The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1904-04-29
THE PeRKER BOOM.
John Temple Graves Says il Has
Failed TO MsterisIize-MskeS
Prophesy.

Washington, ID. c, April 23.-What
has become Of the Parker stampede?
IL was duly scheduled, loudly her
aided and confidently expected to
follow fast and free upon the action
OF New York. 1t has not material
lied. IL il not in sight 1t appears
90 have teen an irridescent dream.
Let u see the facts New York
acted on Tuesday. The faction OF the
New York democracy that WAS al
ways defeated outnumbered the fac
ton that il generally successful, and
forced an unwelcome candidate on
divided convention. New York in
structed. The country was expected
TO follow.
Let u see. The next day New
Jersey democrats met in convention,
and = resolution to instruct for Parker
was overwhelmingly defeated. That
delegation goes uuinstructed.
On the same day Pennsylvania
democrats acted. A resolution 90
instruct for Parker received only the
vote of the man who offered it.
Pennsylvania snaps her finger in the
face Of New York and sends sixty
eight uniustructed delegates to 1t.
Louis.
The next day Nevada acts, and her
six delegates go definitely instructed
for William Randolph Hearst.
Oregon acts. Her delegates are un-
instructed. but six Of the eight are by
open declaration for Hearst, with
sweeping resolution of Endorsement
behind them.
West Virginia comes next. 1t is
southern state, and she was claimed
as the backbone of the Parker column.
West Virginia snaps her finger in the
face of New York and refuses to in
struct. while five of her fourteen
delegates are for Hearst.
And now Massachusetts, ignores
New York. Let US see the exact facts
about Massachusetts,. Eighteen of its
district delegates are for Hearst
against ten for Olney. And the four
delegates a. large were elected by
technicality of the state convention.
The district conventions in Massa-
chusetts meet on the 2Sth, and under
the democratic custom and right in
Massachusetts, nine of the fourteen
congressional districts will exercise
their reserved right and will each
instruct its twO delegates TO vote for
Hearst. This is certain from q cam
vass Of the district delegates already
selected. But, even if they do not,
Massachusetts, is divided and neither
OF its factions will follow New York.
Six states have acted since New
York. Not one of them has followed
New York. Where, Oh, where is the
stampede gone? Wait until Illinois
swings its fifty-four delegates into
line, as IL surely will swing them, for
Hearst. Wait until Iowa swings her
twenty-six delegates into the same
column. Then comes Connecticut,
sure for Hearst. Then comes Florida,
sure for Hearst. Then comes Georgia,
where the wrangling Parker clubs are
going to meet wonderful and PAIN
ful surprise i'm June. And in these
thunder tones will be written the
condemnation of democratic masses
for an "indeterminate conservatism"
that is getting to be worse than re-
publican policy.
Judge Parker is a good, clean man,
but he ought to think something.
He ought to say something. He ought
90 trust the people whose suffrages he
asks with an expression of his faith
and its reasons. Judge Parker is at
PerihellOn right now. He will never
be 81 near the sun sgSin. His stam-
pede has failed entirely. His boomlet
Is on the wsne. Democracy is q posi-
tive force. 1t demands a definite
candidate.
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
"The pearl is the image of purity
but woman is purer than the pearl"