The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-18
DIVIDED e, woRsE THAN 1-i: EVER:


I The sneaking nlanne err IN Y hi h the
| Hill faction of the Democratic party
| handled its strength in, the national
convention has served to prll The
party in "a chaotic condition Such
an sirrepressible conflict as has long
existed In the Democracy mus pc
fought out to a definite conclusion
ut cannot be compromised, BECAUSE
! the elements will not mingle. One
side or the other must submit before
common basis can be reached. The
convention Of last week tricHcl it
self through the skullting course Of
the leader of the majority. Hid the
chief representative and closest frienl
OF Parker. HIS record as a politi-
clan sufficiently shows his innate. TEN
peramental crookedness, and those
WHO select him as their, party spokes-
man must have. when it comes to es-
sentiai qualities, a makeup OF the
sa me kind. The ridiculous claim is
heard that Parker spoke ont like q
man" Not one word did he utter on
the subject of finance Or anything
else until after he had received The
nomination, which was the real prize
in the estimation Of himself ausl Hill,
for the prospect of the election OF any
Democratic candidate was small. Con
troll Of the party machinery VAS the
first, objective of Fiji and mis- dummy,
the candidate who said nothing until
after he was nominated.
il the people Of the United States
be tricked by the telegram Of PARKER
to the convention (after he became
the noninee). and the reply Of the
convention prepared by the Hill side
and telegraphed back. The statement
in the convention telegram tina: the
platform adopted by this convention
is silent on the question Of the mona
taTy standard. because it is not re
garded by us as a possible issue in
this campaign" is SO palpable all nm
truth that it will stand as an amazing
instance of deliberate falsehoo,I in
public affairs. It defes common sense |
by its cold-blooded reversal OF the |
facts known TO all men. The commit |
tee On resolutions rejected 4, gold |
plank by a vote of 35 to 10, more than |
two to one, and the struggle on this |
point lasted almost through an. en-
tire day and night After the sen'i-
ment of the committee was fully test |
ed the financial question was dropped |
out of the platform, not becacst, it |
was an issue, but because it was too
hot an issue to be allowed to so to
the convention floor.
There is no financial plank iE Tie
platform of 1904. The
candidate has stated his financial po-
sition, after the nomination and af.
ter the convention had unanimously |
adopted the platform as it came from
the committee. Parker bolte,! tne |
platform, and the majority of the CON
vention, in view of the plight of the
party, sustained him in that post
act. What will the party do
What can it do but align itself aliaw
over this widened and widening
breach? The masses OF the orSaniZa-
ton will now deal with the course
pursued by their latest national con-
vention and will not fail to see the
trickery and falsehood attempted up
On them. Few. indeed, are the Votes
in any party who will back up an I'M
truth and a falsehood of eXtracrdi-
nary boldness marks the final phase
Of the Democratic national conven.
tion.-Globe Democrat.