Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1904-08-03
FROM WASHINGTON

II i the consensus of opinion in
the national capital that in the line
upfor battle between the two parties
tho democracy has the best of the
s;tu,tion. 1t is believed here by
,he leaders of the party who have
visited Washington since the con-
vention i'm st. Louis that the out
came Of the convention has practi
callv solidifed the Democratic
marty i'm this country. 1t looked for
, fine i'm st. Louis that no power
nm earth could ever bring the two
warning factions together. But con
citation and compromise on both
sides and the splendid attitude of
Mr.. Bryan and his leaders, have
performed political miracle and
the old Democratic party is once
more a solid phalanX and will move
in scrried ranks on the cohorts of
corruption and extravaganza in the
Republican party. There are di-
verpent opinions here concerning
the telegram sent by Judge Parker
to the convention, but the majority.
of Democratic leaders believe that
II has had more of a beneficial effect
than otherwise. While, of course,
Judge Parker did not mean literally
that the gold standard was IRE
vocably established, = yet it practi-
cally is so until gold becomes SO
cheap that men who are now gold
men will seek to demonctizc IL. So
long as present conditions obtain
the gold standard will remain fixed
and nothing can disturb it. When.
however. the per capita OF real or
basic currency becomes less than il
Is now. there will be more clamor
for the double standard and the
money question will become once
more paramount issue i'm our poll
tics. There are some people who
criticize Mr. Bryan for his action
in criticizing Judge Parker and
portions of the platform since the
convention adjourned. But the
truth of the matter is that Mr..
Bryan has done more to help the
ticket and hold his forces together
for il than any one man i'm the
country. If he had laid down inn
mediately after the convention and
accepted fully and entirely every
thing that was done. hundreds of
thousands of his followers i'm the
past two campaigns would have be-
come angered at him, would have
declared him insincere and dis
honest. and would have bolted the
ticket When he was honest enough.
however, to criticize the things in
Judge Parker that he did not like
and things distasteful to him in the
platform, while at the same time
he proclaimed that there was
enough Democracy in the platform
to warrant his entire support, his
friends knew him TO be honest and
agreed that if their old leader could
thus support the ticket, they, too.
could make the same criticism and
give it their undivided support.
The friends of Judge Parker who
know him best say that he will APP
preciate this fact rs thoroughly as
any man, and that it is his intention
and the intention of the leaders to
give to Mr.. Bryan some of the
heaviest tasks of the campaign.
One of those tasks will be to carry
the State of Nebraska, and, if he
succeeds in doing this, in which
they will render him valuable as
slStance, he can not only go to the
Senate of the United States, but
Will be one of the biggest men in
the Parker administration. 1t
augurs we'll for our ticket that in
stead of all the enthusiasm for it
being exhausted at the time of It's
naming, it has grown day by day
since the adjournment of the con-
vention. 1t is progressive i'm public
favor instead of retrogressive. The
only possible discord is sight at
TINS time within the Democratic
ranks is the fight in New York City
between McCarren and Tammany
Hall. 1t is believed, however. that
Judge Parker is a good enough
politician to send for Mr.. Murphy
ana placate him by giving him all
he asks thus guaranteeing the big
%est Democratic majority ever east
lor any Presidential candidate in
Greater New York. With that FIGHT
on our hands, it gives us every
chance OF carrying the State of
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