Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-11-03

'ln order to please few admirers
he parker decided the destiny and i'm
periled the welfare Of several millions OF
people without regard to the facts or con
siderlng the consequences. He accuses
President Roosevelt Of reckless speaking.
hut Roosevelt never made half as reck-
hess speech. Judge Parker demonstrate
ed with his own tongue that he is not 1T
10 exercise the authority aud assume the
responsibilities Of the presidency.
lie is either II demagogue without
conscience or else the victim Of maici-
Gus enemies or foolish advisers The
statements he alters are 50 false and
absurd and ridiculous that he deserves
more pity than blame. For example. he
tells rs that We have wasted over $3.50
OVIO0 OF the peoples money and sacri-
feed over 100000 lives in the Philip.
pines Mr.. Bryan. Mr. Hill and severa,
oth'r gentlemen have asserted that the
Philippines have cost the people Of the
United States $GOJ,W0U0O. Mr.. Olney
put the figure at S1OO,0UO.OOO Judge
Parker splits the difference. 1t would
be interesting to know where he gets his
figures.
Senate in the spring of iDO2 inauirinc
OF the War Department aS to the exact
amount Of money expended for military
purposes In the Philippine Islands from
May l, lS!S, and detailed statement
was then submitted by the Secretary OF
war which fo0ts up $17O,326. 5SG.11.
The principal items are AZ follows:
Qrartermastrr's department ....S7434l sO5
&agi. sNag.s a
HuhSis'eh'e department ...,..... 2l,212,2T2
my department ................ t3.D1G, 2bl
Medical department ......... 3SIS 756
ordinance department ........... iSa Obj
S'shn' service .................. i,S22, IT,
Amexn Ixaggeration.
That brings the accounts down
April 30 1902. Since that date the ey
penditures have probably been SfO,OU
ONO year At the outside hgurcS the
total expenditures of the United State.
government since Admiral Dewey ga
tered the Bay OF Manila VITA his Hee
have been under S.23. 900 OOO. inclndi,e
the S2oOo,OOO paid To Spain un.lsr IN
treaty. and every other oh lrsc, direct O
indirect, that could possibly ha ronStru, >
as connected with the acquisition al,
retention Of the Philippine archipelt ~
civil, naval and military. IL Jula
Parker should add - this total all III.
money that has been spent si,ce May
1923. Tor the support of the army an,'
navy, for the construction of ships, for
t'ncations ana navy yards aud for tn
pay OF the 1le,..' Ia the War aud Nav
departments at Washington. he coula
net Pile M the figures as higa "a he
makes them In h.s speech
Ills assertion that 2oo.O)1 lives have
hecn sacrificed IL even more ahsu.d aud
ssnss tional, and IL would not he true It
every man. soldier. sailor aud civilian
Who has gone tn the Phillrni"r archi
i'elsgo for any reason since My |, 1898
had died aud were hlr'et thare. 1'h ,
total number Of soldiers. regji,trS nnd
volunteers. that have served In the Pail
ippincs at any tins dncs not ~ coed
100000. canno; ge. the exact figures
since the islands were turned over 10
civil authorities. but between Jane b
1885 and July I. ioO2. 4.OiI officers nud
10. iOi enlisted meu were sent to tar
islands. or these 2.lSj officers and
4T,S6T enlisted men were volunteers. aud
I, I.NsS Than t.5OO.
"Os ta>>r the eatirc death list. in.
cndiag those killed in battle, those who
died from w,u a. disease, accidents.
homicide. sTjr'le. drowning aul Nj oth'r
causes was ll0 o.lters aud 4,2Sl enlisted
men,
"The mortality for the year ending
June 80. 1903. was thirteen officers and
45I men, aud for the year ending June
81 1904, il was TWO officers aud seventy
eight men, making the total number OF
deaths in the army in the Philippine
Islands during the six years of American
occupa ton loo officers aud 4.T69 enlisted
men.
1.-The number OF pensions applied for
by soldiers who were engaged in the
Spanish war in Cuba, Porto Rico aud
the Philippines and by the families of
thusc who died in battle or from wuandS
aud disease up 10 date is 6S.la3. THIS
includes men. women and children.
Hence you will perceive that Judge
Parker has either been betrayed ar is
guilty OF gross prev1sieatiou. Which
ever way you look At il everybody viii
agree that snch absurd and reckless
statements do not recommend the man
for President OF the United States,
Too Preposterous TO Deny.
Judge Parker quotes some anony-
nous person who has been giving him
information about conditions in the is
lands, Ii he would name his informant
the public might judge OF the value OF
the statements. but he APPEARS 10 vouch
for them. and may therefore be held re-
sponsible. Some OF them ARE infamous;
some OF them are ridiculous. and some
are too preposterous TO deny. They are
quite as reckless as Judge Psrker's owl
assertions to which | have just referred
II would be difncult for anybody TO
crowd - many falsshoods into the same