The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1904-10-22
UNSURPASSED DOCUMENT.
JUDGE PARKER'S LETTER A NEW DEC.
-LARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Imperialism is Struck the Hardest Blew
1t Ever ReceiVed-..Republican Job.
berry viii Breed a Panic.

Charles M. Brown. a citizen of For
Worth, Texas, sends to the Fort Worth
RECORD the following eloquent com
ment upon Judge Parker's letter Of &C
| ceptance:
Il am nearing the half century line,
tnererore have been reading letters of
acceptance from Presidential eandi-
dates for many years.
Il am frank to admit that only twa
documents ever given to our public
outrivals the letter of acceptance over
the signature of Judge Alton B. Par.
ker. those two being the Declaration of
! Independence and the Constitution of
| the United States. l might add that
there never was document written in
TINS country by any man. dead or liy-
ing, so nearly conforming to our Con.
stitutlon as the one under discussion.
1T is new declaration of indenepd-
ence made by wise. honest. whole
souled statesman for the party of the
people. 1t is firm. outspoken and te
the point, arraigning the Republican
machine before the public bar in IFS
true colors, showing its standard bear
er as usurping his lofty position by as
Stunning prerogatives not allowed by
our Constitution.
1T is not lengthy document but No
word is superfuous: each one count,
with telling effect. There are no sub.
terfuges, no sophistry but straight ont.
shoulder blows for the peonle's rights
under our Constitution.
imperialism is struck the harde.t
blow it ever received in this eonntrv
and if the American people do not
'wakeh 10 the note of warning sound
I'd by our Presidential candidate and
continues the Republicans in mower N
VIII only be matter Of time until we
, ,naii nave one-man government un-
Ter our peoples Constitution. He will
'e called President of the FInita6
states, but in reality viii be the MON
rch of all he surveys
The question now before the neonIa
t this country is, whether we shall
ave Jefersonian or a Hamiftonian
orm of government, for the Renubli-
an party is fast centralizing the gov.
power in one man or allow
u its leader to be the supreme dicta.
'r. regardless of the peoples rights.
Inere never was a time in the his
'ry of our country when this dictator
up mas so openly shown it's cIoyen
'ot The bid by Roosevelt for the q.
RS vote by his famous pension or
n proves this assertion.
AS there can be no change In our
lancial condition, Judge Parker being
revocably gold standard man. it is
gh time the Democrats were in gov
nmental harness. turning the calcium
mt of truth on the last four years OF
spublican office-holding rottenness.
I emphatically say that the fndica-
ms are that the Government Treas
is being daily looted by corrupt
lcdces. and another four years of
publican jobbery will throw this
lntry into the greatest panic ever
own in its history
1t is apparent that every Republi-
1 IN the country who is hidebound fs
allowing Roosevelt bag and bag
se. We must rely on the independ-
vote to sweep us into victory.
Our living expenses, under the ex-
me high tariff, are daily increasing.
trusts are combining to raise the
,e on our necessities and there is NO
e to remedy this great evil under
sophisdcal promises of the party In
yer
Ny countrymen, I tell you that 1904
he year the people of the United
-es should repudiate dictatorship.
tariff. looting the public treasury
machine politics. and I honestly
eve Democratic tidal wave viii
ep over the land next November
viii enguif the Republican party
ry it out Of sight,