New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-20

THE Eagle will repubsh what The Tribune
suggests the day after The tribune re SaV
its editorial leader Judge Parker, Oh Iou1INsI
July 10. 1904.-(The Brooklyn EasIe jury H.
1904
The Tribune suggested two things Inc nrst
was the republication OF THE Eagles demon
stration made after David b. HITS WltnhoIulHS
Of the nomination for Governor from Judge
Parker and when it was nursing the Cle'e-
land boom. that without an election as Gov
ernor Judge Parker had no serious claims 10
Presidential consideration since his election 10
the chief iudgeship showed no political strength
The second was the republication by The
Eagle" of the short article, "In Bad Company,
from The Tribune of the same day as the trlD-
ute to Judge Parkers personal character, WHICH
we have reprinted at The Eagles" request
We do not much wonder that 1.-The Eagle
should now ignore one part or It's oHer anu
fail 10 fulfil the other After having been long
in sympathy with the Republican party sup
porting il on sound money Imperialism, Pan
anna and most of the other issues of the last
eight wears now that it has at last got in line
again for a Democratic national ticket 1t would
be. of course inconvenient TO fall into the habit
Of reprinting matter from its own files which
might be ia request from Republicans. Its read
ers might forget to learn that it was really
Democratic Having the best wishes for its
comfort and prosperity we will not press the
point We freely ahsolve it from fulfilling us
own proposal.
An examination Of the New-York election re
turns for the last ten years will show that the
Southern and Western idea Of Judge Parker as
a man Of demonstrated strength in this State is
entirely mistaken. In 1897 he polled only 504,-
$50 votes yet The year before Mr. Bryan had re-
ceived sol, 369, in spite of the enormous Demo
cratic detection which rolled up q Mckinney
plurality of 100000; ana the year after, 1os's
Van Wyck. bearing all the burdens Of Croker
ism, against Roosevelt, aided by all the war en-
thusiasm, received 643,921 and still was beaten.
Judge Parker owed his election not TO his own
popularity, but TO the detection of no fewer than
1900 Republicans from the regular party
ticket in this city. He showed personal
strength; but the supporters Of Seth Low for
Mayor could not vote for Judge Wallace with
out splitting a ticket, and so he received only
493 791 votes, while the Republican ticket in
the off year of 1895 received Col 2O5 and 66l,515
in 1898 Judge Parller's name was scarcely
heard during the campaign and but for the d.
vision in the Republican party he would have
been badly beaten. Two years ago the DemOc-
racy had the opportunity TO show the Demo
Gratis of the country Judge Parker's vote get
ting powers; but David B. Hill no more dared
trust him 10 demonstrate them in advance of a
Presidential nomination than he dared trust him
TO exhibit his financial views before the conven-
ton had acted. For lack Of such a demonstra-
ton The Eagle" showed that Judge Parker
was unavailable for the Presidency and proved
his extreme weakness from these figures. No
wonder it does not care to return TO them.
The cue is now to impress upon the unthink-
ing Parker myth Not only must he seem a
great hero, but likewise he must seem a won
derful vote getter who is sure TO win" SO, in
spite Of its promise, we may well pardon
The Eagle for not reprinting the figures which
would show that the personally estimable Judge
Parker had been used by David B. Hill as the
instrument OF a double buncO game on the De
mocracy-both as TO his opinions and his
strength. Those are things IT would rather for
get along with Judge Parker's silence on the
NewYOrk platform, his letter TO Danforth, the
election thief, proclaiming for the placatiOn OF
Bryanites his two votes for Bryan, and his life
long alliance with Hill, so much under whose
influence has he been that it is hard 10 believe
that he didn't know all about the st. Louis
trickery.