The Cairo bulletin., 1904-08-13
COUNTRY'S HOPE
RESTS IN PARKER
Continued from first page.)

the Philippine question, because that
affects the very character of the gov
eminent, and the future of our insti-
tutions. At the same time. | do not
sympathizs with the idea of a rigid or
Interchangeable tariff. The tariff must
change to suit business; business
must not change to suit the tariff.
| That idea must be apparent to a good
many Republicans.
1T is his utterance ON imperialism
and militarsm that Judge Parker
/ strikes note that ought to meet with
a response in every part of the coun
| try. 1t is useless to look to Mr.. Roose.
welt for any leadership in the Philip.
/ pine question. | believe that Judge
! Parker intends to carry out the Demo
cratic policy of Philippine independ-
ence if he is elected; that he favors
the idea of acting forthwith, first by
! an assurance TO the Filipinos, then by
steps to make the assurance good.
! THE Importance of the position TAX
en- by the Democratic party in the S.
! Louis platform and it's Endorsement
! by Judge Parker may be realized in
one example which has been present.
! ed to the country. 1t must be assum-
| ed that Gov. Taft left this country for
| the Philippine Islands as a Rcpubli-
can, recognizing the example of JEFF
| fprCOp and tho doctrine af. fnJSnnn1
ence as worthy of confidence and sup
port. He returned making the state.
ment as the result Of his experiences
N the Philippine Islands where he
had exercised unlimited power over
millions of human beings, that the
Declaration of independence contains
a mass of impossible dogmas and
rhetorical phrases
I'm the pressure of this example
the country may well take heed as to
the educational system that is to go
on in America whine we are attempt.
ing to educate the Philippine Islander
OF the officers of our army. of the of
ficers of our civil service who may be
employed in the Philippines and of |
our army of soldiers, it would be ex.
traordinary if large proportion of
hem did not return with views cor
responding with those expressed by
Gov. Taft. Thus we have created a
large body of reactionaries who have
returned from the Philippine Islands
with the idea that the government I'M
der which they were born and edu.
Gated is based on errors.
''Imperialistic notions thus engen-
gered will give support to the military
projects in which the present admins
tration is engaged Judge Parker
has wisely directed the attention of
the nation in that direction
THE new army BILL prepared under
the direction of Mr.. Root. has trans
ferred to the United States the juris.
diction of the great body of citizen sol
diers who, by the constitution. owe
their first allegiance to the states and
through the states to the national gov.
eminent, with constitutional limita.
tions to the uses to which they can be
put.
The augmentation of the navy Is a
consequence of the possession of the |
Philippine and other islands and the |
granting of independence to the Phil |
ippines would relieve us from the ap-
parent necessity of an increase of the
navy; indeed. il would furnish an DC. 4,
casion for the abandonment of the |
idea hat we are to compete with |
England and Germany in the msgni |
tude Of our navy.
Just look at the facts. The treas |
ury report for the mouth CT July gives |
an aggregate of 100000 .Oo0 charge
able 10 the army and navy The OK
penses for the army and navy last |
year for the same month were S25 |
100000 These expenditures Indicate |
an annual expense for our army and |
navy of $500, 1000. 900. of which II may |
be said with truth one-hslf Is due to |
the acquisition of insular possessions.
Whittier are We going? These ex-
pendi.ures for the army and navy are
a very important part of the immense
increase in the total expenses of the
government. which in the period Of
nay memory have risen from $4,000,
0eo year to s73i 600. 600. the aggre-
gate Of the appropriations made by
for the current fiscal year.
4 recall the fact that in 1923 the
charge was made against the admins
ration of John Quincy Adams that
he expenses Of the government had
exceeded s13.oeo0oo a year Within
he last months. when that fact VAIN,