The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-25
PARKER'SSPEECH
] Ab|TTER ATTACK
ON THE COLONEL
Declares Brawl at Chicago
Has Checked Cause of
People the World Over.
I OPPOSE A THIRD TERM.
Attacks Combination of Re-
publicans and Interests and
Demands Tariff Revision.
OPPOSE A THIRD TERM.

BALTIMORE, June e5.-On taking his
place as Temporary Chairman Judge
Parker said In part
We meet while tho hills yet echo 10
wi,d cries Of liar. thief and traitor. and
furious walls OF fraud. bribery. treach-
cry and corruption; ard our ears are
weary with the din OF tho artfculate
shrasking and passionate vii,ncation Of
the most shameful brawl OF our political
history.
men of such lofty mden that we meet
immune from the distcniper which seised
the Chicago Convention and privileged
TO discharge n solemn public duty calm
iy. deliberately. seriously.
The cause Of government By the peo-
Die the world over mas been materially
checked by the disgracefui 0rawl which
terminated in tho bedlam Of Chicago.
Every good citizen has been px to
shame by the brutality and the abuse
which characterized this wrangis be-
tween . President and an ex-Prestdsnt.
Gratitude. friendship. party loyalty. pa
triotism and common deoency were for.
gotten IN tho tusslc.
WARNING AGAINST A THIRD
TERM.
The assault upon the unwritten pro-
hibition against q third term made IN
the wild scramble for the Republican
nomination warns us Of tho vital nee
cssity Of Incorporating In our Constitu-
49,
'"rhe man who split his party At Chi
cago once recognized the third-term ira.
dillon and Acknowledged Its application
90 his situation.
would the man who threw his hat
IN the ring and sought to slug his op-
ponent over the ropes in his fight for .
third term rest satisfied with its
achievement Clearly his lust of
power would have brooked no such
Limitation. A third term would but
have whetted his desire for more. and
a. tire terms slipped away each re-
newai would discover greater injury to
our Constitution. to the form of gov
eminent established under Il. and to
every legal curb on his imperious will
This IL tho man who menaced u
inscription Of States rights and without
authority Of constitutional amendment;
the man who took the Isthmus OF
Panama. and let Congress debate
about It afterwards;' the man who.
having enough money to send the feet
on Its famous cruise to tho Pacific,
sent II without sanction OF Congress.
leaving It to Appropriate the money for
the return when Congress deemed that
necessary.
This IL the man who advocated
FEDERAL Incorporation for the increase
Of power at Washington and the light.
ening Of legal burdens on the corpora.
lions: the man who authorised the ab.
sosption Of the Tennessee Coal ana Iron
Company by the Steel Trust, the man
wAo. by many such drastic acts. and
by unnumbered words. has sought q
battsr down our statutory and con
stleutional safeguards.
o<sALL WE MExicANizk OUR
couNrRvi
'.Hs who runs may read the DANCE
that threatens the country ruled b,
such . man. DO wo envy Mexico hei
thirty years Of welded life. or the wal
the divorce from Diaz precipitated. tn,
end Of which no man may prophecy
The way to prevent a life series o.
terms In to prevent the present attemp
to capture the office for q third term
oss Of our opportunities IN this cam
psign u to lead the nght against
third term. That opportunity shoul'
appeal to every drop Of patriotic bloo
flowing In our veins.
I'VE need q definite constitutions
Limitation which shall prevent i'm
periahstic souls from forcing persona
continuation In office for long period