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THE MORNING NEWS. i " ~ Established 1850. - Incorporated IS3S • \'T T Ain n[> J. H. ESTILL. President. < 3IKKK I <.<o3. PARKER WILL REVOKE ROOSEVELT'S PENSION ORDER Democracy Favors Liberal Pensions but Denies the President’s Right to Usurp the Power of Congress. KEYNOTE OF PARKER’S LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE The Issues of Tariff Reform, Imperialism, Economical Administration and Honesty in the Public Service Reviewed. Esopus, N. Y., Sept. 25.—Judge Par ker’s letter of acceptance of the Dem ocratic nomination for the presidency was given out to-day. It is as follows: To the Honorable Champ Clark and Others, Committee, etc.: Gentlemen—ln my response to your committee, at the formal notification proceedings, I referred to some matters not mentioned in this letter. I desire that these be considered as incorpor ated herein, and regret that lack of space prevents specific reference to them all. I wish here, however, again to refer to my views there expressed as to the gold standard, to declare again my unqualified belief in said standard, and to express my appre ciation of the action of the convention in reply to my communication upon that subject. Grave public questions are pressing for decision. The Democratic party ap peals to the people with confidence that its position on these questions will be accepted and indorsed at the polls. While the issues involved are numer ous, some stand forth pre-eminent in the public mind. Among these are tariff reform, imperialism, economical administration and honesty in the pub lic service. I shall briefly consider these and some others within the nec essarily prescribed limits of this letter. The Vital Issue of Imperialism. While I presented my views at the notification proceedings concerning this vital issue, the overshadowing impor tance of this question impels me to refer to it again. The issue is often times referred to as Constitutionalism vs. Imperialism. If we would retain our liberties and constitutional rights unimpaired, we cannot permit or tolerate, at any time or for any purpose, the arrogation of unconstitutional powers by the execu-• tive branch of Our government. We should be ever mindful of the words of Webster, “Liberty is only to be pre served by maintaining constitutional restraints and just divisions of politi cal powers.’’ Already the national government has become centralized beyond any point contemplated or imagined by the fram ers of the constitution. How tre mendously all this has added to the power of the President! It has devel oped from year to year until it almost equals that of many monarchs. While the growth of our country and the magnitude of interstate interests may seem to furnish a plausible reason for this centralization of power, yet these same facts afford the most potent rea son why the executive should not be permitted to encroach upon the other departments of the government, and assume legislative, or other powers, not expressly conferred by the consti tution. The Magnitude of the Country. The magnitude of the country and its diversity of interests and popula tion would enable a determined, am bitious and able executive, unmindful of constitutional limitations and flred with the lust of power, to go far in the usurpation of authority and the ag grandizement of personal power before the situation could be fully appreciated or the people be aroused. The issue of imperialism which has been thrust upon the country in volves a decision whether the law of the land or the rule of Individual ca price shall govern. The principle of imperialism may give rise to brilliant, startling, dashing results, but the principle of Democracy holds in check the brilliant executive and subjects him to the sober, conservative control of the people. The people of the United States stand at the parting of the ways. Shall we follow the footsteps of our fathers along the paths of peace, prosperity and contentment, guided by the ever living spirit of the constitution which they framed for us, or shall we go along other and untried paths, hither to shunned by all, following blindly new ideals, which, though appealing with brilliancy to the imagination and ambition, may prove a will o' the wisp, leading us into difficulties from which it may bn impossible to extri cate ourselves without lasting injury to our national character and institu tions? . The Tariff and