The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-14

pipes are now being laid to spring Cleye-
land upon the convention, and have him
nominated by a spontaneous feeling that
had been cut and dried two months ahead
OF the convention. And" the gentleman
continued, Il believe it will go through.
lie vii! be elected
"And them he was asked.
"Why he will be President, and the
great interests of New York will feel
safe and know that their giant organiza-
tions, which the people call trusts, will
not be touched or troubled
And them" Why, land then the
Democracy, now recovering from the
slough OF despond into which It was
plunged by Cleveland in 1894, will again
lose every Northern State and several
Southern States as in 1894.
1t may be that this gentleman's infor-
nation is rot correct and that the per-
sons who communicated the programme to
him merely voiced their wishes instead Of
plan. However, the Cleveland propa-
ganda has been conducted too systema
tically through a live literary bureau for
more than a year, and his recent letters
have betrayed too suspicious a desire to
conciliate the South for the suggestion to
he ignored.
Ordinarily North Carolina has not in
structed its delegates to the National con
vention, but if there is any possibility OF
an attempt to carry out the cut and dried
scheme to nominate Cleveland, or any
danger OF the nomination of Hearst, it
would be better for all the States in the
South TO take no chances OF either mis-
take, and instruct its delegates to vote
for Judge Parker
In some quarters an attempt has been
made to throw suspicion upon the genu-
incness of Judge parker's Democracy. He
is as straight a Democrat as lives in
the United States, and before going on
the bench, rendered signal party service
as county chairman, and as chairman OF
the Democratic Executive Committee OF
the State of New York in a momentous
and victorious campaign. The Democracy
OF this country would have given no con
sideration to his candidacy if he had eth
cr been unstable or had sulked. All
ranks, all prodigals are invited tc return,
and there IS no prescription in the future
for those who come back, but the
Democracy will not stultify itself by plac-
ing its standard in the hands of any man
whose last vote in national election
vas cast against his party's candidate. In
1897, when Judge Parker was elected
Chief Justice Of New York by $4,000 ma
jority, the question was raised by some
of his enemies that he had not voted for
the Democratic nominee in 1896. To as
certain his position, Hon. Elliot Dan
forth, who had presided over the great
in New York when Mr.. Bryan
formally accepted the nomination, adj
dressed letter to Judge Parker, who
promptly replied as follows:
ITO the Hon. Eliot Danforth. Chairman
State Democratic Committee
an Dear Danfortk: II was entirely
right for you to bring to my attention
the question which the sincere friends OF
Mr.. Bryan are pressing upon you. l can
say to you frankly and sincerely that you
can assure them that | voted for the last
national nominee of the Democratic party,
as 1 have voted for all of the regular
Democratic nominees since l had a vote.
Yours truly,
"ALTON 3. PARKER.
September 90, 1897
That settles all questions as to his De