The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-07-12
PARKER AND DAVIS.
THESE THE NOMINEES OF THE
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIc CON-
VENTION AT ST. LOFTS
Judge Parker Declares Himself On
the Currency Question.

InC OOTFtHC1 ShN@NS'
Alter the adoption of the platform at
che National Convention at 81 LOUIS
Friday night nominating speeches were
begun Alabama yielded to n. W ORR.
and Martin W LiltetOn, OF the latt'i
State placed Judge Alton Brooks ParRN
in nomination for the presidency.
great demOnstrRtion followed his al
dress. lt was u great speech and it did
the busineaa. and when he named Parktt
the new leader of the newly created sale
ana sane" democracy, the audience 1T
itself loose. In an instant the hail rang
with roars Of thousands. At the end Ol
/ ID minutes demonstration q mammoth
/ picture Of Judge Parker WAS sprung on
/ the audience and the crowd broke out
even louder than before, When thirty
/ one minutes had elapsed the demOnstra-
/ ton subsidized aud the sound Of the gaYel
could at last be heard.
The roll call by States was resumed
/ and the nomination OF candidates con
iinued As the names were presented the
/ friends of the various candidates burst
/ into applause and exciting scenes were
enacted, At BOO o. IN. Saturday the
roll call was ordered on the nomination
of President
| Parker was chosen on the first ballot
| IL was the climax OF an intense struggle
/ betw, en- ra iicals and conservatives, but
/ in which good feeling. 10 the main, pre-
vailed Even the leader of the lOrlOrn
hopes in 1896 aud 1900 gave inierential
pledge of los Atty in vain endeavor to
stem the ,ideat the last moment, Ills
victory lies in the rejection Ui gold
plank and the utter ignoring OF the
money question in the platform
The first and only ballot gave Parker
65S votes. but Idaho and Vest Virginia
Immediately changed Il aud 3 votes TO
him, respectively, thus giving him bb',
and nominating him.
The following is the corrected vote Tor
President. Parker; GS3; Hearst. ISL;
Gray, .: Olney. 81; COckrell, AZ; Wal.
-; Miles, ,; German. ,; Mcclellan, 81
TOwne, ,; Williams, 5; COler, /.
PRrker's nomination " ~ made unAni
mous, and at $50 IN Saturday, aittr
having been in session all night, the con
yenton took recess until the afternoon
The convention was called To order by
| Chairman Clark. Governor NardamaA
OF Mississippi. asked for information IN
reference 70 a telegram which had been
rec lived from Judge Parker
John ). Williams, Governor Nardaman,
Senator Tillman aud Senator Csrmsck
made their way to the platform with the
telegram in their possession.
Mr.. Williams said;
a telegram has come from Mr. Parker
TO Mr. Sheehan, and IL is 80 important
that YOU should know what IL Is.
shall hand il 10 my friend, the Governor
of my State, MIR VsrdamaD, aud have
Dim read it, When you shall have heard
il you will note that there ID not in il
me word about requiring, OF demand
iug, or asking, or requesting that any.
thing should be placed In the Dr moeraiie
platform loud spplausel You will
also note that II there ie any error tn IT
at all it is an or Of Judgment pro-
cPeding from too sensitive spirit 81
honor (applause); too sensitive idea
not to be misunderstood or placed in IA
false OF in double position. shall now
ask Governor VardamAn 90 read the tel
egram 20 you loud cheering and ap'
plause
JUDGE PARRER's TELEGRAM
GOV arOdmhn Tthu iut Itt'RIaih ar
follows:
Hon. ". + Sheehau, st Louis:
Il regard the gold ttaI Ird as firmly
aud irrevocably established and shall act
accordingly il the action OF the cOnyen
lion today shall be ratified By the PEG
pie As the platform is silent on the sub
iect my views should be made known To
the convention. aud II they are proved tn
be unsatisfactory to the majority | re
auest YOU 10 decline the nomination Tor
me at once 30 that another may be nom
mated before adjournment
ALTON B. PARKER
A ringing cheer went around the hall,
but it was brief, 30 anxious were the
delegates to see what would follow.
Mr.. Williams said;
I'VE purp0sely made this platform
silent on the question OF the monetary
standard We made Il silent because
we oil ayr I'D that that was not an issue
n this campaign spplsusr and we
ayr ed fur therm that nothing should /
be placed in the platform which was not
q campaign issue.
Now. my friends, Judge Parker ex-
pressed he opinion for fear somebody |
might think that you did not know IT,
There Was not in {. u this vast assembly |
one single man who did not know that !
Judge Parker was gold standard man
Applause
REPLY TO PARKER.
Mr.. Williams asked Senator TIllman 10 |
read the mess aye to Judge Parker that |
had been FRAMED. The Senator read it
a. follows:
1.-The platfol IN adopted by this cOnyen-
lion is silent on the question of the none
tary standard, because it is not regard
ed by us as a possible issue IN this cam
paign, aud Only camphi On issues were
mentioned 10 the platform. Therefore,
there il nothing IN the views expressed
by you in the telegram Just received
which would preclude n man entertain
ing them from accepting "A nomination
on said platform" Applause
Mr. Bryan, who had r sen ON his
sick bed began q speech. He spoke OF
the rms OF the compromise by which
all reference to the money question was
sept ont Of the platform, saying that be
had accepted the compromise in the in
terest Of the united party. II the qUestion
was to be brought in now 10 ought TO b.
fully gone into, and II the convention
thought the gold standard was right it
should adopt gold plank ,and be would
make no opposition except to vote
against it. He criticised Parker's course
IN declaring himself after, rather than BIZ
fore, the convention
Mr. Bryan presented an amendment t"
the reply TO Judge Parker, az follows;
But as you will, il elected, be called
upon to act upon certain phases OF the
money question, we would like to know
whether you favor reducing the volume
Of silver dollars; whether you favor an
asset currency and branch national
banks; whether you prefer national bank
currency TO United States notes"
1t was 10 minutes after midnight when
Representative John Sharp Williams
ro.e He plunged without preface into
q IL