Show 1 speaker cannon showing up the hollowness of parkers letter of acceptance likens parker to mr facing both ways in Bun pilgrims progress hastings neb sept 26 Speaker cannon continued his tour 0 nebraska today ills principal speech was made here this afternoon speaker cannon took up and discussed that part ot judge barters Far letter ot acceptance relating to the presidents order providing tor a graduated pension scale speaker cannon reviewed the history ot the law under which the order was made and the construction on it by presidents cleveland and mckinley McKIn lcy and continued now then when that order of was issued the dickens waa the same principle to pay although along and in the same manner as formerly issued by cleveland and mckan aey and they have been raising a row about it ever since talking 0 executive in parkers first acceptance by speech he complained of the ex presidents ot the government under republican rule and roosevelt came back at him and ald how are you to cut down these expenditures re you for the repeal of that executive ader relating to the soldiers and parker now comes back in his letter of acceptance just issued and says it I 1 am elected president I 1 will that order and then be goes on and says but after I 1 rescind I 1 will use my influence with congress to pass R bill giving an age service pension to he soldier that performed sen ice in ibe civil war 1 I ask ge parker what age will it be as 63 62 years or what indefinite still you are and probably not eln cere but suppose you are elected president mr parker and you use your influence what will that bring in the from to bohoi people will have their pensions taken away white you promise to use you influence to have congress pass a service pension law without stating tho age you propose to recognize now I 1 ask you mr parker it you are elected president who will control the house of representatives T will not two thirds of the democrats in that body be made up of members from the south and aro they liberal people with pensions for the union soldiers let us read a chapter from the history of pension legislation as it stands on the statute books today there hav been 14 bills passed from time to time and these bills form the pension coji who passed them democrats for the bills democrats against the bills republicans tor the bills 1068 republicans against the bills none tats haw the record of the vote upon jhc thc e stands Is there aay hope abee for mr parkers influence to be effective ho Is to take pensions away from thousands of people and only replace them by a promise to uso his with a party in congress trat has a notorious record against that ery thing et mo ab you bare you ever read bi ayans progress great biuk allegory there aras Chilst liin and thera was faint heart and there was true and there wai mr facing both ways I 1 say to you hat if parker had lived then thai character in ts boo ii would not have been faan both ways but it would have been parker |