Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-07-14
The Standard Bearer.


The nomination of Judge Parker
for the presidency at st. Louis on
the first ballot was made possible
only by the fact that at the con-
clusion of the roll call he lacked
nine votes of the necessary two
thirds, and that Idaho changed
her six votes from Hearst to Par
ker, followed by West Virginia,
which gave him the nomination on
the first ballot. Senator Dubois
has always been pronounced in his
advocacy Of Judge Parker for
President, as well as all the radical
democratic senators from h
southern states. Carmack Of
Tennessee, Bailey and Regain (
Texas, Daniels of Virginia, Bacon
of Georgia, Morgan of Alabama
and all that host o f prominent
democratic statesmen from h e
southern states, have been stanch
supporters of Judge Parker for
for the presidential nomination
ever since his name has been pre-
sented to the public as a candidate.
While not much is known here Of
Judge Parkers' record, yet the fact
that he has been supported by
these distinguished democrats
assures his unbending democracy
and the support Of all the rank and
file of the democratic party. Ger
tainly no man in public life in any
state stands higher in the estima-
tion of the people of his state than
Judge Parker stands with his fell
low citizens of New York.
1t is APPARENT that the division in
the democratic party on the money
question is still as far from settle
ment as ever. The determined
opposition of Bryan and his col
leagues alone prevented the adop-
tion of gold standard plank. The
money question is not acute at
present, and will not be an issue
until the present enormous pro-
duction of gold begins to fall off,
when the silver question will again
become acute.
The FREE Press has time and
again repeated that it is imma-
terial whether the money of any
country be gold, silver or paper, or
all three so long as there is enough
of it to transact the growing bust
ness Of our country. With the
present output OF gold the gold
standard may be good enough, and
the silver question, for the time
being, is relegated to the rear.
Apart from the omission of any
references to the silver question and
she income tax, the national DEM
ocratic platform, thanks to the in.
domitable Bryan, is as radical as
the platform of 1896 and 1900
Private monopoly is declared to
be indefensible, and the crimina
statutes are invoked to suppress.
the trust extortions which tn.
present trust-busting administra
tion have allowed to proceed un
checked.
The convention was notable fol
the divergent views entertained by
the assembled delegates on thu
platform declarations. This is al
it should be. The democratic par
ty is made up OF all kinds and con
ditions of men, representing al
kinds of views on varying ques
Aions, and it is only natural that il
laying down what is to be the fund
amental party law for the next fou
years, a battle royal is to be ex
pected as to what really constitute
the greatest good for the creates
number. Such a conflict the demo
cratic party has passed through i
its last national convention. Tn
result is somewhat in the nature &
a compromise. But in conven
ton it is give and take, and bot
sides took and gave in deadly earn
est, and the result is that the gran
and great old democratic party
now reunited, buckled on its armo
for the coming campaign agains
the hosts and money of plutocrac
with firm and united front, an
once again appeals to the people t
sustain it in its never-ending figh
to restore government of the pee
pie, by the people and for the pee
pie.