New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-09-09
ONE NAY OF "LEADTNG,"

With the appeals OF his distressed supporters
for leadership which leads still ringing in
his ears, Judge Parker yesterday addressed the
Democratic editors who gathered at Esopus
for inspiration" 1t was a golden opportunity
to improve the advice of The World" THE
Times" and other friendly newspapers ito lead
in the combat OF ideas. in the conflict OF prin-
"ciples" These discouraged councillors have
wearied Of the candidates programme OF silence
and mystihca ton. They want him TO cast loose
from the small politicians who beset him"
and are mismanaging his canvass. They i'm
plore him TO stand forth as "the peoples leader
and teacher. their tribune and advocate and
10 declare and illuminate the real issues IN
which his candidacy rests.
The Judges utteranceS yesterday do not iudt-
cate that he has taken these appeals and exhor-
tations greatly IN heart His address 10 the
editorial pilgrims does not betray much In
spration, energy. promptness and aggressive
impulse" 1t is as evasive. colorless and in
tangible as his acceptance speech. The editors
went 10 Esopus for enlightenment on party
principles and party issues. This was the only
illumination they got from the party's candi-
date and leader:
There are questions Of great import to he
passed upon by the people in November-Gues-
lions that il will be your duty. and therefore. I
sure, your pleasure well, TO present hon.
estly, and so clearly that the people will under
stand them. ] shall not take up your time how
ever. with any reference to the great issues
upon which our party. through its platform and
candidates, confidently appeals for Endorsement.
These great issues were left as indefnabIe
and beclouded as ever. while the nominee en-
gag ed in a dust raising attack a la Henry q.
Davis. on the ''profigaces" of Republican adj
ministration. At the White Sulphur Springs
the venerable candidate for Yice-President had
used this stage thunder 70 cover his avoidance
OF all the real issues of the canvass, and Judge
Parker unbiushingly borrowed it yesterday to
make similar escape. The main argument
put forward by Mr.. Davis rested, as we said
at the time, on a mere trick in bookkeeping
Adopted and Endorsed by Judge Parker it is no
more respectable. II still rests on q transpar-
ent and unworthy trick. Charging the admin
istration Of President Roosevelt with extra va
ganee" in expenditure, the Degenerate nominee
declares with an air Of ingenuouSness
Instead of surplus in the annual receipts of
SSopo0Oo0-which the present Executive found
on assuming control-there Is now a deficit of
S4Z.ooO,0D0
As We have often pointed cut in these col
umns such statement-thougb perhaps tech
nicaly Enthusiastically peryerts the facts.
The natural inference is that Republican OK
uavagancc caused the extraordinary gan DO
tween a. surplus of SS000000O in 90I-'O2 and
a deficit of $42.0000O0 in 1903-'e4 But I'm
lsOl-02 the Treasury was still collecting emer-
gency internal revenue taxes levied during the
war with Spain. by an act passed in Congress
without any Democratic opposition, those taxes
we're RENTED and the governments ordinary
revenues were reduced by about 100000
Though Republican Congress thus lowered
taxes by S60000000, Democratic ''keynoters"
are trying 70 make the country believe that We
are on the same taxation basis as in 1901 'O2
and that tho $60,O000OO RENTED 10 tho neonIe
has been sunk through mere Republican "nrof.
ligacy"
There is now deficit TO be found Of SO
VVo.ooo, says Judge Parker This deficit Is
presumably, for the fiscal year 10000. But
now WAS that deficit created? Simply and
sofely by the cash payment of S50OOnO00 for
the Panama Canal plant and the Panama Canal
strip. Omitting that extraordinary expandi-
ture' the excess of ordinary receipts over ord,-
nary expenditures for 10000 WAS ahout go
""'"o"' is the Panama purchase n be as
sailed as piece of Republican ''nro6iyac,,n7
III II ls- the Democratic candidate is moro +b.r
"elcome to bis issue. If it is not-and no Demo-
cratlc leader has so far dared to sttact +Lo+
purenase-caneor should compel Judge parkar
70 dust bis 'profigaey" figures rbe nar,o'
crane editors who want leader vho I'll,
Ieao could hardly have been pleased IN 4rd
Judge Parker borrowing ana using rnisAt a.,
ures ana shutting feebly along in tho uncer.
tain Footsteps Of the Hon Henry n Doria