Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1904-04-21
THURSDAY, APRIL 81, 1904.
THEY HAVE FOUND HIM.

leaped from the bath which had disclose J
the secret to him and with triumphant
shout rushed to his home, crying Eureka,
eureka, II have found it, have found it. "
Archimedes was never more eager to dis
cover great truth or important principle
of mechanics than have been the Dem
ocras of the United States to find man
they can hope will lead them once more
to victory aud the enjoyment of the po-
litical Aeshpots.
For the past two years the Democrats
have been hunting for Presidential can
dida;e, and they have not hesitated to de-
clare that: Availability, not merit or
qualifications, is the only requisite to Sc
cure nomination. - This has been en-
phasized by the repeated messages sent
by Southern Democrats to New York poll
ticians to name man with whom they
could hope to win and that the solid cleo
toral vote of the South would be given
him. Thus will the Southern Statesmen (O
seize upon what they claim to be the in
teliyence of the South and deliver it like
"dumb, driven cattle" int o the hands Of a
man whom David Bennett Hill, Grover
Cleveland and "Boss Murphy" can agree
upon and name. And this will be what
Mr.. Cleveland has termed 1.-THE ascenden-
-cy of safe and sane Democracy"
The Democrats are now shouting 1--WE
have found him, We have found him!''
They are seemingly as exultant of spirit as
if the discovery had come to them as a
revelation. This man. the new star In the
armament of Democracy, is Judge Alton
B. Parker, of New York. He has been
introduced by Dave Hill, commended by
Grover Cleveland, and "Boss Murphy"
has intimated Willingness to "allow the
delegation from New York to st. Louis to
be instructed for Parker" His avaia-
biity has thus been proven, and his merit
ard qualifications are question OF small
moment. He may be a disciple of the
uncertain, treacherous Hill, he may repre-
sent "the safe and sane Democracy" of
Cleveland, or he may be willing 10 be-
come the tool of the corrupt and corrupt
ing Tammany organization. Perhaps he
may consent to be and do all these things
that have heretofore been scorned, re-
pudiated and denounced by Southern
Democrats, but that most precious word
in the lexicon of Democracy, 'ayailabil-
IT," will hide bis multitude of Gins.
The momentary discovery of the partic-
ular worth and availability of Judge
Parker, superinduced by the strategy of
Hill and Cleveland, was fastened, no
doubt, by dread of William Randolph
Hearst, who has been making such an
industrious struggle for the Democratic
nomination. The party leaders had been
mill lately ridiculing biz candidacy. Sud-
denly they became aroused to the fact
that he was picking up and preparing to
pick up delegates from all sections of the
Union, and that there was imminent dan
ger of his securing enough delegates to
control the ST. Louis Convention. Not
until then did the superiority of Parker
over many men, among them Hill, Cleve-
land, German and Gray, become manifest.
The leaders think they have destroyed
the Hearst boom by this sudden concel.
tration on Parker. In bidding good-by
to Hearst as a Presidential candidate
Henry Watterson says in the Courier
Journal:
tine Democratic party is not yet a
marketable quantity, nor will its delegates
in the next National convention be chop
ped off like mutton outlets by the hand of
any butcher welding clesver of gold"
This is pretty word-painting, descrip-
tive of an assumed or supposed unpur'
chssable Democracy. But Colonel Wat
terson ought to remember that at the last
two National conventions the Democratic
party was a marketable quantity, and that
the delegates we're chopped off like NUT.
ton outlets by butcher welding ceaver
of silver. Then, be might see that those
who are go earnestly engineering the Park
er movement are seeking to again make
the party marketable quantity, and that
its delegates at the next convention are to
be chopped off as lamb outlets by butch
ers welding ceaver of availability"
Colonel Bryan, Mr. Hearst and all the
Democrats who are standing against the
Cleve and-Hill reorganizers are curious to
know what Judge Parker has done to
make him a significant and popular figure
in National politics; and what are his po-
Iiiical principles or convictions. They are /
told that Parker has done nothing to ex'
cite the hostility or win the esteem OF the
great mass of the voters; and that his neg
- ill ho O rn1rce of great