Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-21

ATTACKS THE ADMINISTRATION
Declares People Will Not Sustain
RooseveIt's Policy In Attempting to
Enforce the Monroe Doctrine In
South America - Makes Another
Long Speech.

F,sopus. Oct. 21.-Judge Parker to-
day addressed a delegation from Hud-
son county, N. j.. on the subject of
administrative extravaganza, answer
in which the secretary called upon the
democrats to give bill OF particulars
in connection with their charge that
economy in government affairs had
been forgotten in the years the repub-
iicans had been in control of national
affairs.
Parker quoted few totals from the
official reports which he asserted not
only raised the presumption of eMtrav-
agance, but proved 1t. The bill Of par
ticulars will be given, he said, when
democratic administration gets a
chance at the books.
Parker said the charge that the eX
penditures of the government for the
past seven years had not been manag-
ed economically had not been answered
by the administration. He claimed
that after deducting the sum paid for
the Panama canal and canal rights,
it had cost $160,O0O,0OO more to run
the government that it did seven years
ago.
He said the democrats didn't propose
to cut off pensions and would reduce
the cost of the army, saying they would
ask the people to decide between the
administration and the democratic con-
tention on that point. In the year
1897, he said, the war department cost
less than s49.000.000, which was about
the average cost per pear for the pre-
ceding twenty-six years. This last
year of peace, the cost of the army
year, a year of peace, the cost of the
army was $115,000,00o. One of the
questions we now ask the people is:
Whats the use of spending more
than double on the army now than We
deemed wise to spend previous to the
Spanish war;"
A large standing army was unneces-
sary then, so our statesmen thought,
and the result proved it. 1t is alike
unnecessary now, unless militarism Is
to become a part of our policy. If we
are to play the role of the big police
man. in South American states, re-
quiring each to act according to some
administrations conception of decen-
cy In industrial and political matters"
and further require it to keep order,
and pay it's obligations" according to
the standard which may be set by
each succeeding administration, then
we should readily admit we should
have to carry an army costing hun
dred and fifteen millions year. But
the people have not as yet approved
the administrations policy in dealing
with the South American states. They
have not yet said by their votes they
are in favor of conferr ing upon the
president power to interfere with in
ternational affairs of South American
states at pleasures or attempt to eX-
ercise such power as would constitute
usurpation prohibited by the constitu-
tion of the United States. Hence 1T is
safe to assume that Notwithstanding
his letter to Secretary Root, which was
read at the Cuban anniversary dim
ner, no administration will dare at
tempt to Establish a universal protec-
torate over South American states, or
to become responsible for their mis-
deeds.' Until the people shall amend
the constitution so as to permit execu-
zion of the remarkable policy suggest
ed by Root, it is perfectly safe to say
we shall have no more need for lar
ger army than we formerly had.