The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-13
WHY BRYAN WILL
VOTE FOR PARKER
Views of the Former Candidate
on the Situation.
SOME GOOD IN PLATFORm
OTHER THINGS DO NOT APPEAR
TO SUIT HIM.

4
ing statement
81 shall vote for Parker and Davis,
the nominees of the Democratic ma
tional convention. and shall do So Tor
the following reasons.
-First-Because The Democratic tick
ct stands fgr opposition 30 Imperialism
while the Republican ticket stands for
an imperialistic policy. on this ques-
ton. which was the paramount issue
in 1860. and which must remain an I'M
portant issue so long as an attempt is
made to hold colonies under the Amer
lean hag-on this issue the convention
was unanimous, The platform emphat-
fc. and have 10 doubt thatrthe candi-
date viii carry cut the platform
Tho Race Issue.
'.seeond-Mr. Roosevelt is injecting
the race issue into American politics,
anu this issue. If ii becomes national,
VIII make il impossible To consider
questions that demand solution Inc
election Of the Democratic ticket VIII
put a quietus on this subject
..Third-Mr Roosevelt stands for the
spirit of war His friends present him
as a man of blood and iron. He believes
in strenuousness and inculcates a love
for warlike things The Democratic
ticket stands for peace, for reason and
for arbitration rather than for force,
conquest and buster.
'-Fourth-The Democratic platform
declares in favor of the reduction of
the standing army, and as this plank
was unanimously adopted, there IS rea-
son to believe that a Democratic state
mept on this subject would bring some
advantage TO the people.
Some Assumption.
For these reasons 1 feel justified in
supporting the ticket. A Democratic
victory viii mean very little. If any.
progress on economic questions so long
as the party is under the control of
the Wall street element. On the money
question Mr. Parker is as thoroughly
committed to the side of the financiers
as Mr.. Roosevelt IF he does not go as
far as the Republicans would in retiT-
ing silver dollars. in establishing
branch banks. in charging the powers
of the national banks and in the sub
stitution of an asset currency for the
present currency, it VIII be because ne
is restrained by the Democrats in the
house and senate Nothing greater can
Bt t&DtIAtI ltUiA MIN uAA AEit tGAliAAFl
question. On the trust question the
Democratic platinum is very much bet
ter than the Republican platform. but
the nomination of Judge Parker viz
tually nullifies the antitrust plank
Unless in his letter of acceptance he
commits himself to antitrust legisla-
ton, we need not expect him TO pursue
a different course from that pursued
by President Roosevelt.
Labor Question.
so far as the labor questions are
concerned, we must await Judge Par
kers letter before we shall know
whether the IabOring men has anything
to expect from his election The labor
plank as prepared by Judge Parker 5
Z friends on the Subcommittee was a
straddling, meaningless plank. In the
( full committee planks were adopted In
/ favor Of arbitration and the eight-h0uI
day and against government by ia
/ junction; also a plank on the Colorado
/ situation If Judge Parker is silent
or ambiguous on these subjects it VII
mean that the men back of them vii
not permit him to take the labor side
/ on this disputed question.
ION the tariff question some little
/ progress may be hoped for But tn,
I Parker men on the committee were
nearly ali ia favor Of q very c0userVa
/ tive plank, and il remains To be seer
( whether Judge Parker VIII carry on
/ the definite plank which was substi
tuted by the full committee.
Enough of Good Things.
This is the situation. Judge Par
/ ker stands for enough things that ar
/ good 10 justify me in giving him IN.
vote. but as / have tried to point GU
( for several months the triumph of tn
( Wall street element Of the party de
: MES to the country any hope of relic
/ on economic questions. I have nOthiu.
: TO take back. I have nothing To with
draw Of things that I have said agains
/ the methods pursued TO advance hi
/ CANDIDACY 1t was a plain and deliber
ate attempt TO deceive the party Tn
j New York platform was vague an
meaningless and puTpOseIy SO. becaus
the advocates of Judge Parker Wer
trying to secure votes from among tn
/ people who would have opposed hi
views had they known them. If he ha
sent TO the Albany convention the tel
( eSram that he sent TO the st. LOui
I convention he would have had yer
few instructed delegates from TIE sOut
and no possible chance for his nomina
ton But he and his managers adTOit
" and purpOsely concealed his pCSitio
until the delegates had been cOrralel
( Then his friends attempted to secure
gold plank. which was overwhelming
ly defeated in the committee. Ate
1.-THE party had rejoiced over the har
mOny secured by the omission of tn
question. and after he had secured tn
nomination. he injected his views upo
the subject at a time when he coul
not be taken from the ticket withoU
great decentralization. The nominatfO
was secured. therefore. by crooked an
lindefensible methods. but the DemOcra
who loves his country has TO make hi
decisions upon conditions as he find
them. not upon conditions as he wouI
like 10 have them
Gives Notice.
After having stated thai I shall SUI
port the ticket. and after having give
my reason for so doing. 1 think il du
to the Democrats of the nation to sa
that, while the fight on economic que:
| tons is postponed, it is not abandone,
; As soon as the election is over I shal
with the help Of those who believe Z
I do, undertake to organize before II
tcampaign of 1908. the object being
marshal the friends of popular govern
ment within the Democratic party
the support or radical ana progress
i've policy 10 make the Democratic pa
ty an efficient means in the hands
the people for securing relief from Il
element that controls the Republica
party and FOR the time being is in cor
: troll of the Democratic party Th
plan Of organization will be elaborate
soon. It IS only mentioned at this tin
: that the readers Of the Commoner ms
2 know that the contest for econam
z and political effort VIII begin again
soon as the election IS ever, and be col