The Republican journal., 1904-07-28
THE PARKER CHRONOLOGY.

In 1896 and 1900 Judge Parker voted
for Bryan and Free Silver
The Democratic State Convention
held at Albany, N. Y, on April IS,
1904, instructed the New York delega-
ton to support Judge Parker's candi-
dacy for the presidency. 1t adopted
unanimously platform which con-
tanned ten planks, including demand
for reasonable revision of the tariff
On the question of the gold standard it
was silent. The platform had Judge
Parker's approval in advance.
For two months and twenty days,
the candidate stood on that platform
and said nothing, willie his friends
hunted for delegates.
On the morning of Friday, July Sth,
the resolutions committee of the Dem
ocratic National Convention agreed
unanimously, after a sixteen hours
wrangle, on platform which omitted
all reference to the gold standard.
Dispatches received at Esopus dur
ing the day and evening contained this
information and brought the news that
the convention had adopted the plat
form as reported from the committee.
Judge Parker remained silent.
Judge Parker was nominated on the
morning of Saturday, July 9th. Martin
w. Littleton, in presenting his name to
the convention, referred to him as a
man whose policy "will be that policy
which finds expression in the platform
of his party.
Norman E. Mack, the New York
member of the Democratic National
Committee and one of Judge Parker's
supporters at St. Louis, made state
, ment over his own signature on Friday
morning, after the nomination, as fol
lows:
''The real simple truth of the failure
to put gold plank in the platform is
this: 1t would have resulted in a
minority report being presented to the
convention, and if that had been done
We would have been beaten and Judge
Parker would not have been nomi.
mated"
On Saturday morning, July 8, the
three leading Eastern Democratic
newspapers, the New York Times, the
New York World, and the New York
Sun, contained editorials fiercely de-
nouncing the cowardice of the conven-
ton, demanding that the candidate
should make known his position in re.
gard to the gold standard, predicting
Parker's defeat, unless this was DONE
| and threatening to bolt the ticket.
After reading these editorials Judge
Parker, according to a statement given
out at Esopus, sent the dispatch to Mr.
| Sheehan. 1t was then too late for the
convention to name any other candi
date.
| Four years ago at the Kansas City
| Convention when Mr.. Bryan was the
candidate for nomination, the resolu
! tions committee was sharply divided
upon the question of excluding the
money plank. '.Instead of waiting
until after the platform had beer
adopted and the nomination of him
self had been made,'' says the Spring
field (Mass.) Republican Qnd.l "Mr
Bryan promptly sent word to the con
vention before any action whatever
had been taken, that he must not be
considered candidate for the nomi
nation in case the money question wer,
ignored in the resolution. That wa
Straightforward and it was dealing
fairly with all wings and branches o.
the Democratic party"
1T is a manly thing" said MI. Bryan
in his speech at st. Louis, after thu
reading of Judge Parker's dispatch
for man to express his opinion be
fore the convention adjourns. 1t would
have been manlier to have expressed i
before the convention met"