The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-18
New York Judge Warns
 the Country.
FEARS INCREASE OF POWER
Deplores the Lack of Respect for
 Constitution.
Now Is the Time, He Says, In James, town Speech, To Check Presa- dent RooseveIt and His
 Friends.

Norfolk. Va. Sept. i7--Former Judge Alton B. Parker. of New York, former Democratic candidate for President of the United States. and Samuel W. Me- Cail member of Congress from Massa- chusetts. made the principal addresses at the Constitutional Day celebration at the Jamestown Exposition today. The ceremonies were in commemora- ton of the 120th anniversary of the adoption of the Federal Constltution by which George Washington presided. The weather was ideal and the attend ance at the Exposition was large. Judge Parker was at his best and spoke with great force and earnestnesa. Judge Parker said in part:
 Tn the view of the President the Federal Government needs an increase of power--needs power which Is now and from the Beginning has been not only exercised by the States. but delib~ srately retained by the States and the people when the National Government was created.
 True. there Is way to transfer that power from the States to the Federal Government. if the people wish it. That would take time and labor. And aRain, it may well be that no amount of labor would persuade the people of the States to surrender their home rule powers In sufficient measure to meet the views of the executive as to the na- donRi necessity. These considerations may have had weight in determining hts present action. But be that aa 1t may, his announced purpose is to ob- tain an increase of the Federal power now, not through the action of the pao- pae. but through the action of the three departments of government
 The States and the people undertook by the Constitution to fix the nound- aries of each Of the great departments klF a. could pass. Upon the executive nc Legislation or Judicial power was con- terred, but he was charged to Yaka care that the laws be faithfully exe- euted.' and to protect and defend tha Copstitntion of the United States. By what process of reasoning the exacu- five has reached the concIuaion that for the various Appointments of the Federal Government to seize power not granted by the people Is to protect and defend the Constitution I know not. That he must have reached 1t by some route. his character as U man, his ca- reer as an official and the boldness of his advocacy attests. He Is not att tempting to acquire power by Geceiv- ing the people. With perfect frank ness he states what he thinks ought to bs done and how he proposes 1t shall be done.
 with equal frankness those of ua who have widely different views. who lovo the Constitution and revere not alone the memory but the wisdom of iGs framers, who believed that the powers were wisely distributed between the States and the Federal Government and deem that all past history proves it, should speak
 'Tf then there were no immediate danger of an effective seizure of pow- CTS. we should. to protect the future. meet the assaults of the new Federal Aots with an equal vigor. SO those op- any party feeling and interesta, and en- ter the lists aA open champions of our Constitutional system in it's integrity. The time to do 1t is now. Some other year aye. even next year--naay be too late"
 Letter From Cleveland.
 4 letter was read from former Press tdent Grovor Cleveland conveying re- gret at his inability to attend and par ticipate in the exercises of the day In which he expressed great interest. Mir. Mccall spoke of the federated character of the government, and the relation be- tween the national and local authortt- ies. and with special reference to the centralization of power in the Federal Government He declared that thts aa- pect of our constitutional question is important at a time when 1t seems not may attempt to devour the States.
 There are, of course," he said, 'cer- tain great imperial powers that must be exercised by the National Govern mnt. but the time honored functions of the States have, as a whole, been well administered and they should. be per- mitted to remain with the States"