Trusts. Tariff reform is one of the cardtnal principles of the Democratic faith, and the necessity for It was never greater than at the present time. It should be undertaken at once In the Interest of all our people. The Plngley tariff Is excessive In many of Its rates, and. as to them at least, unjustly and oppressively bur dens the people. It secures to domestic manufacturers, singly or in combina tion, the privilege of exacting excessive prices at home and prices far above the level of sales made regularly by them abroad with profit, thus giving a bounty to foreigners at the expense of our own people, its unjust taxation burdens the people generally, forcing them to pay egcessive prices for food, fuel, clothing and other neceassrles of life It levies duties on msny articles nor normally imported in any consider able amount, which are made eaten *lve|y home, for whPh the most *x i rente protectionist would hardly Just ify protective taxes. Slid which in large amounts are exported Much duties havs been and Will continue to b a direct lucent tvs to the formation of bugs Industrial romblnslion*, which **s'Ure from foreign i ompetltlsn, sr •ns Mad to alii* doineetK tom pet It ton JiaDcwna!) ilof nine iXrtos. and practically to monopolize the home market. Many Duties Imposed. It contains many duties imposed for the express purpose only, as was open ly avowed, of furnishing a basis for reduction by means of reciprocal trade treaties, which the Republican admin istration, impliedly at least, promised to negotiate. Having, on this prom ise, secured the increased duties, the Republican party leaders, spurred on by protected interests, defeated the treaties negotiated by the executive, and now these same interests cling to the benefit of these duties which the people never intended they should have, and to which they have no moral right. Even now the argument most fre quently urged in behalf of the Dingley tariff, and against tariff reform gen erally, is the necessity of caring for our infant industries. Many of these industries, after a hundred years of lusty growth, are looming up as in dustrial giants. In their case, at least, the Dingley tariff invites combination and monopoly, and gives justification to the expression that the tariff is the mother of trusts. For the above-mentioned reasons, among many others, the people de mand reform of these abuses, and such reform demands and should re ceive immediate attention. The Principle of Customs Taxation, The two leading parties have al ways differed as to the principle of customs taxation. Our party has al ways advanced the theory that the ob ject is the raising of revenue for sup port of the government whatever other results may incidentally flow there from. The Republican party, on the other hand, contends that customs du ties should be levied primarily for pro tection, so-called, with revenue as the subordinate purpose, thus using the power of taxation to build up the busi ness and property of the few at the expense of the many. This difference of principle still sub sists, but our party appreciates that the long-continued policy of the coun try. as manifested in its statutes, makes It necessary that tariff reform should be prudently and sagaciously undertaken, on scifentific principles, to the end that there should not be an immediate revolution in existing con ditions. In the words of our platform, we de mand “a revision and a gradual reduc tion of the tariff by the friends of the masses, and for the common weal, and not by the friends of its abuses, its extortions and discriminations.” A Gradual Reduction. “In my response to your committee, I pointed out the method under which a gradual reduction of customs duties may be accomplished without disturb ing business conditions. I desire again to express the opinion that this method should be followed.” It is true that the Republicans, who do not admit in their platform that the Dingley tariff needs the slightest alteration, are likely to retain a ma jority of the Federal Senate through out the next presidential term, and could, therefore, if they chose, block every attempt at legislative relief. But it should be remembered that the Re publican party includes many revi sionists, and I believe it will shrink from defying the popular will ex pressed unmistakably and perempto rily at the ballot box. The people demand reform of exist ing conditions. Since the last Demo cratic administration the