Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-03-05
Judge Parker I Support.

The following extract from a two
column editorial in the Brooklyn Eagle
booming Judge Parker, deserves con-
sideration:
1.-TWO things now stand in the way
of Judge Parker's nomination. One
is the reported grooming of his can
didacy by Mr.. Hill. The other is the
resentment which that belisf arouses
in the minds of the Bryan remnant.
We do not think these are formidable
obstacles, for they can be explained
and overcome. Judge Parker is too
grateful and honorable man to be in
sensible to what Mr.. Hill has done for
him. He is too large a man to subor-
dinate himself to Mr.. Hill in any
Office. Neither an migrate nor weak
ling, the judge would give to Mr.. Hill
the considerable weight to which he is
justly entitled as a Democratic factor,
but he would give no man the control
of his action or the determination of
his policy. The Bryan remnant will
have to support the nominee, whoever
he is, ard take their chances under
him, or they will have to get out. If
they get out, their loss will be more
than made good by better men whom
they alone have alisnated from the
Democratic party.
"And right here, it should be said
that any movement strong enough to
name Judge Parker will be strong
enough to put under him platform
fit to be adopted-and should be care
full to do so. A bad platform could
beat him, though there is much in him
which would make 'the candidate him
self the platform, we're he the candi-
date. But in 1904 there can be no
Democratic reiteration of the Organism
OF 1896 and 1900, on any of the points
against which the country was then
aroused A Parker nomination should
of itself necessitate a platform that
faced the future and made no fetch OF
the past. The Democracy can nomi-
nate the judge and can thus assure to
the people, in platform of patriotic
and progressive principles, the COM
plete reason and justification for pre-
senting him to their suffrage If ii
cannot make platform that ought to
be made, it will run the chauce-and
on this matter we. are authorized to
speak-of challenging the refusal tc
run of man who should be nomi.
mated"
The Eagle is one of the most pluto.
cratic of the papers that until 1896
posed as Democratic. 1t is one of the
most servile and sycophantic of the
representatives of organized wealth,
and its editorial support must neces
sarily weaken Judge Parker if it is &C.
cepted as rejecting his views. The
Conanaoaer will investigate and, at the
proper time, report on Judge Parker
and his record, but in the meantime
the readers of the paper will be inter
ested to know that according to the
Eagle the nomination of Judge Parker
will necessitate platform repudiating
the platforms Of 1896 and 1900 on al
"the points against which the country
was then aroused The Eagle goes
so far as to add that 1t is sauthorized'
to say that the party will run chance
of "challenging the refusal' of Judge
Parker to run if the platform is moi
such one as the Eagle outlines.
Now, this is the most important an
nouncement yet made in the Judges
behalf If the Eagle is authorized
to speak for its candidate then he
stands for reorganization and the re-
pudiation of the present party creed
Will the judge say thisP
The Eagle seems anxious to get rit
of "the Bryan remnant" because the
loss of this "remnant" will be "more
than made good by better men whom
they alone have alienated from the
Democratic party" Is this the source
to which the judge is looking for sup
port? He may as we'll save the worry
OF a campaign If his acceptance of {
nomination depends on the adoption
of platform that repudiates the
Kansas City platform. He will find il
difficult to please newspapers like the
Eagle and also please the more thar
six millions of voters who have sup
ported the Democratic ticket in two
campaigns. Which side will he take
Will he speak for himself or allow the
Eagle to speak for himp The Kansas
City platform Democrats will attenc
the next national convention. TIL
COnanaoner.
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