The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1904-07-23
THE GOVERNOR TALKS.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES NATION.
AL CONVENTION.
The Part lie Played When the Parker
Telegram Was Pending Before
the Biz Convention.

his return from st. Louis what lt
thought of the National Demo
cratic Convention, Gov. Varda
man said:
Like all bodies of that char
acter, the many conflicting views
and opinions we're, by mutua
concessions, finally adjusted, t.
an harmonious whole. The plat
form is not as | should have made
it, If | had been given the right
to frame it. In the first place,
should have insisted upon the
insertion of a financial plank,
recognizing the. settlement Of the
money question, at this time.
| All those who supported Mr.. Bry-
an in the last two campaigns and
shared his views on the money
lquestion, realized that the only
Hope Of success rested upon q
recognition of the gold standard
as fact, and the nomination of a
man who believed in the gold
standard. There seemed to be a
disposition on the part of the Res,
EolutIons Committee to avoid every
issue which was likely to provoke
the least discord or friction in the
party ranks. The fact is, so i'm
portant did it appear to the mind
of the average Democrat that
Theodore Roosevelt should be de-
feated, / think there was a gener-
al disposition to do, or not to do
anything that might be suggested,
which would contribute to that
end. / am afraid that it made
them little timid, But you know
that sort of politics does not suit
me.
II want to defeat Roosevelt,
but | believes IN dealing directly
and vigorously with every live
Iquestion that comes up. l think
it good politics, in addition to be-
ling right. The declaration of the
convention on the negro question
lis weak, evasive and meaningless,
and to me very unsatisfactory.
1t does not meet the issue present.
ed by the Republican convention
at all. was informed that the
committee on resolutions would
present to the convention plank
which would meet squarely Roose-
veIt's miscegnation and social
equality performance, in the Chi
cago convention. So great was
the confusion in the convention,
that after Senator Daniels, chair
man of the committee on resolu-
Itions, got through reading the
platform, / do not think two hum
dred and fifty men in the conven-
tion heard or knew anythihgabout
what it contained. | did not.
Fearing that the proper declara-
ltiOn on the negro question would
not be proposed by the commit
tee, | had prepared the following
resolution which / intended to in
ltroduce:
" Resolved, That tle Demo
cratic party of these United States
has always been, is now, and must
forever remain the white mans
party. That it guarantees protec-
tion to all men, of all races, with
in these United States, in the en-
ioyment of life. liberty, and prop
erty, under the laws made and
executed by white men, but will
never consent to divide sovereign
ty with any inferior race, recog-
nizing, as we do, that the rule OF
the white man is necessary to the
preservation of Republican form
of government, and the conser-
walton of the civilization of the
American people.
'.But, as stated, ! had been as
sured that the tight sort of .
plank would be inserted, and moi
being able to hear the platform
read, and the further fact that tbs
chairman moved the previous
lquestion, as soon as he got through
reading the platform, l was pre-.
vented from introducing it. ]
have no doubt but that it woulC
have been defeated, but / woulc
have had the satisfaction Of know
, ing that. I
What do you think Of Judge
Palker's telegram to Mr.. Shee
han2
II think it would have beel
very much better il Judge Par
Iker's views had beenInade know
before hand, that the convention
might have inserted a plank of it
: Iown accord to suit his views.
5 do not like the idea Of the noni
nee debating to the convention
: lie the convention thought that thl
question of monetary standar'
s Was settled, and not an issue i
9 this campaign, ali of which ]
: ltrue, it should have stood by it
8 determination. The meaning o
3 slJudge Parker's telegram was this
8 While the convention had ignoreI
s the question, and thereby said t
9 1.-THE world that it was not an issue
8 still he did not think that wa.
: about it. On the contrary, he il
: sisted that ID the absence Of
4 A.