The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-10-08
TAFT REPLIES TO PARKER.
LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE DISSECT-
EDIN SPEECH AT QUINCY, I'LL.
The Mountainous Labor OF the =. &. 4. Has
Produced Mouse, lie Says. and Jusu-
mes Roosevclts Acts--Judges charges
Refuted by Array OF Facts and Figures

QUINCY, Ill, Oct 7.-Secretary of War
Taft spoke at a big Republican mass meet
ing here tonight, and replied at length to
the statements made by Judge Parker IN
his letter of acceptance. His remarks
were heartily applauded.
The possibility Of improper Limitation OF
executive power by Congress Is real. Dut the
danger that the Executive will t usIrp bo dhe
goblin, a creature OF Democratic imaeina-
ton, because the Legislature has aIw ,sSs
ut its command that which Ia England won ION
from the most arbitrary King liberty LOT
the people. the power over the public purse.
Mere inaction by Congress would render re- an,,
respect has the Executive trespassed upon
the Jurisdiction OF the legislature? .,.
Under Judge Parkers influence 90, const udn
sttutional Democratic lawyers to point OUT
tho tremendous, violations Of that ins s'i,l
phs mouse %st' &etRs Judge PrGsr
nor the Constitution Club has been APE 10
Of the United States except the issuance Of
pension 99rdef tn which ns le" o 1ow sna
the precedent set him by President Cleveland
and Presi dent Mckinley. =
Then there is the question OF trusts. in
his speech of acceptance Judge Parker lalu
down the doctrine that there was enough
law on the subject now to exterIninats the
sistance. but that the fault lay IN lack OF
diligence of the Government officials charged
sne esy OF xh thee
and am sure II surprised every lawyer VINO
read it,, that the common law ltself anoruea
4 complete remedy in the absence OF statute
law. The only construction which can be
placed upon the speech OF acGeptantet %, o.
possible FOR FOR the President Of the United
States to direct his law officers to go into
the courts Of the United st9tes and there
by virtue Of the common law, take such
proceedings us would suppress trusts.
THE REGULATION or THE TRUSTS.
Those proceedings must be either OF a
civil or criminal characteri they must be
behalf of the public to restrain those main
tanning trust or monopoly. or they must
ment against such persons to be tried on the
criminal side of the court, To Judge Parker's
dent Roosevelt responded that there was no
common law of the United States. meaning.
necessarily. that for the .purpose for which
.ommon law of the United States, and for
w" viii any lawyer aflirm that a United States
court, IL the Sherman law were repealed.
would sustain an indict ment presented by a
grand jury against number oil people Tor con-
spring to establish monopoly n inter
state ccmmerSe as an on S , aRainst IN, tne
be- e't true ' il the original proposition which
Judge Parker lays down IN his speech OF &C
is true tha Ss t shs oor
put any additional LEGISLATION, effectively
0r Prsss IRe1' ReossEet on the
common law, which would indeed be a broken
esd IN such but gPSn he stature 20
against a. combination Of railroads. whioh.
{ it would have been allowed to stand "a
he Union G" Of ali tie railroads Of the country
inder gigantic trust.
would ha a ordered the brin ring of the North
arn Securities suit or not, The President
nhallenged the Democrats to know whether
that subject, as upon many others of which
he President invites him to discussion. Ia
1iscreetly silent.
OUR DUTY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Judge Parker in his letter Of acceptance
treats of the, Philippinee question only to
s e. His Hs os9a accord With Tie an
ioing for the FiIipinos what we have al
now that we shall take such action as soon
they reasonably PEBepacrefb a for il. oH
,annot be prudently granted to the, Filipinos
4 this time. the promise that 1t shall come con;
will tend to stimulate rather than hinder
their development.
What We should like to know from MUD, JUDI
ire now ready for ,self-eovernment. There
Is the same indefniteDess of statement with
vard to SO many other ISSUES Which he seems
70 meet but In fact dismisscs with an am
bignous and non-eommittal stat e.. tf ,,,-.
sf the Republican party or of those who act
ior It, They state without hesitation that
,eif-sovernment, and that they are not likely
2 bs fitted for a gsn"ratton or more; that nat
1 6s r oa Ms mmt proS
ably be carried out for more than a genera
ion before It is nossibl. to h9pe thst the
sponsibilties which people must exercise
they ATTEMPT to govern themselves JUDGE
Parker a. es ths .he
the Filipino people in such way as to invite
discomfort and discussion In tho PhilippiGees
among the people themselves, and especially
among the demarognes and the ambitious
advent,irers and extremists.
audience that with 90 per cent, Of ignorant.
BY first one leader. and then another Of their
Of the people for Immediate independence
tends to nothing but political agisation; moth
Iii interest int i in aiding the present % Govern
n1,ent. without WHICH there can ben elevation
Of the people at alp
THE PENSION ORDER DEFENDED.
And now ] come to Pension Order No. 7s.
the sole specification In all this ocean Of words
Of furious denunciation. of solemn Jeremiads.
OF portentous announcements. of undenied
THaxims that men should be honest in Office,
that they should be economical that they
should not us,irp the functions Of other officers
or other branches of the Government.
No. 70 OF the unconstitutional administration.
~ an unconstitutional and tyrannical and
imperial President. is dwelt upon at some
length by Judge Parker In his letter Of ac-
oeptance and with more positiveness In re-
spect TO that than in resnect To any other
issue which he touches. The Commisssioncr
of Pensions and the Secretary of the Interior
in the administration Of all pension laws
under the general provisions. act as judges.
The Commissoner Of Pensions hns in his
bureau a board that acts judcialy In this
respect, and they determine whether there
Is present in the case of anv applicant all
those elements which cntitle him to a pension
under the law.
This pension order laid down the rule that
when man reached 62'lt would be presumed
labor had been impaired by one-half. Judge
Parker says that II is not true. The pension
examiners. with their experience. say that
u Is, and we may confidently leave II to
the country to say whether a man at 81 does
not usually, h,ld his ability to earn livelihood
Ivy manual labor impaired one-half.
Now, IT is said that this order took dire city
ont OF the Treasury twelve millions OF dollars
This Is the Characteristic eXaggeration Of a
party having no real arguments upon which to
proceed In the campaign. The amount OF
claims presented under this order does not
involve the Government in an additional ex-
months inter it's PRONUNCIATION. a sum the
smallness of which only serves to conf firm
and vindicate the justice of the order he
cause 10 shows that the Drns,Inptinn which e.