New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-14
"Ar0InLNG THE ROCKN,

The silence of Judge Parker before his nomi-
nation for the Presidency is explained as oue
| to his reeQrd for the office Of chief Judge us
| high dignity and aIoofness from the concerns
of politics. The hastings were not Tor hlln tie
could not shout his opinions from the platform
| or the carttail. But a lofty conception OF MS
Office and punctilious regard for the ermlne
would not preclude his using one opportunity 10
, make his party and the public acquainted with
! lis policies This opportunity was the Demo
! cratic State Convention at Albany, on Aprll
| IS q convention of his friends met TO do him
honor and to proclaim his candidacy for the
! highest office of the Republic. The declaration
of principles put forth by that gathering would
| be understood to be the declaration of Judge
I Parkers principles.
Judge Parker appears to have welcomed the
| opportunity and prepared for the emergency.
We reprint elsewhere the accounts given by
! his friends among the press of this city OF the
drafting of the State platform. The convention
was TO be held ON Monday. On Friday, April
! 10. according to The NewYork Times OF the
| following day, Judge Parker made special
| trip to New-YOrk 10 discuss the PLATFORM A
draft had been prepared by ex-senator Hill, and
| Judge Parker brought the document to Mr.
Sheehans house in this city. The judge used
| his blue pencil vigorously, with the result that
| this PLATFORM which The Times understood
| TO have the full approval of Judge Parker
avoided "GU references TO the rocks on irhtch me
party split in the last tlco national campaigns.
In other words, Judge Parker, after mature
| consideration, decided TO omit all reference 10
| the gold standard.
Late that afternoon according TO the same
| chronicle the judge returned to EsOpuS whence
! The World" Of April II sent further infOrma-
ton regarding his platform. 1t was Judge Far
kers plan Ito put the leading issues tersely IN
resolution modelled on that OF the Tilden
convention" an excellent description of the
document the convention subsequently passed.
He had placed an emphatic veto on David
"B. Hills idea OF long dragnet platform
| containing concessions to every little secuon
| "of voters" He wanted resolution adopted
"deciarne that il is the function of the national
convention to determine the platform!
How familiar that all sounds now. Phrase
fathered by Hill and by LittletOn at St Louis,
and banded back and forth by angry and IN
suited delegates, traced at last to its dignifed
origin That it didn't get into the platform OF
the New-York State Convention may be set
down TO Hills unwillngness 10 tie his hands
before the meeting Of the resolutions commit
tee in St Louis For the rest Judge Parker had
his way The Post certainly spoke by the
card when it SAID after the convention:
That this sound and vigorous political deliv-
erance had Judge Parker's approval goes with
out saying That he cut out all or the pats
and lodges which Hill wished to insert may
fairly be inferred We have accordingly, IN
this platform a trustworthy line on Judge faI-
ker's political convictions
And that platform avoided all references 10
the rocks on which the party split. Not peep
about gold. 1t was q good enough ladder on
which TO climb 10 the nomination, but got an
undignified kick from under him when his feet
were firmly and securely placed.