The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-07-21
THE REPUBLICAN.
THE PARKER CHRONOLOGY.

In 1886 and 1900 Judge Parker vored
for Bryan and Free Silver.
The Democratic State Convention
held at Albany, y. Y, on April IS,
1904, instructed the New York delega-
tion TO support Judge Parker's candi-
dacy for the presidency. 1t adopted
unanimously platform which con
tanned ten planks, including demand
for reasonable revision of the tariff"
On the question of the gold standard it
was silent. The platform had Judge
Parker's approval in advance.
For two months and twenty DAYS,
the candidate stood on that platform
and said nothing while his friends
hunted for delegates
On the morning of Friday, July s,
the resolutions committee of the Dem
Ocratic National Convention agreed
unanimously, after sixteen hours
wrangle, on platform which omitted
all reference to the gold standard.
Dispatches received at Esopus dur
ing the dav and evening contained
this information and brought the
news that the convention had adopt
ed the platform as reported from the
committee.
Judge Parker remained silent.
Judge Parker was nominated on the
morning of Saturday, July 8. Martin
W. LittletOn, in presenting his name
TO the convention, referred to him as
a man whose policy will be that pol
icy which finds expression in the plat
form of his party"
FOrman E. Mack, the New York
member of the Democratic National
Committee and one of Judge Parker's
supporters at st. Louis, made a state
ment over his own signature on Fri
day morning, after the nomination,
as follows:
The real simple truth of the fail
ure to put gold plank in the plat
form is this: 1t would have resulted
in minority report being presented
to the convention, and if that had
been done we would have been beat
en- and Judge Parker would not have
been nominated
On Saturday morning, July 3, the
three leading Eastern Democratic
newspapers, the New York Times,
the New York World, and the New
York Sun, contained editorials fierce
ly denounciug the cOwardice of the
convention, demanding that the can
didate should make known his posi-
ton N segard to the gold standard,
predicting Parker's defeat, unless
this was done, ana threatening to
bolt the ticket.
After reading these editorials Judge
Parker, according TO statement Civ
en- out at Esopus, sent the dispatch to
Mr.. Sheehan. 1t was then too late
for the convention to name any other
candidate
Four years ago at the Kansas City
Convention when Mr.. Bryan was the
candidate for nomination, the resolu-
tons committee was sharply divided
upon the question of excluding the
money plank. Instead of waiting
until after the platform had been
adopted and the nomination of him
self had been made" says the Spring
field Mass Republican 0nd.) Mr..
Bryan promptly sent word to the CON
ventiOn before any action whatever
had been taken that he must not be
considered candidate for the nomi-
nation in case the money question
were ignored in the resolution. That
was straightforward and it was deal
ing fairly with all wings and branches
of the Dem ocratic party
1t is manly thing" said Mr..
Bryan in his speech at st. Louis,
after the reading of Judge Parker's
dispatch, "for man to express his
opinion before the convention ad-
jOurns. 1t would have been manlier
to have expressed it before the con-
Vention met"