Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-14

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an has given out the following state
ment:
Il shall vote for Parker and Davis,
the nominees of the Democratic con
vcntion. and shall do SO for the tot
lowing reasons:
First Because the Democratic
ticket stands for opposition to impe'
riaisn. while the Republican ticket
stands for an imperiallstie policy.
On this question. which was the para
mount issue in 1900. and which Must
remain an important issue so long as
an attempt is made TO hold colonies
under the American flag. On this is
sue the convention was unanimous,
The platform emphatic. and | have
no doubt that the candidate will car
ry out the platform.
Second. Mr.. RooseyeIGis inject
ing the race issue into American pot
tics. and IL this issue becomes na-
tional it will make ii impossible to
consider economic questions that de-
mand solution. The election of a
Democratic ticket viii put a Quictu5
upon this attempt and permit the
race question TO work itself out with
out jhe bitterness which Mr.. Roose-
Velt.s conduct has en@endered.
Third Nh Roosevelt stands for
the spirit Of War His trieuds pre-
sent him as man OF blood and iron.
He believes in strcnHoHsuess and III
cllcates a love Tor Waril1e Things.
The Democratic ticket stands tor
| peace. for reason and for arbitration.
rather than for force. conquest and
; buster.
Fourth. The Democratic plat
form declares in favor OF the reduc-
ton Of the standing army and as this
planh was unanimously adopted
/ there is reason to believe that DEM
ocratic success on this subject would
bring some advantage TO the people
Parker and the Money Question.
For these four reasons | feel JUS
tilted in supporting the ticket, but
shall not misreprescnt the situation
or appeal for votes for the ticket up
on false grounds. a Democratic vic
tory will mean Very little. if any.
| long as the party is under the con
troll Of the Wall street clement On
the money question Mn Parker is as
| thoroughly committed to the side OF
the financiers as Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t
he does not go as far as the Republic
cans would in retiring silver dollars
! larging The powers of the national
| banks and in the substitution OF az
asset currency for the present cur
rency, it will be because he Is re-
strained by the Democrats in the
house and the senate Nothing good
can he expected OF him On the money
question.
On the trust question the Demo
cratic platform is much better than
the Republican platform. but the
nomination Of Judge Parker virtually
nullifies the antitrust plank. Tn
| less in his letter of acceptance he
commits himself to antitrust legisla-
| ton We need not expect him to pur-
sue a different course from that pur
sued by President Roosevelt.
SO far as the labor questions are
concerned. we must await Judge
parkers letter before we shall know
whether the laboring men have any
thing 20 expect from his election.
The labor plank. as prepared by
Judge Parker's friends ON the sub
comuittee was straddling, mean
blanks were adopted in favor OF arbi-
tration the eight-nour day and
against government by injunction;
also a plank on the Colorado situa.
ton. It 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
progress may be hoped for but the
Parker men on the committee were
necessarily in favor of a very conser-
vative tariff plank, and it remains to
he seen whether Judge Parker will
carry ont the positive and definite
blank which was submitted by the
full committee
Criticises Judge Parker.
This is the situation: Judge Park
or stands for enough good things that