The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-11-01
PARKER ATTACKS KNOX
Declares Former Attorney General
is Not Up on Common Law.
& FLING Al LUKE WRIGHT

SAYS Governor Of Philippines May Be
Partly Responsible For oepIorable
Conditions There Points to eVi'
dence Of imperialism.
Esopus. y Y. oct 29.-Judge Parker
addressed delegation composed very
largely Of farmers from Orange ana
Rookland counties, n. Y.
Tho delegation arrived at Rosemount
by boat. and marched mp the winding
road 10 Judge Parker's home "here
they were received on the Neranda'
Judge Parker said.
no more satisfactory evidence OF
the widespread public interest IN the
attempt to control the election ~
moneys Of great corporations ana
trusts need be looked for than that
furnished by the president and his late
attorney general. Mr.. Knox Knox was
hidden tO the presence Of the president
for a consultation. About what? About
the iuiQuity of the large contributions
being made by gigantic corporations
and trusts Not az all But rather TO
devise means by which the force Of the
statement of this commonly accepted
fact could be- parried The outcome was
an interview by Senator Knox
Care was taken to preface the inter-
view with the statement that 1t met
the approval OF the president 1t may
be- treated. therefore, as an administra-
tive statement
shall the creations Of government
many Of which pursue Illegal methods
-control our elections-control them
by moneys belonging TO their stock
holders moneys not given in the open,
and charged upon the books as moneys
paid for political purposes. but hidden
away by false boOkkeeping2
Senator Knox has been at some
pains hitherto to prove that. with all
his learning. he does not know all
about the common law IT hardly seems
uossible however that he does not
know the rule that allegations of the
complaint not denied by the answer
are thereby admitted He does not
deny nor could he--that these contri-
buttons were made II he could have
done so. of course. be- would. n he can
do so now. he is invited 20.
This interview was intended TO
create a cloud OF dust behind which
he hoped TO hide the charges he did
not answer and could not answer. That
charge is that vast sums Of money
have been contributed for the control
of this elsc'ion i'm aid Of the admins
t~ation by corporations and trusts.
The administration also puts ont a
cabIcgram from Governor Wright. Of
the Philippine commission. in reply to
some quotations made by me in a
speech delivered on the 18th day OF
October The words quoted were fearful
utteranpc, OF a man who has spent four
months ia the Philippines studying the
conditions there Which is likely TO be
preiudiced2 The man having no motive
but To- learn the truth. or the governor,
who may be. in some measure, re-
sponsible for unfortunate conditions?
is the governors report Of such a
character as to Justify an expenditure
By the government OF several hundred
dollars 10 cable a part OF my speech
to Manila and To receive his reply by
cable? II was not government business;
it was political business. The cable
gram 10 Governor Wright and his reply
were intended to aid the Republican
campaign The message TO him began:
The Democratic candidate for president
on the 18th of the present month in a
public address, said.
"If a 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? How
do we know but it is?
This is one of the evidences Of the
growth Of Imperialism.
THE head of the government can do
no wrong.