. Review of reviews and world's work. ihu Root, and theRepublican Parker has,however, adoptedthe view of thosewho hold that whileP h i 1 i p p i n e inde-pendence is a futureaffair, it is our pres-ent duty to expressour intentions. Thisrather attenuateddistinction may ap-peal to the h a i r -splitting minds of afew gentlemen ofacademic inclina-tion ; but people whoare doing things and are in concrete touch withthe real phases of such problems as we have on ourhands in the management of the Philippine Isl-ands know perfectly well that there is no realquestion involved in this theo
. Review of reviews and world's work. ihu Root, and theRepublican Parker has,however, adoptedthe view of thosewho hold that whileP h i 1 i p p i n e inde-pendence is a futureaffair, it is our pres-ent duty to expressour intentions. Thisrather attenuateddistinction may ap-peal to the h a i r -splitting minds of afew gentlemen ofacademic inclina-tion ; but people whoare doing things and are in concrete touch withthe real phases of such problems as we have on ourhands in the management of the Philippine Isl-ands know perfectly well that there is no realquestion involved in this theoretical status of the Philippine Islands has alreadybeen fixed by the decisions of the courts. Theintentions of the American people as to holdingthe Philippines were fully expressed in the cam-paign four years ago, when the subject was be-fore the country. Judge Parkers discussion ofthe subject, as amended in the Milburn letter,savors somewhat of the attempt to do what terms ?• improvising l-rom the // MR. PARKER AS HE APPEAREDWHEN IN SEPTEMBER HE CAMETO NEW YORK TO DIRECT THECAMPAIGN. 392 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. „ „ , Again Judge Parker had found an The Speech ° ? , i •, o« Ex- _ opportunity to help shape jssues w]1(.n ,„, September 8, he Was visited at Esopus by a steamboat-load of Demo-cratic editors from different parts of the coun-try who had been brought together at NewYork in order to consider how besl to promotethe interests of the party in this Parker had carefully prepared a writtenaddress to the editors. His principal themewas the extravagance of the Republican govern-ment in national expenditures. He mentionedno specific instances of improper appropriationof public money, lmt merely compared the sizeof the budget during the past three years withits average size in Mr. Clevelands first Parkers advice to the Democratic editorswas that they take this the
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