The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-11-06

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REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York, Nov. SO every person that
the ~reception-room Of the Kings County
Club. in Brooklyn. would hold tonight,
Judge Parker made answer to President
Roosevelt.
Accompanied by Senator Patrick Nc
Carren and others. he was escorted to
Brooklyn. There were three carriages in
the party. Judge Parker's carriage was
in the lead and in order to have an unim-
peded Journey five mounted policemen
served as an additional escort. The drive
was made at a breakneck pace, consider
ing the congested streets through which
the procession passed. and the club was
reached In t%hirty-fve minutes.
The escort of mounted policemen leo the
crowds to guess that Judge Parker was an
occupant of one of the carriages.
He was loudly cheered on the way to
the club, but no stops were made.
The carriages had to pass through a
rood deal of a throng which surrounded
the club, but several hundred policemen
opened a driveway for the party. Senator
McCarren and Mr.. Metz guided the Judge
and his party to the dining-room, where
dinner was served. Covers were laid Iot
forty-fve persons, the other guests being
members of the Reception Committee and
directors of the club. The courses were
hurried through, and at 9 o'clock the Judge
was escorted to a rostrum in the main re-
c~eption-room of the club.
characterizing the Presidents statement
in effect as a ninth-hour attempt to mis-
lead his countrymen, the Democratic can
didate for President declared that. instead
of a denial Of assertions made by him.
there had only been an attempt to shift
the blame by declaring that there were
Democratic as well as Republican trusts.
Then. halted bv cheering that for two
minutes threatened the safety of the
building, h declared that on this score. at
the outset of the campaign, he had re-
quested the Democratic managers not
to receive, directly or indirectly, n
money from any trust for campaign or
other purposes. concluding with the as
sertion: "And they have informed me that
they have followed my wishes"
Judge Parker reiterated that the trusts
of the country have contributed largely to
continue the present Republican admins
tration, and for this they will demand a
reward from the administration In the re-
lax Of the laws. or the enforcement Of the
laws.
For the first tAne in his speeches, he
frequently mentioned the name Of the
President and George B. Cortelyou, as he
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Labor and Commerce, its appropriation
by Congress, the purposes for which 1t
was formed and finally the connection Of
Mr.. Cortelyou, first with the President
and then with the department and after
wards as the head Of the campaign COM
mittee, to which the trusts had been so
munificent.
The name and the assertions Of Gov
ernor odell were ignored.
Speaking in a small room, Judge Parker
had better command of his voice than at
any other meeting Of the campaign. Dur
ing the twenty-three minutes of his ad-
dress he was by turns judicial. calm. earn
est and sarcastic. The sarcasm was most
noted when, in commenting on the reply
itself, he declared. amid cheers:
ut 1.-THE Presidents statemenO ought to
array every honest man on the side. It
contains no criticism of my assertions. It
is a plea in confession in avoidance"
Continuing. Judge Parker. raising his
eyes from his manuscript, said: "If, when
I had pointed out these things. he had
said: Yes. Parker is right. This is wrong.
I shall stop. I will join hands with him
In doing this then there would not have
been the present emergency. 1t does not
matter. after all, so much what man is
President. so long as the principles are
true. II he had said that. 1t would have
sounded like the Roosevelt we once knew"
At another time Judge Parker became
sarcastic again. It was when he reached
the phrase square deal" He asked:
When the time comes for 1t, what do
you think the trusts will consider a square
dear?"
There were hardly a half dozen sentences
in Judge Psrker's address that he was
not interrupted by cheers or applause, and
at its conclusion round after round Of az
plause followed. until the police began ar
ranging the lines for the reception.
At the outset Of his address, before un-
rolling his manuscript, Judge Parker said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: In Likelihood
this is the last opportunity I shall have to
talk to any considerable number of DEM
Gratis in this campaign.
ut gives me pleasure to say to you to-
night that the outlook is very promising
for Democratic success. Great work has
been done In this campaign. There was
much of it to be done to fix the fences
all over the country. and I am glad to
more harmonious than yer before"
PRESIDENT HAS NOT
MET ISSUE CREATED.
Judge Parkers speech in full follows:
The purpose of my address tonight Is
to cali attention to the fact thai In his be-
lated reply to my speech twelve days ago
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