The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1904-07-14

)pulon tndV ne ueclueu TlSnbiy. Ills
promptitude and courage
sustain the conception which the party
had of its nominee, MIR. Bryan's qutb-
bling falls harmless at his feet. John
Sharp Williams answered it complete
ly, 1t cannot now be seid, as il would
have been said, except for this inee-
dent, that the face of Parker is but q
mask to conceal the features of Bryan.
1t cannot be said that our nominee is
any mans man,
AS we observed yesterday, platforms
do not impress us they once did. Nor
do they impress fhe voters. More and
more the people look to the candidate,
We were, as an anhinching friend of
the Gold Standard, perfectly willing to
take the platform of this convention
with or without financial plank.
There was something to be said in ia
vor of leaving it out. What we did not
want in it was poison. No more did
we want equivocation. But, since
Judge Parker declared that there must
be neither evasion nor silence, why,
gold it is, and gold it shall be, as far
as we are concerned.
His stand for honor and truth will
win him thousands of hearts among
those men of the West and South who
yet believe i'll free silver. 1t willie win
tens of thousands of votes of those of
the independent voters of the North
and East who atickle for gold. 1t will
not cost him State. 1t ought to en-
able him to carry the doubtful States.
1t ought, in a word, TO insure the cleo
tion of the ticket.
Let us us parenthetically observe
that the ticket is, Parker and Davis.
We hardly expected anything quite
so good as the Grand Old Man of West
Virginia. Mr.. Davis will be eighty
one years old the 10th of November
next, but he is the liveilest and the
youngest old man-bar none!-notev even
Morgan and Pettus-to be found be-
tween tide-water and Pixies Peak.
His nomination seals us West Virginia,
Maryland and Delaware, gives Parker
help-mate as well as yoke-mate, and
puts in second place a trained and able
man of affairs who might readily and
worthily fill first place.
Henry Gassaway Davis first saw thu
light in Baltimore the 10th of Novem
Der, 1923. He sprang from good par
outage; but, left an orphan while vel
lad, he had to quit school and go t.
work for living. Thus he began wha
ripened into great career with tn
bottom round of the ladder. He labor
ed on farm. He was brakeman on
railway. Then he was freight conduc
tor and station agent. Thence he ros
to be what he was born to be--a leade
of men. His was no mushroom growtl
1t was steady, slow and sure. He It'd
ed the coal mines and rrilways of Yves
Virginia through period of great I'm
certainty until be brought them tt
their present state of development.
He entered politics, and, as a loca
legislator, led in useful arts and con
sentative policies. AS a Senator il
Congress retiring after twelve year
of eminent and distinguished servic
on his motion he was never noisy il
debate, always strong in counsels;
Democrat from Wayback, the frieut
and staffof Thurman, big brother t
Bayard; Germans kinsmon, and in til
National Democratic Committee Cor
mans shield and buckler. We shal
have no hugger mugger business witt
Henry Davis on the box; but instead
shall drive coach-and- six RICH
through the head of the Republican
column, in spite Of Teddy and the Fai
banks bar'll
Now, let the battle go on. We hsv
a ticket of which every Democrat in th
land may be proud. We have a plat
form which no sane Democrrt can con
test The currency issue is a dead is
sue. 1t came, and we were divided;
gone, and we are whole again. Their
stan DIS the South a unit against Abso
lutism and robbery. There stands th
North and East once more welded tt
the South by hooks of steel. Shall tn
West poke finger i the eye and sui
about silver?
The more we think of it the surer "
are that we can und that we shall cleo
this ticket. 1t is an American ticket
Hurrah for the red, white and blue.
is Jeffersonian ticket. Hurrah TO
Democracy redeemed, unterrified an,
undefiled. 1t is a manly ticket. Tire
times three and tiger for Parker ant
Davis. = Courier-J Journal.
Edward W. Carmack, of Tennessee
and John Sharpe Williams, of Missis
sippi, the one of the Senate, the othe
of the House, both loyal sons Of tn
South and sane and able Democrats
did yeomen's service at st. Louis, ant
came away with flying oolors. We arr
looking toward you, boys. Here
how! Courier Journal.
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