Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-07-14
WILL STAY
BY PARTY
BRYAN. THOUGH NOT AT PEACE
WITH BOSSES SAYS HE WILL
NOT BOLT.
REASONS AND REMARKS

Why He VIII Vote Ticket and Then
critcIses Action OF Conventions
Leaders-sees Trusts In Power.
Lincoln, Neb., July 13. - w. j. Bry.
an has given out the following state.
ment:
II shall vote for Parker and Davis,
the nominees of the democratic nation
al convention. and shall do SO for the
following reasons:
Il. Because the democratic ticket
stands for opposition to imperialism,
while the republican ticket stands for
an imperialistic policy. On this ques-
the platform emphatic, and 1 have no
doubt that the candidate will carry
out the platform.
"2. Mr.. Roosevelt Is injecting the
race issue into American politics. and
this issue, If it becomes national, will
make it impossible to consider econo-
mic questions that demand solution.
The election Of the democratic ticket
will put quietus upon this attempt
itself out without the bitterness which
Mr.. Roosevelt's conduct has engender-
ed.
"3. Mr.. Roosevelt stands for the
spirit of war His friends present him
as man of blood and iron. He be-
lieves in strenuousness and inculcates
love for warlike things. The demo-
cratic ticket stands for peace, for rea-
son and for arbitration, rather than
for force, conquest, and bluster.
"A. The democratic platform declares
in favor Of the reduction of the stand
ing army, and as this plank was unan-
imously adopted, there is reason to be-
lieve that democratic success on this
subject would bring some advantage
to the people,"
In explaining his odd stand Mr.. Bry.
! an dealt with the recent convention
without regard for his party, showing
that he is not satisfied with conditions
as they are. He said:
| Wall Street Party In Ascendant.
Judge Parker stands for enough
things that are good to justify me in
| giving him my vote, but as have
tried to point out for several months
the triumph of the Wall street ele
ment of the party denies to the coun
try any hope Of relief on economic
/ questions. l have nothing to take
back. / have nothing to withdraw oi
the things that have said against the
methods pursued to advance his can
didacy. 1t was plain and deliber
ate attempt to deceive the party. The
New York platform was vague and
meaningless, and purposely so, be
cause the advocates of Judge Parker
were trying to secure votes from
among the people who would have op
\ r,n 40 via boI Il, III
If he had sent to the Albany conven
tion the telegram that he sent to the
st. Louis convention he would have
had few instructed delegates from the
south, and no possible chance for the
nomination. But he and his managers
! adroitly and purposely concealed his
position until the delegates had beer
corralled and the nomination assured
Then his friends attempted to secure
a gold plank, which was overwhelm
ingly defeated in the committee.
After the party had rejoiced ovel
the harmony secured by the omission
of the question, and after he had sc
cured the nomination, he injected hi
views upon the subject at time whe1
he could not be taken from the ticke
without great Generalization.
Methods Crooked and IndefensibIe.
The nomination was secured, there
fore, by crooked and indefensibl,
methods, but the democrat who love.
his country has to make his decision!
upon conditions as he finds them, no
upon conditions as he would like tt
have them.
Has Not Quit Fight.
After having stated that l shall
support the ticket, and after having
given my reasons for so doing,
think 1t due to the democrats of tn,
nation to say that while the fight OF
economic questions is postponed, 1t /.
not abandoned. AS soon as the elec
ton is overI shall, with the help o
those who believe as I do, undertak,
to organize for the campaign of 1908
/ the object being to marshal tn,
friends of popular government within
| the democratic party to the supper
OF a radical and progressive policy t,
make the democratic party an efficien
means in the hands of the people fo
i securing relief from the plutocrati
element that controls the republican
party and for the time being is in con
troll of the. democratic party. Thi
plan of organization will be elabora,
a ed socn."
Parker Prepares for Work.
Esopus. N. Y, July 13. "Ros,
mont" the home of Judge Parker fo
: the first time today began to sho,
outward signs Of the coming can
paign. The Dodge house has bee
arranged for the campaign office an
telegraph and telephone lines are b,
i ing put in.
i Encouraging News.
Judge Parker received a messae
| from Muskogee. l. T., today Stain
} that in the election held there toda,
the first in the United tSates afte
Parker's nomination, Muskagee, CLAIM
ed by the republicans, went democra
, ic.