Americus times-recorder., 1904-03-29
THE PARKER CLUB IN eEoRcY'

band wagon" the Atlanta News writes
humorously upon the serio- comedy of
'he presidential campaign in Georgia
anent "the only official and duly
authorized" Parker Club Here is
What Editor Graves thinks of it
'That great and good paper, The
Atlanta Journal, has been seeking for a
long time for presidential candidate
whose Georgia affections it might
monopolize. The dream and ambi.
ton of The Journals life has been to
have nice, amiable presidential
candidate of its own. And after
many gyrations and many doubts and
mental qualms, and after being com
PEELED to drop the ponderous form of
Grover Cleveland from it's nerveless
grasp, The Journal finally settles with
eagerness and avidity upon Judge
Alton b Parker, of New York, and
makes the welkin Cor at least that
limited welkin in which it operates
ring with It's fierce and eager advocacy
of the New York lawyer.
'The Journal has been enjoying the
exquisite satisfaction of the thought
that it was the owner, driver and all
four horses of the Parker band wagon
SIN Georgy."
"Down IN Augusta another great
and good paper, ancient in years, but
exceedingly and fearfully young in its
editorial management, has been turn
just as many summersaults and ma
neuvering as desperately for presi-
Dental candidate of his own. And af
ter many twists and turns and sinuous
windings in and out, the great and
good Chronicle, ancient IN history and
adolescent in editorial conduct, has
been hugging to its bosom the delu-
sion that it, too. was the driver and the
team in the Parker procession.
"And these great and good but ir-
regularity meritorious publications,
with their pens beating against their
tin pans, and their "tom.toms" ring
ing on ancient metal (the public will
instantly recognize delicate allusion
here to "The Honorable Tommy, y
have been creating mighty stir as the
self-constituted creators, custodians
and proprietors of the Parker boom.
''But alas and alack-a.day! In the
midst of their wild clamor and their
fierce tom toms The Atlanta Const1u-
tiop, an agreeable and always conserva-
tive old lady, never rash or overly
eager to commit itself on any PROPOSE
ton, goes quietly to work, and under
the cover of the unfortunate clamor of
its neighbors, proceeds to organize
with s own friends. and almost from
its own household, "the Parker Club of
Georgia"
"Alas! and alack-a day The Con-
stitu'lon ought to be ashamed Of stself.
In Ii eral truth it ought. 1t was such
naughty and such an inconsiderate
thing to do 1t was so greedy IN The
Constitution to do this. It is so terri
bly, thoughtless of the feelings and OF
the copyrighted proprietorship of It's
neighbor. The Journal, and of its an
Gent contemporary, The Chronicle.
''But we fear that The Constitution
is not ashamed. It just goes on "keep
ing silenter and silenter" all the time
and saying nothing, while The Jour
nal RACES and The Chronicle imagines
a vain thing.
"And young Hugh Dorsey, the
naughty but complacent president oi
the Parker Club, steadily refuses upon
demand to tnrn over that organization
to either the irascible Journal or the
ancient Chronicle and those great and
good, but now unhappy newspapers
stand idly dangling their bonnets and
plumes, looking for the Parker band
wagon with which young Dorsey and
The Constitution have run away, and
wondering where their place of re-
membrance will come in the doubtful
and improbable event of Justice Par.
ker's nom nation.
''Now this is the brief and simple
story of a real drama-a story of sor-
row, of Disappointment, of chagrin and
of deep and dark duplicity. Surely
never were two young and innocent
newspapers ever so cruelty deceived
and so basely imposed upon by willy
old lady in the history CT politics be-
fore
SIN the fraternal spirit which has
always moved as in our relations to our
fellow men, we can only comfort our
esteemed contemporaries of Atlanta
and Augusta with the assurance that
their troubles will soon pass away.
"The Parker boom is seeing its best
days. It's decadence is at hand, and
IN the day when it wraps it's robes OF
interment about it and lies down to
rest with other booms, the irascible
Journal and the ancient Chronicle may
make faces at the astute and con.
servative Constitution, and The News,
happy and triumphant in the success
of the real Captain of the People, will
be as ready then as now to offer them
always and everywhere the verbal as
surance and the practical evidence OF
ITS sympathy and regard"