The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-22
and unconstitutional act Of which any
President had ever been guilty.
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and unconstitutional act Of which any
President had ever been guilty.
JUDGE PAHkER
Judge parker's declaration in his let
ter of acceptance that If elected 10 the
/ Presidency he wUul1 revoke this order
Mr.. Jones declared, although it would
/ lose him in hlI probability many thous
and voter. IL had given 10 the Amer
lean people All insight into his exalted
character and dauntless patriotism
which had elevated him beyond all com.
putatior IN the estimation Of every law
abidlnS citizen who sdmires II courage
ous man and spplauds patriotic action.
the PHILIPPINE Qu EsTIoN.
MIR. JuAes discussed briefly the Philip
pine question He said that DOtwith-
standing contentious Of Vice Presden
tial Candi iate Fairbanks and Secretary
Of War Tait uiJudge Parker \ rtntement
that the government has expended
5000 100000. and that there had been
sacrificed 300 900 lives AZ result Ol our
policy Of Imperialism and colon cation.
he believed tnat the Democratic candi
date for the presidency had not misstated
the case. IL Was impossible 70 do more
than approximate these expenditures
and sacrifices of human life, but the emf
nent statistician Of Boston, MIR. I'd |
ward Atkinson, had given figures which |
demonstrated that we had expended |
more than the sum named by Judge |
Parker. The late lamented Senator |
Hoar. too. in brilliant speech In the L. |
i ra1 hn nd ex
pended more than S6OOOOO,OOO in Fl |
forts to hold the Philippine Islands, and |
no one OF his Republican colleagues had |
denied them then and there. To quote
his statement, it was possible to esti. |
mate the American losses, but what |
mortal man can say even approximately |
how many Philippine lives have been
ruthlessly sacrificed a. result OF the
policies the Republican party has pursued |
Interference to these unfortunate people
since the beginning Of American Occu
pancy. The speaker, himself in his Off.
cial capacity az a member OF hecommit-
tee of Congress having charge OF this
subject. has made rs thorough ex-
animation as possible OF this question,
and he has stated on the floor OF the
House OF Representatives and the state
ment has never been challenged, that 1t
was costing the t. ; government even
now $7O.OO0,00O year to hold these
islands. whilst last year the total value
of the American exports into these islands
was less than $4,000,0OO, the largest
item of which was whiskey and beer.
SCORES PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
Mr.. Jones closed his speech with
severe arraignment of President ROose-
welt for having named "a chairman Of
the Republican party the Secretary OF
Commerce and Labor, who had been his
private secretary, aud who ~ the head
of the department named was charged
under the laws OF the land with the
execution Of the laws relating 60 these
illegal combinations OF capital known az
trusts
TRt SITS AND REPUBLIcAN CAMPAIGN Fund
As chairman of the Republican party
Mr.. Cortelyou IL today engaged In an
effort TO hold up every such trusts in the
land and to force from them contribu-
tions 70 the Republican campaign with
the certain knowledge on the part OF
them that il they did not contribute they
would be blackli by the Republican
administration. Today these trusts are
actually purchasing immunity from in
yestigatiOn and dissolution with enOr-
nous contributions TO the Republican
campaign fund, lasting disgrace TO the
present administration and an indelible |
stain upon the Presidency itself.
TO REnrcE REPRESENTATION.
Mr Jones closed by calling attention
70 the plank OF the Republican party
which pledges that party 20 reduction OF
representation for the Southern states
He called attentiontO the fact that at one
time Virginia had the proud distinction
of having u representatives in the
House OF representatives, and II the Re.
publicans carry out their platform Of
declarations Nirginia's representation |
will be reduced To about g, whilst that
Of several OF the Southern states will be-
reduced by one half This the Republi |
cans threaten the South with because II
dared to exercise the constitutional right |
20 purify the electorate and To reform |
the outrage. A Republican Supreme
Court has on several occasions declared |
that ths il right, hut vindctiye, |
South hating National Republic party |
will, il given the power, punish and |
humiliate the Southern people for hav
ing lawfully exercised it. This, 20 far a.
the South il concerned, has raised an
issue far transcendng any question as to
individuals sinking into lnsignlilcance
the personality Of the candidates. With
the south it had become a question ofthe
preservation of their constitutional and /
God given rights; the civilization and the
purity OF their social life is at stake in
this election.
Mr.. Jones barely alluded TO his own
candidacy during bis speech. He was in
excellent trim and spoke with his char
acteristic force and vigOr. The speech |
was strong and able, elicitiDR frequent
applause. 1t was listened to with rapt
attention by all present and made adeep