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it.may be,iEsir, that our candidate
is not as volubIeS and vociferous as
some wsefsIp have him be; but I
have vets to learn that. laryngeai
activity is 1.-THE supreme test of
statesnaAship. !! have yet. to learn
that the length Of a mans mouth
measures the depth of his wisdom.


When the Almighty wanted a leader to
conduct the children of Israel out of the
house of bondage, Moses objected to his
selection. ON the ground that he lacked
the gift of ready eioquence, and he Sug-
gested his brother Aaron as fit leader of
the people. Aaron did not have much
Judgment but he could talk But the
Almighty preferred the silent wisdom of
the great lawyer to the vol1ble unwiSdom
of the great orator to lead the democrat
ic party in that campaign.
And he did not forget Aaron either. He
found a place for him. And, MIR. Chair
man, while the Democratic party prefers
its Moses in this campaign, 1T wants the
help Of its Aaron, too.
We enter this campaign Alnder such
conditions as never before confronted the
American people. Never before has the
personal character of the candidate been
so Important to the country as In this
campaign.
The Republican party, the party that
was once proud to be called the party OF
Lincoln, has become a helpless slave to
every caprice of one freakish and ire
spensible mind. 1t has been subdued to
the law and will Of one man, who bestrides
it like a Colossus while its petty leaders
IN congress peep about Between his huge
legs tor find themselves dishonorable
graves. When could they say till now who
comprised butsone man? The will Of this
one man Is not directed by wisdom and
patriotism, but is characterized by an
impat thence of adj legal and constitutional
restraints :, by desire to thrust his own
militant figure into the foreground Of
every picture by a morbid craving. for SEN
Sationalisnn and excitement
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CARMACK
SECONDS PARKER

The address of Senator Edward w
Cafmack, ofoTennessee,s seconding the
nomination of Parker, was as follows:
speak for afstate which holds in her
bosom the ashes of Old Hickory and
among whose people his spirit is abroad.
In few WordsiEa and simple fashion / shall
discharge the duty imposed upon me by
my delegation and by the unanimous
voice OF the Democracy of Tennessee.
One of the largest and most representa-
tive state conventions that ever assem-
bled, with. Unparalleled enthusiasm and
without one dissenting voice. instructed
us to cast. the vote of Tennessee for that
profound jurist, that uTifaltering Demo-
crat, that stainless gentleman Alton B.
Parker, of New Y ork
This was shots done in. haste but after
mature deliberat ibn. in which the charac-
ter and qualities of every possible nomi-
nee We're carefully weighed IN the balance
Nor did We fail to consider all the critf-
cisms and accusations that have been
made against him, with the result that
in our judgment, the character of our
candidate stands out clean and clear, uff-
spotted by the reckless defamation that
has ragged, around it. ozs.
Not FOR Poor Men Alone
&, I should not longer detain this eenven-
ton, but that some of the criticisms seem
to demand, a passing notice. The fact that
JudgeaRarker is being supported by men
who are blessed with a larger amount of
! this world IS goods than most of US have
been able to assemble is. being strangely.
urged as an objection to his nomination
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No man is barred from its councils be-
cause he is poor, and no man is barred be-
cause he is rich. L believe it was Demo-
cratic convention of which it was writ
ten:
1.-The rich and the poor meet together,
the Lord is the maker of them all.
The charge has been recklessly made
that the evil influences of Wall street are
behind the candidacy of this upright and
uncorruptible judge. The charge is based
upon~no Scintilla of evidence or upon such
evidence only as no adult understanding
ever before stopped to consider. 1 can
tell the author of this accusation that the
power of Wall street has, in feeble
way, been felt in this convention, and
that it has been striving as earnestly as
he to defeat the nomination of Alton B.
Parker, and to accomplish the nomination
of quite. another candidate.
Refers. to Parker's Silence
Another objection is that Judge Parker
has not talSen 4upon himself the office
of this convention to declare the Will and
purpose of the Democratic party. Mi.
Chairman, Istrust it will be long before
the Democratic party will repeat the spec
tacle recently presented by its adversary
of a great convention assembled merely
to record one mans opinion and to exc
cute one man,s will. Sir, this convention
has assembled hot to receive, but to give
Instructions TO it's nominee.
