New-York tribune., 1904-10-10

hung1y. II has been out long time Woe
ulto me pe' pie when that predatory band pet
iheI clCtches upon the government agaInt
. v h,'L secret pledges have been made 10 the
SlsliuaIu on What IS its motive for putting
l nan a InliIion dollars into Parker's campaign
afraid Of Parker yVha+ Ie ,to c--o,,+'4 - 80 80
preference for Parker? The STANDARD oil COM
Pahy y not IN politics for health or pleasure Il
arrays mas an axe 10 grind. What Is the motive
MS tine2 The Sugar Trust nut SI+OOOo y, the
New fork campaign alone when Cleveland ran
aHaitlsI harrison; and all OF Us know the secret
plecS~S Wa!cH were publicly redeemed. Arthur
'ornlan and John ~. Carlisle saw 20 il that tha
lAFIH measure vas framed that the rrl,st got
more more oul o. the people by tens of millions than
Icy mao got unIer that "cumnating atrOcity
OF class legislation" the Mckinley bin. Their
.'enatorlal representative. Arthur German has
been placed in open control Of th, Parker cam
paiEh. ne mas been The secret dictator from the
-esihhli-S What will his client the Sugar
cessfuI2
Wall Streec wants more bonds The machin-
cry for getting them is there-fust where Cleve-
Ia.9 eft H. The same men who worked Cleve-
ana Tor nonds are steering Parker's campaign.
Nhat mas been promised 70 Remont and his
cCntederated CorporationsH Is the endless
chaln TO be pat in motion again2 Voters who
injustice
How any party which has for recent years
stood for SO many different things and broken
SO many contracts can now expect TO be trusted
Is puzzle in politics The manner IN which
me platform OF 1904 was evolved. the manner
IN which Parker's nomination was brought
bout. ought 70 intensity the distrust which
the bad record of the party justly creates
Every line of the platform seems to be in A
trembe. lest II should displease the benefciariss
Of class legislation. Every tone of its quakine
voice seems 70 say 10 the corporations Don't
oe AFRAID. won't hurt YOU" With the anxious
fear Of Snug 10 Joiner. In A Midsummer Nights
Dream the apparent lion kindly dissipates
the fear % his audience by assuring them in adj
vance that its roar is onlv for stage purposes II
that platform had been meant TO please the nao-
pie. how easy il would have been 10 write il,
But Il was meant TO delude the people and 10
please the corporations. hence its wonderful
contoTIons IN verhiage its agouized efforts to
use much language and say nothing This much
must pe adinFItec, howeNer-thc candidate fits
the platform as though a political tailor had
measured him Tor II. Parker can probably use
more words and say less that yov are certain Of
than any mar IL America
II Is true that Judge Parke- thinks tariff re-
-o.l-t. "s-.u oeile.l. me wage Garner 30 II
Would II Il were Of the right sort But Cleve-
land. once upon time. sounded the slogan or
tariff reform and, afte- one defeat was elect
ed 10 DO the work. Arthur German was the
master builder who framed the measure which
was 20 lessen the burdens Of the oppressed and
when Arthur German got through wirF the los
The burdens or the oppressed had merely been
shifted from one shoulder 10 the other. The
great warm hearted Senator from Missouri.
George O. Vest, wanted coal put upon the free
list ID order thac cheaper fuel could he had by
the people; Arthur German opposed the measure
srubboruly in the Senate. When the Sugar Trust
wanted better rate than the Dingley bill was
about 10 give them Steve Elkins brought Have
meyer and German together Ia personal confe--
ence. and the trust got what Havemeyer came
for. And Arthur German ia Parker's manager.
The tariff reform Of the Democratic nominee
must therefore. be taken with care and 10 the
Parker letter of acceptance should be attached
the German Tariff act Of 1874 as Exhibit A"
and the speech of General Joe Wheeler against
that measure as Exhibit r"
T We're President. I would recognize that
capital and la Dor have reached a dangerous an
Il agouisu Ny utmost influence would he used
70 establish a National Bureau OF Arbitration.
I would ask combined capital % choose ore
man. union labor TO choose another and 7 would
myself as chief magistrate. choose a third. Such
a Board of Arbitration should have Jurisdiction
over labor troubles. and would become a power
for good.
Measured hv the old standards or Jefferson,
Jackson. Benton and stephens the party which
calls itself Democratic has 40 right N do 80. II
contains NO Democratic principles II does not
seek 20 accomplish any Democratic purpose. II
no common legislative object one and all.
they would Ike 10 capture the offices, beyond
that they DO not agree upon any earthly sub
jet.
accept the nomination rendered me. and IN
dorse the platform upon which II is made And
no matter what the results may be. / shall ind
satisfaction Ga feeling that have done right
THOMAS Z. WATSON.
Birmingham. Ala. Oct . 1894