The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-09

place of power and pride in the hearts
and affections of our countrymen-
New YorIx's Offering.
The state of New York, hearken-
ing to the demand from every quarter
of the country comes to you united
upon one who will bring peace into
our council, patriotism and power into
our campaign and success to our con-
test I say New York is united and
in saving so 1 deny the charge that
has been spread broadcast over the
country that there is dissension- In
the convention whose instructions we
delight to obey there were two reSo-
buttons offered and each of these in
vites the country to consider the fit
ness and character of our candidate.
The first was: THE Democrats of New
York favor the nomination for presi-
dent of the United states OF that dis
tinguished Democrat and eminent jur-
list of our own State-Alton Brooks
Parker; and the delegates selected by
this convention are hereby instructed
to present and support such nOmina-
ton at the approaching national con-
vention and said delegates are hereby
further instructed to vote and act as
a unit in all matters pertaining to
said convention in accordance with the
will of the majority of said dele
And this was adopted. The other
resolution was. Realizing tfa= the
electoral vo1es of New York lre alb
cess we submit to our brethren
throughout the country that Alton B.
Parker, a Democrat in the prime of
life has been elected by a majority
of over 60 900 to the chief position in
the judicial system of this state, and
for over six years has discharged the
duties of his high office with such
dignity, such ability and
scrupuIous fideIity that if his term
were to expire this year he would
undoubtedly be chosen to succeed
himself by the concurring votes of
all his fellow citizens
EuIogy of Parker.
Therefore I repeat that this is the
ing the country to consider the fit
ness, ability and availa bi1ity of our
candidate. The country, anxious to
win in this great crisis, called upon
New York as the battle-ground. New
York answers with a candidate who
carried the state by $4,000 majority.
The country called upon New York
for the best of it's brain and blood and
cut his way through poverty and toll
until he found the highest peak of
power and honor in the state. The
country called upon New York for a
Democrat and New York answers with
man who learned the simple les
sons of Democratic faith in the fur
rowed field; who took them with in
creasing strength to the bar and final
~ hOnOr6Q InoIn Dy his exalted SId-
ton on the bench, a man, who
throughout his career from poverty
to power, never in fair weather or
foul forsook the standards of his par
ty faith or deserted the colors of his
command. The country called upon
New York for a Democrat free from
fractional dispute and New York an
swers with a man friendly to all fac
lions, but a favorite and afraid of
none; a man who will take counsel
and courage of both but who will take
the bitterness of neither-a man who
will not stir the hatred of the past
nor share the acrimony of the present
but who Will lead US up towards the
future into cloudleSS atmosphere of
party peace. The country called upon
New York for a man who measured
up the stature of this lofty place and
New York answered with a candidate
who grew to manhood in the humble
walks in life, who lived and learned
what all our common folk must live
and learn, a man who ripened with
years in the rich attain
ments of the law until he went, by
choice OF those who knew him best,
to hold the even scales of justice at
the highest point of our great judi
cial system, where with the masters
who moulded state and nation and
the men who drive commerce DER the
wheel of time, he surveyed to the very
ground every inch of this great re-
public and saw with expanding vision
the material growth and glory of his
state.
The country called upon New York
to fit this. the critical hour and place
in our national life and New York
answers with a man who puts against
the strenuous sword-play of a swag-
gering administration a simple faith
in all the perfect power of the con-
StitutiOn, a man who puts against an
executive republic the virtue of
constitutional republic; a man who
puts against executive usurpation a
knowledge of and a deep love for the
poise and balance of it's three great
powers; a man who puts against the
hunt with the big stick a
faithful observance of. constitutional
restraints The country called upon
New York for a man of stainless
character in private and public life, |
and New York answers with a man
whose path leads from the sweet and
simple f1reside of his country home, |
where he enjoys the gentle society |
of his family, to his place of labor |
and honor at the head of one of the |
greatest courts in Christendom. And |
nowhere through his active and use |
full life has aught but honest praise |
found utterance on the lips of those |
who know him best
Why He Is Silent.
If you ask me why he has been |
silent I tell you it is because he does !
not claim to be the master of the !
Democratic party. but is content to |
be its servant. If you ask me why !
ne has not outlined a policy for this |
I tell you that he does not |
believe that policies should be dictat- |
I'd, but that sovereignty of the party |
s in the untrammeled judgment and |
wisdom of its mem bers; if you ask me |
what his policy will be if elected 1 tell |
you that it will be that policy which /
1nds expression in the platform of /
his party
With these as some of the claims
Upon your conscience and judgment
New York comes to you flushed with