The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-09-26
JUDGE PARKBR'S
LETTER MAILED
The Document No Improvement
Over the Other.
It Is Likely to Be as Disappointing
to the Democrats as the Judges
Other Utteranoss.
4 TISSUE OF EQU1vocATIoN

Esopus, New York, Sept. 20.-The LETT
ter of acceptance of Judge Alton b. Par
ker, accepting the democratic nomina-
tion for president has been mailed to
Hon. Champ Clark, chairman Of the st.
Louis convention:
The letter in part is as follows:
To the Honorable Champ Clark and 9TH
ers. Committee, etc.
Gentlemen: In response to your COM
mittee, at the formal notification pro-
ceedings, | referred to some matters,
not mentioned in this letter / desire
that these be considered as incorporate
ed herein, and regret that lack of space
prevents specific reference to them all.
| wish here however, again to refer to
my views there expressed as to tho
gold standard, to declare again my IN
qualified belief in said standard. and to
express my appreciation of the action
of the convention in reply to my COM
munication upon that subject.
Grave public questions are pressing
for decision. The Democratic party APP
peals to the people with confdenao
that its position on these questions
will be accepted and endorsed az tho
polls. While the Issues ini Pved arc
numerous, some stand forth rFrre,ni-
nent in the public mind. Among these
are, tariff reform, imperialism. econeni-
cal administration and honesty in tho
public service.
IMPERIALISM.
The two leading parties have alwaya
differed as to the principle OF .clptoms
taxation. Our party has always adj
vanced the theory that the object is Tho
raising of revenue for support of the
government whatever other results may
incidentally flow therefrom. The Re
publican party, ON the other baud. rn-
tends that customs duties should 5a
levied primarily for protection. -Fesl-
ed, with revenue as the suboidinsts
purpose, thus using the power OF taxa
ton to build up the business ind
property of the few at the eAi,ta ! OF
the many.
This difference of principle still s.ih-
sists, but our party appreciates inst
the long-continued policy OF the coaa-
try, as manifested in its statutes, rlasss
it necessary that tariff reform Should
be prudently and sagaeiousy unders-
ken, on scientific principles. to the end
that there should not be am immeiifse
revolution in existing conditions.
In the words of our platform we de-
mand "a revision and a gradual reduc-
tion of the tariff by the friends of the
masses, its extortions and discrimina-
tions.'
TRUST REMEDIES.
! pointed out IN my earlier response
the remedy, which in my judgment, can
effectually be applied against monopo-
lies, and the assurance was then given
that If existing laws, including 10th
statute and common law, proved made
quate, contrary to my expectations,
favor such further legislation, within
constitutional limitations, as will best
promote and safeguard the interests of
all the people.
Whether there IL any common law
which can be applied and enforced by the
falaraI no. Iato II L..
the president, or by candidate for the
presidency.
The determination of this question
was left by the people in framing the
constitution, to the judiciary and not
TO the executive. The supreme court of
the United States has recently consider
ed this question, and, in the case of
the Western Union Telegraph company
VS.. the Call Publishing company. to be
found in the one hundred and eighty.
first volume of the United States SUI
preme court reports, at page 90, il de-
cided that common law principles could
be applied by United States courts in
cases involving interstate, commerce, in
the absence of United States statutes
specifically covering the case. Such is
the law of the land.
INDEPENDENCE FOR FILlPiN0S.
In some quarters ii has been assum
ed that in the discussion of the Philip
pine question in my response, the