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CONNECTICUT ADDS
VOICE FOR PARKER

4. Homer S. Cummings, of Connecticut,
seconded Parker's nomination in the
following words:
The Democracy of Connecticut has a.
vital interest in the result of the COM
ing campaign I therefore crave a.. few
OF the Democrats of that doubtful and es-
sent1al state. 1t is our wish to present
to the Democracy the seven electoral votes
of the old. constitutional state of Con-
nectlcut. The Democrats of Connecticut
realize that the people of this country are
to pass upon the bizarre personality and
the political peculiarities of the present
chief executive. Thoughtful people have
begun to weary of his eccentric advertiS-
ing methods. They are alternately amused
and alarmed by his strenuous and I'M
timely impetuosity. They decline to ac-
cept him In his favorite role of a mighty
military captain and they have come to
the conclusion that he has shed more ink
and less blood than, any warrior since
Sancho Panza
They are eager for a real American
statesman, of American size. and ami
mated by American constitutional ideas.
Fortunat ely,. there is such a candidate
of sound Democratic principles, tried
executive ability. great personal popular
ity, wide learning in the law, profound
| respect for justice and the constitution,
ord, and judicial reputation for dealing
in a large way with large problems.
We can place the insignia of the party
in his hands, secure in the faith that he
will carry it through this contest even
with the fidelity with which the Black
Douglas carried the sacred caSket that
contained the heart of, Bruce.
Gentlemen. Connecticut unites her
s voice with, that of her sister states, New
/ York, New Jersey and Indiana, doubtful
states every one, and asks this splendid
president of the United States Judge
Alton Brooks Parker of New York.
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The country called upon New York for
Democrat and New York answers with
a man who learned the; simple lessons Of,
Democratic faith in the furrewed field,
who took them with increasing strength
to the bar and finally honored them by
his exalted station on the bench-a man
who, throughout his career from poverty
70 power, never, in fair weather or foul,
forsook the standards of his party faith
or deserted the colors of his command.
Favorite but Not Afraid
The country called upon New York for
a Democrat free from factional dispute
and New York answers with man
friendly to all factions, but favorite,
and afraid of none a man who viii take
counsel and courage of both, but who will
take the bitterness of neither "a man
who; will not stir the hatred of the past
nor share the acrimony of the present.
but who will lead us up toward the future
into cloudlesS atmosphere of party peace.
The country called upon New York
for a man who measured up to the stat
ure OF this lofty place, and New York an
swers with candidate who grew from
youth to man in the humble walks of
life; who lived and learned what all our
common folk must live and learn; a man
Who r1pened with advancing years in the
rlch attachments of the law until he went,
Dy eholce of those who knew him best,
TO hold the heavy scale of justice at the
highest point of our great judicial sys-
tenn, where, with the masters who mold
ed state and nation, and the men who
drive commerce DER the wheel of time
he surveyed to the very ground every
inch of this great republic and saw with.
expanding vision the material growth and
glory of his state.
The country called upon New York for.
a. man to: fit this. the critical hour and
place in our national life, and New
York answers with man who puts
against the strenuous sword play of
staggering administration, simple faith
in all the perfect power of the constitu-
ton; man who puts against an execu-G
tive republic the virtue of constitu-
tional republic; man who puts against
executive usurpation a knowledge of and
deep love for the poise and balance of Its
three great powers; a man who puts
against the steathy hunt with the big.
stick "a faithful observance of constitu-
tional restraints.
His Character Stainless
The country called upon New York
for man of stainless character in pri-
waite and public life, and New York an
swers with a man whose path leads from
the sweet and simple Preside of his ceun-
try. house, where he. enjoys the gentle
society of his family, to his place of labor
and honor at the head of one of the great
est courts in Chr1Stendon. And nowhere
through his active and useful life has;
aught but honest praise found utterancea
on the lips of those who know him best.
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Withhold the record made by
, hands and parts now still and
; all that is left is usurpation's bold
J, account. Pull off the mask that
) wears the kindly smile of peace
and see the grim and firm. set teeth
}, of war.

