The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-08-11
Iudoe Parker Speaks.


 ism-the three great evils that afflict the country-Judge Parker in his acceptance speech of yesterday has defined his views beyond mistake or misstatement. He is not a jingo. He does not be- lieve in world meddling, but he does believe the most efficient work we can do "is by the presentation of happy, prosperous, self-governing nation as an ideal to be emulated, a model to be followed" If he be elected, there will be no more kaiser-like fussiness either in the Philippines or among the nations of the world, no display of large ornaments, no posing or grand stand plays. All such work is foreign to judge Parker, who is a plain Ameri- can citizen.
 But he is most explicit when he dis cusses the tariff and it's resultant trusts. He demands tariff reform in no mincing terms. He does not strad- de the issue in any manner whatso- ever. He admits that the senate will be controlled by the republicans four years longer but still he says a demo- cratic house and executive can present reform bill that even Senator Ald- rich would De ashamed to reject. He is optimistic In the extreme.
 He goes on to show that the Dingley tariff by excluding competition en- ables all in the same line of business to form trust monopolies for the pur- pose of exploiting the eighty millions of home folks. This is Dingleyism carried to its logical limits. This Is why a sewing machine, for example, can be shipped to Europe and sold there and shipped back to this country and purchased here, after paying du- ties, cheaper than it can be purchased directly at the factory. Judge Parker says the laws afford an ample remedy against such robbing monopolies, especially the common law; he says, too, that the courts of last resort are still untoucned by Dingleyism, but we lack officials having both the disposi- ton and the courage to enforce exist ing law" Eighty millions of people will be plundered and exploited until they have such officials.
 Perhaps the chief surprise of the speech comes at the end of it, where he quietly but firmly states that nc man should seek or accept a second presidential term, because no Presi' dent should ever have to consider what effect administrative action would have upon his personal for tunes. This blow falls alike upon men of both parties, upon Grover Cleveland as well as upon the Rough Rider. But it is so sound and democratic that 1t must commend itself to all thoughtful voters.
 The democracy of Jefferson and Jackson and 'filden permeates the speech from beginning to end It's tone is judicial. It comes from man who considers well before he acts. While the speech is well written, there is no posing in it. There are no extrav- agant claims in it. It is not bashful. It does not claim for the democracy the earth and the tullness thereof It is clear, plain statement of demo- cratic principles applicable to the pub. lie business before the people. There is not a line in it to which any demo- crat can reasonably object. There is not line in II that those who love the republic as the Fathers founded it will not gladly accept. It is a speech in short that will win the influential among the independent voters. It $ in short a proposition to return to the methods of the happier days of the republic, when jingoism and Dingley' ism and trustism were unknown when there were neither millionaires nor tramps,j and the hand was filled with Lapps and almost untaxed peo. ple-when the cost ot living was with. in the reach of all, and exploiting mo nopolies were unknown.