New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-07-14
"HIs Personal REPRESENTATIVE"


In the meeting of the platform committee Of
the Democratic National Convention on the
night of July Mr.. Bryan addressed David B.
Hill, the manager of the Parker movement and
The following colloquy took place.
You ought to have gold platform to go with
the gold candidate you are forcing upon the
country"
do you mean to say" demanded the Me-
braskan, "that you don't know Judge Parkers
"a mean just that" responded Mr.. Hill.
you have no knowledge on that subject"
Have never asked him?"
Il have not. have never sought to secure an
expression of his views, and he has never
he is a Democrat and high minded and pa
triotic man, and believe that he can be trusted
implicitly on this. as upon other matters of pub
lie policy"
Within forty-eight hours on the receipt Of
Judge Parker's telegram, at a meeting of the
Democratic leaders. this same David B. Hill
said:
! am not here TO say that the telegram from
Judge Parker is fortunate thing, but | do say
that intelligent delegate State delega-
ton voted for Judge Parker without knowing
exactly where Judge Parker STOOD. There is
nothing new i'll Judge Parker's telegram. The
fact is that J. as his OWN State representative,
and In d sense his personal representative, fought
all night for a financial plank for Judge Parker
10 stand on. and when granted by the subcom-
mittee / fought another day to keep it,
II vas defeated. and l voted with all the others
TO make a unanimous report. SO every man
knows that Judge Parker would stand on n
plank of that kind. His, nomination is on a
platform without 1t, and there is nothing in the
telegram but the expression of that which you
all knew ne believed.
One Of these statements was false and IN
tended to deceive. Which was it?
After the platform had been adopted, Mr..
Fiji, in an interview, declared:
I am perfectly satisfied. ~ course there are
things that / wanted in, and thought should go
in, but in politics 1t is give and take, and I am
taking. / should have liked 10 have seen an ex-
preston on the finances in the platform. but the
majority thought otherwise, and neither Mr..
Bryan's plank nor mine was adopted. You will
remember that the New-Nork State convention
made mention of the financial situation, and
SO this platform is similar.
Later he said: Judge Parker will, believe,
make an ideal candidate, and will fit the plat
form, which is also ideal" These quotations
are made from the files of reputable Democratic
newspapers of this city
We are entirely willing TO believe that Judge
Parker grossly misrepresented by this his
chosen agent, as also by Mr.. Littleton his
chosen orator, and by the New-York platform,
his chosen declaration Of principles, of which,
i'll spite Of its studied silence on the money
question while Southern and Western delegates
were still! being hunted, The Evening POST
said That this sound and vigorous political
''deliverance had Judge Parker's approval goes
without saying But if this is true-if Judge
Parker was by some mysterious Providence
struck dumb like Zacharias and was unable to
speak about the wrong done him by the New
York platform until his nomination should have
been performed; if he had no power to COM
munlcate his views TO Mr.. Littleton, who I'M
doubtedly thought he telling the truth: if
he did not say some ten days before the con
yentlon. as Mr.. Hill declared TO the platform
committee in answer 10 a question about the
kind OF platform the Democrats should adopt
Il am perfectly willing to leave that TO the
wisdom of the Democratic party'-certainly
now that his mouth Is opened and his tongue
Is loosed he can express his opinion of one who
has deceived in his name and can disassocia re-
himself from such dishonest advocate Hill has
told so many conflicting stories that nobody can
tell which was the truth and which was the
falschood. Certain il is that there were some nm
truths told by Hill in the exploiting of the Par
ker candidacy. Whatever disabilities the iudra
may have labored under hitherto, il is now IN
cuInbent upon him 10 repudiate this trickster
end drive him from his presence as a wicked
and unfaithful servant. or else take upon him.
self the burden of the deception Hill. rs his
agent. proclaiming himself his personal renre.
sentative" has done the dirty work whose dis.
honorable character is clear on fits fare Ho