The Irish standard., 1904-08-13


three years old but the truth is that
Mr.. Hill did not appoint the man who
won his battle in 1SS5-;l victory that
opened the way to the United States
senate-until he was besought by
powerful delegations of lawyers. If
there is any political debt existing be-
tween Judge Parker and Mr.. Hill on
account of that bygone time. Mr.. Hill.
and not Judge Parker, is the debtor.
1t is Il sign Of Il chivalrous nature that
Judge Parker has never sought to bet
ter his political prospects by calling
attention to the actual facts. He has
been denounced as Mir. Hills creature
for no other reason than that nineteen
years ago, Mr.. Hill named him to fill
IL brief uneNpired judicial term. To
those who know Judge Parker and
have had experience Of his strength
and independence, nothing can be
more ridiculously false than the idea
that Judge Parker is not in every
I sense his own MASTER
1 From the day on which he took his
seat on the supreme court bench up
to the hour when his message to st.
Louis took the moneystandard ques-
| ticn out of American politics, Judge
Parker showed his high conception of
official propriety and his force of char
acter by refusing to discuss political
issues directly or Indirectly. The tenn
perate language of his judicial deci-
sions, the absence of literary preach
ments, political Obter dicta, or self
conscious virtue, are in themselves Il
demonstration Of rare qualities in the
man. A judge, he was content to de-
clare the law, without invading the
work of the executive or legislative de-
partmentS, the schools, or the
churches. For a strong party man, in
the flush of youth and fresh from the
emotions and environments of vic
torious state campaign, these nineteen
years of political silence are evidence
of conscience, self-control, and dignity.
They explain, too, why a man of Judge
Parkers commanding abilities should
he so little known to the politicians.
After serving out Justice West
brooks term, Judge Parker was elect
ed to succeed himself Then came
the disastrous campaign Of 1896, When
Organism and free silver almost de-
..f,
York. In the following year he was
elected chief judge Of the court of
appeals, carrying the state by plur-
alty Of GO,SS9 votes.
That victory, coming on the heels of
Il great party defeat, attracted atten-
ton to Judge Parker as Il man of IN
usual political availability. lie con-
tinued in his policy of silence and
strict abstcntion from politics, but his
name was ever on the lips Of his par
ty. First, the lammany faction pro-
posed him for governor. Then the
Hill faction proposed him for gov
ernur. He refused to declare himself
Il candidate. His attitude then was
like his attitude when the national
convention met at st. Louis. \ jul
dicial officer OF his high rank could
not dccently be a candidate for any
office. Ii his party called him, how
ever, he would answer. And he re- |
manned steadfast in his course until
the nomination at st. Louis drew from
him the telegram in which lie declined
to accept that great honor ut the price
of silence on the money standard uues-
ton.
Judge Parker comes before the
country rs presidential candidate at
time when his characteristic quail
ties are especially needed in the exc
cutive direction of national affairs
A fanatical high-tariff policy, breed
ing domestic monopoies, and encour-
aging national extravaganza, has
brought about high prices, SO that the
increase in the cost of living in the
United States is out Of I'LL proportion
to wages. Even President Mckinley,
in his last public utterance, confessed
the need for a change to the plan of
commercial reciprocity. He died with
a protest against the "stand pat" pol
icy on his lips. Articles made in the |
United States are sold cheaper in for
eign countries than at home. Even
from the original protective-tariff
standpoint, many great Industries
have outgrown protection. The task
to which the Democratic party sets
itself is substantially the elimination
of favoritism in taxation. One mans |
business must not be taxed in order |
that another mans profits may be in
creased. The dropping Of the income
tax idea by the St. Louis convention
clearly proves that the Democratic 4
party contemplates no attack upon the
tariff as means of national revenue.
What man in the country is better
fitted to lead in this movement
against tariff favoritism and its con-
comitant corruption than Judge Par
ker? What man is more likely to in
sist that changes shall be made with
common-sense regard for existing
conditions, however artificially and
,,niuStlv nro1,,ooiS HE oI,o,o o+o,. ond