The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-09
CARMACK SECONDED
PARKER'S NOMINATION
Tennesseean Made Strong Appeal for Support
for the New YORKER

st. Louis. July S.--Senator Carmack
of Tennessee seconded the nomination
of Parker for President, speaking as
follows
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen of
the Convention: ! speak for a state
which holds in her bosom the ashes
of Old Hickory and among whose peo-
pie his spirit is abroad.
In few words and simple fashion
1 shall discharge the duty imposed on
me by my delegation. and by the
unanimous voice of the Democracy Of
Tennessee.
zone of the largest and most repre-
sentative state conventions that ever
assembled, with unparalleled enthu-
siam and without one dissenting voice,
instructed us to cast the vote of Ten
nessee for that profound jurist, that
unfaltering Democrat, that stainless
gentleman, Alton B. Parker of New
York.
This was not done in haste, but
after mature elaboration, in which
the character and qualities of every
possible nominee were carefully weigh
ed in the balance. Nor did we fail
to consider all the criticisms and ac-
cusations that have been made against
him, with the result that, in our judg
ment, the character of our candidate
stands out clean and clear, unspotted
by the reckless defamation that has
ragged around it.
Il should not longer detain this con-
VentiOn, but that some of these cliti-
cismS seem to demand a passing no.
tice. The fact that Judge Parker is
being supported by men who are
blessed with a larger amount Of this
worlds goods than most of us have
been able TO assemble is being strange
ly urged as an objection to his nomi-
nation. Sir, I deny that the Demo-
cratic party Is a party for the poor
man alone. 1t is the party for every
rich man who respects the rights of
the poor, and it is the party of the poor
man who wants to be rich. II is the
party of every man who loves his
liberty and It is also the party Of
every man who loves the dollar he
has honestly earned, and the security
of the property that rightfuly is his
No man is barred from its counsels
because he is poor and no man is bar
red because he is rich. | believe it
was a Democratic convention where il
wac " lbNtiA+ llE IAAi ana Door meet
together, the Lord is the maker of
them all
The charge has been recklessIy
made that the evil influences of Wall
street are behind the candidacy of this
upright and uncorruptible Judge. The
charge is based on no scintilla Of evil
denee or on such evidence only as no
adult understanding ever before
stopped to consider. can tell the
RHfbnr Of thie
power of Wall street has. in a feeble
way, been felt in this convention, and
that 1t has been striving as earnestly
as he to defeat the nomination of Al
ton B. Parker and to accomplish the
nomination of quite another candi-
date
Another objection is that Judge
Parker has not taken on himself the
office of this convention to declare the
will and purpose OF the Democratic
party. Mr.. Chairman, / trust it will
be long before the Democratic party
will repeat the spectacle recently pre-
scented by it's adversary of a great
convention assembled merely to record
one mans opinion and to execute one
mans will. Sir. this convention has
assembled not to receive, but to give.
instructions to its nominee.
ut may be, sir, that our candidate
is not as voluabe and vociferous as
some would have him be: but l have
yet to learn that laryngeal activity is
the supreme test of craftsmanship. I
have yet to learn that the length of a
mans mouth measures the depth of his
wisdom.
when the Almighty wanted a lead
er to conduct the children of Israel out
of the house of bondage, Moses object
ed to his selection on the ground that
he lacked the gift of ready eloquence,
and he suggested 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 voluble unwisdom Of the great ora
tor to lead the Democratic party in
that campaign. And he did not forget
Aaron either. He found a place for