The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-29
If PEOPLE DO THEIR BEST
THEY CAN PUSH THE DEMOCRATIC
TICKET TO VICTORY.

NQullNltSs NEW IOlhs lie Ia
terpolated the following;
Before taking up the subject I
wish to discuss / want to assure you
that if we work hard enough IL we
each do our part, we can win this
fight. ! have not felt like saying so
until lately, but we are growing so
rapidly that if our people do their
best l do believe victory will be ours"
Judge Parker said
mo more satisfactory evidence of
the widespread public interest in the
attempt to win the election by
moneys of great corporations and
trusts need be looked for than that
furnished by the President and his
late Attorney General Knox. Knox was
hidden to the presence of the President
for consultation. About what?
About the iniquity of the large con-
tribution? Contributions being made
by gigantic corporations and trusts?
Not at all. But rather to devise
means by which the force of the state
ment of this commonly accepted fact
GOuiu ne Ddliltus 1 nt OhA'RAiio NeAA' t''t
interview by Senator Knox.
Nothing 10 DO with Question.
"Now. this long statement of Sena-
tor Knox has nothing whatever to do
with the question uppermost in the
public mind.
shall the creations of government
many of which pursue illegal methods
control our eleetions-cOntrol them
by moneys belonging to their stock
holders-moneys not given in the open,
and charged upon the books as mon
eys paid for political purposes, but
hidden away by false bookkeeping
This interview was intended to cre-
ate cloud of dust behind which ne
hoped to hide the charge he dic not
answer, and could not answer. That
charge Is that vast sums of money
have been contributed for the control
of this election in aid of the adminls-
tration by corporations and trusts,
Judge Parker said trust officials We're
active in behalf of his opponent ana
continued: That activity may per-
haps account in no small measure Tor
the ability of both the Populist ana
Socialist parties to prosecute expeh-
sive mpaigns~-campaigns that APP
pear 10 De UIOcNIhtNN ANf SO -
the Republican party.
Those Long Cablegrams.
'"The administration also puts out a
cahlegram from Gov. Wright OF the
Philinuine Commission, in reply TO
some ouotaticns made by me I'm
speech delivered on Oct. Is. The words
quoted were the careful utterances OF
a man who has spent four months I'm
the Philippines studying the conditions
there. He is vouched for by Charles
Francis Adams, Carl Schurz, Edwin
Burritt Smith, Herbert Welsh and
Moorfoeld Story.
Il ask you, and through you the
American people, TO examine Gov
Wright's cablegram in connection with
that report and then answer these
questions: DO yo- believe the man
thus vouched for by six of the best
citizens in this country? Which is
likely to be prejudiced? The man
having no motive but to learn the
truth, or the Governor who may by
some measure be responsible for un-
fortunate conditions?
"Is the Governors report of such
a character as to justify an expendi-
ture by the government of several hun
dred dollars to cable a part OF my
speech to Manila and to receive his re-
ply by cable? II was not government
business. 1t was political business. II
a few hundred dollars may be taken
out of the public funds TO thus assist
the prosecution of a political campaign,
why may not the money in the treas
ury be employed for any purpose that
will help the campaign? How do we
know but IL is?
This is one Of the evidences Of the
growth of Imperialism.
"1'he head of the government can do
no wrong
"An assault upon his policy is an
assault upon the people. and hence the
peoples money can be legitlmately
used for his vindication.
Growth of Public Expenditures.
my speech charging administrative
extravagances seems also to have Gre
ated some excitement. And this time
the administration puts forward Ho-
race A. Taylor He makes a state
ment after a call on the President.
Now, you will observe that he no
where challenges the figures given by
me. They cannot be questioned. They
show that after taking the 10000, 900
paid for the Panama canal and rights,
this government spent si60.000 900 more
last year than Il did seven years ago
under 2 Democratic administration.
The deficit for the present fscal year
TO oct. 25 is over $21. 100000, as against
S1.141.2O4 for identically the same pc
riod last year.
Returning to Acting Secretary Tay-
lors interview II would seem as N
its purpose-if Il had any beyond that
OF creating a mist-was to deny my
assertion that there were 'administra-
tive orders forbidding government
officers from making public any state
ments upon which future apprOpria-
tions are based My answer is that
the Treasury Department issued this
order.
Treasury Department. Office Of
the Secretary. Sept. Z. 1904.
=" The heads OF bureaus and chiefs
OF divisions.
e" Gentlemen. II is requested THAI
no information bearing upon the estl-
mates Of this department for the fis-
cal year ending June 30. 1906 be made
public until the estimates shall have
been approved by the honorable Sec
retary % the Treasury.
BY direction Of the Secretary.
(siRned) wv. II. Hills Chief Clerk
Il have copies Of orders issued To
other departments. which / took the