The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-06-09
TO FIGHT PARKER
Bryan and Tammany Democrats Call
a Convention.

New York. June "a call signed by
zoo Bryan and Tammany men has been
sent broadcast over the state calling a
state convention of Democrats at Coop
er Union on June Is to fight Parker.
The object of the convention is to send
protesting delegation to st. Louis to
appear before that body, denounce the
leadership of David B. Hill and declare
that Parker cannot carry this state.
Melvin G. Palliser, one of Bryan's
most devoted followers here; DR.. John
w. Cox, at whose home Bryan stays
when here; Justice Samuel Seabury,
Lawson Purdy, and Charles Frederick
Adams are promoting the convention.
A dozen active Tammany men are
signers of the call.
Justice Seabury, of the city court.
is chairman of the committee of ar
engagements, and Melvin G. Palliser the
secl etary. Mr.. Palliser said last night
that William ]. Bryan, Charles A.
Towne, Justice Gaynor, John Brisben
Walker, George Fred Williams, Judge
Tarvin and others would be invited to
speak. Mr.. Bryan is expected in the
city the latter part of this week or
the beginning of next.
The calling of the convention is re-
garded as evidence that William r.
Hearst has been thrown overheard by
Bryan and that the latter is going to
turn his entire attention to defeating
Parker. hoping to force the nomination
of some compromise candidate and
thereby preserve a Semblance of vic
tory. The men in charge of the meet
ing took pains to declare that they
We're not for Hearst and that the meet
ing would have nothing to do with his
candidacy. The call for the convention
is as follows:
THE Albany convention was a dis
appointment. The platform is mean
ingless. The section of the state which
furnishes Democratic majorities is mis-
represented, despite the protests of its
delegates. The convention adopted an
ambiguous platform and pledged the
Democracy of the state to a candidate
whose political vieWes can be surmised
only from the character of his sponsors.
The ma jority of the convention regis
tered the will of a leader who has been
repudiated by the people.
I'VE warn the national Democracy
that a candidate who has no principles
or does not declare them and stands
on a platform of platitudes cannot car
~ the state of New York and does not
deserve success. The good of the ma
ton and common honesty require that
the national Democratic PLATFORM shall
express the purpose of the party clearly
and so define its policy with reference
to present issues that it cannot be mis-
understood
1--WE hereby call a convention of the
Democrats of the state in Cooper Union
on June IS, 1904, at p. m, to protest
against the action of the Albany con-
vention and to appoint delegation to
present the views of the meeting to the
national convention in St. Louis, July
g. 1904. Our purpose is solely to protest
against the action of the Albany con-
vention."
Melvin G. Palliser. who sent out the
CALL said:
THE convention is not for any cam
didate, it is anti-Parker and anti-Hill.
We will not stand for Parker and we
intend to collate the facts of Mr.. Hills
record and present them to the cOnven-
ton. We viii serve notice on the con-
vention that Parker cannot carry this
state. We are all Democrats and every
element of the party is represented in
our call-except Parker and Hill"
Among the signers of the call are
many representatives of and officers of
labor organizations. The signers in
clude Alfred J. Boulton, of Brooklyn;
H. P. Blodgert, of Rochester; E. F.
BealSley, editor of the JohnstOwn Dem
ocrat; NJ. o. Wentworth. Batavia;
Judge James BCooper, special sessions
Babylon; Percy Church, president of
the Citizens National bank of Albion
Alderman Jerry Corcoran, Auburn; w
NJ. Cameron, Glens Falls; Benjamin
DOblin, president of the Manhattan
Single Tax club; Orsen L. Drew, Roch-
| ester; Jay w. Forrest, Albany: Bolton
Hall, James A. HanIon, former Collec-
tor at Buffalo; G. W. Hewitt editor of
the Watkins Review; John ]. Hopper
John 3. Howarth, editor of What's the
Use?; r. V. Ingersoll, Henry B. Maui
rer, Edgar L. Ryder, Ossining Elmer
E. Sprague, editor of the jamestown
Herald; Thomas G. Sherman, D. F.
Toomey, editor of the Dunkirk Her
aid and George w Thompson. Tam
many Hall general committee.
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