The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-02
Parker. the PeaGemaker,
United All Factions
For Great Fight.
ALL WORKING. TO
DEFEAT ROOS WELT
Bryan Has Coat of in Nebraska
and Taggart and Jewett Will
Capture Indiana--Gorman
and Raynor Shake Hands
While the Judge
Looks On.

lEAit HouilF lNcS
WASHINGTON, D. c.. October 1.-The
value of&Judge Parker as a peacemaker
and harmonizer Of party factions more
deeply impresses Democrats every day.
s'he remarkable b harmony now exist.s
ing In the party is duo more to- the tact
and good sense Of tho national candi-;
date than to anything else. Judge Park
er is cn1inently a concliator and in this role
has achieved wonders In the course Of
the past month. Il.
Democrats More United.
The condition OF the Democratic party.
is far better than the condition OF the
Republican party so far as freedom from
factional differences Is concerned. and
when the condition Of the party a few
months ago Is considered. u the, disappear.
ance OF factionala chickering's iss most e:i-3
traordinary. The Democratic party was
then cleft to- the bottom as Mr.. Bry-88
an expressed 1t. Gold Democrats and
silver Democrats were not only not on
sr cal king terms. but they carried long and
sharp knives for each other, and as many
gold Democrats voted for NJ fcKinley In
1886. SO were there many silver Demo-
CT ats who did not hesitate % 4 say they
" ould rather support a Republican for
office than support a gold Democrat.
There was q as nearly no party organ
ization as possible Stotretain a semblance
OF one, and the forces of the party were
scattered as badly ass flock Of
chickens after the swoop of q hawk.
There were amateurs in the game of
politics atbthe helm, men wi tn fine Iprin..
ro
the broad field n6FFnnti Iona J politics, men
who would 4 never have 4 been placed lin
control Of the party had It /. not been
that those better fitted for the duty Of,
leadership were not 1 In 5accord wi til the
ma jorit y. n I L must be admit ed, by every
body. that the d feat Of the Democrats
5lr 1898 and II, 1900 was due as much to the
5incompet OF tho lead dersF as I o the un-s
popularity OF the narty plnt forms.
The Great Change.
The conditions this year are different
as could well be. There is scarce a trace
OF old time differences discernsble. Gold
men and silvers5men are standing shoul-s
der. to shoulder fighting for the defeat
OF Rooseveltsan the triumph Of constit'i-
tional governnlent.sfsG Gold Democrats and
silver Democrats are at head dqllarters d.
recting the course Of affairs. Mr. Bryan
is on the5 stump. advocating the election 1
of the man who voted for him twice for
the highest office in the world, though
Judge Parker never believed in the pe-$
cular principles advocated by Mr. Bry-i
anS but could not bring himself to be
Irregular. Grover Cleveland is not maxi
Ing any speeches and will not make any,
but he stopped fishing long enough to-
write mighty strong letter giving rea-
sons why. Parker and Davis should be
elected, and this week he said that he
did not expect to go on the stump. but
that the ..ticket ought to be elected."s5
& Every State furnishes examples Of sill
yer and gold mon workng side by side
In tho cause 8of Democracy. n Jew J Jersey.
and Indiana were tho only States IN
which 1t appeared that the differences
between the two wings of the par ty were
not entirely. healed, and there was some
soreness In Illinois, In New Jersey the
Hearst and anti-Hearst Democrats lave
completely forgot their differences, for
Charley Black. the most popular Demo
crat In the State; perhaps the most pop
ular man. has been nominated for the
.governorship, and all factions are try
Ing to see how big n majority can he
rolled UP for him. The fact that the
Democrats OF Indiana are united Is at
tested by Taggart, f@there are s,.ll
some silver men who feel that they
would rather support Bryan and that
as they cannot do so, will vote for Roose-
volt or stay at home on election DAY.
MIR. Bryan will have caused Lhcm to
change their minds when lie shall have
made the campaign tour OF that State
which he has planned, during which he
will speak thirty times. Charles Jewett
the leader of about ten thousand gold
Democrats OF Indiana, who would not
support Mr., Bryan, and said to be In
some respects the best stump speaker In
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