The semi-weekly messenger., 1904-07-12
NOsuNATToN OF PARKER.
Speech Of Martin w. IAttletOn, or New
York, I'm Placing Judge Parker's
Name Before the Democratic Con-
yeDtfOn

York, I'm Placing Judge Parker's
Name Before the Democratic Con-
vention-
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen OF the
Convention:
We do NOT expect nere that stupid
peace which smells of cholorform- We
do not wish that unctuous unanimity
which springs from the unconfiicting
emotions Of solitary man. We would
not have our harmony in a single har-
ness. We. toe, love the stir Of stren-
uous life: but we believe in equal stren-
uousness for all and special strenuous
ness for none. We do not derive our
power from the seats OF the mighty.
but from the souls OF the humble. We
do not ask for inane agreement. spring
ing from faithless fire; but rather out
bursts OF dissension. issuing from
robust freedom. We are not in execu-
tive session, but rather in the commit
tee OF the whole. We were sent here
by the people to select a candidate. We
were not sent here by the candidate
TO notify the people. Our adversaries
by the dwelling tenderly on the simplic-
ity Of the lamented Mckinley, manag-
ed to endure for three days the streru-
osity of Roosevelt. By recounting in
affectionate terms the achievements of
the one,. they evoked an enthusiasm
which they Immediately credited to the
other. Through tears that were shed
for the noble dead, they saw a larger
outline of the living. Driven by lash
and lured by luck they called on all the
sacred dust to keep their spirits up.
Set to run for three full days the pend :
ulum petered out, the hands stuck fast
and only strenuous shake could make
the wheels go round. Spiritless in the
cr,1ln rx.l
grain and gravity of the hour. With
out the master whom they had learned
to love. they fingered listless under the
whip of one whom they have learned
to fear. Stripped of premeditated
pomp, and shorn of soothing phrase,
the occasion meant no more or less
than an era Of boots and spurs. Take
away the tribute to the dead and all
that is left is a horseman on the slopes
of San Juan. Remove the revered
black that tells Of a nations grief, and
underneath is khaki uniform. With
hold the record made by hands and
hearts now still and all that is left Is
usurpation's bold account. Pull off the
mask that wears the kindly smile Of
peace and see the grim and firm set
teeth Of war. 1t was the change from
sure and certain ways to the shifting.
eddying currents of the wild unknown.
1t was a leap in the darkness Of Re-
publican eclipse, aud four years hence
will find them vainly looking for the
light. 1t marks the peace where a par
ty, which in years of service, forsook
the beaten path and went on a winding
way of untravelled roads. 1t makes
the gap between the era of the con-
servative and the radical. 1t looks
good now because they do not see
where the old force ends and the new
begins. But as they drive away to sea.
.'the overwhelming span" tWixt craft
and land will set many life boat to-
ward the shore.
The North and South. each wearing
scars that tell Of war, almost forgiven
and forgot, feel the fear again that a
problem which only time can settle
right, will be forced upon them wrong
ly. Behind these fears and doubts and
startled dreams and vague .misgivings,
is many hidden cause. But over them
is one at least revealed. For Lincoln
said in the sadness of his great sould,
with malice toward none, with chari-
ty for all, with faith in the right as
God gives us the wisdom to see it,
And Roosevelt said. in the glory Of his
self-contemplation tread softly and
carry a big stick and between these
beginnings and the end of Republican
growth in time and temper is all their
wild. descending flight. With all they
know and feel Of the country's question
of their course, the Republican party
claim the very fruits of the SOIL sun,
brain and soul. They say that by a
wise administration of natures laws,
they brought abundant harvest from
the soil. They say that by careful di-
rection Of scientific search they added
untold volumes to the store of COM
mon knowledge. They say that inven-
ton, under their control, has lifted
loads of labor from mankind. They
say that religions long sleep was
broken by the stimulous Of Republi-
can virtue and they point with pride
to the churches all over the land. They
say that education was unpopular until
they took it up and that now almost
every one is willing to be educated.
They say that while population was in
creasing some, there was never any
steady. advancing, general increase un-
It'll the Republican party came into
power. When attention is called to the
economic, Industrial and administrative
vices resulting from their incompetency
they say that after all there are some
things which the all-wise providence
insists upon doing without giving any
particular reason for it. SO, on the
whole. we may conclude that whatever
the good Lord does in administering
this good universe that turns out to be
SOO0, tney CTeOlt 10 lIieinseiFeS, anu
whatever the Republicans do in admin
istering' the government that turns out
bad, they charge up to the Lord.
! Gentlemen of the convention, beyond
the exciting passions of war and tine
distracting panics of peace. beyond the
reach of disasters dread appeal am
the dead past's dying wait. We meet in
the clear and rational calm of the sea-
soned common sense, to reason togeth-
er for the well-being Of our country
and our party. No man here can have
his exact way. No leader can take US
along the narrow ledge Of his unQues-
toned logic. No section should swervc
us from the course that leads to union
and fellowship. No faction can divide
US into weakened parts, and leave US
on the field of battle in front of the
enemy. No man is grea ter than his