for the enjoyment Of
| guard carefully against the danger to our
selves of an imperialistic policy. History
teaches that from repubicanism to imper-
ialism the movement is gradual and I'M
| perceived of the people Its ominous prog
l ress. when discovered, leaves open but two
| courses-submission or resort to violence.
We can picture "ColOnef' Goldman
and Mr.. Harden and the serried ranks
of the Avon Beach Regular Democratic
Club of Long Island" shiverins in awe
struck unison over this horrible alterna
| tive conjured out of the niasma OF
| Joseph Pulitzers diseased Imagination
! That Judge Parker should clutch at il
| as a drowning man at Il straw only
proves the desperation of his campaign
/ Not content with citing history to sup
| port VIGOROUSLY false testimony against
! his countrymen in the Philippines, he
| also invokes it's aid in support or 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 sOlemnly but
| ignorantly averred, was doubled by the
revolt of the thirteen colonies it had cost
| so much to secure. 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
| heaven of civilization into backward
| and inferior race. The evidence OF his
tory is to the contrary"
However such appeals to history may
| have tickled the ears of the Avon
| Beach Regular Democratic Club of Long