The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-08
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suits Of high tariffs in this country have been great riches for the few and reduced income for the masses. Is there a man before me who is better off today. comparatively. tsan he was five years ago unless by some fortu- nate speculation?
 ary for your .work-have you made money in the last five years? Is it not true that the cost of supporting your family has increased much more than
 "Is 1t not true that your. household expenses have increased much more than any increase of salary you have the greatest economy of yourself ana wife that you have been able to keep the wolf from the doory
 There may be some classes of labor much as the cost of living, but there are very few such.
 The great masses of the people who live upon salaries have found the cost of living steadily increasde in the lasr four or five years, while their wages have gone up very slowly, and today are in danger of being reduced again. of you know that the result of this ex- cessive tariff for five years has been to pile up immense fortunes. and to de- preciate your little surplus. You know well that there has not been a fair divide in the income of the country.
 If we ,s sare to make aaS,as ,. comparison !, in favor of Judge Parker-calm delib- crate, ispassionate--who can read his papers without admiring the man? lican candidate for President. He has been before the country for years. He posed as a civil service reformer: he posed as . foe of the trusts, as a foe the masses, and on these claims he was carried into office.
 Has he sustained this { character which he assumedf What do you think err It is open to everybody--no nSp preached so loud as he in favor of civil service, and yet fl you will read the reports of the Commissioners of the rious ways he has evaded and nuili- fled the law. You will find that he has appointed some of the greatest job bers known t tC % otics; one in pa &Partteu, paying offices in the country in the New York custom house, and entirely by reason or his ability and capacity 10 aid the political fortunes of the Presi-
 Tn the days when he was posing be- fore the public. and before he was making such q determined assault up- of all bosses. Early and late he de- cried any influence they might have and was in favor of "enthroning the people. and dethroning the bosses" and yet today. if there is boss in the United States in control of Republi- can organization that he does not aid and whose favor he does not court, ] am not aware of it.
 Roosevelt and the Bosses.
 You may take Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Illinois. Delaware, when ever the bosses of these States. and there are some whose manipulations have been as disgraceful as anything come to Washington, they are well comed to the White House, and cod dled and fed with the crumbs that
 "The Honest and independent citizen at all times is crowded to the rear and the boss is put to the front in the con- trol and management.
 The race question, which had beer laid to rest wisely by Mckinley, has been raised and intensified for the pur- pose of setting a few votes in some ana ths has or woe S come from this foolish and uncslled for stirring up of this question.
 Take the case of pensions: What fore the whole country today--by an arbitrary ruling he changed the law by which millions are paid out of the treasury without law or right.
 
 aided in giving proper pensions, but they have not been in favor of indis- criminately awarding the same. Take the pension offlce and the action of the present candidate towards its former head. When President Roosevelt came Into power, he found this office filled by an honest man. a gentleman ap-- done his duty faithfully; who had cleaned out the Augean Stables driv- on away, the thieves that bounded the office. who was friend of the honest soldier, but not of the vagrant.
 All the pension jobbers of the coun- try demanded that this honest pension commissioner be removed. and ths in this demand for his removal.
 Case of H. Clay Evans.
 Why? Was he dishonest? Was he Incompetent? No, but because he was competent. because he did his duty honestly and fearlessly. and gave the government and the taxpayers a fair
 "What was the result2 His resigna- tion was demanded. and he was given q fat office abroad to get him out of the way, and a man appointed who was acceptable to the bosses. Does this call for your votes?
 Take the case of the Panama Canal, and will preface my remarks by say ing there is scarcely man in the United States who does not believe In the building of the canal:
 building 1t at the proper time, but what did this administration do? The Republic of Colombia refused to grant the French Company an extension and further consideration, which I cannot see for the life of me they should, un- less they saw fit to.
 T have always been brought up to think that every corporation and citi- zen should carry out his contract, and the French Company broke the contract themselves. and therefore the Republic of Colombia had a perfect right to can eel their concession when the time expired, and trade with other people. The French or Panama agents, knowing the situation and fearing loss, had their agent in this country, one of the most successful lobbyists that has ever appeared here, arrange in New York and Washington to counteract this trouble his company was having with Colombia. by promoting revolu- tion in Panama. and. when Colombia proposed to put down this revolution, the President of these United States, who Is a candidate for reelection, di- rected the naval forces of the United States to prevent the landing of any troops on the part of Colombia to en- force its authority over its own terri
 Degrading to the Republic.
 Tt Is the most degrading incident that has ever happened in the history of the American Republic. We have always prentended to be protectors and defenders of the South American Re- publics against European interference