The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-09-27
UNCLE JOE ON STUMP
SPEAKER SPEAKS ON PARKER's
 PENSION VIEWS.
Appeals to Voters Not to Let Demo- crats in for Fear of Having Their Pensions Cut
 Down.

Hastings, Neb. Sept. 26.-speaker Cannon. accompanied by Congressman Watson and several prominent Nebras- ka Republicans, continued his tour of Nebraska today. His principal speech was made here this afternoon. Speak CT Cannon took up and discussed that part of Judge Parker's letter of accept- ance relating to the Presidents order providing for graduated pension scale.
 Speaker Cannon reviewed the history of the law under which. the order WAS made and the construction placed on if by Presidents Cleveland and McKiniev and continued:
 Now, then, when that order of Roosevelt's Was issued the dickens was to pay, although along the same prin- ciplc and in the same manner formerly issued by Cleveland and Mckinley and they have been raising a row abou, 1t ever since, talking of executive usur- patton. In Parker's first acceptance by speech he complained of the expcn- ditures of the government under Re publican rule and Roosevelt came back at him and said: How are you going to cut down these expenditures? Are you for the repeal of that executive or der relating to the soldiersr
 And Parker now comes back in hts letter of acceptance just issued and says: If am elected President 1 will rescind that order.'
 And then he goes or and says: .rut after l rescind 1t, I will use my infu- ence with Congress to pass a bill giv- ing an age service pension to the sol dier that performed service in the civil war;
 T ask what age. Parker? What age? Will 1t be ,75, 65, 62 years or what? In- definite still, you are, and probably not sincere, but suppose you are elected President. Mir. Parker. and you use the meantime? From 25,o0o to 5o. 900 people will have their pensions taken away while you promise to use your influence to have Congress pass a ser vice pension law without stating the age you propose to recognize7
 Now, ask you, Mir. Parker. If yo1 are elected President, who will control the House of Representatives? Will net two-thirds of the Democrats in that body be made up of members of the South. and are they liberal people with pensions for the Union soldiers?
 Let us read chapter from the his tory of pension legislation as it stands on the statute books today. There are
 
 from time to time. and these bills form the pension code. Who passed them: Democrats for the bills, All; Democrats against the bills. 64s; Republicans for the bills, 1,06s; Republicans against the bills, none. That's how the record upon the measure stands. Is there any hope there for Mir. Parkers infiuence to be effective? He is to take pensions away from thousands of people and only replace them by a promise to use his influence with a party in Congress that has a notorious record against that very thing.
 Let me ask you. have you ever read Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress? Great book, splendid allegory. There was Christian and there was Faintheart. and there was Trueheart and there was Mister Facing both Ways. I say Co you that if Parker had lived then that character in the book would not have been facing both ways. but 1t would have been Parker"