The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-10
PARKER AID DAVIS WILL
LEAD THE PARTY HOSTS

LILY EAA NuAA HULL
Continued from Page. i
said the chairman. that on this i'm
portant matter every man skaIl have
lull and fair hearing. / now intro
uuce JohE Sharp Williams of Missis-
mr.. Williams Explains.
Mr.. Williams spoke as follows:
Alr- Chairman and Gentlemen Of
the Convention: An OF Us we're very
much surprised and excited this after
noon, 70 use no stronger words, at
what purported to be copies Of tele-
grams which had been sent By our
nominee TO Mr.. CarmaCk and Othsrs
IN this city L want to tell you that
but one telegram has been received.
M Carmack not only received no tele-
gram today. of the character that was
published, but never received a tele-
gram from Dir. Parker IN ali his life.
And nobody received a telegram con-
tanning the language in that infamous
volunteer production. loud cheering
and appiause)
"A telegram has come from Mr..
Parker TO Mr.. Sheehan, however,
which shall read IA a moment, and It
is so important that you should know
what It IS, that, after I have read il,
shall hand il 10 my friend, the gov
ernoF Of my state, Mr.. Vardaman, and
have him read it over again When you
shall have heard il you VIII note that
there IS not in it one word about re-
curing or demanding, or asking, or
requesting that anything should be
placed in the Democratic platform.
cloud applause).
Error Of Judgment.
You win also note that if there is
any error in It at all it is an error Of
judgment proceeding from a too sensi-
tive spirit Of honor (applaUse). A too
sensitive idea not to be misunderstood
or placed in false or in double posi-
ton. I shall now ask Governor Varda-
man to read the telegram to YOU
loud cheering and applause).
ar. Williams words were heard in
silence SO deep. so intense, notWith-
standing his weakened voice, that his
every word was distinctly audible in
al parts of the hall. He then handed
the telegram to Governor Vardaman
who. after requesting absolute quiet
read the telegram as follows:
Honorable William F. Sheehan. =
I regard the gold standard as =
firmly and irrevOcably established. =
and shall act accordingly If the y
action Of the convention Of today y
shall be ratified by the people. =
As the platform is silent on the =
subject, my views should be made -
known to the convention, and If =
> they prove to be unsatisfactory to ,
the majority request you to de- =
= cline the nomination for me at =
once, so that another may be nom =
mated before adjournment
A 3. PARKER ,
A ringing cheer went around the hall
but II was brief, so anxious were the
dole TO-
Mr.. Williams continued:
First Time in History.
Mr. Chairman: I think you will
bear me out in what 1 said. This is
the first time in the history Of the
United States that a man already nom
mated for the greatest office on the
surface Of this earth has been so super
sensitive about matter Of personal
rectitude and personal honor as to
send a telegram asking him to decline
a nomination for him If as he seems to
have been informed there has been
something in the platform which is not
in accord with his opinion
My friends, we pUrpOsely made this
platform silent on the QUESTION Of the
monetary standard. We made it silent
because we all agreed that that was
not an issue in this campaign zap
plaUse), and we all agreed further
more that nothing should be placed
I'm the platform which was not a cam
paisn issue and the consequence was, (
in the resolutions committee. motions
were made to table and those motions
were carried every resolution on both
sides which tended to bring up as an
issue in this campaign the question of
the monetary standard.
Known OF All Men
Now. my friends, Judge Parker ex- /
presses his opinion for fear somebody /
might think that you did not know it. /
There was not in all this vast assem- ]
bly, one single, solitary man who 0ld I
not already know that Judge Parker /
was q gold standard man. 1 have been !
one of the most consistent. persistent I
and perhaps radical silver men in the 1
United states. and I knew that he was 4
q gold standard man, and he never i
made any attempt to conceal il from 4
anybody. he had supported our can
CfdaIes and lad said that although ne 4
did not agree with US upon this piank, j
he was stiu a Democrat (Applause.) ]
My friends. we purpOsely made a !
platform. so far as the monetary 4
standard was concerned, upon which I
William J. Bryan could have stood or
Grover Cleveland could have stood, or I
anybody else who was with Us in the
pending live campaign issues could /
have stOOd.l (Applause)
He then announced that a message
in answer to the one from Judge Park {
er had been prepared and would be (
submitted to the convention
His declaration that PaTker's views \
were known to every man in the con-
vention was received with faint ap- /
piause- He asked Senator Tillman 10 4
read the message. but there was
snort delay. owing to the difficulty eX-
perfenced by tie senator In deciphering 4
the handwriting OF 1r. Williams
TiIIman Reads Reply.
The senator asked for quiet, saying
that he had undergone an operation
on his throat and that his voice had
lost that nightingale quality that II
once possessed -.
He then proposed To read the tele-
gram. when Mr.. Williams interrupted
him with tie remark, Here IS a type
written copy"
..I1or which I thank Almighty God,
retorted the senator. he then read
the following message to Judge
Parker:
7sThe platform adopted by this con-
vautIon is silent on she question 81 /
the Monetary standard because IL IS
not regarded by Fs as possible issue
in this campaign, and only campaign
issues were mentioned in the platform
Therefore, there is nothing in the views
expressed by you IN the telegram Just
received which would preclude man
entertaining them from accepting a
nomination on said platform
As Mr.. Tillman concluded the read