Courier Democrat., 1904-09-01
JUDGE pARkER's VIEW.
H. state. nj. Position ON the Issues
Of the Campaign.


He states lais Position on the Issues
Of the Campaign.
That Judge Parker Is great lawyer
is certain from his speech of accept
ance. He believes in the law and the
constitution and the full liberty of the
citizen under She law. He believes in
freedom. but not license or laxity. The
fathers of the republic laid down and
the people ratified, of Il free people gov
erning themselves under orderly liber-
ty by law, is the keynote Of Judge Par
ker's speech and runs all through it.
He believes in that old American prin-
ciple of the right of all under the law
to life. liberty and happiness and of a
strict construction Of the powers grant
ed to the legislative. Judiciary and exec
utive branches Of the government. He
is especially severe upon executive
usurpation. and, although he does not
single out any executive as having eX-
ceeded the powers granted. yet he
warns the people that their liberty and
rights may be lost by condoning the
evasion of the law or the constitution
by those in authority. To him tl-sre
is no orderly government without due
process of law for all alike, be they
high. low, rich or poor.
When he comes to treat of the is
sues of the campaign as laid down i'll
the platform he is Of the same mind.
He believes in enforcing the law now
on the statute books or the common
law against the trusts and evidently
considers it sufficient to protect the
citizen from the pillage of those gigan-
tic corporations if strictly enforced
without fear Or favor.
His utterance on the tariff is con-
servative, and while emphasizing the
existence of gross injustice in many of
the schedules he frankly admits that
even with a Democratic president and
house of representatives the Repub-
lican majority in the United States SEN
ate will be an insuperable barrier to
reform. He ventures to hope that Re-
publicans who believe in tariff reform
will aid the Democrats and through the
force of public opinion force an unwill-
ing senate to accept reasonable re-
vision OF the most obnoxious schedules
in spite of the hold that monopolists
have upon so many Of the members.
The strongest and most important
part of his speech is the denunciation
Of militarism and the plea to his coun-
trymen in behalf of ultimate Philip
pine independence.
He points out that the grave constf-
tutional questions that confront us and
the lapse from American tradition of
free people governing colonies and sub
iect peoples are foreign to our form of
government Judge Parker declares
that if elected he will not be Il candi-
date for denomination and gives as his
chief reason for such course that in
deciding the momentotls questions that
might come before him "he should be
unembarrassed by any possible thought
of the influence his decision may have
upon anything whatever that may af-
feet him personally" He concludes by
saying:
1T is simply my judgment that the
interests of this country are now so
vast and the questions presented are
frequently of such overpowering mag
nitude to the people that 1t is indispen-
sable to the maintenance Of a befitting
attitude before the people not only that
the chief magistrate should be indie
pendent, but that that independence
should be known of all men,"
Every voter should carefully read
and ponder upon Judge Parker's
speech and his letter Of acceptance.
which will more fully apprisc his coun-
trymen of his position Oh great issues
that are to be decided at the election in
November.