The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-04-21
THURSDAY, APRIL sl, 1904.
PARKER AND HILL.

Inere IS something cnlloiSn III tue continued cry by Tammany that Judge Parker is the creature of Hill. The facts would seem to show that Hill, if anybody, is rather the creature of Park CT. There is a strong effort being made to excite a prejudice against Parker among the friends of Ex-President Cleve- land, but without avail. MT. Cleveland himself has given this talk it's quietus by his announcement in favor of Park CT. The country knows Parker well enough and Hill too well to take any stock in the story that Parker. has been, and will continue to be subservient to the ex- Senator. Hill surprised the country by his power as a debater when in the Senate, but apart from his achievements in that way in Washington. he has stead fly deepened the impression he early made of being a man committed wholly to manipulation and intrigue in politics. There must be some management in all politics. but manipulation and intrigue constitute an entirely different matter. German and Hill have for long been the two conspicuous examples of pub lie men in this class among Democrats. just as Quay and Piatt have been on the Republican side. All these men have shown skill and force in getting and maintaining control in single State for a season; they have made a very small appeal to the people of the United fo fV1 respect has been more marked than with either of the other three. He had be- come all but dead in politics and was droning away his life making sleepy ar- guments in the courts. Parker's avail ability as a presidential candidate has ouickened the life in Hilrs political body, and he has been prompt to try to Feassert himself in New York affairs It is plain that the Parker movement is in New York alone far bigger than Hill. It is bigger than Tammany. In the country it has rapidly assumed propor- tions that make 1t bigger than the State Of New York itself. Parker's position. personality and character. and not Hill. are at the foundation of the widespread movement in his behalf. The Democracy has been looking not for a hazardous candidate, but a safe one. They have in the assured nomination of Roosevelt hy the Republicans, a challenge they must accept. Roosevelt is coming more and more to be looked on as reeklessly un- safe President. The attraction in Cleve- land to many as a possible candidate was that he offered so effective a con- trast by his sobriety and solidity of judgment to the impetuous. jumping quality in Roosevelt No Democrat took any pleasure in thinking of putting up a man for the fourth time and for a third term, but they would have en- dorsed it to even more summarily eject Roosevelt from the White House. They are finding in Judge Parker a man of like temper and mould with Cleveland. intelligent. resolute and conservative. He is totally unlike Roosevelt and would sharply emphasize Rooseveltism in the campaign. The Republican plat form. as everybody now sees. has been practically shaped. They take Roose- welt and must applaud every lawless act he has committed. Otherwise they wil stand pat on protection, subsidies and every distinctive Republican doctrine based on a government of the many, by the few for the few.