Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-18
AWAKES ENTHUSIASM
Mr.. Cannon Delivers Telling
Speeches in West Virginia.
IMMENSE AUDIENCES
CONTROVERSY REPRESENTATIONS
OF DEMOCRATS.
Warns His Auditors Against Having
Their Attention Diverted From
Paramount Issue of Tariff.
Special Prom Stan Correspondent.

special From a Stan Correspondent.
| PARKERSBURG, w Va, October 1s-
! Speaker Cannon last evening addressed I'm
this city one of the largest political meet
| ings that has been held in this state. and
his remarks We're received with great en-
| thusiasm by the people. The meeting was
I held In the Camden Opera House. where
| LOO people were accommodated with
seats
| After discussing the tariff issue as the
| paramount issue of the campaign. he
| warned the people against the danger of
| permitting the democrats to divert their at
tention from this great issue by the dis
cuss.on of the tax law of the state Spelk-
ting of the recent declaration by Judge Par
| ser on the Philippines. MIR. Cannon sad:
Luminaries in Conjunction.
Parker, Bryan and Philippines the
| two great luminar;es of the democratic
party. have at last come into conjunction.
| Judge Parker has accepted Mr.. Bryan's
last paramount issue He favors policy
of scuttle from the Philippines. and Mr..
! Bryan has come to the aid Of Judge Par
| ker's candidacy for President. From the
, methods of bringing these two great demo-
| cratic lumnaries into conjunction I would
| appear that Mr.. Bryan has the greater
| power of attraction and is still the ctator
| if not the leader of the party.
| Judge Parker has by the SOW Process OF
| explanation in three months reached posi-
| ton in perfect harmony with Mr.. Bryan on
| the Philippine question. In his speech of
| acceptance he said that responsibility
| in the Philippines would be best subserved
| by preparing the islanders rapidly as
| possible for sef-government.' He was then
in harmony with the republican platform.
| Mr.. Bryan took him to task. Judge Parker
| now comes out openly for policy of scut-
| tie, and demands that we surrender the
| Philippines. He is with Mr.. Bryan and
| Mr.. Bryan accepts him as an obedient SUBJ
ordinate.
Parker and His Party.
81 have no fault to find with Judge Parker
| in this He admits that he is inconsist-
ent as his party and as ready to employ
! the arts of -eemagogue as was Mr.. Bryan In
4 discussing one of the most serious ques-
| tions before the American people. Mr..
l. BRYAN is responsible for the acquisition of
| the Philippines by treaty, and the present
| democratic leaders followed his direction
| in ratifying the treaty and appropriating
| $200O0.0G0 to carry out the oblig atoms of
that treaty.
1.-The treaty of Paris was ratified by the
| United States Senate February g. 1899.
| That ra atificati required a vote of two
| thirds of the Senate. There were not
| enough republican senators to ratify it.
! Mr.. Bryan went to Washington, not as an
! individual, but the acknowledged DEM
| ocratic leader, and advised and demanded
| that his party followers get into line and
| vote for ratification. Eleven democratic
senators SO voted and made that treaty su-
| preme law.
diS.i inor bod larn ~,
| ator from this state at the time Mr.. Faux
ner was one of those democrats who voted
to ratify the treaty and acquire the Philip
| pines Other democratic senators were
| Gray of Delaware Clay of Georgia, Morgan
| and Pettus of Alabama, McEnery of Louis
| lana, Lindsay of Kentucky and Sullivan of
| Mississippi.
| Democrats Acted on Bryan's Advice.
Had those democratic senators then taken
| the position now held by Judge Parker and
Mr.. Bryan that treaty could not have been
ratified and would have failed. They fol-
| lowed the advice of their leader Mr. Bryan
who had been their candidate for Pres
ident in 1896 and was recognized as their
| only candidate for 1900.
The democrats in the House also followed
| Mr.. Bryan's advice and gave the necessary
votes to appropriate $50, 600, 600 to carry out
| the financial obligation of that treaty. That
| item of appropriation was moved as an
amendment to a general appropriation bill
Il onered the amendment. 1t was new
| legislation under the rules of the House
| and could only be considered by a suspen-
| sion of the rules. which required two-
| thirds vote. The republicans had not the
| necessary two-thirds.
| The democrats came to their assistance
| hfty-four or them, and among them Joseph
| W. Bailey of Texas. Mr.. Cowherd, chair
| man of the democratic congressional COM
| mittee; Mr.. Mcclellan, now democratic
mayor of New York; John Sharpe Williams
| the present democratic leader of the House;
! Mr. Richardson of Tennessee, then demo-
cratic leader of the House. and others Mr.
Wheeler of Kentucky was the one demo-
crat who openly opposed the appropriation
| and warned his own party that II was
| assuming responsibility for the ACQUISITION
of the Philippines, by so voting. He said:
Bryan's Shift of Policy.
"I cannot refrain from expressing a su-
perlative contempt for man who believes
a thing to be wrong, but for the sake of
form will give adherence to IT. And vet
Mr.. Bryan dictated that policy to his par
| ty, and year later reversed 1t for the pur-
pose of attacking President Mckinley. He
has compelled Judge Parker to follow his
| example.
Under the treaty with Spain we acquired
the Philippines. 1t is too late to inquire
1 whether made a mistake or not. In the
! sight of God and man must deal with
| of the republican party that the United
| States should assist and guide them into
competency for self-government. This will
be to our advantage, and like unto a bene-
| diction to them.
ALREADY in municipalities in the Philip
pines wherever they are competent they
have self-government. and legislation was
! enacted providing for the census of the Is
| lands, which has been taken and is ready
| to be published.
Honor Bound in Philippines.
| And within two years from the compile
| tion of said census they are to elect leg
| isIative body to assist in enacting their
own laws. And they already have great
er measure of self-government than had
the Louisiana territory under Thomas JEFF
ferson. and a greater measure of self gov.
ernment than the Florida territory, &C.
quired from Spain. and under James Madi.
son.
I'VE cannot without dishonor turn them
loose until they can care Tor themselvoA