Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1904-10-20
JUDGE PARKER ON
THE PHILIPPINES
The Democratic Presidential Can
didate Talks to Delegations.
HIS SECOND CAMPAIGN SPEECH
Declares the United States Has Fot Full
fned Its Obligations Assumed When
the Islands Were Wrested
From Spain.

Rosemount, Esopus, N. T., OctoDer
l5.-Judge Parker to-day addressed
two visiting delegations on the politi-
cal issues, making his second speech or
the campaign since accepting the DEM
ocratic nomination for the presidency.
The delegation numbered about l2o
men, a score representing the Parker
independent club and the others the
Avon Beach regular democratic club
of Long Island.
Judge Parker met them on MS YER
anda and was greeted with handicap
ping. Col. Charles B. Goldman, OF Bos-
ton. and Prof. Henry w. Harden, OF
New York, made extended speeches on
the Philippine question.
After quoting the plank in the DEM
ocratic platform on the Philippine
question, Judge Parker said:
Judge Parker's Speech.
The declaration Of independence,
born in the brain of the father OF de-
mocracy, says the same thing in effect,
for it declares that governments de
rive their just powers from the con-
sent of the governed"
have before said that we may not
disregard the responsibility imposed
by possession of the Philippines, and
that the responsibility will be best
subserved by preparing the islanders
as rapidly as possible for s~elf-govern-
ment and giving to them the assur-
ance that it will come as soon as they
are reasonably prepared for it"
This means independence for the
Filipinos in the fullest sense OF the
word. When prepared they may gov
ern themselves, as the Cubans do I'M
assisted, unless asking advice, untram-
meled by our politics, unincumbered
by our politicians and uncontrolled by
us.
Secretary Taft has said "a promise
to give ultimate independence will be
construed by the more violent element,
disposed to agitation, to be a promise
to grant independence in the near flu
ture and during the present generation.
The success of the experiment we are
making in the Philippines 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"
Here we have the issue clearly de-
fined. The republican party stands for
| the subjugation of defenseless foreign
peoples. Democracy stands for free
dom. We relieved Spain of this thorn
in her flesh, the Philippines, to plunge
it into our own. We paid, and are pay
ing, enormously for the privilege of
performing the operation. Spain had
been trying to conquer the islands
since the early decades of the sixteenth
century. She had never quite succeed
ed. That is not surprising. Every true
American would despise a man who
would not fight to the last gasp for the
land of his Preside and the
birthplace of his babes. Did not our
illustrious ancestors in the revolution
do so? For what do civilized men re-
we're the memory of Washington? Are
not the Irish still chafing under the
English yoke? Will the Boer sympa-
thizer refuse his sympathy to the Fill
4 Pine patriot defending his hearthstone
against the Spanish spoiler and tyrant?
Do we not honor every man who has
sacrificed at freedoms holy altar?
History's Guarantee.
When the battle ships of our great
republic destroyed the Spanish war
vessels the Filipinos hoped the free
dom for which they had struggled Sc
long was finally approaching. Our his
tory seemed to guarantee that our am
bition would be to see them free, nap
py and prosperous. We p%erpetually
point with pride to our love of liberty
The republican platform asserts that
fifty years ago the republican party
came into existence, dedicated, among
other purposes, to the great task of ar.
resting the extension of human slav-
cry.
Arresting the extension of human
slavery! That sounds well. But i
speaks of the virtue Of another gener
alton. All the leaders of the republican
party of that day have passed away
In their places have come very differ
emit men. We need not point out tina
which principally di%fferentiates them
1t readily suggests itself. But we will
refer to one of the results of that dit
ference.
After our utter defeat of the Span
iards, the republican administration
paid to the vain oppressor Of the un
conquered. Filipino $40, DOC, 900 for thi
uncertain option on this victims lands
tenements and Entertainments. In tn
attempt to bolster the option we hav
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|. peoples money and sacrificed over 200,
900 lives. And the waste of money an
the sacrifice Of lives are not yet ended
if the policy of the administration |
to be continued indefinitely. That poll
cy refuses to promise independence 70
the islanders now or at any time @
upon any condition. 1t does not eve
leave open the door Of hope. The ad
ministration rails at the democrati
proposition TO promise them independ
ence as 500 as they are prepared fo
1t. Indeed, 1t suggests to 80,O00,000 9
: intelligent people that such a promis
would stimulate the vicious to be NOR
vicious, instead Of encouraging the i'm
provement which would secure ther
what thav most dau;ro IN aorth-frne