The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-13

from his election The labor plank as
prepared by Judge Parlxer's friends on
meaningless plank. In the full commit
tee planks were adopted in favor of ar
bitration and an eight hour day and
against government by injunction, also
Judge Parker is silent or ambiguous
on these subjects it will mean that the
financial Influence back of him will not
permit him TO take the labor side on
these disputed questions.
On the tariff question some little prog
ress may be hoped for, but the Parker
men on the committee were nearly all
in favor of a very conservative tariff
plank and it remains to be seen wneth-
er Judge Parker viii carry out the posi-
tive and definite plank which was sub
mitted by the full committee.
This is the situation: Judger Parker
stands for enough things that are good
to justify me in giving him my vote,
but as / have tried to point out for sew
eral months the triumph of the Wall
street element of the party denies TO
the country any nope of relief on eco
nomic questions. I have nothing to
take back. 1 have nothing to withdraw
of the things that L have said against
the methods pursued to advance his
candidacy. 1t was plain and DELHI
crate attempt to deceive the party. The
New York platform was vague and
meaningless and purposely so because
the advocates of Judge Parker were
trying to secure votes from among the
people VINO would have opposed his
views had they known them. If he
had sent to the Albany convention the
telegram that he sent to the st. Louis
convention he would have had very few
instructed delegates from the south and
no possible chance for the nomination.
But ne and his managers adroitly and
purposely concealed his position until
the delegates had been corraled and the
nomina ton assured. Then his friends
rN1r7 A1snr. II
was Overwhelmingly defeated in the
After the party had re-
joiced over the harmony secured by the
omission of the question, and after ne
mad secured the nomination ne lnJecteu
his views upon the subject at a time
when he could not be- taken from the
ticket without great demoral1zat1on-
The nomination was secured, therefore,
by crooked and fndefensiole 'metnoos,
but the Democrat who loves mis- country
has to make his decision upon condi-
tons as he finds them, not upon con-
ditions as he would like to have them
After having stated that L snail
support the ticket. and after having
given my reason for so doing, I think |
It due to the Democrats of the nation |
TO say while the fight on economic
questions is postponed 1t is not aoan- |
Toned. AS soon as the election is over |
shall, with the help of those who |
believe al 1 do, undertake to organ
re before the campaign OF 1908. the
object being to marshal the friends OF
popular government within the Dem
,crat party to the support of rad
cal and progressive policy to make
he Democratic party an efficient
means IN the hands of the people for
securing relief from the plutocradc
element that controls the Republican
party and for the time being is in
control of the Democratic party. This
olan of organization, will be elabo-
'ated soon. 1t is only mentioned at
his time that the readers of the Com
noner may know that the contest for
economic and political reform will be-
lin again as soon as the polls close
md be continued until success is