Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-22
BRYAN PLAYED PARKER
ACCUSED THE JURIST OF CON-
SORTING WITH "PLUToCRATs."
Big Crush at Meeting in New York
Monday Night-Asked PERTH
nent Questions.

| Democracy versus plutocracy! That
| the issue in the approaching campaign.
| is not the money question, nor imperialism
or any of the small things that have beel
| worrying US in the past. but the one grea
! and constantly increasing aggression o
| the money power" said William J. Bryal
| Monday night in his address at the anti
| Parker convention in Cooper Union, New
/ York.
| THE trouble with Judge Parker and th'
men who are backing him. he continued
lis that they are trying their utmost to ge
| between Roosevelt and Wall street. il
| order to get campaign fund larger thai
1 that of the republicans.
| Mr.. Bryan spoke for more than two hour
| to audience that packed Cooper UnioI
| to its utmost capacity. Even the aisle!
| were crowded for their entire length will
| men and women. who stood throughout thu
evening listening to the speakers. the police
| provisions in the hall being inadequate t.
| keep them clear
| Fully as many persons as were able Il
| gain admission to Cooper Union when thu
| doors We're opened were turned away b!
| the police. They contented themselves by
! remaining outside until Mr.. Bryan ap
peared. and cheering him enthusiasts tically
| when he entered the hall. The demonstra
| ton inside at his arrival continued for NOR,
! than three minutes.
Gathering Peculiarly Mixed.
In many respects the gathering pc
| culiar mixture of political expressions
President Roosevelt's name was cheeret
and applauded every time it was men.
toned, while the name of William r
Hearst was received quite as enthusiastic
cally as that of Mr.. Bryan. David b. Hill
was attacked most bitterly by ]. w. For
rest, a democrat from Albany. a platform
was adopted, and the chairman, Judge Sea
bury of the city court directed to APP
point a committee of twenty-five men to &C
to st. Louis and present a protest against
Judge ParkerS nomination.
Mr.. Bryan lost no time in making II
plain that he believed the Esopus jurist
according to his standards. The man who
Is nominated in ST. Louis for the presidency
must be a man who prefers the honesty OF
the plain people against the grasping greed
of organized corporate intereSts-a man
upon whom there is not and never has been
the faint of the monopolfes we are fighting.
That is all 1 ask" said Mr.. Bryan.
Il am opposed to the nomination of Judge
Parker for two general reasons: The first
is l believe him to be a weak candida tie
the second is that if elected he will prove a
great disappointment to those who believe
in democratic principles" he continued.
Why Parker is Weak.
You ask me why will he be weak cam
date. My reply is that If l expressed my
own views l might use language that is I'M
complimentary. Therefore. in this case,
think it would be best simply to quote what
j some other great man has said. You know
that has always been faYorite trait of
mine Whenever l wanted to describe Mr..
Cleveland l was unable to find words to
express my own thoughts, SO l used to
quote Mr. Mckinley
Il have said that the platform adopted
by the New York state convention is a
meaningless string of plattudes. Now, to
follow my favOrite plan of quoting some
great man on the subject. / will read the
following words of another great democrat
which. l think, describe it fifty: Politics
for towards and straddlers. to advise and
contrive that the national democratic con-
vention's trumpet next summer shall blow
some uncertain sound
who do you think said that? | will give
you each a guess" said Mr.. Bryan. look
ing over the audience. Amid the shouts OF
laughter that went up there were cries OF
"Clevelandi' "Olneyi' " Pat McCarren"'
Belmont" and many other well-known
democrats.
You have all missed it, said Mr.. Bryan
1T was David b. Hill himself who spoke
those words away back in 1891.
Il say Parker goes before the people on
the New York state platform on a coward
ly and straddling platform. that appeals
only to towards and straddlers, and not to
the rank and file of the democratic party
who are by no means towards.
rs he for a high tariff? Don't know.
For a low tariff? Can't tell. Just rea-
sonable tariff? Well. whoever advocated
an unreasonable tariff?
who knows his ideas on any subject!
Is he for gold? Don't know. Is he for sill
yer? Can't tell. May be he is for radium
Who knows?