Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-08-10
FROM WASHINGTON

Alton Brooks Iarkcr, my ctnul-
late and their candidate for Presi-
dent of the United States. / have
been writing and you have been
reading these letters for nearly two
wears now. and | feel that all of the
readers of these letters feel and
know that my democracy is on
straight. They may have. and
many no doubt did, disagree with
me concerning my personal prefer
ences before the nomination was
made at st. Louis, but there Is no
disagreement among real demo-
Gratis after the nomination has been
made and we have lined up for the
FIGHT againt the common enemy.
There should be no disagreement
among democrats when the fact is
staring them in the face that their
liberty is being raped, their patri-
mony is being stolen from them.
the very bread is being taken from
them by the rapacious trusts of the
country, as well as their meat, that
they are adrift on the unknown sea
of colonialism which is foreign to
the letter and the spirit of the Con-
stitution of the country; that the
lust of loot and the greed of graft
has permeated and honeycombed
every department. of the national
government until il reeks with
rottenness of honest administra-
ton.
1t is up TO the people TO stop this
riot of rapacity or allow their
grand republic and the greatest
government ever established by
man since the tide of time began, to
fall To pieces, TO disintegrate of its
own rottenness because owned and
controlled by the predatory wealth
of the country which also owns and
controls the republican party, its
agent. The only way the people
can do this is to defeat the repubh-
can party in the campaign just now
opening mp, and the only way to
defeat the republican party is to
vote the democratic ticket straight
from top to bottom. / appeal to
the republican voters of the cOun-
try who are honest men regardless
of their past political affiliations, To
the great and independent voter
who votes his conscience and his
honest convictions regardless of
party lines and to the good old
straight democrat who votes his
ticket after the nomination has
been made no matter how Sorely
disappointed he may have been at
the result. No man, however, has
the right TO be disappointed at the
result. AS every man knows who
has read this correspondence for
the past year and a half, / did not
support Judge Parker for the NOM
nation. If, as man who did not
support him for the nomination,
rejoice now in his nomination and
honestly. believe that it was the
solution of the problem of getting
together of the warning factions of
the democratic party, other men
who were similarly minded can do
the same thing with the greatest
good grace in the world. | say to
the democrats of the country and
To the people in general that the
democracy of the nation in conven-
ton assembled at St. Louis made
no mistake in the nomination OF
Judge Alton b. Parker for the
presidency of the country. This
Is the verdict of every leading
democrat in the entire nation who
has had the pleasure and the priv,
ilege of meeting Judge Parker anc
OF taking him by the hand. / hav,
mad that pleasure and that priyi
iege, and it is of that / desire t.
say few words concerning tn,
democratic standard bearer in thi.
campaign to my readers.
During the meeting of the natio
nal committee, in New York City
through the kindness and the cour
tesy of the Hon. Norman f. Mack
national Committeeman from New
York, | was invited to accompany
the members of the national com
mlttee to the home of Judge Par
ker to pay to him our sincere re
Spects and give him assurances o
our loyalty and esteem. went,
saw was conquered, | am his n
Hyou have warm, red corpuscle
IN your blood he is the kind of
man who would make you get on
ana holler out loud for and get re
IN the face and walk across hi O