Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-08-02
AN ADDRESS TO WISCONSIN
DEMOCRA rs.
A National Ticket That Commands
Confdence-A PIat torn Without
Surrender OF Principle.

Aet'VW Dc"t0cfWo " HScOHstH IN
one of the most notable conventions in
American history, the Democrats of the
several states have nominated Alton B.
Parker. of New York, for the Office of
president, and have named Henry G.
Davis, of West Virginia, for the Office
of yice-president Without surrender
of principle, the convention adopted a
platform that has brought harmony to
the party-a platform to which every
Democrat can Subscribe without reser-
walton ami approve without quaIifica-
| ton.
The national Democracy enters the
campaign free from internal conflicts.
The representatives of the party met at
ST Louis determined that upon their
shoulders should not rest responsibility
for continuation of Republican poll
cies. 1t was in the spirit that non
essentials or Personal preferences
should not be permitted to interfere
with the concord that is necessary to
successful issue that the platform was
drawn and the nominations made.
| There was a strenuous conflict of
opinion. There were opposing policies
struggling for recognition and candi-
dates whose supporters were Jealous in
urging their nomination. But when
the convention had spoken, when the
| platform had been adopted and the
nominations made, those that had con-
tended the hardest departed for their
| homes free from malice and with a firm
determination that the labors of the
| convention shall not have been in vain.
The candidate for president, Judge
Alton B. Parker, of New York, is man
that commands the confidence and re-
| spect of the conservative and thinking
men of the country. Not that he is
reactionary or in sympathy with vested
wrongs As chief justice of the highest
court of New York, he has held to a
strict enforcement of the laws against
monopolistic combinations. He has
been free from any influence that would
interfere with the impartial admins
tration of Justice. He is man of I'M
impeachable integrity and superior
abilities. With Alton B. Parker in the
executive Office the laws will be faith
fully executed There will be no dis
elimination between classes-no favor
itism to predatory wealth. Though he
commands the confidence of the bust
ness interests of the country, the his
tory of his life affords sufficient guar
anty that he cannot be controlled to
selfish ends. The country recognizes
that in the executive office he will not
constitute menace to the nations
peace-that he will not be swayed by
rash impulse or moved to sudden and
ill-advised action.
The Democratic nominee is man
that will impress himself strongly up
on the American people as the cam
paign progresses. His reluctance to
enter into unseemly scramble for the
nomination and the quiet dignity with
which he has attended to the duties of
his Office have favorably impressed a
Al
tacularism Now that he has been
called to lead his party, ne will be
found to lack none of the attributes of
craftsmanship, nor to be deficient in the
elements essential to the making of
determined leader.
Every Democrat must be conscious
of the absolute necessity for return
of the government 10 Democratic poll
cies-for a return TO the vital and liv-
ing truths enunciated by jefferson in
the Declaration of Independence-tha
the republic may not end as have the
democracies that have preceded it, 1t
is time that calls for united action.
With the Democrats of the nation
united, the Democrats of Wisconsin
should find inspiration in the concord
that pervades the greater councils of
the party. II shall vote for Parker and
Davis, the nominees of the Democratic
national convention" is the word that
comes out of Nebraska from that dis
tinguished Democrat, William j Bryan,
to those who devotedly followed him
in the hard-fought campaigns of 1896
and 1900. The ticket is not of Mr..
Bryan's naming the platform does not
contain all that he desired, but upon
it is stamped the mark of his sincere
purpose. But there rises a greater
question than that of a preference for
men. There is greater question than
that of past differences or factional
triumph. Its the question of whether
Democrats by internal strife shall per-
petuate Republican policies whether
in quarreling among themselves over
party doctrines that are not of press
ing importance they shall get none of
the things they want or through unity
az least secure part of that which is
good.
In Wisconsin the political situation
is encouraging to Democratic success.
Opportunity waits upon the party.
But with opportunity come RESPONSE
bilities. Responsibility requires that
the party shall exercise care in the Sc
lection of the men that it offers for the
voters suffrages. 1t demands that the
marty shall proye worthy the peoples