cost of liv ing has grievously increased. Those having fixed incomes have suffered keenly: those living on wages, if there has been any increase, know that such increase has not kept pace with the advance in the cost of living, including rent and the necessaries of life. Many to-day are out of work, unable to se cure any wages at all. To alleviate these conditions, in so far as is in our power, should be our earnest endeavor. Trust Remedies. I pointed out In my earlier response the remedy, which in my judgment, ean effectually be applied against monopo lies, and the assurance was then given that If existing laws, Including both statute and common law, proved inad equate, contrary to my expectations, I favor such further legislation, within constitutional limitations, as will beat promote and safeguard the Interests of all the people. Whether there is any common law which can be applied and enforced by the Federal courts, cannot be deter mined by the President, or by a can didate for the presidency. The determination of this question was left bv the people In framing the rnnstltution. to the Judiciary and not to the Executive. The Supreme Court of the United States has recently con sidered this question, and, In the case of the Western Union Telegraph Cos. vs. The fail Publishing Cos., to be found In the one hundred and elghty ilrst volume o? the United States Su preme Court reports, at page 92, It de cided that common law principles could be applied by United States courts In cases Involving Interstate commerce, In the absence of United States statutes specifically covering the case. Such Is the law of the land. The It eel proel I > l|ueslln. In my address to th* Notification Committee I said that tariff reform ‘ Is demanded by the best Interests of both nunufa'turer and consumer,” With equal truth It can is- said thaf the I benefits of reciprocal tr.de treallsa would enura to both That the eon aumer would he helped is unqueatlon able That the manufacturer would re <eive greet benefit by extending Mb markets abroad hardly needs demon stration Ml* productive *•** outgrown the home market The very term '•Horn* Market," hae changed It ts stgntfi gore rose from the than ifseturerg point of dew. It meant eg tgo Unwed an ga * enth f*sg*> SAVANNAH. GA.. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 100 L J-i: • ***■.. ■ jjjjjl ~ ALTON B. PARKER. JAPANESE ARE BATTERING DOWN THE DEFENSES OF PORT ARTHUR After Heavy Bombardments Fierce Assaults Carried Outlying Forts That Were Stubbornly Defended. Che Foo, Sept. 25, 10:30 p. m.—As a result of the battle before Port Arthur, which began on Sept. 19, the Japanese succeeded In capturing several impor tant positions and to-day the Russian tenure of the big forts guarding the north, northeast and northwest sides of the town is seriously threatened. Chinese information places the Japa nese losses under 3,000 for the three days’ fighting, and this comparative ly small casualty list is due to the ex cessive care used by the Japanese in making their preparations for the ad vance. Russian sources, however, claim to have information that the Japanese losses were unusually severe, amounting to fully three times the number mentioned above. Possibly the most important capture during the three days' fighting was that of Fort Kuropatkin, which, while of minor value with regard to prevent ing the entrance into the town of the Japanese, had been constructed for the purpose of protecting the source of the garrison's water supply. The control of this water supply is now in the hands of the Japanese. Itnttle llrgau Before IJaybrenU. As was announced in these dis patches on Sept. 20, the battle began before daybreak on Sept. 19. At this hour the citizens and the garrison of Port Artuhr, after the enjoyment of weeks of comparative security, awoke to the thunderous reports of artillery along the line extending from the west of Itz mountain to Rlplung and Kik wan mountains. This was but a pref ace to the assault which was destined to result in the capture of three new and important Russian positions, to gether with six small, but annoying. TWO KILLED IN FIGHT AT NAYLOR. Tragedy nosed by Negro—Mannle Carter Mortally Wounded by Ben l’*>tn> e Valdosta. Ga.. Sept. 28.