The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-15

decline the nomination Tor hlln' H.,
as he seems to have been informed,
there is something in the platform
which is not in accord with his own
! opinion.
MONEY NOT AN ISSUE.
My friends, we purposely made
this platform silent on the question
Of the monetary standard. We made
! it silent because we all agreed that
that was not an issue in this cam
paign (applauseD and we agreed,
| furthermore, that nothing should be
| placed in tire platform which was
not Il campaign issue, and the couse-
quence was that, in the resolutions
committee, motions were made to
table. and those notion were car
ried tabling every resolution on
both sides which tended TO bring up
rs an issue in this campaign the
question of the monetary standard.
Now, my friends, Judge Parker
expresses his opinion for fear some
body might think that you did not
know it. There was not in all this
vast assembly one single, solitary
man who did not already know that
Judge Parker was gold standard
man. | have been one of the most
consistent, persistent and perhaps
radical free silver men in the United
States, and | knew that he was IA
gold standard man and he never
made any attempt to conceal it from
anybody He had supported our
candidates, and had Said that, al
though he did not agree with us
upon this plank. he was still demo-
crat tApplause).
Nov, my friends, we had. so far
as the question of the monetary
standard was concerned in IA cam
paign which was so fraught against
Imperialism, against executive usur-
patton, we purposely made II plat
form, SO far rs the monetary stand
ard is concerned, upon which w. j..
Bryan could have stood. or anybody
else who was with us in the pending
live campaign issues could have
stood. tAppIause,J
The reply proposed to be sent to
Judge Parker is as follows:
The platform adopted by this
convention is silent Oh the question
of the monetary standard, because it
is not regarded by us as possible
issue in this campaign, and only
campaign issues We're mentioned in
the platform. Therefore, there is
nothing in the views expressed by
you in the telegram just received
which would preclude II man enter
tanning them from accepting a nomi-
nation on said platform"
Following this there was II warm
discussion participated in by Sena-
tor Tillman, Mr.. Bryan, and Senator
Daniels. Then Mr.. Bryan with
drew proposed amendment to the
telegram to Judge Parker, and the
above was sent by an official vote of
authorization of IA ayes to 1871 noes.
1t was ! :l3 Il. m. when ex-senator
Henry q. Davis was nominated fOI
vice president by accIamation.
A close friend of Judge Parker
said on Monday:
Judge Parker had no intimatiom
of the subject matter of the platform
until after he had been notified by
the Associated Press of his nOmina
ton, said the authority. When he
had gone for his horseback ride he
realized that if he allowed the con
vention to adjourn without knowing
his financial views the people would
regard as true Mr.. Bryan's state.
ment that the judge was tricking the
convention and the party, He was
not willing to profit by the nomina.
ton and thus be regarded as being
SulltN vi tIlckeIS IL was thelI' SdlO
the informant, that Judge Parker
decided to send Il telegram to the
convention. He returned from his
ride and, without consulting any one
wrote the telegram to Mr.. Sheehan
which was filed at Esopus at II 81
O'Clock on Saturday morning"