1t was the change from sure and certain.
ways to the shifting, eddying currents Of
the Wild unknown. 1t was leap in the
darkness of Republican eclipse and four
years hence will find them vainiy looking
for the light. 1t marks the place where
a parity rich in years of service, forsook
the beaten path and went on winding
way of untraveled roads. 1t makes the
gap between the area of the conservative
and the radical.
1t looks good now. because they do not
see where the old force ends and the new
begins. But as they drive away to, sea
the ever widening span 'twixt craft and
land will set many .ifeboat toward the
shore.
There is much talk of twisting tendons
in the race of life, of running out of breath
toward the open grave. The old and hon.
ored way is still the best; but not so siren
uous as to strain yourself nor yet so sim
pie as to fall asleep. There is much said
by those who sit on cushioned chairs
about towards and weaklings in the ma
tion's life.
Farmer Is Brave as Soldier
the star crowned soldier. The man of
natural peace is hero hundred times to,
where the man of artificial war is hero
once. Somehow of late the atmosphere
of our national life is filed with a spray
OF blood; somehow the march of progress
sounds OF hammered steel; somehow. al
= though the sunlight of peace is all about
us,-there is now and then the CLEAN of
bayonetS in its radiant fire and flash of
swords as in its silver beams somehow,
although the constitution is still in force.
there. is a sense of failing power and
growing disrespect, which makes us feel
that the venerable old man-So to speak
is halt and blind with years. and burdens
the strenuous household of his grand
children.
Somehow. at times, there runs a sort
or shock right down to the foundation of
this republic which makes the structure
tremble, and all the country pauses and
listens and then returns to work. Some
how, although the future welcomes u.s. it
does so with a mailed hand somehow,
although you cannot put your finger on
the. cause, there is universal fear; the
mother watching while her children sleep.
now and then she hears the bugle call
the tramp of soldiers, and, staring in the
darkness of dream, she sees the rigid
upturned face"
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GEORGIAN SECONDS
NEW YORK JUDGE

/ Moses Wright, Of Georgia, said, In
seconding Judge Parker's nomination:
1t was claimed in a recent national
convention that Georgia blood eoursed in
Hcan party. This may be true, but with
GeoTgians Democracy is thicker than
blood. We bring you today the mes
sage that from among the old red hills
/ of Georgia there will come later tidings
of Democratic victory for 1904 surpass-
ing all it's glorious achievements in the
past We shall present to the American
people a platform which boldly attacks the
injustice and unfairndss of the Republican,
policy and offers remedy therefor which
strikes a blow to the unla wful trusts and
to the; unjust tariff which fosters and
protects them.
Realizing the bright prospects of vic
luton Of the problem of selecting the
strongest leader for Democracy's standard
bearer. We believe that we have selected
wisely and well. We looked fer a leader
with a clean life, possessed Of a wise
conservatism and a broad craftsmanship.
One who stood by Democracy in sun
the party in stormy hours of defeat and
in the brighter days of victory. We found
such leader. Georgia claims the honor.
. The Empire State of the North with her
favorite son shall reap the fruit Of this
conventions. but it was the county of Lin
colin in the state of Georgia, which first
and all the. time for Alton B. Parker, of
New York.
Wave Swept the countrys
This instructed Georgia delegate was
/ the beginning of the tidal wave which
swept the states and insures today the
nomination of the great New Yorker.
No one ear doubt that the vast majority
of the people will turn from the restless
ness and uncertainty of the present adj
ministratien toward Alton b. Parker with
a feeling of restfuiness and hope. No
Organized movement was ever behind the
candidacy of Judge Parker. The people:
having learned of him. trusted him and.
felt an unbounded confidence in him.
The Empire State of the South, Mr.. Chair
! man, seconds the nomination. of the IA
vorite son of the Empire State OF the,
North and prophesies victory in Neyem-
Der with Alton B. Parker as the standard
bearer.
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Do you want a nominee of proved
and unquestioned fidelity to your
party? Where will you find one
whose party fealty can claim SUI
periority to his?


