The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-21
BRYAN PLAYS PARKER
 AND THINGS GENERALLY
DECLARES ESCAMPAIGN HAS BEEN
 ONE OF FRAUD.
Says in Connecticut Men Were Bought at the Convention in Parker's In terests-BeIieves Him Tool of Wall street-cIeveIand Denounced as n Traitor-Anfi's will Protest at St. Louis Convention.
Louis Convention.

Traitor-Anti's Will Protest at St. Louis Convention.
 New York, June Civilian J. Bry- an tonight addressed the anti-Parker convention called by the radical dem ocracy of New York in Cooper Union. Before making his address, MT. Bryan said he would not name his favorite candidate for president, but he attack cd the "reorganizers'' and vigorously opposed the nomination of Judge Alton |B. Parker, who was held up as can didate of the corporations and not of the people.
 Judge Samuel Seabury of the city as the candidate of the 'plutocracy." He advised the meeting to repudiate Parker and urged the sending of a del- egation to St. Louis to protest against his nomination, and to assure the con- vention that if nominated he could not carry the state of New York
 The platform adopted at the meeting opens by condemning the the expan- sion policy of the republican adminis- tration. It then devotes its greater part to Parker, setting forth his alleg- ed unfitness for the presidential nom- ination.
 It was resolved, that a committee of twenty-five, of which the chair shall be one, be appointed by the chair to pre- sent the protest to the St. Louis con- vention.
 MT. Bryan was accorded an ovation when he arose to speak. He said in part:
 Tt is not necessary for me to apol- ogize for being here. feel quite at home in New York. I want to say that until you have an election at which Judge Parker gets more votes than did I shall insist on coming back here. am entitled to say that the doctrines we cherish in the west are not unpop- ular here. Some people here have said that it was presumptuous for us to call this a convention. In 1892 you told the people that you wanted David B. Hill. The man whom the state convention did not want then was elected by the state If there was a mistake made twelve years ago, might there not be a mistake made now?
 q believe that the national conven- tion should not nominate the man whom your state convention has rec commended. The great issue this year is not the money question; but it is whether we are to have plutocracy or a democracy. My own position has been and will be that I shall not at tempt to decide upon the availability of MT Hearst or others. All I ask is that We have a man on whom there is not the taint of rnonoply.
 II want to give some reasons for my opposition to, MT. Parker. I believe that he would be a weak candidate in the campaign, and if elected, great disappointment to the people.
 MT. Parker goes before the country on a cowardly. straddling platform. The democrats Of this country are brave men. It required brave man to stand up for democracy in 1896. knew in that year men in every state who were threatened with bankruptcy for being democrats.
 What does the state platform stand for? It states it is opposed to unnec- essary duties. Whoever advocated an unnecessary duty? Where does Parker stand on imperialism? We don't know. Where does he stand on the money question? Is he for gold? We don't know Is he for silver? We can't tell. May be he is for radium-who can tell.
 q object to playing with loaded dice, We don't know Parker's views; but I'm afraid some men do. My friends, don't
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