Rocky Ford enterprise., 1904-07-15
PARKER SPEAK,.
DECLARES FOR GOLD srANoArr
Offers to Resign u His Views Do 20:
Suit tho con.enuon.-ey q Vote -
774 to i9t He Is Asked TO Remair
on tho Ticket

7S to i9t He Is Asked TO RenaiF
on the Ticket.
81. Louis. July lO.-The Democratic
national convention nominated Jude b
Parker Of New York for President just
before q o'clock yesterday morning and
adjourned until afternoon. intsniiag
then to nominate his running mats
and adjourn sine die,
Before il reassembled rumoTs were
circulated and were verified later tina,
Judge Parker had declared himself an
advocate of the gold standard and Of
iSred To decline II the c0nyentlOn Or
jected to his attitude.
The leaders kept tn. matter as secret
as possible and IL Was not seneTallg
made known until the afternoon se'-
sion had heard the nominations for vics
president and ordered u ballot. whe
an adjournment ~as suddenly takri
until evening. after a partial eNplaua'
ton OF the Parker matter had besa
made
Al the evening session Judge Parker'A
message was discussed with great bit
terneas by Bryan. Tillman. Williams.
Daniel and Others. and reply was
convention nominated II. q, Davis OF
West Virginia for vice pEesldclt and
adjourned sine die.
Following IL the message q, Judge
Parker which alarmed the party leaders
and caused long delay In finishing tho
conventions work:
''Hon. William +. Shcehan, Hotel
JetierTon, ST. Louis-i regard III. gold
standard hs firmly and IrrcSocnbly eS-
tnblikhcd and shall act accordingly "
III. action Of the convention OF to-day
shall be ratified by the people. AZ tho
platform IL silent on the subject. my
view should DO made known TO tho
convention. and II IL proves TO be un-
satisfactory to the majority. ! request
you to decline III. nomination for me
at once. 40 that another may be noml-
mated before adjournment.
ALTON II. PARKER"
The convention replied to Judge Par
kcr as follows. and proceeded with iiH
work:
'Thc platform adopted by this con-
ycntion II silent on the question OF tho
monetary standard because II In not
regarded by uE aH possible Issue In
this campaign. and only campaign h-
sues were mentioned In the platform.
expressed by you In the telegram just
received which would preclude man
cntcrtninIn. them from accepting n
nomination on said platform,
Tho reply was proposed by John
Sharp Williams and after fierce dis
cussion wns adopted by vote Of IA to
l9i.
During the discussion Mr. Bryan Of
fcrcd the followin. amendment TO Mr..
Williams proposed telegram:
But as you will. II elected. be called
upon to act upon certain phases of the
money question. we would like to know
whether you favor reducing the volume
, Of silver dollars. whether you favor an
asset currency and branch national
banks. whether you prefer national
A., bank currency to United States notes"
Afterwnrd Mr.. Bryan said: Il am
going to withdraw this amendment;
! our delegation Will vote for the candi-
, date for vice president that New York
wants. We are not going to do one
thing to mar the harmony Of the con-
yention."
A roar of applause followed the an
nounccmcnt.
III the gold standard Is right" said
| Mr.. Bryan. why run from II? II IL
.
not be In this telegram"
Mr.. Bryan proposed that n gold plank
should be presented to the convention
and voted upon. The crowd applauded
vigorously.
Senator Daniel. who was chairman or
the resolutions committee. followed Mr..
Bryan He said no one was n more
earnest bimetnllist than himself. and
went on: "Thc gold standard has been
! established by law" While he bowed
I to the will of the American people he
would not now here admit that the
Democratic policy had been wrong.
Senator Tillman said: General Grant
once said that the Democrats could al
ways be depended upon. when Republic
cans faced defeat. to commit some
I blunder that would make 1t possible for
| the representatives to remain In pow
er.
Tonight when / first read that tele-
! gram. swore by Almighty God that
for one would not endure the insult as
then took It to be-"
Afterward Mr.. Tillman apologized for
his impulsiveness and said:
Judge Parker's act, Mr.. Williams
thinks. was injudicious, and think 1t
entirely unnecessary. And while Mr..
| Williams says 1t is over-sensitiveness,
l am inclined to take this view.
thought at first that 1t might be an at
| tempt by one man to dictate to con-
vention similar to that of four years
ago."