Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-08-18

that it is binding equally on high and
| low, great and small, public official
! and private citizen.
Your long and conspicuous career
as a jurist in one of the highest courts
in the Worid-the period which you
| have spent in expounding constitu-
tions and statutes-causes your coun-
! trymen to believe that into that more
exalted position to which they are
about to call you, you will carry with
! you that profound respect for the con-
stitution and the law which with you
| has become a confirmed mental habit
and upon which depends the perpetuity
! of our system of government To pre-
serve in it's integrity and its full vigOT
this system which was bought with
great price, is the grand mission of the
democratic party whose head you have
, become.
May the nomination find fruition in
election. May the God of our fathers
! guide, protect and bless you both as a
candidate and as the chief magistrate
of the republic"
In response Judge Parker said:
"G have resigned the Office of chief
may accept the responsibility put upon
me.
"If we would have our government
| continue during the ages to come for
the benefit of those who shall succeed
us, we must ever be on our guard
against the danger of usurpatiOn Of
that authority which resides in the
whole people, whether the usurpation
be by officials representing one of the
great departments of government, or
by body of men acting without
| commission from the people.
"In struggle between employers
and employees, dynamite is said to
have been used by the latter. resulting
in the loss of life and the destruction
of property. The perpetrators should,
after due trial and conviction, have
! had meted out to them the most rigor-
GUS punishment known to the law.
This crime, added. perhaps to others,
| led to the formation of a committee of
citizens that, with the support of the
military authority, deports from the
state, without trial, persons suspected
of belonging to the organization Of
which the perpetrators of the dyna-
members. These illustrations present
some evidence of the failure of gov
ernment to protect the citizen and his
property, which not only justified the
action of your convention in this re-
gard, but made it it's duty to call at
tention to the fact that constitutional
guarantees are violated whenever any
citizen is denied the right to labor, to
acquire and to enjoy property, or to
reside where his interests or inclina-
tion may determine; and the fulfill
ment of the assurance to rebuke and
punish all denials of these rights,
should be enforced by every official
and supported by every citizen.
The present tariff law is unjust in
it's operation, excessive in many of it's
rates and so framed in particular in
stances as to exact inordinate profits
from the people. We cannot hope to
secure a majority in the senate during
the next four years, and while we are
unable to give assurances of relief,
we should state our position to be in
favor of a reasonable reduction of the
tariff.
"The combinations, popularly called
stimulated by excessive tariff duties.
What is needed-in addition to the
passing of a statute revising the tariff
duties to a reasonable basis-is offic-
ials having both the disposition and
the courage to enforce existing law"
He urged that the people of the
Philippines should be given their lib
erty and that no law should be made
or enforced which would abridge the
privileges of any citizen or deny equal
protection to all
THE government of the United
States was organized solely for the
people of the United States While it
was contemplated that this country
should become a refuge for the op-
pressed of every land, the government
was not created for a career of politi-
cal or civilizing evangelizatiOn in for
eign countries or among alien races.
Il accept the nomination and if the
action of the convention shall be en-
dorsed by an election by the people, |
will, God helping me, give to the dis
charge of the duties of that exalted Of
flee the best service of which | am
capable and at the end of the term re-
candidate for, nor shall accept a re-
nomination. Several reasons might be
advanced for this position, but the
controlling one with me is that | am
fully persuaded that no incumbent of
that office should ever be placed in a
situation of possible temptation to
consider what the effect of action
taken by him in an administrative
matter of great Importance might
have upon his political fortunes"
AS Judge Parker spoke his closing
words the band struck up the Star
Spangled Banner and from the deck
of the yacht Sapphire in the river be-
low a number of bombs were fired in
salute. These bursting in the air, re-
leased parachutes from which were
suspended the national colors. Later
there were whistle salutes from the
steamer Sycamore and August Bel