The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-06
PARKER ONLY MAN WHO
 CAN DEFEAT ROOSEVELI I

his uniform loyalty to the interest," or his party, on his unwavering suppor of the party's nominees. of his ge1er ous financial contributions in per ,d or stress. on his unblemished persona character. and. finally. on his aitogeth
 CT admirable discharge of high judicia
 responsibilitfes imposed upon him.
 Upon that record alone. Judge Par
 kers friends have reason to believ that he will be given even higher hon prs than he has already attained. A
 the proper time. Judge Parker VII speak and speak in no uncertain way
 Republicans everywhere will have req
 son to regret that his dignified silenc,
 was ever broken.
 Will Rally the Hosts.
 As one of his friends. as one wh,
 has discussed with him throughout period of twenty years. from time t, time. every question of public policy domestic and foreign. I want to sa, here. now. and right of. that Judge Parker's views of the issues of thi, presidential campaign will reflect tht solid sense of the American people ant rally the Jefferson Jackson -Tildcn De. mocracy as one man to the support oi his leadership.
 Tn conversation recently had with him. Judge Parker made it clear tc 1 me that the question of taxation now as always. is of vital importance to the people. and that the great mass of Americans. producers and consumers demand a revision of the tarfff that | will equalize the burden of taxation l and distribute equitably it's benefits He assured me that he is in favor of reducing customs duties wherever they | aha1far the uyhaTavar fhav allow lawless capital to wiring extor- l donate prices from the consumer. | Judge Parker told me that he re- garded that feature of our tarin system as little less than criminal, nor would he stop there. He insists that wher- ever American manufacturers are. by means Of a monopolistic tariff. enabled to sell their articles abroad more cheaply than at home, or, rather, are permitted to charge at home prices higher than those accepted abroad. then be reduced so as to correct that injus- tice to the American consumer. No Sympathy for Subsidy. With the system of wholesale sub sidy that is the keystone of the Re- publican arch. Judge Parker has no sympathy. Persons who have talked to him on that subject understand that he would smite the subsidy monster wherever it might lift it's head.
 Like many other Democrats. Judge Parker believes that the solution of the trust problem would be facilitated by wise revision of the tarin. As a Democrat of the old school. Judge Parker does not believe that the Fed eral Government should be depended upon to cure all the ills the body poti- tic is heir to. He believes that to the States are guaranteed specific privi- leges, rights and powers, and, if elect ed President, he would insist that all these rights of the State that are guar anteed by the Constitution be zeaiousiy safeguarded. 's5
 "As long as a trust operated. exc1u- sively within a State, he would have that State regulate and control 1t If the trust was engaged in interstate commerce, he would insist that each State would exercise its legitimate au- thority and that the efforts of the States at regulation be supplemented vigilantly and vigorously by the Fed eral Government.
 Would Pander to None.
 whenever the interstate law or the antitrust law was violated, Judge Par ker would stretch out the strong arm of Federal authority and, by applying
  cies in the case. would right any wrong that could not be righted by the opera tion of State law, and he would right the wrong in a legal and proper manner without pandering either to lawless capital or to lawless labor and with the one definite purpose of administer ing justice. maintaining order and en- forcing the law.
 Judge Parker believes that the Dem Do orfy {e rfA ty. not a poor mans party. not a mid dleman's party. and that the Govern ment of the United States is a Gov ernment for no one of these in particu- lar. He believes that the Democratic Party. like the American Government, is a party of all, poor. weli-to-do and rich, and that its duty is to guarantee to every man his rights of life, of per son, of property and of fair industrial opportunity.
 If elected President, he would ad- minister the law not in the interest of any lawless element, whether 1t be cap- ital or labor, but in the interest solely of the law-abiding American people. In doing so. he would reverse a prece- dent recently established in the White House. and restore once more the ideals of safe and sound republican Govern ment. and republican institutions as was intended by the men who founded the nation. and whose precepts and ex- amples have made and kept it great.
 An Ideal American.
 Judge Parker is physically an al- most ideal specimen of American man hood suppose in any company. he would be abundantly able to take care of himself. He does not talk fight much, but I think he Is always ready for 1t. and the law that has ruled his life in this respect as an individ- ual. would rule the life of this nation if he were It's chief magistrate.
 He recognizes the wisdom of Wash ington's warning in time of peace pre- pare for war but he recognizes. also, that our safety as a nation rests in the last not in armies nor in navies. but Tn the supremacy of the moral law In the still, small voice. as James Rus sell Lowell says. which. appealing to the conscience and the heart. lifts us to wider and wiser humanity.
 If elected President, Judge Parker would have the courage and the ca pacity to see steadily every interna- tionaI situation that might arise. and see 1t whole, and deal with it temper ately and firmly.
 He would not be a constant men ace to the industrial prosperity of the country but he would be, like Seneca's rudder true.
 Tribute to South.
 T am on my way South for little rest" concluded Mir. Danforth. '1 shall be for a few weeks among the