The San Francisco call., 1904-07-23
DISSATISFIED DEMOCRATS.

AU ing anybody except himself. Belmont and Hil
when he nominated Parker and made paren-
thesis platform. Mr. Bryan supports Parker, but the
charmen of the State committees in Michigan and Iowa
refuse do and have resigned and bolted. They
silver men, but the discomfort is confined
to that faction of the party. The Gold Democrats
proper, the men who in 1896 made the gold standard
possible are no than the free silver
They wanted an outspoken platform They wanted
the gold standard recognized and accepted once for all
by the party They wanted plain and common-sense
statement of their position They only for the
gold standard but they want the Government to end
responsibility for any form of paper except
the gold certificates. They want to kill, not SCOTCH
the fiat idea by redeeming. caneeling and kill
ing the outstanding greenbacks- They want the stiff
taken of the national bank currency and sub
stitued by fexbiy that will serve this country in
emergencies without putting public and private credit in
peril They wanted and expected that the platform
would plainly utter these things. But at Mr.. Hills
dication it is voiceess coffin lid. Therefore
the Gold Democrats discontented, for the victory
is barren
Hill and Belmont carried out the pretense that the
two factions could common ground in oppo-
sition the trusts and proceeded to make an anti
platform and put trust ticket, taking
candidate from the Standard Oil and the other
from the bench The Democratic Chicago Chronicle
sees through the trick from the gold side and refuses
to support Parker. The Sacramento Bee through
it from the free silver side and also refuses ndorse
the nominee
1t is true that we read in the Democratic press about
the intense satisfaction felt by the Gold Democrats
Judge Parkers nomination. But when the names
published it is observed that the satisfied Gold Demo-
Gratis are men who twice supported Bryan and free
silver OF such are ex-Mayor Phelan. Mr.. McNab and
Franklin K Lane Calfornians who let others stand
the firing line while the battle of the standards was
1t is natural that they support Parker who voting
against the gold standard when the fight on and
processes love it well that he had to kiss it
pubcly-after his nomination
The fact is that the Democracy is not yet in the
hands of men of principle The timeservers and oppor
tunists have away from the radicals, but
new masters are ready to be radical, conservative
anything else to get votes and win The who sup
ported Bryan on principle understand this perfectly
They see in the class represented by D. B. Hill and
German the men who shouted for Bryan in two
paiqns but did it with hollow hearts. Between the
real silver and the gold there may be relations
upon mutual respect, but neither class feel
respect for the who have captured the party and
made the nomination.
It is no wonder that J. J. Hill and John D. Rookie
feller support Parker. There will be vacancies fill
in the Supreme Court before 1908 In that courts
view of the railroad merger case, the Democratic JUS
tees Fuller Peckham and White, held with Hill and
his trust If changes the bench make their minority
opinion the majority decision rehearng
case not only will all the against the trusts
won by President Roosevelt be reversed but the court
will put constitutional limits upon Congress that will
weaken future legislation Gold Democrats vndicae the
wisdom that was upon them in 1896 by refusing to play
in such game.