Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-08
ARE DEMOCRATS
No LONGER
Silver Men Will Not Vote
Ticket and May Organize
New Party
CONDITIONS WORSE THAN BOLT
Delegates Meet in Pettisrew's Room to
Make War Medicine--claim the Par
ty Has Been Delivered Over to the
Observation-Disclosures May Vote for
Roosevelt.
Special to Times-Republican.

bolt from the convention, but there is
already that which is more serious than
bolt. There are very many Of the
men holding seats in the democratic
national convention today who can
never be got to vote for Judge Parker
and who viii go to their homes prepar-
ed to bitterly denounce the platform Of
the party. They are here to do what
they can to keep the democratic party
In line with its past eight year record.
They already realize fully that 1t Is
all over and the party has returned to
its former self. This is sufficient for
them. They cannot be with the party
longer. They will not vote the ticket.
They may now join in some counter
movement or the organization of new
party. Some OF them will join the
populists, tho not many; but above all
else they will cease to call themselves
democrats. Others there are who are
ready to say that they never were
democrats; that the party is better off
to be rid Of them. However that may
be, the detection is great and will be
more apparent as the days go by.
$50
The opposition to Parker and to
the HILL Belmont program has not been
personal to the New York jurist. When
the opposition became announced that
only something desperate would pre-
vent the nomination Of Parker the OPP
posing element got together In the
rooms Of x-Senator Pettigrew at the
Planters late at night There We're
about sixty Of the delegates present
They came from lowe, Wisconsin. New
York, Ohio, Illinois. Missouri. sNebras-
ka, Indiana and other states. They
talked frankly about the situation. The
spokesman for wisconsin put 1t plainly.
",rhe situation is just this" he said,
1--WE are opposed to Parker whether we
are for Wall or not. We are not par
ticular about Wall. We would be for
some other good man. But II Parker is
dominated it means we are defeated at
home 1t means that Wisconsin will
s,o republican. The great mass of dem
ocr;,ts of our state are opposed to mon
opuiies. You can't make them vote
monopoly ticket. With Parker nomf-
mated they will believe that the demo-
cratic ticket IS just as bad as the re-
publican on that question. It will dis
rupt our party. We will. in fact. have
a new movement led off by Governor
La Toilette and our p'arty will be hope-
lessly divided. That is why we are OPP
posed to Parker, and his program"
Something similar was expressed by
delegates from Missouri who were sup
porting Cockrell. In fact, the situation
In wisconsin was regarded as typical.
A conspicuous parsonage among the
antis was General James b. Weaver,
who came over from the populists.
There was much inquiry as to what he
would do with Parker as the nominee.
1t had been pointed out, however. that
he was on record last winter as saying
that Parker would do as candidate.
That was before he went into the
Hearst movement. He was good
speaker at the conference and declared
his readiness to join any sensible
movement to prevent Parker's nomina-
ton. But as to what he would do after
the Parker nomination he was silent.
Senator Pettigrew naturally became
the center of the anti-combination. He
is one who does not hesitate to act on
his Impulses and his convictions. He
has done some graildstand boiling In
ST Louis before. He came into the
democratic party direct from the re-
publican. What will he do2 He will
never vote for Parker. He will never
support the st. Louis platform. He
may vote for Theodore Roosevelt as
one much nearer to his ideal In politics
than is Judge Parker.
81 II hardly know how ever got Into
this convention" said Senator Petit
grew as he sat in his room this morn
ing Il have no business here. that Is
plain to be seen. j had been leaving
politics alone and attending strictly to
my private business the past three
years. But got interested in the
for Hearst. / thought saw
an opportunity to rally the forces
around him and thus to prevent the re-
roganizers from gaining control. But
was mistaken. There is nothing here
for me or for those who believe as do.
The party has receded from its adj
yanced position ana is now just like
the republican party.
II left the republican party eight
years ago because I believed 1t had
made an alliance with monopoly. It had
become bound to the trusts and COM
btres and was the rool of the corpora
lions; which sustain these monopolies.
I walked out OF the st. Louis republic
can convention because 1t was doing
.he very thing this convention is about
40. Joined hands with the demo-
because they were making what I
we'd to be a proper fight against
erlcies which are wrong.
Ne democratic party is about to
ION fts position. It will go back
at II was under Cleveland. Then
40 better than was the republican
The two are as one for all
deal purposes. What Is there left
ne to do? i can either Join with
re- In forming a new party or / can
4 my attention entirely to my pri
Ate business. think the latter will
be the most profitable. have lost q
good deal Of my desire to continue in
public life.
~what think will happen" said
Senator Pettigrew, els that In this
western country there VIII be some sort
OF vement to rally the anti-monop-
oily forces for purpose. In Wiscon-
sin Is q splendid chance for a start in
the right direction. Governor Lafollette