The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-07-13
NAMED PARKER.
AND DAVID OF WEST VIRGIN
IA FOR VICE.PRESIDENT.

IA FOR VICE.PREsIDENT.
Parker Sends kilograms, That
Make a FURRY in the St. Louis
convention-Dramatic
st. Louis, June 10.-After nomi-
nating Alton B. Parker of New
York, for President, and
Henry G. Davis of West Vir-
ginia, for vice-president, the ma
tional democratic convention adj
journed at 1:30 Sunday morning.
The closing scenes of the conven.
tion were attended with dramatic
interest. A telegram had been re-
ceived by Sheehan of New York,
from Judge Parker, announcing
that he regarded the gold standard
as ''firmly and irfevocably estab-
lished," and the news of its accept.
ance and its contents had become
noised abroad, the telegram gener-
ally being wrongly quoted. The
effect caused much excitement a.
mong the delegates, and after re-
cess taken at 7 o'clock, the dele
gates were called to order at 9:10.
While speeches seconding the NOM
Iination for vice president were be-
ling made, a Mississippi delegate
took the floor and demanded that
the matter of the Parker telegram
be placed before the convention.
This was agrs ed to and the chair
man called John Sharp Williams
to the platform for the purpose.
Williams spoke as follows:
| Gall of US were very much sur.
prised and excited this afternoon,
to use no stronger words, at what
purportsd to be copies of kilograms
which had been sent by our nomi.
nee to Carmack and others in this
lefty. Iwant to tell you that bu'
lone telegram has been received.
IA telegram has come from Par,
| ker to Sheehan, however, which
shall be read in a moment. Wher
you shall have heard it you will
note there is not in it one word a
bout requiring or demanding, Oh
asking, or requesting that anything
should be placed in the democratic
platform. You will also note i
there is any error in it at all, it i:
an error of judgment proceeding
from too sensitive spirit of honor
A too sensitive idea that he would
be misunderstood or be placed In {
false or in a double position.
shall now ask Governor Vardemar
to read the telegram to YOU" HI
then handed a telegram to Cover
nor Vardeman, who, after request
ing absolute quiet, read the tele
gram as follows:
Hon. w. F. Sheehan: II regarG
the gold standard as firmly and il
revocably estapllshed and shall &C
accordingly if the action of the con
vention of today shall be rattle,
by the people. AS the platform i
silent on the subject my view
} should be made known to the con
. vention, and if 1t proves to be un
satisfactory to the majority, I re
quest you to decline the nomina
. ton for me at once, so that anothe
may be nominated before adjourn
ment.
r Signed, "a. B. PARK Err. !"
t A ringing cheer went around tn
. hall but it was brief, SO anxiou
were the delegates to see wha
0 would follow. Williams continue
t in part: "My friends, we purpose
: ly made this platform silent on th
r question of the money standard
e We made it silent, because we a.
o agreed that money was not the il
8 sue in this campaign. And we a
| agreed furthermore that nothin
a should be placed in the platforr
which was not campaign issue
a My friends, we purposely made th
r platform, 60 far as the monetar
/ standard was concerned, upo
which William J. Bryan coul
+ have stood, or Grover Clevelan
S could have stood, or on which any
i body else who was with US in th
g pending live campaign issues coul
8 have stood.
III He then announced that a mel
!. sage in answer to the one fror
a Judge Parker had been prepare
land would be submitted to the cor
n vention. He asked Senator Til
O imam to read the message, whic
was as follows: "The platforl
cy1a,