Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1904-07-15
PARKER And DAVIS
Nominated for President and Yice.PreS.s
dent By National Convention.
JUDGE PARKER DECLARES FOR GOLD.
Sends a Message No Ii! Ing the st. Louis Con-
yentiou Of Ills Views on That Subject
Causes Trcm .ndous Political Sensauon-
Convention A, opis a Sympathetic Reply by
An Overwhelming Vote.

litical history was created here late
Saturday afternoon by the reception
from Judge Alton Brooks Parker,
whom the Democratic National Coz
vention nominated for the Presidency
at 5.45 o'clock Saturday morning, OF
the following telegram:
81 regard the gold standard as firm
ly and irrevocably established and
shall act accordingly if the action of
the convention today shall be ratified
by the people. AS the platform is
silent on the subject my views should
be made known to the convention,
and if they are proved to be unsatls-
factory to the majority | request you
to decline the nomination for me at
once, so that another may be NOM
mated before adjournment"
When the telegram came hurried
conferences of the leaders were held.
The following message, to Judge
Parker, was framed:
The platform adopted by this con.
vention is sler4 on the question OF
the monetary standard, because it is
not regarded by us a possible issue
in this campaign. and only campaign
issues were mentioned in the plat
form. Therefore, there is nothing in
the views expressed by you in the
telegram Just received which would
preclude a man entertaining them
from accepting nomination on said
platform"
When the convention met at night
Judge Parker's telegram was read
from the platform by Gov. J. X. Var
daman, of Mississippi, to whom 1t
was handed for the purpose by John
Sharp Williams. 1t was addressed to
w. F. Sheehan, former Lieutenant
Governor of New York, Judge Park
er's personal representative at st:
Louis. The proposed reply was read
by Senator Tillman
Debate began at once. William J.
BRYAN, who had been stricken with
what was considered light attack OF
pneumonia in the afternoon. rose from
his sickbed and entered the conven-
ton hall. He made speech to the
delegates, urging that if the question
was brought up again it should be
fully gone into. If the convention
thought the gold standard was right.
he said, is should adopt gold plank,
and he would not speak on the propo-
sition, though he would vote against
it.
The debate continued, Senator'S
Daniel, Carmack and others speak
ing.
John Sharp Williams made hot
reply to Bryan, declaring that in
spite of his protestation MIR. Bryan
was the one man in the convention
who was preventing harmony.
The reply to Judge Parker was
adopted by the convention by vote
of ia to I9T.. :, :,
The convention having held an all
night session the night before, had
reassembled a P. NJ. Saturday to
nominate a candidate for the Vice
Presidency, but adjourned until $40
so that the leaders might discuss the
availability of the various candidates.
1t met at the latter hour and ex-
Senators Henry G. Davis. of West
Virginia; George Turner, OF Wash
ington State, and William A. Harris,
of Kansas, and Representative James
r. Williams, of Illinois, were put in
nomination for second place.
About this time hints of the Parker
telegram began to circulate. and this
created such a sensation that re-
cess was taken until 800 o'clock to
give an opportunity for conferences.
In considering material for the
Presidency Messrs Sheehan and
Hill at first were inclined toward the
selection of Judge Judson Harmon,
but the factonal fight in Ohio be-
tween the friends of Harmon and
those of John r. Mclean was con-
sidered too great an obstacle. Sen
ator Daniel was asked to take the
nomination, but was reluctant to do
so unless it could be demonstrated
that no candidate would be more
available.
On the first ballot for the Presi-
dency, early Saturday morning, Judge
Parker received 658 votes and Hearst
ZOO Scattering votes were cast for
Olney, Mcclellan, Cockrell, Pattison,
Gray, German, Wall, Towne, Miles,
Golfer and JOHN Sharp Williams. Idaho
and West Virginia quickly changed
enough votes to give Parker the
needed two-thirds majority. and then
the nomination was made unanimous,
Hon. Henry G.. Davis, of Westy
Virginia. was nominated for Vice
President by reclamation. -
49, Following the passage OF lehn
Williams resolution-the vote
for Vice Presidential candidate was
begun. The first ballot resulted in
Davis receiving 652, being IS less than
the necessary two-thirds, Turner,
Williams, of Illinois, and Others be-
ing voted for:
Then the States began changing
their votes. and in burst of en-
thusiasm the nomination was made
unanimous.
Chairman Clark at LIS o'clock Sun
day morning declared the convention
adjourned without date.
First Day.
St. Louis, Mo-, cia).-Exactly
at noon Wednesday Chairman X.