The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-29
HE ANSWERS MR.KNOX
He Shows That Knox Has Not Replied
to His Charge of Trusts Backing the
Administration, Substantiates His
Statements as to Abuses in The
Philippines, Gives the Treasury De-
partment Order for Suppressinq
News.
(By the Associated Press, J

NBy the Associated PfGSS.)
Esopus. n. Y. Oct. 28.-Judge Pal.
ker to-day made hi sfirst prediction
as to the outcome OF the elect IN. In
his speech to delegations composed
largely OF farmers from Orange ana
Cockland counties, N. T.. he interpoi-
lated the following:
Before taking up the subject I wish
to discuss L 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 late
ly but we are growing so rapidly tia.
il our people do their hes: L do be-
lieve victory will be ours
Judge Parker said:
mo more satisfactory evidence OF
the widespread public interest in tnt
attempt to control the lection. b.
moneys of great corporations ana
furnished by the President and his IaIe
Attorney General. Knox. Knox was
hidden to the presence OF the Press
dent for a consultation. About what? :?
About the iniouity of the large con-
tributions? Contributions beina made
by gigantic corporations and trusts :?
Not at all. But rather to devise means
by which the force of the statement
of this commonly accepted fact cOui1
be parried. The outcome was an in
terview by Senator Knox.
"Now this long state me1t of Sepa~
tor Knox has nothing whatever to do
with the question uppermost in tre
public mind.
Shall the creations of government
many of when pursue illegaI Meth
ods--contros our elections-comfroi
them by moneys belonging to Their
ckholders-moneys not given in lne
open, and charged upon the books as
moneys paid for political purposes, but
hidden away by false bookkeeping
This interview was intended to
create a cloud of dust behind which
he hoped to hide the charge he did
not answer, and could not answer.
That charge is that vast sums or
money have been contributed for the
administration by corporations anG
trusts"
Republican MeH Friday.
Judge Parker SAID trust officials
were active in behalf of mis- Oppon-
ent and continued that activity may
perhaps account in no small measure
for the ability of both .he PoDulist
and Socialist parties to prosecute ex-
pensive campaigns-camp that
appear to be prosecuted (argel! In 2IG
Of the Republican party.
THE administration also pats ont a
cablegram from Governor Wright of
tie Philippines Commission in reply
TO some questions made by me in a
speech delivered on the 18th lay of
October. The words quoted were the
careful utterances of q man who has
spent four months in the Philippine
studying the conditions there. He is
vouched for by Charles Francis Adams,
Carl Schurz, Edwin Burritt Smith,
Herbert Welsch and Moorfield Storey.
I ask YOU and through you the Amer
can people, to examine Governor
Wright's cabegram in connection with
that report and then answer these
questions: Lo you believe the man
thus vouched for by six of the best
citizens in this country? Which is like
lv to be prejuGiced? The man having
no motive but to learn the truth. or the
governor, who may be in some meas
ure respons BILE for unfortunate Con6i-
tionS.
lis the governor representative OF
such a character as to justify an eN-
penditure BY the government Of seven
hundred doIlors 10 cable 81 part OF my
speech to Manila and to receive his rc-
ply by cable? 1t was not government
business. IL was political business.
IF few hundred dollars may be
taken out from the public funds to thus
assist the prosecution of political
campaign, why may not the money in
the treasury be employed for any pur-
pose that will help the campaign?
Pow do we know but il is?
This is one of the evidences c. the
nrogth of Imperialism.
1.-THE head of the government can do
no wrong
"The assault upon his policy i an
assault upon The people. and hence
the peoples money can be legitimateIy
used for his vindicatiOn.
Parl<e:'s Figures Unchallenged.
my speech charging administrative
cxtravagances seems also 10 have crc.
ated some excitement And this time
the administration pushes folwas ID
| Horace A. Taylor. He makes a state
mcnt after a call on the President.
Nov you will observe that he no.
where challenges the figures given by
me. They cannot be questioned. They
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