The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-04
THE CAMPAIGN LIES EXPOSED.
The Truth, the Whole Trutl, and
Nothing But the Trutl, Con-
corning Famous Dispatch.
HIS REASONS EXPLAINED {:
Hitherto Unpublished Details
Made Public BY the First
Man to Whom tile Judge
Revealed His Action.
The following viii appear4ln tho 81 ok


The following will appear. In tho BIZ ok
= iyn Daily Eagle Of tomorrow
(From Staff Correspondent0
ESOPUS. N. ", Sept. S.-The Repuh-
lean campaign text book for 1901, issued
BY the Republican National Committee,
contains an attack upon the good faith,
z the character and the honor OF Alton Is.
Parker. the Democratic candidate Tor
President. 1t deHotes all of ten pages
to what 1t calls the "St. Louis-Esopus
Episode" and in the course of its at
tack iasinuatcs that the tclcgrnmasent
& BY Judge Parker to Mr.. Shcehan at st,
Louis on July 9th, was Sprearransed. III II
calls the platform and the telegram Il
q "jont performance ito deceive the Not.-
ers of the United States" Neither deftlS
nor skillfully, yet maliciously, 1t seeks5to
convey the impression that j Judge Parker
was party to aBtrick and makes this
point: Then at II o'clock on the 9th,
about thirty hours after the committee
had taken the fatal step about eigh-
teen hours after the convention had ratir
fled 1t, about nine hours after he had
been nominated, Judge Parker sent the
following telegram to the convention, ads
r dressed 20 his friend, William i. Shee-
Y ham,, 1t seeks to convey the idea that
prior TO Satlirday.smornng Judge Parker
was Informed of all the occurrences at
ST Louis. knew that reference TO the
gold standard had been omitted in the
platform and says in these exact words
that at seems Impossible to suppose that
Judge Parker could have failed TO receive
this Information very carly In rthe day on
!. Friday The entire effort OF the ten
& pages is to show that Judge Parker had
gram was sent to st. Louis by prear-
arrangement and with the foreknowledGe
( Of his friends in st. Louis. Ar 54
Tho high character of5<Judse Parker
ana his widespread reputation for high
mindedness does not protect him from
this wanton attack-an attack made In
I the full knowledge that 1t was baseu on
#untruth. 1T must fail in its purpose.
for there is no truth, even In q slight
degree. in its assertions Its only erect
can DO to show that those who are re-
sponsiple for the management of the
campaign of the Republican candidate
feel that a blow, crushing in It's effect
had been dealt their cause by that act
of Judge Parker which Grover Cleveland
declared to be IA splendid manifestation
of honor and courage.
There could have been no ~ pre-ar-5
ransement" and no Observation-Disclosures, be-
\ cause the situation which called forth
the dispatch was anticipated or foreseen5
4 by nobody prior to the assembling OF the
convention. 5 5-t5
The situation made by the, final act or
the committee on resolutions, at the close
Gifts sixteen hours session, was anticl-
pateft and foreseen5b by nobody in st. Louis
or elsewhere prior to tne act itself 6{5BH
FSom8the time Of Understanding of the
I committee on resolutions until after the
conve ntion3 had tinallyGRcted by rntlfy-
ing the stand taken by Judge Parker In
i his dispatch to William r.. Sheehan. py
that veteI of ia TO l91, Judge Parker Nad
ttrx HATS !,
leader of the New York delegation, with
any leader in the convention, With any
person of that ST convention, or with
any person In the East on ANY matter
which could be construed as political.
The pction OF the committee or reso-
lutions on the Sth was not final and con-
i elusive Before Its report was made the
platform Of the party twas necessary
for the convention to approve and adopt
q 1t. IT was widely known that not one
man, but several, stood ready to offer
resolution in the convention affirming
there should be 1nirura.upon the part Of
the committed g DO so. Not un.s the
afternoon Of Friday did my one, even III
st. Louis, know what the platform would
Y be. And what was not known In st.
2 Louis could not have been known else
where
Judge Parker did not have and could
as they developed on Friday and Friday
night8in st. Louis until about z o'clock
Saturday morning, when several reporters
Informed him of his nomination.. But not
until S o'clock that morning did he learn
the history of the money question, and
then from the morning papers, which
reached him al that hour.
Though Judge Parker did know that his
nance would be presented to the conven-
tion for consideration, he did not know
that he would be its nominee. At this
time, when the overwhelming strength of
the sentiment i'll his favor Is realized. 1t
may appear as il every one should have
known what the result would be- Before
the ton, however, |. was by
no means certain. AT no time did Judge
Parker by word or act assume that he
Was 10 be the nominee Assumption 1t
would have beenBif, prlorto the casting
Of the vote of the convention. he had
proclaimed that unless the platform said
this or omitted that he woulu not stand
on it. His attitude was elevated and
z should be appreciated even in these siren
uous times OF husiling seekers after
nominations. Indeed, had he spoken as
10 one lie must have done SO as to all
questions and ended in an attempt to
dictate the platform. Such would have
been utterly repngnant 10 the principle he
Il expressed in the Creeman letter. that
the once should seek the man, not the
y 4lDdE l!lc pi!lCS ..sfB
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Is IN posi-
ton to affirm the above assertions, and
to maintain The affirmation. and, as well.
that Judge Parker IN the preparation and
sending of this dispatch consu.std with
4 nobody--Witfi not a single soul; that he
took the action he did on his own in!tia-
4 live and after realizing the situation at
81. Louis
Let the facts he known--let .the bright
sunlight Of publicity shine on this act,
and the brighter inc light the more re-
splendent shines that act.
The True Story of the Telegram.
On Friday night. July 8th at 1920
O'Clock, the usual hour of retirement Tor
the Judge, al 2 time when the Golyen.
ton was still in session, and Wien but
the most lneager news had been received
as to the action Of the committee on
platform, the Chief Judge, saying 10 his
SECRETARY, Arthur McGAtsland. that he
was about TO retire anu did no, wish 4
be disfnrhed during the night, Went tc
the