Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1904-07-15
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION
A. B. Parker and H. G. Davis For
President and Vice President.
STRUGGLE OVER PLATFORM
Bryan Men Defeat All Attempts to
Insert Gold Standard Plank.
PARKER CREATED A SENSATION
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PARKER CREATED A SENSATION

New York Judge Refuses to straddle
Currency Question, and Convention
Sent Him a Message Saying That
His Attitude Is Acceptable-Bryan
Declares He Is a Loyal Democrat
Under All Conditions.
st. Louis, July 1.-THE Democratic
national convention adjourned sine die
at 1.30 o'clock Sunday morning after
nominating Judge Alton d. Parker, of
New York, for president, and Henry G..
Davis, of West Virginia, for vice presi-
dent
The nomination Of Judge Parker was
dramatic in the extreme. Nearly 10
hours Of oratory preceded the vote,
those placed in nomination beside
Judge Parker being William r. Hearst,
OF New York; Senator +. NJ. Cockrell,
OF Missouri; Richard Olney, of Massa-
chusetts; Edward G. Wall, of Wiscon-
sin; Judge George Gray, OF Delaware;
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
Before balloting began Bryan ap-
peared on the stage. After stating
that twice he had borne the standard
for the party, he continued:
IL came TO this Democratic conven-
tion to return the commission, and to
say that you may dispute whether I
have fought good fight. You may
c n shAf
course, But you cannot deny that l
have kept the faith. Today as a pri.
vate citizen | am more interested In
the success of the Democratic ticket
than / was when was a candidate"
When he declared himself a loyal
Democrat under all conditions the ap-
plause came in great volume. He read
that portion of the speech of Governor
Black. of New York. nominating
Roosevelt. which declared that wars
were liable to come at any time to any
nation and declared the principle un-
derlying that utterance was a chal.
ieDge to the civilization OF the world.
Declaring that Roosevelt, If he be-
iieyed in war as an arbiter OF disputes.
was dangerous man TO elect, he con.
tinued:
Il believe he ought TO be defeated.
believe he can be defeated. l tried to
defeat the Republican party as your
candidate. l failed, you say.
Yes, did. But received ,0O0. 900
more votes than any Democrat had
ever received before. Yet / failed"
II
his head, swept the hall with his gaze.
why did l fail?" he asked, and re-
plying TO his own question, he said:
Because there were some who had
affiliated with the Democratic party
who thought my election dangerous to
the country. They helped TO elect my
opponent That is why. But have no
criticism for them"
Mr. Bryan declared that II Hearst
was the best man, Nebraska would
support him. Then he spoke of Wall.
and declared Nebraska would will
lingly support him. Then he spoke of
Pattison, and said Nebraska would
support him.
Bryan said he only mentioned these
men. and not to ask for their support
He said finally that he desired to sec-
ond the nomination OF Senator Cock
rell of Missouri
The vote was brought about By Del.
egate James Kerr. of Pennsylvania,
demanding the regular order. The
chairman was rapping In vain for ST.
lence and the clerks were imploring
the delegates to be seated.
Vote! Votei" was heard and with
out delay the clerk started the call.
The call then went on rapidly and
without causing comment. At the close
1t stood 66s for Parker, Before the vote
was announced Idaho changed her six
votes. giving him 664, and West Vir-
ginia added three votes, giving him the
667 votes, or two-thirds necessary.
This was followed by a motion by
Champ Clark TO make the nomination
OF Parker unanimous. Great enthusi-
asm followed, and a monster American
nag was unfurled from the dome of the
puflatng. The band struck up 1.-The
Star Spaagied Banner"
Patrick A. Collins. of Massachusetts,.
took the stand to second the motion -
make the nomination unanimous, dele
gates standing on chairs and waving
hags, making it almost impossible for
him to be heard. The vote was made
unanimous, and then the convention
broke loose.
Eight thousand small flags were
waving from the pit to the galleries,
and the great Coliseum was a waving
mass OF red, white and blue, with the
great yellow dome overhead-alto-
gether 1t made wonderful picture.