Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1904-07-13
PARKER AND DAVIS
Conservative Element Win Every.
thing at St. Louis After a Hot
Fight. Raising Financial Ques.
tiOn Created Great Sen.
sAtiOn


ocratic national convention met at s..
Louis, John Sharp Williams, of Missis.
sippi, being named as temporary chair
man. His address was described as
magnificent.
Champ Clark, Of Missouri, was the
permanent chairman.
For almost two days the committee
on resolutions struggled, but the result
was we'll worth the effort, as a unani-
nous report was brought in.
The New Mexico delegation consisted
of the following:
Hon. G. Fitch, uf Socorro, was the
member of the resolution committee,
Hon. E. V. Chavez, credentials; l.. X,
McGaffey, permanent organization;
Hon. N. B. Laughlin, chairman Of the
delegation.
Hon. H. B. FERGUSON was reelected
as member of the national committee.
After an all-night session Judge Al
ton B. Parker was nominated on the
first ballot. receiving the required num-
her Of votes.
A ter a stormy tim regarding
the financial issue, which was declared
to be no issue, ex-senator Davis of
West Virginia was chosen for vice
president.
Without doubt the Democratic Ma .
tional Convention which closed last
Sunday morning after four days in al.
most continual session, was the most
exciting ever held in our country. It
was battle from beginning to end be-
tween two distinct and separate ele-
ments and every point was strongly
contested and many times the en-
thusiasm became almost frenzy.
These battles during the formulating of
the party platform were, OF course,
mostly fought in the committee rooms
and the selection Of a candidate was
also settled before being brought into
the convention hall. But the crisis was
reached when u telegram from Judge
Parker defining his position on the
money question was received and read.
The disturbing telegram read as
follows:
Hon. William F. Sheehan, Hotel
Jefferson st. Louis, Mo.
II regard Gold Standard as firmly
and irreyocably established and shall
act accordingly if action of convention
10 lay sha be ratifed by people. As
plltforn is silent on subject my views
should be made known to convention
AMI if it proves be unsatisfactory to
majority ! request you to decline for
me at once, so that another may be
nominated before adjournment.
"A. b. PARKER. 8"
Following the reading of the message
John S. Williams gave the following ex-
PLANTATION and comment on it:
Mr. Chairman, | think you will bear
me out in what say. This is the first
time in the history of the United States
that man already nominated for the
greatest Office on the surface of this
earth has been so supersensitive about
"A matter of personal recttude and
honor as to send telegram to friend
asking him to decline the nominal on
for him, il, as he seems to have been
informed, there is something in the
platform which is not in accord with
his opinion.
Nov, my friends, Judge Parker ex-
presses his opinion for fear somebody
might think that you did not know it.
There was not in all this vast assembly
one single, solitary man who did not
already know that Judge Parker was
a gold standard man. have been one
OF the most consistent, persistent and
perhaps radical silver men in the Unit
ed States and knew that he was
gold standard man, and he never made
any attempt to conceal it from anybody.
He had supported our candidates and
had said that, although he did not agree
with us upon this plank, he was still
democrat. (Applause.)
Now, my friends, we purposely
made the platform, so far as the mon
etary standard is concerned, upon which
W. j. Bryan could have stood or Gro
yer Cleveland could have stood, or any
body else who was with us in the pend
ing live campaign issues could have
stood, (Applause)