Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-05
What Parker Might Produce.

As to what Judge Parker might say to-
night he continued:
Judge Parker may produce a check made
out by a so-called trust or combine. to
Chairman Cortelyou of the republican ma
tional committee. And if he does. what
then? Does he expect that it will be taken
as proof that the President the chairman
and the republican party have used biack-
mailing methods in the present campaign!
Has any one in the counsels of the repub-
lican party ever attempted to deny that So
called trusts had made contributions to the
campaign fund? Has any one high in the
democratic party dared to say that the
democratic Golfers have not been replenlSn-
ed in the same way?
II formerly gave Judge Parker credit for
possessing political and business intelli-
gence. After listening to his charges OF
blackmail and corruption, after hearing the
wild statements he has made concerning
the Philippines after considering his dis
ordered and absolutely inaccurate statistics
with regard to treasury matters, and after
reviewing his ridiculous utterances on
hundred other matters. / am inclined to be-
lieve either that neither business nor politl
cal sense is his; or else that in leaving the
bench he left behind whatever element of
judicial spirit and fairness he may have
possessed. and took unto himself the
mantle of the irresponsible party SPELL
binder and the views of ward politician"
Democrats Uneasy.
Leading democrats in this city are very
evidently feeling uneasy over the situation.
They express their belief that Judge Parker
would not have made these charges IL he
had not in his possession some evidence to
produce in just such a contingency as he
now finds himself. They consider it pre-
poSterous that he should have taken upon
himself the burden of fathering such
charges and of repeating them time and
again in way to make an answer absolute
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While they express confidence that he will
be able to defend himself at this critical
moment, there Is plainly visible a fear that
he will not be able to do so. From the be-
ginning of the circulation of the scandalous
charges there has been prevailing belief
among leaders on both sides of the contro-
veTsy that 1t was merely political play in
which Judge Parker was having the better
of 1t because of the silence of Chairman
Cortelyou.
1t is believed by some that in his speech
tonight Judge Parker will claim that his
charge has not been answered by the man
to whom it particularly referred. 1t is ex-
pected he will recall the fact that he stated
that Chairman Cortelyou had made agree
ments with trust magnates providing for
their protection from the operations of THE
bureau OF corporations in exchange for
campaign contributions. His charges i'm
volved the President quite as much as they
did Mr.. Cortelyou, but at the same time
they bore upon the alleged direct acts of
Mr.. COrtelyOu.
Recalling Judge Parker's Letter.
In the view of many republicans and dem
ocrats Judge Parker has injured himself
personally by adopting al the eleventh hour
OF the campaign these charges. They recall
Judge Parkers letter, in which he declared
that he wanted the campaign run on high
grounds of principle and warned the editor
OF the democratic campaign book that he
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sonal integrity of the President was al
lowed to creep into the committees pub
locations. That letter was heralded as the
production of a man of high character. 1t
was looked upon even by republicans as
likely to produce extremely friendly feel
Ing toward the democratic leader on the
part of many people. 1t was regarded as
the right thing to do and as good politics
as well Now they see all the effect of the
letter lost by the making of charges that
are ScandalouS and which they regard as
being made merely for campaign purposes