Arizona republican., 1904-07-18
The AcrObatic Democratic Leaders.

There is nothing surprising in the fact that there have been few meetings in the United States so far to ratify the nomination of Parker and Davis. It takes time for the rank file of the democratic party to execute a right about face. The alacrity with which the leaders of the party have embraced the gold standard has not been follow ed by the same precipitate action by the voters. They are still dazed. But everything will work out all right. The democracy for a generation has been tardily following in the footsteps of the republicans. The republican camping ground of a few years ago is always the democratic camping ground of today. The democracy is a slow marching army, however, and when the leaders canter ahead on the warehouses of expediency they are likely to leave their followers lost in the wilderness for while.
 It is not strange that the masses of the party are as yet unable to adjust themselves to the new situation. Their ears are still ringing with the burning words uttered by their leaders in de- nunciation of the gold standard. A glance through the Congressional Rec Ord brings to light a wealth of elo- quence against gold-an eloquence so recent that we cannot forbear quoting some of it.
 Champ Clark was permanent chair man of the convention, and was presid- ing when the delegates repudiated their own platform and voted, by decisiv majority, to telegraph Parker that they were sorry for what they had done, and that they had not done anything, anyway, that he could object to. By that vote a declaration for the main tenance of the gold standard became a part of the party's platform, the sil- verites precipitately abandoning thei' principles and joining in the stampede Four years ago Clark, then represen- tative in congress, on December 16, l 1900. while denouncing the gold stand ard bill, then under consideration, said among other things:
 'Consistency's a jewell If Hamlet, l Prince of Denmark, were speaking of 1 the political morals of the supporters | of the Atlantic money bill,' he would | change his far resounding exclamation | 'Frailty, thy name is woman,' so as to | read, 'F'railty, thy name is latter day | republicanism."
 With conseiences of india rubber | and the cheeks of Hindoo gods. repub- | lican representatives and senators are | now doing the very thing which we charged in 1896 they would do if given | sufficient power, which orators and ed- 1 itors west of the Alleghanies with one | accord denied as bitterly and vehe- | mently as Peter denied his Lord and | Master. But the die is cast. This house will pass the gold standard bill, and | the senate will pass it, or one equally | as bad. Our appeal is not to the mem- | bers of this house, but to those who | make and sunmake representa- tives-the | great body of the American people"
 Senator Bailey of Texas was in 1899 | a member of the house, and, when Rep resentative Dalzen asked. The gen tleman (referring to Bailey) still thinks
  hints at the ratio of 1G to 1?' said, T do"
 Continuing, he declared:
 "If remorseless and unrelenting re- publican majority will not relieve the people by opening our hints to the free | coinage of both gold and silver, we re- joice that human greed has found more | mines oto provide a more abundant gold | supply"
 Four years after enunciating this | doctrine Senator Bailey. Q southern leader and one of the most influential democrats in the country. went over bag and baggage to the republican gold | standard roIicy taking with him the entire Texas delegation at St Louis
 On December 16, 1899, Senator Car mack, of Tennessee, then a member of | the house, said:
 "The gold standard bill was never in |