The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-20
REPLIES TO JUDGE PARKER Ex-Secretary Root On
 Philippines. MEETING IN NEW YORK Higgins and Fairbanks the
 Other Speakers. The Candidate for vice-Prestdent Says His Party Has stood for Those
 Policies which are
 Enduring

W. Fairbanks of Indiana, and Lteuten- ant-Governor Frank W. Higgins, Ke- publican candidate for Governor of New York, addressed a, Republican meeting here In Madison Square tonight. For mer Secretary of War Elihu Root pre- sided. Large delegations of undergrad uates from Yale and Princeton were present and took part in parade l which preceded the meeting. Several l delegations from other cities, includ- ing the Pittsburg Marching Club, of | Pittsburg, attended, and number of | "Fremonters' occupied places on the 1 platform. The audience filled every part of the auditorium. | Mir Root In opening the meeting, spoke chiefly of national issues. He said in part:
 Tt has been a campaign of personal attack but an issue has been protected into the canvass. I see that my friend | Judge Parker says that we have a. bad | government In the Philippines. Tn his recent speech to the anti- | Imperialists Judge Parker says that he has been informed by some one whom he describes as a student of con- diitons.' that the government of the Philippines is very bad. Judge Parker ] has been deceived doubtless by the same anti-imperialist who led him to | overstate the cost of American occu- patton in the Philippines.
 l Judge Parkerss Questions. "The Judge says I ask of the Repub- iiean Party whether if the admtnistra- l tion of the United States should con 1 tinue In it's hands, 1t should undertake to apply any remedy? Will 1t enact for l the Philippines proper statutes regulat- ing their affairs with some view to their l interests?
 Has the Judge ever examined the statutes which have been enacted for the Philippines? There are two print ed volumes of them enacted by the commission. of whom three out of the I seven members other than the Cover T nor. were dtstinGufstsd Fihpinoss an n- acted every one of them after public discussion, reported to Congress. print ed, and they have become public doe uments of the United states.
 q undertake to say that if the Judge will examine those statutes. he will
 find body of law. which, for wisdom,
 for due regard to the interests of any people for whom they are created and
 for constructive ability challenge com
 parison with the statutes of any State of the American Union. The Judge
 asked, Will the Republican party give
 their perishlng shipping relief? Let
 me tell the Judge that their shipping
 
 lief. The shipping of the Philippines
 is carrying on the trade among the isl
 ands as 1t always has carried 1t on,
 carrying 1t on without obstacles. hin-
 drances or interference-
 Philippine Tariff.
 The Judge asks, win 1t give them
 tariff regulations under which they
 can existT Had the Judge examined
 the tariff law which has been enacted l Al
 of September. 1901. enacted after a
 long, open, public hearing by the con
 currence of Filipinos and Americans
 with the unanimous vote of the Filipino
 members of the commission; enacted
 with sole reference to the interests
 of the people; imposing tariff duties
 lower than they had ever had in the
 islands, far lower than the duties inn
 posed by our own tariff here, reported
 to Congress, discussed on the floor of
 both houses, approved by Congress- | without criticism or objection by any Democrat fin either house, except that
 the Democrats sought to force upon
 the Philippines instead of this law and without reference to their needs,
 and for their benefit. the Dingley tariff
 which they abhod and condemn, and
 which was wholly unsuited to the
 trades and conditions of the Philip
 pines.
 ''The Judge asks, Are the Philippines
 today a self-supporting community | Why should not these islands, asserted by all and conceded by all to have l great natural resources. by seif-sup-
 portlng?' Let me tell the Judge that l they are self-supp0rting. The reve- nues far exceed the expenditures in the Philippines"
 | ,I,Ieutenant- Governor Higgins spoke until Senator Fairbanks arrived from Brooklyn. where he had made an ad- l dress. His entrance was the occasion | for hearty applause.
 Senator Fairbanks said in part:
 Commercial growth is not the mere l result of chance; industrial develop | ment is not the fruit of accident. Our l progress is due alone to an adherence to national policies which do not change with the changing seasons. There is no more political party sue cess so important as the triumph of sound national policies Capital must be assured that it may safely plan for | the future. It must feel satisfied that the basis upon which 1t calculates will | not be undermined or disturbed by irri- tational or temporary policies. Party Stands for the Best The Republican party has during It's entire career stood for those policies which have been enduring. It has stood for the best thought with respect to economies and financial policies, knowing full we'll that the highest and best interests of labor and capital are to be promoted by a right adherence to the soundest policies. On the tariff Mir. Fairbanks said:
 "The Republican party stands square, Iy by the protective system. This sys- tenn has vindicated itself It is the basis of our present industrial and commercial development. It is our domestic commerce that has attained a magnitude unprecedented in our his tory. No one can comprehend it's proportion. An assault upon the pro- tective system means to imperiI our industrial department. The Republi- can party is not in favor of revision for the mere sake of change. It Is not in favor of revision along trade lines. Whenever it becomes evident that re- vision is needed in the public interest the Republican party is willing and