Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-07-13

was discovered by David b. HILL Wall Streets
spokesman, while he was Governor OF New York,
and appointed to a Judgeship. Several efforts we're
made by those 1896 and 1900 boilers to switch from
Parker to Cleveland, and this even was continued,
as all will remember who have read the metropolitan
press Of this section, up to the meeting OF the
St. Louis cOnventin. But it would not work, and
it finally developed that the swing was impossible
and the only thing left was to nominate the enigma
When Dave Hill and August Belmont arrived IN
St LOuis they found but 27o delegates instructed
for their man Parker. 1t required 667 votes tOl
nominate in the convention. These were easily sc.
cured at prices ranging near the $1,000 mark, and
by the time q ballot was taken Cos we're in line.
But this even was not secured until Dave Hill had
laid down to Bryan on the platform committee and
consented that the gold plank asked for should be
left out Of that document.
This agreement resulted in the platform committee
making unanimous report to the convention, and
the convention adopting the report by unanimous
vote Immediately then Parker was nominated.
This agreement on the platform was known and
published by 10 O'Clock Friday morning. Immedi-
ately Wall Street began to kick, and Saturday
morning August Belmont telegraphed to Parker in
structng him to wire the convention bis dispeasure
at the gold plank being left out. Parker responded
promptly and Carmsck, Of Tennessee, received
telegram from Parker saying he would not accept
the nomination unless the gold plank was inserted
in the platform.
! When this telegram reached the convention chaos
relgneO supreme. IL was SHOWN 10 y tEubtcu lew
and many got glance at it who we're not OF the
purchased number and naturally they rebelled
against allowing . candidate TO dictate to the
ventOn after having been hOnOred by it and advised
as to the platform upon which he was to be nomIna
ted The situation was so serious that an adOur
ment of the convention was forced while the nomi
nation OF candidate for vice president pending
and the managers put their heads together to save
a break up and the nomination of another 10 Park
er's place, many feeling that to be the only course
il the manhood OF men representing the party in
convention was TO be preserved. AS a matter Of
fact it was the only honorable way out But anoth
er way was fnaly devised. The strikers for
Parker put their heads together sent him another
4 telegram asking for q milder expression August
Belmont saying that Parker had over done the
thing in his first response. By O'Clock Saturday
night another telegram arrived from Praker, which
was read to the convention, and the managers went
upon the platform and declared that the first wire
was only fake It was a week showing, consider
ing the fact that the convention bad adjourned and
q caucus held to consider the telegram which was
now being branded as fake, but it wept aud on
motion the delegates who had voted for Parker's
nomination, gracefully laid down to his demand and
authorized the sending of telegram to him yield
ing TO his demand, and the gold plank accepted
by the convention as edectually as If it had been
included 10 the original report Of the committee.
Tins it will be seen that Wall Street not only die
tated the nominee but the platform as we'll.
There are ether portions Of this dictated platform
which may also be considered.
Boiled down the paramount question with the
South is that Of the negro Except for this question
there would be no solid Sohth for the Wall Street
gralters to feel sure they could rely upon. Our
people differ on many other questions, bat when
election day comes they all laid aside and the
Negro takes the floor.
In this connection we desire to say now and here
that there is absolutely promise held out by this
newly constructed platform OF the st. Louis conYen-
tion. And since there isn't the ghost OF chance Of
the nominee at st. Louis being elected Why should
the South 60 crazy over him or longer stand solid
for party which offers it no relieii
II we have but one question why not break away
from this Clevelandized eastern gang and stand up
for one OF our men, especially when We know he is
the best before the people, the only in sym
pathy with who understands our situation aud
would have the bravery TO protect 1t il electedl
Tom Watson is this man. He is the only one offer.
ed who fills the bill Of the South He can be elect.
ed, no matter how m0destly the campaign for him
may have been begun.
D Our delegates to the 81. Louis convention we're
instructed FOR Parker not because the people Of this
state favored him, for they did not know anything
about him. They we're instructed because Of the
I mistake made by another candidate for whom the
people would gladly have rallied, ID leaving bic 10
terests in the state wholly n the hands Of political
machine which had been wiped of the map. The
politicians u charge Of the present machine Daturaly
resisted this mistake and when the convention cams
together everybody understands h0w easily il is io
the managers 10 get any kind Of instructions they
3 happen 70 desire.
s Governor Vardaman, who was one OF the promin
ent delegates from Mississippi, was disguised viii
I The attitude Of the man Tor whom be had been il
0 siructed, when be discovered that that man would