The Green Forest tribune., 1904-04-30
PARnER'S PLATFORM
y1ews $ OH Several Question of National Importanceo

LIPS hn zouesti0n as to who will be SHOP denlocra5ic nominee for presi- genSg g ISF &Yt.arid what kind of platform k. ab4adopted by the coming na- 'ial con vention are two of the ? I M Iatest problems that ever con- i ArGap nted any political party in the l. IitedStates.
 ,.----..j judge Parker having received
 Aindorsement of New York 1t x :, NiiSI d ap pear that he has the best
 ances for the nomination.
 rhecontention of course, is be-
 een the Bryan and Cleveland yBLc stions, Judge Parker being of lepsntified with the Cleveland z Ag, and is claimed by his ----iends to stand as follows on the ,u lportant public questions: ;. oHl IIegave unqualified support to
 r. Bry an i'll 1896 and 1900, and,
 
 . hilehe does not regard silver as
 ow an issue, he agrees with MT. K sas aas;ryan that the monetary problem
 ill never be settled until 1t is ettled right.
 ' ssHe has always favored a tariff GEOyor revenue only and would inn u's nediAteIy reform the existing law
 Vhichaoperabes ill the interest of ..----he Glasses instead of the mass- s.
 sqla H q He regards regularity as the 2 q True test of democracy as exem- 5 3ss plified by Jackson Jefferson and J. Hidden.
 TF} lille believes that an adninis- traitor can best render an ac- so count of it's stewardship when it's aiig friends are on guard and in of- les flee,
 He favors the seizure of all the anthracite coal mines by the gov sernment. as demanded in the last T New N ork democratic state plat s S form.
 in sssHe would literally and vigor- ous1y enforce the law against the {, trusts, the big and little alike, and N punish all participants in combi' nations intended to restrict or re- Y strain trade.
 He is unalterably opposed to aScolonial policy and favors the complete indepencence of the < Filipinos and the Porto Ricans at x the Earliest possible moment.
 ssHe abhors the methods en- Spiloyed to acquire the rights to th6Panama canal strip, and does notbelieve that our course in dealing with the government of Colombia and encouraging seces- sion can be logically defended on legal or moral grounds. Ne is not and never was be- lever in the free coinage of silver 8kthe ratio of Is to 1, but, never- the3ess, as 8 democrat, he con- ceived 1t to be hiscduty to support I both candidate and platform in 1696 and 1900.
 He believes in the principle of a Protective tariff, especially in solar as it tends to ben eft wage earners, and he would exercise great care in correcting inequall- { fies.
 He would ssnot bar from full Fellowship now those who were so Unfortunate as to disagree in the past.
 Nile approves of the civil-ser- vice system in both theory and < pxactice, and would extend it's beheficent operations to every branch of the government. s|s He supported the democratic tisket and platform in the last
 ew York state campaign, but pefsonally is opposed to paternal- lsln in any form. He believes that the regula- ton of trade and commerce
 Mould be left largely to the
 fates, and in adjusting interstate 1kpblems would proceed with the
 tmost caution in all cases. He recognizes that the United
 Mates must take it's place as 9
 world power, and expansion IS x Re natural and inevitable result