The sun., 1904-07-04
". G. WHITNEY,S PLATFORM.
W. =. McAllister Gives II Out p Mr. Whit
ney Gave II to Him In 1907.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. July 3.--William S.
McAllster, delegate to the Democratic
national convention from Mississippi,
reached Memphis this morning en- route
to st. Louis in company with several dele
gates This afternoon they held a confer
ence and after its conclusion Mr.. McAllister
gave out the following:
"On April I, 1902, in New York city, the
late William c. Whitney, after informing
me that he would not be a candidate for the
Democratic Presidential nomination In
1904, for the reason that ne did not support
the Democratic npminees in 1895 and 1900,
but that the Honl Alton B. Parker would
be the New York candidate, and after
graciously commanding Judge Parker to
me as the purest Of citizens, profoundest
of statesmen and princelieet of gentlemen,
drafted and gave me the following planks,
which he said would be the dominant
issues in the national election of 1904:
First - Angl To- Saxon supremacy ON the
American continent; no force bills; no cur
tailment OF Southern represen tation In
Con gress, but as the same time, justice.
opportunity, protection and education for
all regardless OF race or color.
"'Second-A sound. stable currency, in
line with the present and historic ante
bellum gold standard policy of the Demo-
cratic party, having such regard for the
-qusntitative theory of money" as is con-
sistent with stable metallic basis Of values
and of the worlds supply Of currency
Third-Tsriff schedules framed with a
view to revenue, to affording adequate pro-
lection to American Industries and to
sitting various monopolies.
Notwithstanding that aggregated
wealth has been blessing to mankind,
wherefore we have railroads and factories.
telegraph and telephone systems, public
sch ools libra ries and colleges for the rich and
poor alike, and finally five per cent. more
money for the masses, we are not avers g to
such aggregations for legitimate proft
and public progress, but against criminal
trusts, which openly defy antitrust legis-
lation and are in restraint of wholesome
competition, we will wage resolute war.
Fifth, We favor exercising the higher
laws" of world power, as the Democratic
party forced the Mckinley administration
to do in the case Of Cuba, and increasing
the navy permanently, md military tenn
porarily, accordingly as national necessities
require, in furtherance of this policy.
"'Sixth, we recognize once for all the
paramount supremacy. Of the Federal
sovereignty only applies to the relations
Of the States, the one to the other.
Seventh, liberal pensions to Union
soldiers liberal appropriations for internal
improvements, naval and military equip
ment, agricultural development, for an
Isthmian canal, and for the dissemination
Of general knowledge and the cultivation
Of the arts and sciences
in this conversation Mr.. Whitney said
there were other important issues but
that the above were the cardinal ones
upon which the Democratic party would
have to plant itself il it expected to com.
mand the confidence Of great business and
industrial elements in American society and
successfully appeal to the patriotic i'm
pulses OF national pride.
L appeal to the Democratic national
convention next Wednesday to sacredly
remember Mr.. Whitney. that he was not
only the prince of gentlemen and states
men. but was the most glorious among the
Northern Democrats. whose judgment was
next to infallible and whose feahy to prin-
ciple never faltered.
Above all things, remember his clean,
efficient and progressive administration
OF the Navy Department in lss5-s9 and
his brilliant management Of Mr.. Cleve-
lands campaign in 1892 for denomination
and election. But for Mr.. Whitney, the
Democrats could not have won in 1892.
Follow him once more, and we will surely
win in 1904