-At Naylor, twelve miles east of here, on the At lantic Coast Line, Mannle Carter, a prominent young man, and Gravey Hodge, a negro, were killed last night, and Ruhe Knight, white, was wounded. Carter was shot through the body and lived until 11 o'clock to-day. The ne gro was riddled with bullets and died Instsntly. Information received here Is to the effect that Mr. Carter wss In the store of his brother, R. M. Carter, when the negro Hodge entered and In an In sulting manner demanded to be wait ed on at once. His manner and words were so offensive that he wss asked to get OUI the store, which he did. As he went out he cursed Messrs. eer ier and mad* some vile remark about them 'o Benjamin penny and Rube Knight, who were standing In the SI reel There bed been herd feeling between the Csr'ere and Pennys, and when lbs urgto mmw* from lbs slots it Is ft rts lying betwen Shushiyen and Rihlung mountain. During the day and night of the 19th and until noon of the 20Lh, the bombardment continued without ces sation, and the many shells falling from quarters which previously had been silent made it obvious that the Japa nese had at last succeeded either in mounting many heavy guns in new po sitions or In strengthening their old positions. The infantry fighting dur ing this period was comparatively trivial. At noon on Sept. 20, the Japanese right and center, the former being to the west and the latter to the east of the railroad, commenced the advance. The troops made use of the trenches and frequent natural cover that lay in their way. The small forts to the south of Shushiyen resisted this at tack but briefly, their garrisons not being strong numerically. Since the beginning of the bombard ment the artillery tire frem Fort Ku ropatkin had been growing steadily weaker, and, it having become appar ent that it had been practically si lenced, the Japanese assaulted the fort. hiirnimtkin Showed Its WrnknPH. Fort Kuropatkin is situated at the south of Pallchuang and to the north east of the parade ground, on a low hill. It derives its name from Up time when Clen. Kuropatkin inspected it and pointed out the weakness of the position and ordered that it be strengthened as far as possible because of the necessity of protecting the water supply. While situated in the chain of multi forts. Fort Kuropatkin never has been as strong as the others, and after said that Penny and Knight took bis part and started in the store with their pistols drawn. Mannle Carter met them at the door and It Is charged that Penny leveled his pistol at him, firing three shots. The first shot pass ed through Carter’s body. As he fell he returned the fire, shooting Knight through the arm. Penny was not wounded. The negro would have gotten off without further trouble but for his talk. He was drinking and boasting over the killing of Carter, when some one fired a shot at him, which was the signal for a fusilude that filled him full of holes. Sheriff Passmore was summoned to Naylor by telephone, and arrested Penny and Knight at the former's home several miles from there at t o'clock this morning. The two men are In jail here. Coroner Solomon has gone to Naylor to hold an inquest over the negro. MIHWKY TO THK JEWS. Mew Minister of Hie Interior De livered An Address. Vulna, Kepi. 16. Prince Hvlalopolk- Mlrsky, recently transferred from the office of governor general of Vllna to that of Minister of the Interior, he. fore departing for his new post yes. lei day delivered an addrsss before the severe fighting it fell into the hands of the Japanese. This capture lessens further the security of the fort on Rihlung mountain, which is now threatened from anew quarter as well as from Paliehang. At ft o’clock of the afternoon of Sept. 20 the Japanese captured a supplemen tary fort which from the lower ground threatened the fort on Itz mountain. This ended the heavy fighting for that day, although the Japanese later were compelled to resist several sorties. Carried lij a Farinas Assault, During the night the heavy bom bardment of the Russian positions continued, the Japanese fire being di rected with particular vigor against another supplementary fort 3,000 yards to the west of the fort on Itz moun tain, and regarded as highly Impor tant because of its bearing on the Itz and Anshu mountain forts. The next day, after having pounded this position unmercifully and until Us fire had slackened visibly, the Japa nese delivered their assault. They met with a stubborn resistance. They were eximsed to tile fire of machine guns and rifles and they made frantic efforts to reach the crest of the slope. They leaped over trenches and embankments and tore down