The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-08-13
From the New York Heral |.

From the New York Heral |,
JUDGE PARKER's speech ac-
(O)I cepting the nomination is not
~ stamped with the aggressive
quality suggested by his telegram to the
st. Louis convention. 1t is impersonal,
serene and tdispassionate as an opinion
handed down from the bench.
1t appeals not to popular sentiment or
prejudice, but to the sober thought of the
people. He condemns the tendency to-
ward government by an individual and
urges return to government of laws
based on the constitution, saying:
IF we would have our government con-
tinue during the ages to come for the
benefit of those who shall succeed us, We
must ever be on our guard against the
danger of usurpation of that authority
which resides in the whole people,
Goodl
The judge, however, makes no reference
to President Roosevelts high-handed
course with reference to Panama nor to
any other specific act of the present adj
ministration. He does not discuss the
national finances, nor does he touch upon
the currency question, merely expressing
his appreciation of the conventions hav-
ing affirmed his nomination after re-
ceipt of his gold standard telegram. Many
democrats will be disappointed on dis
covering that there is no reference to Mr..
Roosevelts attempt to revive the race
issue in the south.
ID hos 10 On h
Philippines, tariff trusts and so on will be
popularity regarded as an answer to the
declarations of the republican candidate
on those subjects, and coparison of the
two speeches will be made by the people
and the people will have to decide. Max
| ing general reference to conflicts between
capital and labor in Colorado and else
where, the judge tersely lays down the
sound basilar principle in the words sub
Joined. Mr.. Roosevelt's words on the
same subject being also quoted:
PARKER. ROOSEVELT.
Liberty, as UNDER 1--WE recognize the
| stood in this coun- organization of cap
| try, means not onlyital and the organi-
| the right of freedom zation of labor as
| from actual servi- natural outcomes of
| tude, Imprisonment our industrial sys-
restraint. but the tenn. Each is to be
right of one to use granted the full pro-
| his faculties In all lection of the law
| lawful ways TO live and each In turn is
| and work where he to be held to strict
| will and to pursue obedience to the
| any lawful trade CT ,aw,"
| business"
| AS TO our foreign policy Judge Parker
| <>f
| ritories, and he declares that the Ameri-
cans are not military but a peace loving
| people, Great military ornaments he
deprecates as needless and Improbable
and asserts that lit is the liberty. the adj
vancement and the prosperity of its citi-
gems, not any career of conquest, that
make this country a world Power
Nevertheless he holds that "such arma-
ment as may be necessary for the securi-
| ty of the country and the protection OF
the rights of its citizens at home and
abroad must be maintained" Then he
enters the stirring protest printed below
an extract from Mr.. Rooseveits speech
being also quoted;
PARKER. ROOSEVELT.
81 protest how "our steady growth
| ever. against the In power has gone
| feeling, now far too hand in hand with a
| prevalent, that by strengthening dispo-
| reason of the COM sition to use this
| mauding position we power with strict
| have assumed in the regard for tn e
| world we must take rights of others and
| part in the disputes for the cause of fn-
| and broils of foreign ternational justice
! countries. and that and good will"
| because we have
| grown great we
| should intervene in
| every important
| question that arises
| in other parts of the
| world
There again is question Of fact on