New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-29
MIR. HILLS MAN AND PLATFORh-
An Analysis of the Merits and Dement'S
of Each.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir; At last MIR. Hill permits Mt Parker 70
-. ~ At any rate he permits him TO appear
a. s,ool, In tho language of the platltudlnous pa
form Of Albany And what platform! lhere -
no single noteworthy plank except 'hat Oh lle p
,,hIe which by inevitable inference reaHrns
"aU previous Democratic plaIoImS' e
those Of 1896 and 1890.
rnosa who wish (for certain localities) 10 Ia1k
gaing. Rryanisrl will point to the omission OF any
express words reaflrming support OF lTes sI'eI d'
1s TO 1 and opposing national expansion III o'HeI
localities those who tainted with Bryan'sm
Iii noint N the preamble reaffirming all prior
platforms The jugglery of Hill shines IN the pre-
amble -
everything else IN the platform is mere POPPY
cocl,,,-the customary Jingle common when poll
.t,ia-s ,ysb TO use words that are meaningless but
high sounding There is nothing outside OF me
preamble which the average Republican or llue
pendent Democrat might not support NO' O,io
I'D for or against any of the chief issues in the
last two Presidential campaigns! 1t roars as sehuy
as a sucking dove against harmful or opp essiVo
,rusts and mildly talks in an Indifferent way as
to tine desirability of some tariff revision ana
secries Capitalization" not seeming to know tat
tho two forces-"centripetai' and centrifugal -
ALWAYS coexist; that II there be no Capitalization
,bare can he TO nationality; that nationality ana
Statehood are the necessary cenripetaI ana ceh'rl
ugal forces Of our system; that 1t Is the palahceo
opposition Of these two forces that maintains OUT
equilibrium.
uton and the "Federasts' are the centripetai
force and the Democrats the centrifugal force
Either force IL largely in excess VIII work rum.
Too much OF the centrifugal would cause the ols-
indignation of the whole mass. as would nave oeel
the case ~ the Democrats had succeeded In their
| attempt 90 secede from the Union. Too much or
the centripetal would gravey weaken the VaIuaOie
forces of Statehood. That there is rapid grown
Of the feeling of nationality no intelligent man can
! denv Indeed, il IS fair TO say that our govern
| rontel system was only experiment until the
overwhelming defeat OF secession settled the aues-
ton Of nationality and of the paramountcy OF the
/ nation over the States in all matters not forbid
den" by the Constitution and which are WITHIN the
| necessarily inherent powers of a nation
Az n citizen 7 shall be pleased 20 see Mr.. Parker
nominated by the Democrats. for he is far prefer
able to Mr.. Hearst. He is respectable both as
man and as judge. He reminds one or Pierce OF
! Hayes but he Is by means TO be created Win
| greatness" NO man can be called great VINO
calling himself Democrat twice voted for the
! least Democratic in the country, William
! j. Bryan: nor could 1t be possible for great
| man TO be the puppet OF Mr.. Hill. Nevertheless
| Mr. Parker, if chosen. would make clean. quiet
humdrum easygoing sleepy sort of President. but
would be as far removed from the virility Of JEFF
| ferson and Jackson as from that Of Mr. Roose-
/ welt. who is far better Jeffersonan and Jack
sonian than Bryan Hill or Parker.
The grave international status demands Pres
dent of the highest type OF active vrility-not
| good. easy man." who cannot have the help Of
Parke. has had ample reward in his judicial prefer
| Tnents The judicial" life units man for tn,
! executive life. Tire true executive. primarily
! must be a of action-must do things" TIL,
/ iudge decides between opposing Htigauts and
/ should be far from the battle-ground of executive
action His clustered life: spent In legal technl
for the sterner and harder duties of a great execu
tive office -
IL will be a pity IL 1t shall happen that at st
Louis the Democrats shall have to nominate mere
/ Judge and thus confess that they have man o.
great executive force fit to be a candidate
Not his most adulatory friend can DeiieVe una
respect to natural and acquired capacity for hin;
! n great executive office. believing IN the need o.
two great parties-oentrifusal and centrpetal-I 70