The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-25
PARKER
AND DA Wis

After a long and turbulent wrangle,
Extending through several days and
nights,Sthe Democratic National con-
Fention assembled in the City of ST.
Louis, announced the following tick
For President, Alton Brooks Par
ker,4of New York; for Vice President,
Henry Gassaway Davis. of West Vir-
ginia
The Republicans throughout the
country are greatly pleased with the
Democratic ticket-they realize that
1.-the Dems. could hardly have put out
"a 8weaker one. It is heavily handi-
capped on all sides, even from a Dem
Nocratc standpoint, and will be easy
toHdefeat.
Judge Parker was agreed upon as
sort of c~ompromise between the fac
Stions: they thought he stood for moth
ing in particular, and would pass for
acknowledgements for whom they
could all vote without regard to what
they were voting for. They were con
fdentsi their own minds that he
would subscribe for any platform
they agreed upon. So they hashed
up a stcompromise platform"-leaving
outHthe financial plank entirely-and
named what they thought was a com
promise ticket. But Elias. What did
Judge Parker do when he read the
platform upon which he was expected
4to run He turned to and flung a
bomb into their camp in the shape of
a&telegram, making known his Jews
Ison#tlle money question and Stating
positiVely%Sthat if he makes the race
1t be with the distinct under
standing that he is a gol.. standard
man, that he favor the present sound
money policy, and that he will not
compromise with the Bran free sill
yer fa1lacy. 1t was probably the kick
raised by the sound none Democrat
ic8papers against the "conIrroinise
platform" which caused the Judge to
break silence and speal:: but lIc has
spoken-for the frs lc-an his
words have fallen like Il thlinderbolI
into the camps of Democracy. His ut
terance has played havoc with all
their Compromise plans. Bryan
had agreed to be good and help pull
b Parker wagon, but now he is balk-
ing. Ahowl is going up from the sill
ver@people. But Parker is the nomi-
nee, and what can be done? what
shall we sdo&to be saved?" is the ques-
tion that is on the lips of every Dem
ocrat.
Let us turn to their candidate
for#Vice President and see what they
have got. Henry G. Davis is a man
s.ofI-, - fnu- rnp-1a 1,-, aIn
heard, although he was once a Uni
ted States Senator. He belongs to
that class of men Who go into pol
tiles for pie. He is upwards of eighty
years old and is a notorious political
turncoat. Prior to the civil war he
was a Wing, and after the war he
afhliated himself with the Republican
party for a few years, but on ccou
of his failure to capture the nomina-
ton to the State Legislature he kick
Nedsout of the harness and went owe
Ito the Democrats.
Besides being a pie-grabber and po-
litical turn-coat, old man Davis is
what the Democratic spell-binders
take great pride in cussing out-a
millionaire rust magnate and all
road president. Won't it be funny to
see#them go into the campaign this
year and cuss a blue streak in denun-
citation of the trusts and the money
power, Inc then advise us to vote for
trust magnate and money king for
Vice President? Won't that be consist
ency with a handle to it? And yet that
is just the game they are going to
play-or, at least, that is the way the
stars hang at this writing.
Taking both the platform and the
icke into consideration, the Denis
have indeed dished up a sorry mess.
The Yellow jacket.