The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1904-07-29
JUDGE PARKEa's MESSAGE.
II Was Neither Courageous Nor Man
ly, But the Cheap Trick Of
Politician.

Courageous and manly" These arc
TIE terms In which the democratic news
papers ana come OF the republican news
papers OF the country are referring 10
Judge Parkor's U famous tolcgranl 20
the 81. Louis convention. IL such s<haf-
a%cterizatlOu just or even sensible2
when such language il applied W an
act three things are implied. First of
all, the act must be rnsclnsh. for moth
Ing that IL selfish can be manly. III the
second place, 8, must be- honorable. for
surely nothing that b. deceitfLl or dts
honest can be manly In tn. third place.
II must Involve personal loss or rich.
otherwise there isno occasion q oppOr-
mnity for a display Of courage Now.
Judge Parker'z telegram II weighed In
these balances. will be found wanting.
IN the FIRST place. says the chicago
Chronicle there q no justification What
ever for considering II an unsclhsh act
when Judge Parker read the editorials
In the New Yort newspapers and re-
ceiyod = score N telegram from leading
democrats ~ the same effect ne realized
IN a moment that be could never carr,
NeN York nor BE- elected 10 the prcsi-
dcncy on such a platform ~ the conyci-
ilon had adopted unless he should do
something Immediately 10 strengthen
his position lie was advised on all sides
and from ~ Louis 20 scId this telegram.
and he sent II bur he rlsked nothing
for himself by sending d. lie know that
The nomination was not worth HAVING
without a. aud BE- believed that with y
bic election was possible.
II this va M unsclnyh act. ~ II n was
not a pur,. selfish act such ~ n
selfish politician would perform In the
same emergency " d. hard To imagine
what would be- ~ considered.
10 tho second place the telegram
could uo' Dc considered an honorable
ret II ahs hu, hohofable TOW ard the
convention. because be- led the couyen-
ton 10 nominate him by bic Motley Of
silence and then broke his silence and
Imposed nov conditions cot u when II
Wa physically impossible Tor the body
todrop him and make rev nomination
~ honorable nominee would lay" said;
y induced the convention To nominate
ne a. a mystery aud an unknown. and
now that u has taken me al my word |
must abide by the result.
Neither va the tcisEtam honorable
toward the party aud the country. n
Judge Parker WHs determined 10 break
bis silence and 90 Jay something on tho
vital point uf the platform aud tho cam
pnign be owed Il 10th to the parry aud
TO the American people 10 be frank.
This Involved that ho shorld plainly
WOW or disa,ow his b.,irf IN the gold
standard Instead u that Die telegram
is m inc1usfqUouiial reference 10 'he
ilc.'d lrfcyloahielrs ofthc gold stand.
nr4 aci cnndur compeis No ~ say thai
his telegram va mi honorable
Wa 10 then. coufugougss iioN can
any act he onuragcuu. which Involved 10
los and incn'a no danger and which il
purely selfish and dishonoablcg t.
al ihr question D. 10 answer o..
" Judge PARKER had sent q 'cuuf.g-
coue ana manly tol.cram 70 W'l.d have
hcrn this Z have always hsar o. b.
mr'aIlisi ard y lfte silver man and an
ono stNl Whether wc ran put our tho
ui''s .r'c prac'!ce IN the face ~ a rs-
publican senate O. doubtful"