In hours which tried mems souls others
nave deserted the ship, in the days when
1dofatrous a1lnrements were spread forth
others have foresworn the faith of their
fathers and have Frustrated themselves
before the golden calf-his allegiance has
known no wavering; his devotion has been
married by no Sehisn In prosperity and
In adversely. in sunshine and in storm
through good and through evil repute, his
Democracy has remained steadfast.
During the five presidential elections
which took place since he has reached
manhoedS estate, he has ever abandoned
personal preferences, surrendered indi-
vidual opinions and ungrudingly acqui-
esced as soon as the partys choice has
been made and its creed proclaimed.
Three times did he support Grover Cleve-
land and twice him who yonder sits, and
who, untouched by ephemeraI obIoquy,
misrepresentation and SANDER, will be-
queath to posterity name as pure, a
character as lofty and fame as bright
as any recorded IN the annals of Democ-
racy.
Nor does the fealty of our candidate be-
long to the past alone? 1t exists today in
amplitude as complete, in devotion as
absolute as of yore. Though aspiring to
this nomination; yet if your assembled
wisdom shall deem another WoFthieF. he
will not be found a disconnected grumbler
sulking in his tent; still less will he be
found organizing fellow deserterS into
maraudipg bands of hostile malcontents
and above all will he not be found working
for the partys defeat and eXulting in its
overthrow. No.
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The North and South, each wearing
scars that tell Of war; almost forgiven
and forgot, feel the fear that a problem
which only time can settle right. viii b.,
forced upon them wrong Behind these
fears and doubts and startled dreams
and vague misgivings is many hidden
cause. But over them is one at least re-
vealed For Lincoln said in the sadness
of his great SOUL with malice toward
none, with charity for ALL, with faith in
the rlght as God gives us the wisdom to-
see 1t And Roosevelt said, in the glory
of his self-contemplation, tread softly
and carry a big Stick
Republican Claims Astounding
And between these, the beginning and
and temper, is all their wild descending
flight. With all they know and feel of
the country's question of their course, the
Republican party yet claim every fruit
of. soil and sun. of brain, and seui. They
say that by wise administration of ma
lures laws they brought abundant har-
careful direction of seientiffc search they
added untold volumes to the store of com
mon knowledge They say that inven-
ton. under their control. has lifted. loads
ligion's long sleep was broken by the
stimulus of Republican virtue and they
point with pride to the churches all over
They say that education was unpopuIar.
until they took it up, and that now almost
everyone is willing to be educated. They
say tldt Wflue pOpulallOn was increasing
some. there was never any steady adj
vancing, general increase until the Re
publican party came into power. When
attention is called to the economic indus
trial and administra tive vices resulting.
from their incompetency, they say that
after all there are some things which the
aii-wise Providence insists upon doing.
without giving any particular reason. for.
1t So, on the whole We may conclude
that whatever the good Lord does in adj
ninistering this good universe that turns
out to be good they credit to themselves:
and whaever the Republicans do in adj
nsnistering the government that turns out
bad they charge UP to the Lord.
Meet to Reason Toseti1er
Gentlemen OF the convention. beyond tile
exciting passions OF war and the dis
tracing panics of peace; beyond the
reach of disasters dread appeal and the
dead pasts dying wall we meet in the
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ness the epileptic and convulsive stren-
uosity of this administration.

uosity of this Administrations
Is Faithful and Popular
We believe that we have such man
IN the distinguished jurist from New
+ York. The fact that he has always sup
ported the nominees of his party. shows
his fidelity to the party organization. The
/ fact that he was elected by majority of
$4,000 as member of the highest court in
{ New York shows his popularity in that
important state. His record on the bench
demonstrates his great ability. His opin-
ion in cases where the rights. of labor
and the power of unlawful combination
We're involved show that he has never
bowed to the power Of wealth The fact
+ that throughout long official career he
( has remained poor shows that he has
never been touched by greed for gain. His
political enemies testify to the purity of
efis life. and the inconruptible integrity of
his character.
az Choose this man for your leader and
Z the clans of Democracy will threng to his
standard filled with the hope and the in
SEPARATION of victory, assured that the
party which follows his stainless banner
will never know dishonof and never taste
defeat.
