The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04

consult lie had no com munication by
word Of mouth. by letter, bystaaphone
or by, telegraph with any one person
outside of tho narrow circle Of HIS inl-s
mediate family. Involved IN this asscr-5
ton is the fact that on Friday, Friday
night and Saturday morning up to II
o'clock when the tllspatc had been sent
he had no communication from or With
any one III St. Louis or With any one
outside OF St.4Louis on the subject OF poll
II ties or convention events.
n BY his associates and all who lave
known him FROM the earliest time Ills
essential truthfulness has been a recOg-
anlzed Observation-Disclosures thoitruthfulncss
Sthat Is exact in words alone, but In thar
frank, non-evaslve. and earnest truthful-
ness that makes even the suggestion OF q
meaning other than hts words exactly
imply seem int minds Of his acquain-
8tancesS like a sacrilegc. So, wheiilhe says
that In the sending Of that dlspatch2hes
consulted with nobody-wth notsn single
soul, and that Ills action was taken on
his own Initiative and after realizing the
situation at st. Louis, no one who ever
knew the Judge or realized the esteem
in which he II Is held by hose who: do
know him entertain any doubts. whlc
tho falslty OF the charge Of pre- arrange
ment' or of n forelsnowledge, 'l on the
part Of his friends III st. Louis, becomes
apparent. 3 8S5 ISL 5${{g ~
# AS a matter Of fact, it was not until 3
O'Clock on the.aftcrrioon of Saturday that
any one made an appearance at Rose
mount. or came into personal rela to
Sthe Judge to whom he could be induced
Ito communicate knowledg &c Of The dis
patch or It's subject matter and that was
Stour hours after the dispatch had been
sent. This person, who u 8 the writer OF
this, arrived In absolute ignorance of the
acton taken by the Jld sc, on q mission,
which since the dlspatt III hid bee n pres
&pared and sent, had a bearing on it.S8It
was because of that fact that the COM
mllnicaton, of his act was ma de by z..le
Judge and It was the first time that It
was made to anybody. Unless that dis
patch was at that moment in: the HANDS
of Mr.. Sheehan In ST. Louis, this writer
was tho first pcrson5to see and read &it
apart from the two secretaries Of the
Judge. his agents of transmission.
Why the Telegram Was Sent.
The fact was Judge Parker had not at
any time anticipated Il the result in the
committee on resolutions, as lit was res
vealed to him bn Z Satrirda y4s morning
@throughsthe ordinary nows source and a
private dispatch from New York city,
rehearsnE3 ins detalSthe events tof the
SIN teen hours session Ill .s IN Il VIZ -fiEE
He had SUPPOSED 4 prlor to- the meeting
Zof#the committee, thntsaa gold standard
plank would be offered and that, If ops
position manifested itself, the mississippi
plank, which recognizedithe present stand
ard, would, at least be accepted. Such
plank iii his Judgment, he could stand
on, holding the theories on finance he
did, well known to be in favor Of the
gold standard. and would be properly sub
#ject to the Interpretation he would put
on It, for whether the reasons given. IN
tho plank rs justlfyng the recognitionSof:
lie present standard were sound or not,
the fact Of its recognition BY the convex
ton would suftice. is525 {i
But when the events were developed as
8 they were Eat ST! Louis, an affirmative
gold plank presentedan counter pro posi-
1tion Involving reaffirmation Of the con-
trary the proposition and the counter
proposition resulting in the compromise
ofsthe omission, he saw that the situa- 4
ton was wholly changed. TINT thegvot-
ing down in that committee of a declarn-
ton that the squestio was settled and the
gold standard established, and his accept
ance Of that action would place him IN g!
position OF entertaining views i contrary
to those he did and, therefore decided 1t
his duty to inform every element Of the
convention what his position was s. that.
IL his, views We're not Satisfact Dry TO the
majority. 1t could place some one OH the
platform adopted whose views were e.,
His conclusion reached, the dispatch
was sent--a great act simply done, ana
done on his own initiative without con-
sulting with any one whomsoeyerfan ana
without knowledge of anybody until 1T
was received by Governor SheehanSin st.
Louis #
That dispatch was received In st. louis,
not with lforeknowledgo,5b but With cons
sternation by those WHO, measuring the
value or tho nominal ton OF Judge 84'arkcr
by the pains and labor It had required
to achieve It, did not, at first, realize the
greatness OF tho abnegatlonf involved.
Nor should there be failure to com pre-
bend that Judge Parker In performing
the act, did not fail to realize the Dos
slbIo consequence that there would De
a change OF candidates for the presl-
dency and that before the adjournment
his declinatlon of tho nomination would
be presented to the c onyent lion.
n That this was present n5'hls nina al
day was known to one, at least ana
yet he moved among those who came in
large numbers In the afternoon and even
Ing to congratulate him serenely, calmly.
making no illusions to the event, but pa
tiently awaiting knowledge Of the effect
produced by his dispatch on the conyen-
ton. And that knowledge was mot given
him until long after midnight OF July 0th.i
He received his neighbors OF Ulster who
came in array OF band and tore has ats 70
'felicltate him. compelled 70 talk to them
on everything but his nomination. lest . t
might be tina awhile lie was addressing
them he was no longer the nominee OF
the Democratic National Convention OF
1904 WILLIAM Q, ttC L,,soN
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