The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1904-07-29
Tho Parker Chronology.
In 1896 and 1900 Judge Parker voted

In 1896 and 1900 Judge Parker voted
for Bryan and Free Silver.
The Democratic State Convention
held at Albany, N. Y, on April Is,
1904, instructed the New York delega-
tion to support Judge Parkers candi-
dacy for the presidency. 1t adopted
unanimously a platform which contain
ed ten planks, including demand for
reasonable revision of the tariff On
the question of the gold standard it was
silent. The platform had Judge Parkers
approval in advance. f
For two months and twenty days,
the candidate stood on that platform
and said nothing, while his friends
hunted for delegates.
On the morning of Friday, July 8,
the resolutions committee of the Demo
cratic National Convention agreed
unanimously, after sixteen hours
wrangle, on platform which omitted
all reference to the gold standard.
Dispatches received at Esopus during
the day and evening contained this in
formation and brought the news that
the convention had adopted the plat
form as reported from the committee.
Judge Parker remained silent.
Judge Parker was nominated on the
morning of Saturday, July 8. Martin
w. Littleton, in presenting his name to
the convention, referred to him as a
man whose policy will be that policy
which finds expression in the platform
of his party"
Norman E. Mack, the New York
member of the Democratic National
Committee and one of Judge Parker's
supporters at ST. Louis, made a state
ment over his own signature on Friday
morning, after the nomination, as fol-
lows:
1.-THE real simple truth of the failure
to put gold plank in the platform is
this: 1t would have resulted in minor
ity report being presented to the conven-
ton, and if that had been done we
would have been beaten and Judge
Parker would not have been nominal
ed"
On Saturday morning, July 8, the
three leading eastern democratic news
papers, the New York Times, the New
York World, and the New York Sun,
contained editorials fiercely denouncing
the cowardice of the convention, de-
manding that the candidate should
make known his position in regard to
the gold standard, predicting Parker's
defeat, unless this was done, and.threat-
ening to bolt the ticket.
After reading these editorials Judge
Parker, according to a statement given
out at Esopus, sent the dispatch to Mr..
Sheehan. 1t was then too late for the
convention to name any other candi-
date.
Four years ago at the Kansas City
Convention when Mr.. Bryan was the
candidate for nomination, the resolu-l
tions committee was sharply divided
upon the question of excluding the
money plank. Instead of waiting I'M
til after the platform had been adopted
and the nomination of himself had been
made, says the Springfield, (Mass. Re-
publican Qnd.), "Mr. Bryan promptly
sent word to the convention before any
action whatever had been taken, that he
must not be considered a candidate for
the nomination in case the money gtfess
ton were ignored I'M the resolutions.
That was straightforward and it was
dealing fairly with all wings and
branches of the democratic party
''It is manly thing" said Mr.. Bry-
an in his speech at st. Louis, after the
reading of Judge Parker's dispatch,
''for a man to express his opinion before
the convention adjourns. 1t would
have been manlier to have expressed it
before the convention met"