Arizona republican., 1904-09-27
Cannon Takes Up Pdrker'S
 Pension Paragraph
THE INSINCERlTY OF 1T
The Absurdity of the Proposal to Ask
 a Democratic Congress to Do for . Union Soldiers What Cleveland, nr-
 hinley and Roosevelt Have Done.

Hastings, Neb.. Sept 2s.-Speaker Cannon continued his tour of Neb-as-
 ka today His principal speech was made here this afternoon Speaker Cannon took up and discussed thar part of Judge Parker's letter or se- eeptance relating to the presidents or der providing for a graduated pens,on scale Speaker Cannon reviewed The history Of the law under which The order was made and the construction placed on it by Presidents Clevesa,-f and Mckinley. and continued: Now then when that order or RoozeveIt-s was issued the dickens was to nav al- though along the same principle and Tn the same manner as was formerly issued by Cleveland and Mckinley and they have been raising a row abou, It ever since, talking Of executive usur- patton. In Parker's first acceptance. by speech, he complained Of the expendf- lures of the government under republi- can rule and Roosevelt came back az him and said: How are you going to cut down these expenditures Are vou for the repeal Of that executive or der relating to the soIdiersT-
 And Parker now comes back in h-s letter of acceptance just issued and says, If l am elected president I win rescind that order And then he roes on and says: But after I rescind ft ] will use my influence with conrresz to pass a bill giving an age service pension to the soldier that performed service in the civil war
 ask, what age. NIT. Parker Whzf age will 1t be, 75, 65. 62 years or what 9 Ina finite still you are and probably not sincere, but suppose you are elected Pi esident, Mir Parker. and you t-s. your influence, what will that bring Tn the meantime2 From z5.ce0 to 5aae8 people will have their pensions take, away while you promise 10 u-e volr influence to have congress pass a ser Vice pension law without stating the age you propose to recognize Now ask you Alr- Parker, if you are elect eG president who will control fha house of representatives VIII nrr two-thirds of the democrats tu tfst body be made up of members from the south, and ale they liberal people win pensions for the union soldiers
 Let us read a chapter from the his tory or pension legislation as it stands on the statute books today. There ar,- fourteen bills that have been rasserI from time to time and these bills form the pension code Who passed therur Democrats for the bills. 4I7. democrats against the bills. 6ss. republicans for the bills, LOGS. republicans against the bill. none. That's how the record 7r the vote upon those measures stands. Is there any hope therefore. that sfr. Parker's influence will be effectfvee FT.. IS to take away from thousands or us.o- pie and only replace them by a prom ise to use his influence with a party in congress that has notorious record against that very thing.
 Let me ask you have you read Bun vans Pilgrims Progress Great book splendid allegory- There was Christian and there was Faint Heart and there was True Heart and there Mir Fac ing -Both-Ways- l say to you that 1T Mr. Parker had lived then that char=c- ter in that book would not have been Mir Facing Ways. but it vcouId have been Mir. Parker