The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-19
~ PARkER CHRONOLOGY.

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II 4 1895 and 1900 Judge Parker voted
for .BryanIa and free silver. III
The Democratic state convention
held at Albany ". Y, on April u.s..
1904, instructed the New York delega-
tion 70 support Judge Parker's can
ididacy for the Presidency. 1t adopt
ed unanimously a platform which CON
tanned ten planks. including demand
for reasonable revision OF the tariff.
On the question or the gold standard
it was silent. The platform had Judge
Parker's approval in advance
For two months and twenty days,
and said nothing. while his friends
hunted for delegates
On the morning of Friday, July 5,
TIE rcso,utiCas committee of the Dem
oc-at:c rational convention agreed
unanimously, after a sixteen hours
wranela. on a platform wnich omitted
ali reference TO the gold standard.
Dispatches received at Esopus dur
ing the day and evening contained
this Information and brought the news
that the convention had adopted the
platform as reported from the com
mittee.
Judge Parker remained silent.
Judge Parker was nominated on the
morning of Saturday, July 8. Martin
| w. Littleton, in presenting his name
to the convention, referred to him as
a man whose policy will be that pol
| icy which finds expression in the plat
| form OF his party.
| Norman E. Mack, the New York
member of the Democratic National
Committee and one of Judge Parkers
supporters at ST. Louis, made state
ment over his own signature on Fri
day morning. after the nomination, as
! follows:
The real simple truth of the fail
ure to put gold plank in the plat
form is this: 1t would have resulted
in a minority report being presented
to the convention, and if that had
been done we would have been beaten
and Judge Parker would not have been
non1inated.'
On Saturday morning, July 9, the
! three leading Eastern Democratic
/ newspapers the New York Times, the
New York World, and the New York
Sun. contained editorials fiercely de-
nouncng the cowardice of the conven-
ton, demanding that the candidate
should make known his position in
regard to the gold standard, predicting
Parker's defeat, unless this was done,
and threatening to bolt the ticket.
After reading these editorials Judge
Parker, according to statement
given out at Esopus, sent the dispatch
to Mr.. Sheehan. 1t was then too late
for the convention to name any other
| candidate.
Four years ago at the Kansas City
convention when Mr.. Bryan was the
candidate for nomination, the resolu-
tons committee was sharply divided
upon the question of excluding the
money plank ''Instead of waiting I'M
I'll after the platform had been adopt
ed and the nomination of himself had
been made says the Springfield
| (Mass.) Republican Gnd), Mr.. Bry-
an promptly sent word to the conven'
ton before any action whatever had
been taken, that he must not be con,
sidered a candidate for the nomina
ton in case the money question were
ignored in the resolution. That was
straightforward and it was dealing
fairly with all wings and branches OF
the Democratic party
Tits manly thing said Mr.. Bry'
an in his speech at ST. Louis, after the
reading of Judge Parker's dispatch
for man to express his opinion be
fore the convention adjourns. 1t would
have been manlier to have expressed
it before the, convention met
II is the opinion Of those who thinl
they know ex-senator Henry G. Davi:
fairly well that he Will dsappoint thu
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