The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-07-28
PARKER WILL SPEAK
ONLY AT HOME.
After Comforting with Chairman Jones
and Senator Daniel the Candidate
Decides on u Front Porch
Campaign.

Esopus Special
The appearance at Rosemount today
OF former Senator Jones of Arkansas
still acting Chairman of the national
Democracy: Senator Daniel of Virginia.
and National Committeeman D. A
Campau of Michigan. the two former
coming because Judge Parker had tel
egraphed them to do so. started the
story anew that Thomas Taggart might
not after all be National Chairman, and
that Judge Parker would prefer to see
conference in New York tonight do not
develop greater strength for Campau
than he has shown so far the Taggart
slate will go through.
First Meeting With Parker.
1t was both Senator Jones's and SEN
ator Daniels first handshake with
Judge Parker. They spent three hours
and went away delighted.
Senator Daniel said that one look in
Judge Parker's ewes told him the party
had found man Of strength.
And l liked the way he talked to
us" he added There was no circum-
locution of language. tie has a way
Of driving matters straight into ones
mind and in doing so he is suave, SO
pleasing that one yields willingly to
the idea that he is with a bold thinker
and aggressive leader, and withal the
soundest sort of Democrat the parry
has in its ranks. And he is going to
as firmly as I ever believed anything
before it really happened.
"of course. the South will be undi-
vided at election timer"
The South again is solid. We re-
gard her electoral vote as so sure that
little work will he done south of the
Potomac and Ohio rivers other than
will be necessary to keep up the or
sanitation. Maryland may be count
ed on as safely as Mississippi. Della
ware. Kentucky and West Virginia will
come in with old time majorities.
will this be because the people
SOntb love Mr.
RooseVelt?"
Both. They do not know Judge
Parker we'll enough to say they love
him; hut they will know him and they
will admire him. l think the ticket
is really the best one we could have
named 1t will grow with the people
and grow with the party. Mr.. Roose-
Welt is feared--reared because his ad-
miration for the colored brother seems
to max" him forget that there are SO
cial conditions among us that politics
must not interfere with or acCentuate
endangcr or modif" by bayonet or
ballot the irrevocable fact that this is
a white man, s country. The franchise
clause in the Republican platform
means that the South will always he
safe for the Democrats so long as the
negro is an issue; safely Democratic.
as the South and the nation ought TO
be even if the negro question was not
an issue"
Senator Jones declared that before
the campaign had zone much farther
there would NOT be tdCuon hetWeen
Maine and California thu ,rwlld not
be in the field for the ticket.
We will sweep the country with it,
he said
There must be no apathy. no hang
ing back, no trtfiing discussions"
1t is known that among other things
discussed by Judge Parker. Senator
Daniel. Senator Jones and Mr.. Campau
this afternoon was the advisability of
Judge Parker's making speeches du-
ring the campaign. 1t may be safely
said that after the conference had end
I'd it was pretty generally understood
that Judge Parker would remain at
RoSemount until after the ballots have
been counted in November. Only cir
cumstauces of the gravest nature will
probable that he will make a speech in
New York. though the city is within
two hours run from his home. H"
will conduct just such a campaign as
making speeches to visiting delegations
from his front porch. The newspapers
are to do the rest.
Talking Over Mcclellan
Before Judge Parker's visitors had
left for their train copies of The Even
ing Journal of today containing an ed
itorial telling why the party would not
nominate Mayor Mcclellan for Cover
nor were received at Rosemount.
When Judge Parker had finished read
ing the article he handed it to senator
Daniel without comment. FINALLY the
four had finished reading and then it
was under discussion for five minutes.
Senators Jones and Daniel bought 9TH
er copies mt the train and before the
cars had pulled out of the station they
were again reading what had been
written about the Mayor.
Senator Daniel asked many questions
of the reporters about Mr.. Mcclellan
and the gas bill he signed.