Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-08-11
PARKER S SPEECH
N RESPONSE TO THE COMMIT
TEE NOTIFYING HIM OF
HIS NOMINATION,
Questions Now In the Public Mind
Are Dealt With and >ug.ps-
tiOns Relative to tue Same
Impaired Also,

Mr.. Chairman AID Gentlemen of the
Committee: | have resigned he office
OF chief judg" of the court ii appeals
of this stat" in order that | may ac-
Sept the responsibility thai the ,,relt
convention you Frpleseut has pat upon
me. without possible prejudice To the
con- 70 which had the nonor to se-
long, or to the eminent members o..
the Judiciary Of THIS state, of whom
l am justly proud
At the very threshold of this re-
sponse and before dealing with other
subJeets trust, in justice to myself.
and 10 relieve my SENSE Of gratitude.
express my profound appreciation Of
the confidence reposed in me by the
convention After nominating me, and
Subsequently receiving Il eommunica-
tiol, declaring that regarded the gold
standard as firmly and irrevocabiy es
ttbiished matter concerning Wink h
Il iNc-l ~ liIt Ni4iGclIl utbOu me i0 Illti NJ
known my attit udt. SO that here after
no man could justly say that his sup.
port had been secured through indi. {.
reetion Or mistake. The conventions re-
itera ted its determination that should
be- the standard-beitfer OF the party
i'll the present contest. This mark of
trust and confidence shall ever esteem
as the highest hol1er that could be
conferred upon mean honor that.
Whatever may he the fate of the cam
paign the future can IN no degree Less
Ell Or impair.
The admirable platform to which he
party appeals to the country fol *
confideare and support clearly states
the PRINCIPLES which We're so we'll con-
deAseti in III" first Inaugural address Of
Thomas Jefferson. and points out
With force and directness the course
b. be pursued through their proper D.
piieatioa ii, order to insure needed re-
forms IN both l-aisiutiNn and adnillis-
trative departments of the government
While unhesit,tlag il, its promise %
correct ilhlseS and to right wrongs
Wherever they appear, hoWever causef
TO Investigate ti}5 seNzfal administrat-
i've departments af the government the
conduct nf whose oGficials has Gre
ated scandals. mi tp punish thoSt. y y
have been gH;itz- -of 4 breach of thnsr
trust. t" oppose he 2l3atifg af spe-
cia privileges by Which the few may
profit at the expense of the many: to
practice eChtan9H III the expenditure of
the moneys pf The people. and to that
eEd 10 return ONCE more TO he methods
OF the founders of the republic BY OBJ
serving. in discussing the public funds
the ctre and caution u prudent indiVd-
ual observes With respect to his own:
still the spirit of the platform ineures
conservative, instead of rash action;
the protection OF the innocent as we'll
IS the punishment of the guilty: the
announcement of industry. economy
and thrift: The protection of property
and a guarantee of the enforcement
for the benefit OF all of mans inalien-
able rights. among which as said in
the declaration of independence. are
NE. liberty and the pursuit of hap
plness Liberty, as understood in this
country means not only the right of
freedom from actual servitude. imprIs-
onlNent or reSti''int. bat the right OF
Otie t.. use his faculties in all lawful
Ways 10 live and work where he will
and to pursue any lawful trade or bus
mess. These essential right; of life
liberty and property are not only guar
snteed to the citizen by the consti
tution5 OF each Of the several states.
but the states are. by the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution of tha
United States. forbidden to deprive any
person. or any one of them without
due process Of law
Occasionally ny reason of unna,as
sary or inpatient agitation for reforms
or because HE limitations plarnd upon
the departments of government by
the constitution are disrngal1.a by
otfr'alS desiring TO accomplish that
which ~ thnfn. seems good whether
the power exists IN them IN not il be :
comes desira bic to rali attention TO the
fact that the peoll" IN Wiom all pow :
ers resides have srcn fit. through the
medium of The OliS'iturion. TO limit the
governmental powers conferred s}nd t.
say 10 departments created bs' it
Thus fan shall tAoll go AH.l no tar
ther." 10 secure, the ends sought the
peo5,le have by the constitution. sepa .
rated and distributed among tn" ih a.
departments OF government. the exec
utiVe, Legislative ana judicial. certain
powers. and il is the duty Of those adj
ninsterin2 each department 50 Ia aet
as to preserve. rather than to destroy
the potency Of tile GO -t'i1il,a1e brallt hes
Of the government and tluS secure The
exercise of ali the powers conferred by
the people,
Thomas jefferson. in a letter TO VIM
c. Jarvis. touching the perpetHitN "i
our institutions. written many years
after he had retired to private lifa
said.
s.If the three powers Of onr govern
ment maintain their mutual independ
ence Of each other. Il may last long
but not SO if either can assume th@
authority OF the other.
1t must be confessed tnat III ths
course Of our history. executives nav
employed powers not belonging &c
.tot,,Yar have hfpn naSSpG thai