The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-10-15

| of any other man, than TO say that
where he differs from Roosevelt, as
he does on important questions, Par
ker Is right and Roosevelt IS wrong.
The election of Judge Parker will
remove the race question and the
it. You ask me why l vote for Par
ker, who is a gold Democrat? Be-
cause my love for the Declaration of
Independence and the Constitution of
the United States is greater than my
love for any metal.
Now this Philippine question.
The president says that We would
have anarchy there, and Taft says
We would have chaos there, and they
agree that the condition would be
terrible. and that those people might
divide into factions, and that one
faction might try to kill the other.
case to prevent the killing of the
F'ilipinos by each other! Kill them
first, and then they can not kill each
other That is simple way. And
we have killed more Filipinos on the
pretense that we are trying to keep
them from killing each other than
would have died in their own land
in their own struggles in century.
Four years ago We We're told we must
not discuss this question because IT
we did the Filipinos would keep on
fighting, and we would encourage
them; and now what do they say!
That we must not discuss it now be-
cause they have quit fighting and
might commence it again. When
can We discuss the Philippine .ques-
ton?
~ want to read you something.
You have all been crowded in here to-
night and l know some of you have
been very uncomfortable and | don't
know whether | have been able to
say anything to make you feel re-
warded for coming, and / am so glad
that | can quote something from some
one else that will make you feel re-
paid for the trouble you have gone to.
II have letter here, written by
Luke Wright, Of the Philippine is
lands. 1t was written to President
Roosevelt, and you will find that in
this letter Luke Wright suggests
that he writes for the information
of the president, but the informa-
ton was so good that he president
gave it out for campaign purposes.
And the only question In my mind
is whether Luke Wright thought of it
himself or the president suggested
it to him, lit IS about time for let
ter of that kind. Let me read you
from this letter:
g The fact Of the continued dis
cussion of the capacity of the Fill
pinos for self government is having
its effect here and makes our task
more difficult than it otherwise would
be-
"What is our task? Governing
people without their consent and tax
| ing them without representation
| And the discussion in this country
Of their capacity for self government
is making the task more difficult. But
that it not the best sentence in this
letter. My friends, the next SEN
tence is gem. You may have read
much, but you have never read any
thing else like it. Yau may read
much hereafter, but you will never
read anything like it. Nobody ever
thought of it before. Nobody will
ever think of it again, for God does
not give to a century more than one
man who knows as little as Luke
Wright about the scienle of govern
ment. Let me read you this SEN
tence:
" The less man is equipped with
intelligence and those qualities which
make him fit for good citizenship,
the more easily can he be persuaded
that he s possessed of all these quail
tes.'
Nov let it sift through your
minds, and don't let it get away, for
if you lose it, you may never find its
like again. Think of it. 1t is not
stated as a proposition true Of the
Filipino alone 1t is one of those
general truths, if it is true at all,
applicable to all races, to all lands
and to all ages. And what is the
proposition? That the less man is
equipped with intelligence, and those
qualities which make him fit for