The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-04

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rriro,ra, newspapers of New York stating in
most emphatic terms that he had no possible
chance of success on the non-commital plat
form did send telegram to the effect tnat
he considered the gold standard irreVocaDiy
established He did not venture to say tnat
he thought the gold standard economically
wise or scientifically correct He mad Twice
voted in favor Of the free and unlimited coin
age Of silver and must therefore be presumed
to believe in It, 1 assume that Judge Parker
is a very sincere and conscientious man anu
that he would not twice support an issue IN
which he did not believe and I also assume
that he has the moral courage to say that ne
has changed his opinion whenever he in TACT
changes it, I think l also safe In assuin-
ing that in harmony with his party ne recog-
nizes the importance Of expedients; hence MS
telegram.
The telegram was received with great con-
sternation. and the remainder of the day and
more than half the night was given 10 lts
consideration. Finally reply was agreed
,lpou TO the effect that the platform was silent
an the money question because it was not re-
garded as a possible issue in the campaign.
1t would have been more in harmony with
the truth had the convention said. because IL
is not deemed expedient to make the standard
an issue in this campaign, for II the conven-
ton is silent no one will need be embarrassed
whatever may be his individual views
But the Democratic party does tender an
issue 1t reaf1rms one phrase OF the tariH
plank Of 1892. Listen I'VE denounce pro-
tectiou as a robbery of the many to enrich
the few" 1t does not in terms reafhm the
Democratic doctrine of 1892, that the Gov
eminent has no constitutional right TO levy
tariff except for revenue only. but that utter
ance having never been retracted or apologlzed
for still stands as the doctrine OF the party
The Democratic position on the tariff question
remains therefore, unchanged from what 1t
was in 1892 Protection from the Democratic
view point is therefore unconstitutional as a
principle and vicious a policy.
1t should be impossible TO qualify this Dem
ocratic position. The plank does not declare
that excessive tariff duties amounts to rob-
berry OF the many in the interest of the few.
II declares that protection. high or low, is
robbery Of the many in the interest OF the
few And here the battle should be fought
l wish 1 might Insist that upon this issue it
must be fought. 1 anticipate that our friends
will dodge They are sometimes good sprnters
am not unmindful OF the claim made by
some OF our Democratic friends that the issue
shall be the candidates. This is also well
coined They will not attack the personal IN
tegritv Of Theodore Roosevelt. They will not
attack his patriotism. They will not attack
his courage. They will not attack his indie
pendence They will not attack his intel
ligence They will not attack the wisdom
measured by results. of anything he has done
or sought to do They will not claim that his
administration has been vacillating or disss-
trous They VIII only express the opinion
that man who does things must OF necessity
do wrong things, and that man who thinks
quickly must of necessity think incorrectly,
and that a who is ambitious for his
country's prosperity and for his countrys peace
and safety must of necessity be unsafe. The
logic of their argument is that the only safe
man would be some one who be whipped
into telegram to the effect that whatever may
have been his previous views or whatever may
be his present convictions. he is willing to
acquiesce, for the time being. in anything
he does not think 1t expedient to oppose.
LIST OF VICE PRESIDENTS.
Following is the list of vice presi-
ents of the meeting:
Hon. Victor H. Metcalf, Hon. W.
w. Morrow, Hon. ]. ]. de Haven, Hon.
d. Z. McKinlay, Hon. E. o. Hayes,
Hon. S. e. Smith, w. S. Wood, c. NJ.
Hammond, W. J. Dingee, NJ. B. Harris,
r. Melrose, Hon. George A. knight,
NJ. H. de Young, Ex-Governor John e.
Richards of Montana, a. G. Burnett,
!. w. Hellman Jr. J. x. Wilson, Wake
field Baker, A. d. Cutler, c. F. Bas-
sett, H. D. Loveland, H. Salisbury, c..
S. Benedict, John D. Siebe, NJ. B.
Woodwork, E. F. woodward, Joseph
D. Grant, John NJ. Switzer. w. r.
Wheeler, Hon. Carroll Cook, S. Wheel
er, Isaac Upham, Hon. Max c. Sloss,
Z. H. Hardy, A. NJ. Davis, Ed Tauz-
sky, William Haas, A. D. Porter. H.
E. Law, Hon. George c. Perkins. Hon.
w. H. Beatty, Hon. ]. N. Gillette, Hon.
j. r. Knowland, Hon. j. c. Needham,
U. s. Grant, Edward Sweeney, F. NJ.
Smith, George H. Puppy. c. ]. Walker.
Hon. E. E. Schmitz. John D.
Spreckels, John A. Britton, General
u. S. Webb, L. G. Sresovich, Hon. Juli-
us Jacobs, c. A. Murdoch, J. W. Van
Bergen, Hart II. North, A. G. Fiske.
John H. Shine, F. p. Stone, c. F.
Bassett, Hon. Julius Kahn, John Ber-
gez, ]. J. Grief, f. A. Leach, John
Hunt, C. F. Cavala, James l.. McNab,
George H. Trask, Hon. j. c. B. Heb
bard, F. c. Hunter, General S. w.
Backus. ]. Stapleton, Abe Stern, H.
Kullman.
Thomas. W. Collins, S. NJ. Dawson.
George d. Clarke, II. C. Dibble,
George E. Morse, ]. NJ. Trout, r.
Newhall, A. G. Towne, F. w. Van
Sicklen, Lowell White, Louis Sloss Jr.,
Ignatz Steinhart, DR.. H. Law, Albert
Frasier, D. w. Ruggles, Zero L.
Thomas Sr., j. ]. Nashburn, S. S.
Johnson, Frank A. Schmitz, C. S. Pre-
BILE, W. F. Clark. Sam King, W. B.
Hamilton, II. L. Andrews, Leon Sloss.
r ID. hOliOAl D. II. I-ONcIS, EDWARD
JAMESON, ]. C. McDougald. r. p.
Jennings, Oscar Tolle, f. ]. Symmes,
w. ]. Dutton, Hon. n. p. Chapman,
Edward Clancy, ]. ]. Mazza, j. C.
Rivers. w. P. Redington. p. N. Llien-
thai, George w. Scott, Norris K. Da-
Wis, T. r. Bannerman. Harry Costen,
George w. Mitchell. George Dennis
ST., Hon. ]. H. Neff, Charles H. Spear,
John c. Lynch. P. T. Morgan, A. H.
Vail, John T. Dare, G. L. Bonestell, 2.
E. Preston, DR.. Henry Gibbons Jr., r.
J. Taussig, ]. c. Campbell, Marshall
Hale. John Heilman. I. S. Beedy. Je-