the entanglements In their path until they Entered the fort. The Russian troops there refused to desert their position, even In the face of the superior numbers which con fronted them, and desperate hand-to hand fighting occurred inside the fort. Eventually almost the entire Russian garrison was either killed or wounded. A steamer which arrived here from Port Dainy confirms previous rejiorts that there was heavy fighting at Port Arthur on H<pt. 24. members of the Jewish .community. Hi- snld he was well acquainted with the wants of the Jews and would ap proach the Important Jewish question, which would shortly come up for se rious consideration, with a full knowl edge of the problems It presented. He expected the Jews on their side to have perfect confidence In government measures. Jews might rest fully sat isfied that, having been called to the fount of Justice by the side of the Emperor, he would see that justice was always done them, TO TRIAL Tlie Altmans anil Tlielr Friends to l.eutc .Ineksont llle To-tlny. Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 25.—The pris oners In Duvsl county Jail accused of the murder of Jackson Duncan, the negro Itlley and Deputy Sheriff Thrift a( and near liaxter, will be taken lo MeClenney, the county site of Baker county, to-morrow and will he given a preliminary hearing. The Jackson ville Rifles will set as a military guard Hon. W ft. Kills, attorney geusrsl of Florida, has been requested by Gov, Jennings to assist In the prosecution end will leave Tallahassee to-morrow morning for the trial. THE LIST OF THE DEAD HAS GROWN TO SIXTY-TWO More of Those Injured in the Wreck Are Ex peeled to Succumb at Knoxville, Tennessee. SIX DIED IN THE HOSPITAL ON SUNDAY Complete and Correct List of the Dead of the Railway Horror That Made Many Homes Desolate. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 25.—The death list, as a result of the fearful wreck on the Southern Railway near New market Saturday, has grown to-night to sixty-two, and it will probably ex ceed seventy before Tuesday, as many of the Injured are in serious condi tion and more deaths will occur at the hospital. To-day there were six deaths at that institution, the last one occurring at 8 o’clock to-night, when M. P. Gant, a prominent North Carolinian, residing at Shelby, N. C„ passed away. Others who died to-day at the hospital were the two colored firemen, two little girls and Nep Miller, colored, of Johnson City, Tenn. To the appended corrected list of dead there must be added an unknown Infant found to-day at the scene of the wreck and two other unidentified bodies. The complete and corrected list of dead as a result of the wreck up to 10 o’clock to-night is as follows: Lint of die Dead. . W. A. Galbraith. Knoxville. Mrs. W. A. Galbraith, Knoxville. W. T. Ellis, Greensboro, N. C. Ralph Mountcastle, Knoxville. Miss Inez Russell, Knoxville. Clyde Russell, Knoxville. Cory Knight. Dandrlge. Tenn. W. A. Stephenson, Omaha. Neb. John Connor, Roanoke. Va. D. S. Fox, Birmingham. Ale. J. M. Adkins, Jellico, Tenn. Mrs. J. B. Gass, Knoxville. Mrs. W. O. Haddix. Knoxville. James Bird, JefTerson City, Tenn. Mrs. R. B. West, Jefferson City, Tenn. Mrs. Albert McMahan, Newport, Tenn. Ed DeGrout, Johnson City, Tenn. John Glenn, Morristown, Tenn. Dr. A. Crawford. Bardstown. Ky. E. H. Horner, Morristown, Tenn. George I.ee, Carrollton, Ky. J. R. Plummer. Chapel Htll, N. C. E. G. Ernest, Johnson City, Tenn. John Black, White Pine. Tenn. Mrs. R. B. Crawford, Mohawk, Tenn. J. H. Rhea, Whitesburg, Tenn. W. 8. Hill. Jelllco, Tenn. Mr*. Laura Hill, Gaffney, S. C. Hill. 7 yearn old, daughter of Mm. Laura Hilt. Minn Sarah Hill, Gaffney, S. C. Fifteen-months-old boy, thought to be son of Mrs. Laura Hill. Mrs. Fannie McEwen, Knoxville. R. B. Godwin, Jefferson City, Tenn. Mr. C. A. Russell, Knoxville. Monroe Ashmore, Knoxville. William Jones. Knoxville. J. J. Daniel, Turleys Mill, Tenn. G. N. Parrot, Knoxville. Mrs. Annie Paylor Malloy, Birming ham, Ala. Mrs. Green. Sylva, N. C. Mr. Kane, Knoxville, engineer on westbound train. W. R. Spencer, Arcadia, Fla. Mrs. J. A. Lemons, Knoxville. Roy McMahan, Newport, Tenn. Mrs. Nancy J. Rumley, Watuga, Tenn. Mrs. George Klnzel, Knoxville. Rev. Isaac Emery, Knoxville. Miss Cupp, Knoxville. Melvel P. Gant, Shelby, N. C. C. A. Helßkell, Memphis, Tenn. J. Mills, negro fireman. Charles Carson, colored. Nep Miller, colored, Greenville, Tenn. Wllllum Cunningham, colored, Cltlco, Tenn. Arthur