The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-09-22
The GOLD LEAF.
THURSDAY, SEPT. p, 1904.
Chairman Taggart on Parker's Speet h
of Acceptance.

The indianapolis State Sentinel
Chairman Thomas Taggart 5 paper
contains this review of Judge Par
ker's speech Of acceptance:
Yesterdays Sentinel contained the
full text OF the Democratic nominee s
speech OF acceptance in response to
the official notification Of the con-
yention's action. 1t is complete and
admirable i'll every particular. 1t is
the utterance Of Il man OF the highest
order OF ability and of the highest
order Of conscience The tone Of the
speech is temperate and statesman
like, and there is i'll it a noticeable
firmness throughout. After express
ing his gratitude for the confidence
shown by the delegates after he had
made his position clear on the money
question, he proceeded to a consider
alton OF the platform, which he APP
proved i'll its entirety. The indie
pendence Of the coordinate depart
ments Of the government he holds to
be essential to the preservation OF
our Republic and the dangers OF
usurpation are made plain. The de-
portation by military force OF the
Colorado miners without trial is
severely denounced as an outrage
against the rights OF citizens.
As to the present tariff Judge Par
ker says that it sis Unjust in its oper-
alton. excessive in many of its rates,
and SO framed in particular instances
as to exact inordinate profits from
the people" The Republican party
is severely criticised for the evident
hypocrisy Of its course with respect
TO revisions, and it is Justly asserted
that an Endorsement OF its policies
would merely mean that the tariff
schedules when revised upward and
not downward. As to tariff reduc-
lions Judge Parker is in accord with
the unanimous sentiments of lis
party when he declares that they
should be reasonable and thai they
should be achieved in such manner
as to benefit and not interfere with
any legitimate business and to afford
relief to the people Hebelieves that
il Democratic House Of Reprcsenta-
tives and a Democratic President
should be elected the Republican Sen
ate would be driven by the force of
public opinion to assent 10 needed
changes Judge Parker recognizes
clearly that the trusts have been en-
couraged and stimulated by Excess
slve tariff duties levied for their bene-
fit and that he welfare Of the coun-
try demands that specially favored
combinations and mOnopolies should
be shorn OF their power to Cypress
the people by their exactions.
The Republican Philippine policy
is distinctly disapproved and it is de-
clared that the thought of perma-
nently denying the F'ilipinos the right |
OF self-government is intolerable.
And it is. And tl"n Judge Parker
considered the ''worl1 power ques-
ton and showed that in all proper
ways we have been IL world power for |
more than one hundred years. He
asserted that we are not Il military |
people, bent on conquest, but a peace
loving people. And he protested
against the spirit which has been
leading government officials now
adays to interfere in foreign matters |
III which we can have no concern. At
the conclusion OF his speech Judge
Parker asserted that if elected he
would not be q candidate for and
would not accept a second term. We
believe the people of this country are
convinced by this time that when
This splendid man says a thing he
means it. Taking his speech as a
shoie-we hav" made no pretense of
it fully in this article
md it will make it apparent to the
country that here is the man of the
lOur.