The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-11-03


!orlty OF the American people do not en-
certain them-the world sill always be
ei i ustfut OF our professions of q peace
ao.e disposition However smooth our
speech may be IN favor Of peace con-
crosses and arbitration courts the world
VIII see in the building OF large navies
utterly unnecessary for defense. n threat
OF armed aggression transform a tfor Of
the old republican policy into an ernDire
preparing for war. The. result viii be
disquiet among nations. Every sea power
VIII watch with nervous anxiety each un-
necessary addition 10 oar naval strength,
TO see in II a reason for ma king a corre-
spending addition 10 its own And thus
me mad race In the augmentation of war
FORCES. which has become = oppressive
burden TO mankind-the curse Of the age
VIII be stimulated by this republic instead
OF being discountenanced. and checked by
us sood example Of truly pacific pohcs.
Perilous Effect.
This republic viii thus be a header of
backward and most baneful movement
instead Of leading in humane projects II
VIII be apt TO produce another perilous eff
Feet. II has often and not unjustly been
observed that the frequency of homicide
IN our country is coming in great part
10 the habit of many persons in carving
unnecessary pistols on their persons
Likewise q great war fleet especially a
new one that is not employed in necessary
duties, may become seductive and dam
gerous plaything. While its advocates say
that il Is to prevent trouble ii is just as
apt, by impulsive and reckless handling.
TO cause mischief When warships are
TOO literally flung about the world they
are occasionally exposed to seductive
temptations and troubles. 1t may become
risk rather than protection
Example Of Germans.
You. Mr. Chairman. have had reason
TO know what militarism is and what il
meant You have seen and felt its blight
ing power. The glowing impulses OF your
Young manhood, your attachment 10 the
spirit of liberty which has characterized
Germany from the DAYS of TacitUs, your
yearning for better things for your coun-
try and the worid-all these would clash
with martial glory and power the newt
able accomplishments of empire. whether
Your devotion to high Ideals soon
earned you the admiration Of your native
land, and il has been given 70 you to
live in time when your warning voice
has been raised to. avert the first faint
suggestion that the love of martial glory
and its dangers are not absent from the
greatest republic in the worlds history
Blight of Militarism.
"And you, too. the men who listen to
me. know either by your fathers Cr grand
fathers what martial glory. means. IL
forced many of YOU from home in the ten
der years OF your lives, when careful nur-
ture was both your need and your due
Within the. little circle into which fate
sent you You have seen the natural ties
another scarcely less watchful and jeal-
Gus. With you. as elsewhere in the world.
the father and mother fOndly welcomed
the newborn babe, but you also saw a
sight common in military countries, but
unknown in this. your adopted land.
From birth to Is years old you have seen
the recruiting sergeant watch the young
life of the boy child, not 10 shield him
from harm. not TO ward off evil. but to be
certain that by no chance should he go
into the great, wide open free world with
out escaping the drill master. Nobody
needs to ask whether YOU and yours
shrink back from the faintest shadows,
however distant, which may reveal the
fatal presence Of the man on hOrs eback.
What We Should Do.
Il ask you now in all soberness. is it
not best for the peace, well-being and hap
piness of our people and for the preser-
walton of our free institutions. to which
we owe so much of our growth IN COM
fort, wealth and power, that instead or
indulging our ambition in adventurous
policy of empire and dominion over for
eign- countries and alien populations; in
stead of squandering our substance in
wholly unnecessary war establishments
at immense cost: inst cad of sacrificing the
great conservative principles and high
ideals we inherited from the fathers 10
the false glitter OF imperial greatness,
which at all periods OF human history has
marked the decay and perdition OF re-
publics; instead Of provoking the distrist
of all mankind by the display Of armed
force on every possible occasion which
raises a suspicion OF vague and hazardous
schemes of rest less ambition lurking in
the background-we should return TO the
principles and ideals which during the
first century Of our national existence
have proved so just and benefiCCnt so
that government by the people and for
the people may not perish from the
earth. Should we not divert our material
as well as our mental resources TO the
fe
capable of infinitely greater Development
than II has so far attained, and to the
solution Of the political and social prob
lens which surge upon Us? Should we
not cultivate peace and friendship with
all nations, scrupulOusly respecting their
rights as well as their Legitimate feel
ings spreading our commerce over the
world, not at the lannon's mouth. but by
intelligent and industrious striving for
superiority in friendly competition as to
the quality and prOpOrtiOnate price of our
goods? BY so doing we should present to
the world the inspiring example ~ truly
free people peaceful and orderly, self
respecting and happy III their freedom
and prosperity.
such an example will do infinitely more
TO adVarce our own welfare. as well as
the peace and civilization of mankind,
than any number of battleships and all
the splendOr of imperial power
At Carnegie Hall.
Judge Parker was driven from Cooper
Union to Carnegie hail. where he adj
dressed a meeting under the auspices or
the Westside Parker Independent club.
Judge Parker arrived at Carnegie hall
at 9:46 and was most heartily received:
The hall was filled nearly One-third OF
the audience consisting of women, and
when the candidate entered he was gwen
a demonstration. Amid burst Of pa
triotfc music and TO the waving Of ban
ners and handkerchiefs and shouts Of his
name. Judge. Parker, bowed his aeknowl-
edgments He was cheered for zen min
tues. while be waited TO speak IN Ills ad-
dress he SAID:
Issues of the Campaign.
What are the issues upon which you
are called to adjudge in this campaign?
In very fact they are both few and sim
pie We have grown tired Of seeing in
dividuals made rich by legislation. and
We fear the results which have arisen and
win arise from familiarizing our citizens