Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-07

when the dispatcn had been sent, he
had no communication from or with
lanyone in st. Louis or with anyone
outside of st. Louis On the subject of
politics or convention events.
By his associates and all
who have known him from
the earliest time his essential
truthfulness has been a rccog-
nized characteristic--not the truthful
mess that is exact Ia words alone, but
in that frank, nonevasive and earnest
truthfulness that makes even the sug-
gestion of meaning other than his
words exactly imply seem in the
minds Of his acquai1iances like sac
rilege. So, when he says that in the
sending of that dispatch he consulted
with nobody-not with single soul,
and that his action vas taken on his
own initiative, and after realizing the
the situation in St. Louis, no one
who ever knew the Judge Or realized
the esteem by which he is held by
those who do not know him entertain
any doubts. while the falsity Of the
charge OF Encouragement" or of
"foreknowledge' OF. the part of his
friends in ST. Louis. becomes appa-
rent
AS matter of fact, it was not until
3 o'clock in the afternoon Of Satur-
Gay that anyone made an appearance
at Rosemount or came into personal
relation to the judge to whom he
could be induced to communicate
knowledge Of the dispatch Or it's sub
ject matter, and that was four hours
after the dispatch had been sent
This person, who is me writer of this,
arrived in absolute ignorance of the
action taken by the Judge, on a mis-
sion which, since the dispatch had
been prepared and sent, had a bearing
on it. 1t was because of that fact that
the communication Of the act was
made by the Judge, and it was the
first time it was Made by anybody.
Unless that dispatch was at that mo-
ment in the hands nt Mr. Shnnhnn in
st. Louis, this write. was the first per
son to see and read il apart from the
two secretaries ot the judge. his
agents of transmission.
, Why Telegram Was Sent.
The fact was, JUICE Parker had not
OF n,
the committee on resolutions, as it
was revealed to hi,a on Saturday
morning through the ordinary news
sources and a private dispatch from
New York City rehearsing in detail
the events of the sixteen hours ses-
sion.
He had supposed, Irior to the meet
ing of the commit ee, that gold
standard plank would be offered and
:, that. if opposition manifested itself,
, the Mississippi plank, which recog-
. least, be accepted. Such plank, in
his Judgment, he could e+""A on, hold
ing the theories on finance he did,
:. we'll known to be in favor of the gold
:. standard, and would be properly sub
:, ject to the interpretat ION he would put
on it, for whether .be reasons given
!, in the plank as iustifying the recogni-
. ton of the present standard were
sound or not the fact Of its recogni-
g tion by the convention would suffice.
q Situation Changed.
). But when the events were devel-
oped, as they We're ft st. Louis, an
affirmative gold plank presented. a
!, counter proposition, involving rear
q firmation of the contrary, the propo
: sition and the counter proposition re.
; sulting in the compromise of the
;. OMISSION he saw that the situation
:. was wholly changed; that the voting
a down in that committee of declara
q ton that the questio1 was settled and
:. the gold standard established, and bis
J. acceptance of this action would place
!. him in position Of entertaining views
@ contrary to those he did and, there
fore, decided it his duty to inform
; every element of the convention what
" his position was, so that, if his views
G were not satisfactory to the majority
, it could place someone else on the
J. platform adopted whose views were
, His conclusion reached, the dis
patch was sent-a great act simply
i. done, and done on bis own. initiative
X without consulting with anyone whom
y. soever and without knowledge of any
y body until it was received by Cover
il nor Sheehan in St. Louis.
p That dispatch was received in st
- Louis. not with fc-eknowledge, bu
!. with CONSERVATION, by those who
= maaSurjnr the value of the nOmina