The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-16

It's moral sense. Its honest mefnbers it's Independent journals. no longer maintain successful contest or authority in It's counsels. or a veto on their nominations :"
 Republican Rascaiitfea.
 Especially opposite have the above char acterizations of the shortcomings of the enemy appeared to Democrats who keep In mind the blocking of investigation of the rascalities of the Postoflce Depart ment Republican corruption in o6ice has indeed created the recrudescence of the reform slogan of twenty years ago.
 After pledging the party to purify the administration from corruption. to re- store economy. to revive respect for law and to reduce taxation to the lowest lim- 1t. consistent with due regard for the preservation of the faith of the nation to its creditors and pensioners" the Dem ocratic platform of 1884, which Judge Parker helped to make, says about tariff revision:
 Knowing full we'll that legislation af- fecting the occupations of the people should be cautious and conservative in method not In advance of public opinion, but responsive to it's demands the Dem ocratic Party is pledged to revise the tarfn in spirit of fairness to all in- terests.
 To Promote Growth.
 But in making reduction in taxes. 1t is not proposed to injure any domestic industries. but rather to promote their healthy growth. Many industries have come to rely on legislation for successful continuance, so that every change of law must be. at every step. regardfui of the capital and labor thus involved. The process of reform must be subject in the execution of this plain dictate of jus- firN ta~ ulx k~ 4. requirements of economical government. The necessary reduction in taxation can and must be effected without depriving American labor of the ability to compete successfully with foreign labor, and without imposing lower rates of duty than will be ample to cover any increas- ed cost of production which may exist in consequence of higher rates of wages prevailing in this country. Sufficient rev. enue to pay all the expenses of the Fed eral Government. economically adminis- tered. including pensions. interest and principal of the public debt can be got under our present system of taxation from custom house taxation on fewer fm- ported articles. bearing heaviest on ar- ticles of luxury and bearing lightest up- on articles of necessity. We therefore denounce the abuses of the existing tarfff. and. subject to the preceding limitations. we demand that Federal taxation shall be exclusively for public purposes. and shall not exceed the needs of the Gov ernment economically administered.
 As the trust question had not, in 1884, reached so conspicuous a place in the public mind as it now occupies, the plat form of that year had only this to say which may be taken relevant to the sub Ject:
 While we favor all legislation that will tend to the equitable distribution of prop erty. to the prevention of monopoly and to the strict enforcement of individual rights against corporate abuses. we hold that the welfare of society depends upon a scrupulous regard for the rights of property. as defined by law. We favor the repeal of all laws restricting the free action of labor, and the enactment of laws by which labor organizations may be incorporated. and of all such iegisia- tion as will tend to eniigbten the people. as to the true relations of labor and capital"
 Judge Parkee was notable and active figure in the New York State Democrats Convention of 1885 He wrote the plat form and directed the campaign as State Chairman.
 For Revision of TariR.
 Hc NOltFSHtlOn thc COuh- try upon the election of Grover Cleveland and declared, after quoting the national plank on the tariff:
 This convention calls for 8 revision Of the tariff upon the lines thus laid down. in order that the market for our products may be enlarged and that in- dustry may be relieved from unnecessary burdens and the serious obstacles that have paralyzed Its operation and mar re wed the field for the remunerative em- ployment of labor and capital offered by the exhaustless natural resources of our 
 Reform in the methods of custom house was demanded by the New York platform, prohibition of the em- ployment of child-labor in factories advo- cated, sumptuary and other laws inter- fering with personal liberty were opposed and vigorous protest was made against the coinage of silver buIllEl on the ground that 1t would impair the national credit.
 As Judge Parker appears determined to adhere to his policy of attending to his duties as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, and. nevertheless the strength of his candidacy with the pow erful endorsement of the Democracy of his State continues to exceed that of all others whose names have been discussed, his friends find much satisfaction in pointing to the tenor and temper of the man as already demonstrated in party W ork. R. H. Watkins.