The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-09-09
EDITORS HONORED.
Parker Greets Democratic
Scribes. With First Speech.
HARMONY ESSENTIAL TO SUCCESS
Candidate Said He Need Not Hesitate
to Compare Statesmen of Cleve-
lands Cabinet With Those of
Present Administration.


ESOPUS, n. Y, Sept 9.-The Demo
cratic editors journeyed by the steam.
boat St John, which awaited them at
Hyde Park on their arrival by train
from New York. They were met by
Secretary McCausland and the Rev. c.
NJ. Hall and We're conducted to Judge
Parker's home.
The editors cheered for two minutes
when Judge Parker greeted them.
When the handshaking was over the
editors gathered on the lawn south OF
the house.
In reply to Charles W. Knapp of the
ST. Louis Republic who was the
spokesman chosen by the editors to
address the presidential candidate i'll
their behalf, Judge Parker said;
1T is indeed a great pleasure to vel
come to Rosemonnt this body of rep
reSentatives Of the great American
press, one of the mighty forces in the
upbuilding and strengthening of a
sturdy American citizenship.
You have been in conference to the
end that your work in this campaign
may be as effective as possible. Organ
lied effort and concerted action must
always increase the effectiveness Of
the common endeavor of many hands.
The leaders who have made Il thor
oughfare through history. down which
in all the centuries their fame will
march with giant strides. have ali
been men who, though unmoyed by
hasty expression of the hurried judg-
ment of the people, We're yet guided in
all their public acts by the knowledge
of what the deliberate and mature
judgment AND will of the people would
be.
$50 the great papers are those which
anticipate the careful judgment of the
majority The great tribunal of the
American people may be implicitly re
lied on to decide all questions with un
errlng and exact justice when all the
evidence is in and deliberation had,
and those who would bold place as
leaders of the people must be so thor
oughly American, so discreet. so far
sighted and so sure Of the pulse of the
people as to discern the course public
opinion will take. Though the instant
Judgment of the people may be often
at fault, the ripe and final decision Is
always for the right. And the part of
leadership is to know the right and to
honestly, periodically, fearlessly and
zealously advocate it.
Just as long as the press can dis
Germ and lead the unhurricd and well
considered Judgment of the people so
long will its power grow nightly and
so long will it hold its place in the
front rank of the unfaltering and Wig
orous march OF national progress. To
the upbuilding OF the power of the
press and to the best use Of that pow
er you have devoted yourselves.
"There are questions of great i'm
port to be passed upon by the people
in neutrality-suspicious. that it will be
your duty and therefore, | am sure,
your pleasure as well, to present hon
estly and so clearly that the people
will understand them.
al shall not take up your time, how
ever, with any reference to the great
issues upon which our party, through
its platform and candidates. confident
ly appeals to the people for indorse-
metit. but crave your Indulgence while
l briefly refer to single feature of
the platform of the Republican party.
THAT platform opens with dee
laration of that party's many years of
control of the government, coupled
with the assertion that it has dis
played a high capacity for rule and
government which has been made
even more conspicuous by the incapac-
ity and infrmity of purpose shown by
its opponents
This challenge to comparison Of
Democratic and Republican admins
trations since the Republican party
came into existence should be wei.
coined. Fortunately we have eight re-
cent years of Democratic adm1nistra.
ton of the executive department of
the government which we will gladly
compare with any similar period since
1860.
"The comparison will show that I'M
der Democratic control the admins.
trative purity of the fathers was OBJ
served in the conduct of the govern
ment, that no one of its departments
was permeated as of late with corrup-
ton rivaling the days of the star
route frauds, that successful effort
was made TO check the growth Of ex-
penditures, that it resulted in each in
stance in cutting down the expenses
within the control of the executive
department of the government below
that of the preceding administrations.
The comparison will also show that
each succeeding Republican admins
tration after 1898 increased expenses
and in some instances so greatly as to
indicate reckless extravaganza and
waste. of the peoples money.
During Mr.. Cleveland's first term