The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-02

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ker contends that the common law, en-
forced by the Supreme Court of the
United States, by the Court Of Appeals
in New York, and by numerous other
tribunals elsewhere, affords a com
plete legal remedy against monopolies'
This is the exact position repeatedly
taken on the mainland. and especially
in California, by leading men, who III
timate,y deprived the railroads of their
illegal supremacy. 1t is also the exact
position for which the Department of
Justice, inspired by Mr.. Roosevelt has
secured the highest judicial endorses
ment.
Judge Parker attributes the acquisi-
ton of the Philippines to ''the accident
of war;" avows that Eve are not at
liberty to disregard the responsibility
which then came to us" and yindf-
Gates the ultimate right of the Fill
pinos to self-government. Thus he ap-
proves the administration of both Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt The great cap
acity of Mr.. Taft. the present Sec
rotary of War, was impressed for years
into the public service, with the espe-
cial object of developing self-govern-
ment in the Philippine archipelago,
and the policy has been steadily, ener-
getically and successfully pursued No
question of Imperialism, to which
Tndoa Dorlxor ,ru5ar+lxy fai1s ~ .,oee,,
is involved. The government simply
dealt with facts as it found them. Some
of the most astounding fmperialistic
visions in the United States have en-
Many of the bitterest anti-imperialists
are Republicans. The late convention
in Boston, which denounced imperial
istic tendencies, was composed of rep
resentatives of both parties. Neither
Mr.. Mckinley nor Nj. Roosevelt has
ever uttered word or done an act
which even tended in the imperiaIistic
direction.
Judge Parker periodically speaks OF
his country as having been world
power for century, ''the free abode
of prosperous people advanced in the
highest degree in the learning of arts
of civilization, and, while opposed to
a large standing army, in common with
every Republican in the land. unites
with all citizens in demanding "such
armament as may be necessary for the
security of the country This is in
line with the accomplished reduction
of the army and the enlargement OF
the navy, both provided for under Mr.. |
administration.
1t thus appears fairly and clearly, |
that Judge Parker, in accepting the
nomination. practically and fully sus-
and rebuked not only w. j. Bryan, |
with his mass of proletarian support !
ers, but w. R. Hearst, whose special |
" is the advocacy of insubordinate |
abor combinations. More than half |
IF the Democratic voters of the Unit |
I'd States cannot stand by the views of |
heir nominee, either as expressed or |
withheld. The case is one of re- |
spectacle American candidate, not in |
harmony with the platform and posi-
lively inimical to a majority of the |
roters within the political organization |
% which he is nominally attached, |
themselves divided into hostile factions.
Mr. Roosevelt is backed by his own
conduct, in high official station, by an /
United party, and by the moral sense
md business aspirations of his coun-
rymen, apart from politics. His cleo
ion is certainty. 1t is to the credit
If Judge Parker that his own views |
mainly coincide with the Republican |
and will be carried out in the
ature, as they have been in the past,
~ a Republican President.
1t is important for the citizens of
Hawaii to realize the facts as they are
md thai 1t is their interest &c retain
heir Identification with the Republican
'arty.