The Minneapolis journal., 1904-07-16

be almost the regular rule. SO that
it is hard thing for man to go be-
fore the public on his merits and stand
for office on the plea. that he is AT
and on no other, but we shall have to
get back to that basis of political pre-
ferment If our experiment in pop i
ular government Is to be permanent
success.
Mayor Samuel Milton jones' name will
always be linked in memory with the
golden rule. He needs no other monu-
ment.
False Notions of Judicial Dignity.
With all the zeal of new con-
vert, the Chicago Chronicle, which !
has been a republican only four days.
analyzes the characterization of
Judge Parker's famous telegram by
| the democratic and some of the re-
publican papers of the country as
both courageous and manly" and
concludes that it was neither. The
Chronicle insists that to be deserving
of that estimate it must have been
unselfsh, it must have been honorable
and it must have involved personal
| risk.
The Chronicle thinks it could not
have been unselfsh because after the
editorials of the New York papers of
that date and the telegrams from
leading democrats, Judge Parker
must have realized that he could
never carry New York on the plat
form constructed for him at st.
Louis, and that there was nothing for
him to do if he would win but
strengthen his position as far as pos
:. sible. The Chronicle thinks that If
man were tempted to do a selfish
, act under those circumstances, he
: would do just what Judge Parker did
In the next place, the Chronicle
) does not grant that 1t was an hon
! orable act because the convention
, had been led to make the nomination
with the understanding that there was
. to be no expression on the financial
: question; it was now practically i'm
possible to make any other non1ina-
ton. II have been represented as
without positive convictions on this
question, have been nominated and
- must abide by the result" Is in sub
. stance what the Chronicle insists
n would have been honorable.
AS to whether the telegram was
IS courageous, the Chronicle says "Tc
e ask the question is to answer it." The
If argument is that it must have beer
% apparent to the nominee that he took
n no risk.
y T hoC
Judge Parker credit for having dom
e, that which was wise politically am
re just to the convention, after thing
II had developed as they did, and is will
IN ing to let it go at that but is prepare
"a to see that peculiar situation whic]
a. arose in democratic circles on tn
;, afternoon of July 9, the subject Q
y, much analysis and discussion, and
= large amount of skepticism prevaler
-, in both republican and democrati
circles as to whether the nominee {
the ST. Louis convention is to be ac
se corded great credit for courage an
s manliness, or whether he is only er
titled to high rank as politics
= strategist.
- Meanwhile this much at least seen
oi to be true, that in the light of event
* it is not altogether the best plan fl
re a candidate for the high office Of pre-
EST ident to persist in withholding fro
Z the public all authoritative knowledt
est of what his views are on public que
es. tions under false and foolish CO.
pal ception of what belongs to the di
is nifty of an honorable public positit
7nt which he may happen to occupy. II
all. Keen sense of honor which respec
,od SO highly the dignity Of the one, po!
nee ton might perhaps be expected to
all at least slightly touched by a feeli
of of obligation to be reasonably fra1
;oh with public which was manifest
n contemplating the comforting of st
y higher honors.
have saved himself all the possil
:, injustice that may be done him
questioning his motives in connect
with that telegram by simply bel
: comm onsensible before his name "
presented to the St. Louis conventi
iiey Judge Parker is still on the ben
tAe and SO far as that fact should be
aus pected to influence his statement
Of bis no,itic,I views he was M ~,
at liberty to speak last Saturday tn
nois he was last April
ers'
Mr.. Davis is said to be worth $40, o.
0o0 What a perfectly lovely candid