New-York tribune., 1904-08-06
ayoTgER STRAIGHTFORWARD HERO.

The Democrats have new Att"' W
rother be right than b. Nice-FEeS'ieL''
hone that the "Old Man OPuient NANNY
ago. stra aightforWarduess and scoTu VI "'"''7
by coucealnent viii wear as wen - t.i' N'
sac-,scipo baroisn disqlaved by the Sage "l
Rosemount in revealing his views aIleI Ile 80.
been urgently warned By his organs Il'.I a.
would be disgraeefuy defeated II ne did mol
Mr. Davis's heroism consists, not III IeNedlHs
views but in sternly repreSsihg lAeln' I'm
mentiDg on the rejection Of Il Nhi'e man
Government" blank by the West virginia Demo
cratic Convention. The New-Gork Norld pays
this tribute 10 its Nlce-Presdenual cahulua'e'
II the influence OF Henry g Davis was alone
sufficient 10 keep the West Virginia i+i DFi'D ~
f-ou adopting A white mans reSoiul4uH' ~
tact proves that he is . worthy associate on "
national ticket Of the New J ork Delll0c55dt 80 a..
made the St Louis convention ecknoWIelSTI e. nc 70
The gold standard is firmly and irreVoca"Iy IS
tablished-"
Our contemporary rightly says tat 'ne
"clairn that this is "a white mans County ol
"a white mans government is denial OF ihe
-Declarstion Of Independence, 3 challenge al
"the Constitution" and II Henry q. DAVIS man
fully stands up, Notwithstanding opPy>luoh III
his party. for equal rights Of American GU
zens and refuses his assent 10 n doctrine char
acterized by Tho World' rs born Of the stulu-
fving and blgh1ing institution Of slavery he
j. entitled 10 credit. II he shows himself an
honest man. who would indeed rather be right
than be Vice President" we shall not withhold
our praise But what does The World itsef
say q bout this? In the same Issue which con
tains its eulogy II prints n Special - The
World" saving:
Thre= months ago Mr.. Davis made speech ar
Charlestown favoring negro disfranchisernert'
but fearing that the adoption OF such a platform
by his state might endanger the national ticket
in Northern States. he exerted his influence 10
prevent i. The resolutions committee discusse9
the question till . o'clock This morning ana
finally came around to Senator Davis's views.
unanimously adopting a platform IN which ~"
reference was made 70 the negro question
Another Democratic paper, The New-YoTk
Herald gives the following account Of the
State convention where Mr.. Davis made
speech:
As Mr.. Davis was concluding some one yelled
'Hurrah for a white mans party MI Davis
replied: Il certainly agree with you the white
man proposition" Then followed a rouslng
demonstration that lasted some moments
II Is stated that while Mr. Davis faVoTS the So
called Lily White policy. he does not consider
n expedieut 20 insert such a plank I'm the plat
form al this time. II IS reported that he ana
others have received kilograms from members OF
the national committee stating that sucA a
plank in the platform Of Daviss STATE would
have bad effect in doubtful States at this time.
This IS the noble way IN which 2lr. Davis
stands for the Declaration OF Independence and
the Constitution! He does not believe in them.
bur as the members Of the national committee
think II inexpedient to offend voters who do ny
a fatfooted declaration against equal rights for
all citizens. he viii. for the time being. keep
quiet and make his party in West Virginia keep
quiet Hc is a worthy associate of Judge Par
ker who voted twice for free silver and found
that tho gold standard had been irrevocably
established only after he had secured a nom
inatIon By votes Of silver men and was plainly
hot In rc+ md Otsf
or be overwhelmingly defeated The World"
has been devoting much energy recently 70
formulating questions concerning the issues or
the campaign. Let II ask If Judge Parker ad-
heres To its principles. Let It put to him the
question:
Do you believe that the claim that this is a
white mans country or a white mans govern
rnent' IS a denial Of the Declaration Of lnde-
pendence. a challenge OF the Constitution"
Does '"T!,e World" have the slightest notion
that Judge Parker would dare squarely TO an
swer that question?