The Savannah morning news., 1904-08-05
THE VOTES OF THE soNs-ix-LAw.


II is an old proverb that blood is
thicker than water. but is a family tie
stronger than a political tie? Judge
| Parker the Democratic nominee for
! President, and Henry G. Davis, the
! Democratic nominee for Vice President.
! viii have an opportunity to answer this
! question within the next three months.
Judge Parker's son-in-law, the Rev.
! Charles Meyer Hall, is Republican,
and has always voted the Republican
| ticket, and Senator stephen Elkins, the
| son-in-laW of Mr.. Davis, is a very
prominent Republican. viii Judge
Parker and Mr.. Davis be able to con-
vert their sons-in-law to their way of
| thinking in politics, or rather, will they
be able to get their votes for the Dem
ocratic ticket?
The Rev. Mr.. Hall ought to be
much easier subject to work upon than
Senator Eltins, and it wouldn't be sur
prismg if he should finally make up his
mind to do what he can to assist his
wife's father to carry the state of New
York. If he should refuse to do so, the
chances are there isn't much more
happiness for him in this world, be-
cause Mrs Hall thinks there is no
body quite so good as her father and
her heart is in the work of electing
him. She went to St, Louis to see
him nominated. and she stayed in the
convention until the vote was taken
that made him the nominee, though the
time was long after midnight. And
there is the grandson, Alton Parker
Hall, who is IL staunch supporter of
his grandfather. If the Rev. Mr.. Hall
should stand out against both his wife
and his son. the people of his congre-
cation would likely look upon him as
hard hearted and ungrateful sort of
a man, and might ask him to resign.
The opportunities for the Rev. Mr..
Hall to become converted are numer-
Gus. He is ut RosemOunt, Judge Par
ker's home, pretty much all the time,
helping to receive and entertain Wis
itors. What more natural than that
the Hon. David B. Hill, Senator Pat
McCarren, and other distinguished
Democrats should fill him so full of
Democratic doctrine that he couldn't
do otherwise than vote for his faith
er-in-lawl
Mr.. Davis has a harder proposition
to deal with. His son-in-law, Mr.. Ell
kins, doubtless expects sometime to
be a candidate for the nomination for
President. and he couldn't afford to
have it said that he didn't vote for Mr..
Roosevelt. Besides. he is a senator,
and it would be his political death to
have it thrown at him in the Senate
or elsewhere. that he voted the Demo
cratic ticket. But what he can do, and
probably will do, is to refuse to con-
tribute anything to the Republican
campaign fund. He is a millionaire,
and is said to be a liberal giver to that
fund. He can very well refuse to sub
scribe on the ground that he can't be
expected to give his money to defeat
his father-in-law. He will be able to
save several thousands of dollars, and
at the same time do his father-in-law
a good turn without loosing his hold on
his own party. His boys, however,
have already announced for their
grandfather. They are good Demo-
Gratis. Doubtless they know the
source of much of their spending
money.
Although Judge Parker and Mr.. Da-
Wis can be elected without the votes
of their sons-in-law, it would undoubt-
eddy be gratifying to them to know
that the political tie had proven weak
er than the family tie.