Gentlemen of the convention, in the
name of the Andrew jackson Democracy
OF Tennessee, IHsecond the nominat ton; of
I Alton 3. Parker. of New Work.
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With these. as some of the claims upon
your conscience and judgment. New York
comes to you flushed with hope and PRIDE
We appeal to the South. whose uneIoud-
ed vision and iron courage saw and
fought the way for half century; whose
Jefferson awoke the dumb defiance of de-
svelepment into voice that cried out to
the world a curse upon the rule of kings
and q blessing upon "a new born repub-
lie; whose Madison translated the logic
of events and the law of progress into
the constitution of the country; whose
Jackson reclaimed the. lost places of the
far South and Demecratized the policies Of
the nation, and whose soldiers showed the
wondering world the finest fruits of brain
and nerve and heart that ripen in her tenn
peratc sun and who. through all the sons
she lost and all the sons she saved, and all
the tears she shed amid the sorrowfuI
ruins of war-aad through all the patient
Legally and labor ct after years SO
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wrought for human happiness that all the
world exciaims, Her greatness in peace is
greater than her Valor in war
Appeaissto All Sections
s, We appeal to ypu ofsthe old South and
the new to join With US in this contest of
tn the I, supremacy OF our party, We appeal
ried our civilization to the Pacific slopes,
whose courage conquered the plain and
forest, and whose faithful labor has built
eeautifu1 cities clear through to the Rocky
mountains; we appeal to you that as he fol-
lowed your leadership through eight long
years OF controversy. you turn and follow
I MIN now when victory awaits us in No.
!altnfnE sentinel among her historic hills.
IA the name of all her unfaltering and
nrht1ant Democrats, living and dead, to
join US in our labor for success.
We appeal to every Democrat from ex-
eryWhere to forget the bitter warfare of
the past; forget the strife and anger of the
older, Gtaer days; abandon all the grldge
and raneor of party discomfort, and. re-
calling with ever increasing pride the tri-
umphsi of our fifty years of eonstitu
tional government of liberty and peace
here and now resolve to make the future
record that respondent reach of time
IN which liberty and peace went up and
their Kingdom in the hearts of men and
gathering the harvest of genius and toll;
In which reason struck from the hand of
force the sword of hate and plucked from
the nearI or war the germ of greed; in
which conscience snute the thoughts of
wrong and filed the mind with merey's
sweet restraint; In which power grew in,
the human brain, but refused the shelter
OF glltterIng crown; in which the people
OF all lands and tongues. awakened to
nope by the inspiration of our example.
1olioWed With the march of years the lu-
minous pathway leading to destiny be-
yond the reach of vision and within the
proXidence Of God. In this spirit New
YORK nomlnaIeS for president of the Unit
ed States AitOt, I Parker
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} The science of sensible. govern
ment is founded upon compromise.
The science of party movement
rests upon the 1omely duty of meet
ing each other half way.

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The platform is not a perfect photo
graph; it is a compromise. The platform
could be master of a few things we could
become ruler over many; to plan such in
disregard of principle is mere intrigue: to
plan failure by holding to an outawed is
sue is mere folly. Winning is merely
wicked; strategy is not SIM 1t is far
better for the country to relight the fires
of Democratic hope by concession than it
is to cut out what is left by failure fasten-
ed to a formula.
Gentlemen Of the convention we come
together in the historic valley of the Mis-
sissippi at a time when amounted mil
lions are making a pilgrimage to shrine
OF Democratic greatness. Surely as you
allow such q. scene to break upon your
enraptured vision, surely as you compre-
bend the commemorative filed with hap
py homes and recall with unaffected pride
that your party gave this Kingdom of.
wealth. and courage to the worlds adj
yancing, surely to the worlds quickening1
pulse of the Southwestern giant as he
cnmeS to strike hands across the years
with the spirit Of the old dominion here
SWEET by the thrilling and enrolling mem
cries of the long ago and inspired by
spectacle which makes these memories
dearer and nobler STILL surely you are
urged by these impulses and enthralled by
every recollection to forever sink the
causes that distract and the causes that
! worry and,s gathering afresh from the
natural headwatefS Of sixty years of as
cendant party faith, resolve to restore it's
power in the affection of our countrymen