Gass, colored, Greenville, Tenn. Two white men, unidentified. Two-yeur-old girl, unknown. Unknown negro. Unidentified baby, found to-day. Twe unidentified bodies found to-day. Fncaienti of Bodies round. A force of 150 men toiled all day long at the scene of the wreck. Before 2 o'clock Sunday morning the track was clear for through trains, but It required many hours to clear the deb ris. Engineers Parrot and Kane were found beneath their engines, but their bodies were not crushed badly. small fiagments of bodies wsre found In many places to-day, but It Is thought that they belong to bodies already found and brought to this city. One little baby was found by the wreckers. The cause of the terrible loss of Ufa in the heavy oasthound train wss ex plained to-day. It seams that the second coach ploughed Us way Into a bank in such a manner that the other . 5 CENTS A COPY I DAILY. $8 A YEAR. J WEEKLY I-TIMF.S-A-WEKK.iI A YEAR cars were Jammed into It. and, pushed on by the weight of the heavy Pull mans, were crushed like egg shells. Physicians at the hospital state to night that of the long list of injured which they have In their care, It is probable that not more than four will die. The complete list of injured, as given out by the railroad officials shows a total of 162, but this Includes all persons who were only slightly hurt or scratched. ALL OF FUNERAL PARTY MET DEATH IN WRECK. Slow Seven Instead of One Are to Re Hurled. Columbia, S. C-, Sept. 25.—A tele gram was received at Gaffney, this state, yesterday announcing the death of Mr. Lee Hill at Jellico, Tenn., who was killed in an ex plosion in a powder mill. The corpse was expected at Gaff ney- last night, but instead a tele gram was receiving stating that the corpse, accompanied iby Mr. Scott Hill, his father, Lee Hill’s wife and four hiidren and a single sister was on the ill-fated South ern train which was wrecked yes terday, and that all the parties were killed. The corpses of all seven of the family are expected to reach Gaff ney this evening or to-momrw morning. AFTER BEING DERAILED Sleeping Cara Wore Struck hr * Freight Train. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 25.—Six per sons, who were injured in a wreck on the New York Central Railroad, a short distance east of Lyons early this morning, were brought to Rochester hospitals. Three sleepers on the Western ex press, a fast train .bound from New York to Chicago, left the track be cause of a -split rail, and threw the passengers to the floors of the coaches. Just as the train came to a stand still a fast freight eastbound ran Into the derailed cars. Mrs. Newman Erbs, wife of the vice president of the Pere Marquette Rail road, who was brought here with both limbs cut off, died at the hospital. Mr. Erbs was bruised and injured. The following are the other Injured passengers who were brought here: Sarah Lowen, 424 Woodward street, Detroit, Mich., bruised and cut. Richard Healy, San Francisco, a brewer, bruised and cut. Samuel Stern, Kansas City, bruised and cut about the head and shoulders. Mrs. Stern, bruised and suffering from shock. ARRESTS AT TALBOTTON. H'liltr Men Arrmrd of Shooting (h* IligrMi. Talbotton, Oa., Sept. 25.—Late Sat urday evening, after the mess meeting, through the efforts of Sheriff B. A. Richards and prominent citizens, the mother of Jack Trice, the negro who was shot In the back, swore out war rants against Tom Butler, E. D. Shipp and Seab Hall. Shipp and Hall sur rendered to the sheriff last night. But ler is yet at large, but Sheriff Rich ards Is using every effort to see that he is captured. The trial of the two men arrested will take place Tuesday 'before Judge Raines. It Is thought now that the two ne groes may recover from their wounds. TROOPS WITHDRAWN FROM HUNTSVILLE. go More Trouble From the Lynch ing Trials Expected. Huntsville, Ala,, Sept. 25. —On the advice of Judge Speake of the Circuit Court orders were received to-day for the militia to break camp and re turn to Birmingham. The guard at the jail was taken off at noon and the company left for home to-night. It is extremely improbable that there will he any more trouble during the trials of alleged lynchers. Ora. 4 kndwlek Drowned Be mat able, Mae*., dept. 24—Word wee received here to-day of the drown ing of Oen, W, P. < bedwiefc, of Exe. ter, Ji H rnerutgiiia trustee of Philips. Exeter A'ademy, In the channel of th harbor The sr t t4 u t lectured wane he wee batbik*